AKA
a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.
stock NYSE

"we will not hesitate to act" AKA they will hike rates if they have to

Nah, AI isnt preventing companies from hiring more, its bad macro-economics. They just say they have become so much more efficient due to AI but they are just lying to the public. Source: I have been working in the tech sector for 10 years
AI is actually really incompetent, and only incompetent or dunning kruger people (AKA MBA suits) think it can replace humans

God candle on precious metals, AKA rates not getting hiked boys

AKA how to get malware on your pc.

The “AI trade”, AKA retail investors doing what they always do and chasing an overhyped market on a technological breakthrough of which they don’t understand the economics and are left holding the bag.
The “AI trade” people funded the first infrastructure buildout of the AI sector and given the short shelf life of the GPU’s they’ll never see that money again.

Welcome to the 5th season of The Golden Pinecone.
This season will include new ways to win cones, milestone games and back to back multipliers which will be discussed below and are marked “New For Season Five”. We hope these new rules make gaining more cones easier for everyone.
Thank you to everyone who plays and remember. “Power to the Players” - tallfeel
The Rules are simple: =================================================
\-To Win: Guess the closest to the closing daily price for GME. (the final settled price, not including After-hours trading) Guess must be in by 10:30am EST (NYT). (One hour after the opening bell)
\-An exact guess AKA the Bullseye Crew you get 3 (New for Season Five) cones for the season total standings. The count for the Bullseye Crew is just the exact number of Bullseyes this season per player.
\-In the result of a tie, both win a cone as both were correct.
New for Season Five -If your guess was closest on back to back games the number of cones you win is multiplied. So for B2B wins your cones on the second day are doubled for that game, the fabled B2B2B win will see your cones tripled for that game (and so on).
\-No Edits: your guess is your guess, and once it is in, it cannot be changed. Early bird gets the guess. (if you edit your guess, you are disqualified for that day, sorry). If you notice your guess has already been taken, do not edit your guess but comment underneath it. At that point you can make a new guess but it still has to be in by 10:30 EST (One hour after the opening bell)
\-B2B Sniping Rule: Last guess of the day cannot win on back to back days. All guesses must be in USD amounts including cents.
New for Season Five - Milestone Games. On games 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 the cones up for grabs are tripled. Eg 9 cones for a bullseye! This rule also stacks with the new B2B multiplier rule.
\-The seasonal standings are below the closing score and yesterday's winner. The winners circle is the hall of fame of past season winners. This is for the player with the most total wins per season. There are 250 games per season we play every day the market is trading.
WINNERS CIRCLE
Season 1 Winner: Lorien6 ( 31 Wins )
Season 2 Winner: Bloodshot\_Blinkers ( 34 Wins )
Season 3 Winner: isthatfair1234 ( 22 wins )
Season 4 Winner: isthatfair1234 ( 34 wins )
Closing Price: $22.16
Winning Guess: isthatfair1234 $22.13
Notes: isthatfair1234 picks up where they left off. 9 cones to go joint third. 3 cents off a bullseye.
==== Season 5 Cone Winners ====
xxxgeooegxxx ( 12 )
tendie\_mcnuggets ( 11 )
cyberpunkjay3243 ( 10 )
tallfeel ( 9 )
isthatfair1234 ( 9 )
HeyNow846 ( 8 )
DDanny808 ( 8 )
zero-the-hero-0069 ( 7 )
Musesoutloud ( 7 )
avspuk ( 7 )
WalrusSoliloquy ( 6 )
Longjumping\_Wash9556 ( 4 )
G\_Wash1776 ( 4 )
pongo85 ( 4 )
fcavetroll ( 4 )
UnrealCaramel ( 2 )
Analysis\_Vivid ( 2 )
TZeeeeeee ( 2 )
Blitzkreig11930 ( 1 )
BuyByTheNumbers ( 1 )
unemotional\_mess ( 1 )
Ayej4y ( 1 )
SpectacularRedditor ( 1 )
Terckon ( 1 )
==== Season 5 Bullseye Crew ====
Longjumping\_Wash9556 ( 1 )
zero-the-hero-0069 ( 1 )
Musesoutloud ( 1 )
xxxgeooegxxx ( 1 )
pongo85 ( 1 )
tallfeel ( 1 )

>This time is *always* different.
This is what kids say when they ignore every piece of academic research stating the contrary. AKA classic redditor.

