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You have a problem with hair dressers?

A lot of Americans don't know what state they live in.

I will clarify. A good doctor will try to get that evidence. But trying and failing does not rule out scabies if the symptoms evidence is strong. So doctors will treat based on symptoms alone. That's a fact.

So was the itching worse at night or not. If its scabies you can get temporary help with tea tree oil. It kills the mites but not the eggs. Since I've definitely had scabies before I could self diagnose. It's quite distinctive. But yeah you should see a doctor if you're not comfortable with that.

"Treat those two Imposters just the same." What is the name of the Chinese stock he mentioned? I can't make it out.

The Musk.effect. Great quote: “I do not trust Musk and his seemingly infinite immaturity. I do not think Twitter will fall apart instantly but that it could die a slow death. Why waste more time?" Power user Nibel. Quit Twitter because of Musk.

I retired very early because I have a high risk temperament. You're right about the age factor of course but I've never believed its ideal for older people to be entirely out of the markets. Another factor is legacy. Many people care about that. I'm of the you win if your last check bounces brigade.

In real life doctors don't get a definite diagnosis with scraping, that's difficult to do and hit and miss, and instead call it scabies based on symptoms.

A big factor in how screwy the markets are internationally is dollar strength. While yes American expats benefit from that with Fx, I am feeling that is peaking which may mean another year but the dollar can't get stronger forever, can it?

That's not never. Yeah look at the lost decades in Japan.

It seems to me for the foreseeable future we're no longer in a time of ez moolah where you can throw darts and pick nothing but winners.

I worked for awhile as a technical analyst but came to the conclusion it's more like astrology.

Yeah I know that now. But for officials that high maybe they should adjust the policy.

It's normal for any president to project a positive economic spin. Mistakes have been made especially by the fed. The fed is independent.

I agree with him about 75 percent of the time. I do think sometimes he's quite wrong about his criticisms of the left but its healthy and refreshing to hear criticisms of the left and right from the same person As he often says it's unrealistic to expect 100 percent agreement with anyone. Also at the end of the day his main job is comedian, to make people laugh.

I like the transgender Putin.

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All these kinds of wild disagreements make markets. I think its a good time to buy battered stocks of otherwise promising companies understanding things can go down much further from here. You can't pick bottoms exactly.

You can invest in climate adaptation. There is a theory going around that the market won't do much for 10 or 20 years. If that's the case SOME stocks will.

Understood but if you buy the right stocks and intend to hold long term it doesn't really matter if the falling isn't over (which it probably isn't). Historically people end up losing for being out of the market during key surges.

I will answer first. I'm looking at tons of stocks. I don't have the skills to analyze companies myself so I'm overly dependent on media sources. So far I've bought Berkshire Hathaway-B. This stock holds so many other stocks that it's much more like an ETF than a one company stock. I will probably soon buy Mercado Libre (Uruguay) and Palo Alto Networks. Mercado Libre is a potential future Amazon of Latin America. Software/Fintech. I have contact with expats there that rave about their services. Palo Alto Networks is a leader in cybersecurity. But prices are now so low now for very many appealing companies, it sure isn't easy coming up with the finalists. Personally I am not interested in short term trades. I want stocks with great long term potential to hold indefinitely. I'm cool with moderate risk, bored with very low risk and low potential, and open to smaller gambles on high risk.

... which might be approaching a bottom? It's obvious these are very unusual times in the global markets. But history shows us such crisis times are the best times to invest. But picking the winners is the difficult part. Of course you can't pick exact bottoms but in the long run that doesn't matter if you're in for the long run. From a US perspective the best advice has always been highly diversified total market index funds. The chances of beating the market by picking stocks is remote and even professionals have a hard time with that. But it seems to me, this time in history is rather different. My gut feeling says now is the time for picking stocks. So for people looking at stocks now or in the near future, what stocks are you looking at?

Trumpists encouraging Bolsanoro to stage an armed coup. Quelle surprise. NY Young Republicans Declare Bolsonaro Winner of Brazil Election He Lost (mediaite.com)