Massive transfer of wealth from the 99% to the 1% AKA market working as designed.

Welcome to the 5th season of The Golden Pinecone.
This season will include new ways to win cones, milestone games and back to back multipliers which will be discussed below and are marked “New For Season Five”. We hope these new rules make gaining more cones easier for everyone.
Thank you to everyone who plays and remember. “Power to the Players” - tallfeel
The Rules are simple: =================================================
\-To Win: Guess the closest to the closing daily price for GME. (the final settled price, not including After-hours trading) Guess must be in by 10:30am EST (NYT). (One hour after the opening bell)
\-An exact guess AKA the Bullseye Crew you get 3 (New for Season Five) cones for the season total standings. The count for the Bullseye Crew is just the exact number of Bullseyes this season per player.
\-In the result of a tie, both win a cone as both were correct.
New for Season Five -If your guess was closest on back to back games the number of cones you win is multiplied. So for B2B wins your cones on the second day are doubled for that game, the fabled B2B2B win will see your cones tripled for that game (and so on).
\-No Edits: your guess is your guess, and once it is in, it cannot be changed. Early bird gets the guess. (if you edit your guess, you are disqualified for that day, sorry). If you notice your guess has already been taken, do not edit your guess but comment underneath it. At that point you can make a new guess but it still has to be in by 10:30 EST (One hour after the opening bell)
\-B2B Sniping Rule: Last guess of the day cannot win on back to back days. All guesses must be in USD amounts including cents.
New for Season Five - Milestone Games. On games 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 the cones up for grabs are tripled. Eg 9 cones for a bullseye! This rule also stacks with the new B2B multiplier rule.
\-The seasonal standings are below the closing score and yesterday's winner. The winners circle is the hall of fame of past season winners. This is for the player with the most total wins per season. There are 250 games per season we play every day the market is trading.
WINNERS CIRCLE
Season 1 Winner: Lorien6 ( 31 Wins )
Season 2 Winner: Bloodshot\_Blinkers ( 34 Wins )
Season 3 Winner: isthatfair1234 ( 22 wins )
Season 4 Winner: isthatfair1234 ( 34 wins )
Closing Price: $21.52
Winning Guess: tendie\_mcnuggets $21.48
Notes: tendie\_mcnuggets answers yesterday’s win to go outright second on 11 cones. 4 cents off a bullseye.
==== Season 5 Cone Winners ====
xxxgeooegxxx ( 12 )
tendie\_mcnuggets ( 11 )
cyberpunkjay3243 ( 10 )
tallfeel ( 9 )
HeyNow846 ( 8 )
isthatfair1234 ( 8 )
DDanny808 ( 8 )
zero-the-hero-0069 ( 7 )
Musesoutloud ( 7 )
avspuk ( 7 )
WalrusSoliloquy ( 6 )
Longjumping\_Wash9556 ( 4 )
G\_Wash1776 ( 4 )
pongo85 ( 4 )
fcavetroll ( 4 )
UnrealCaramel ( 2 )
Analysis\_Vivid ( 2 )
TZeeeeeee ( 2 )
Blitzkreig11930 ( 1 )
BuyByTheNumbers ( 1 )
unemotional\_mess ( 1 )
Ayej4y ( 1 )
SpectacularRedditor ( 1 )
Terckon ( 1 )
==== Season 5 Bullseye Crew ====
Longjumping\_Wash9556 ( 1 )
zero-the-hero-0069 ( 1 )
Musesoutloud ( 1 )
xxxgeooegxxx ( 1 )
pongo85 ( 1 )
tallfeel ( 1 )

VTI is fine; I'd go VT for the international diversification as well.
Regarding all at once vs. spread out (AKA "Dollar Cost Averaging", DCA), mathematically lump sum all at once beats DCA 2/3 times... and after all, if you had that money invested already right now, you wouldn't withdraw it so you could slowly reinvest, right?
However,  if DCA makes it easier for you to start investing and stay invested, then that's 100% the right choice *for you*, whatever may be said about mathematical optimization.

The US government AKA a bailout

Puts should print on earnings AKA the stock is going straight to $400

Der VS ist eine weisungsgebundene Behörde des Innenministeriums AKA eine Behörde der Regierung SPD/CDU - keine Autorität

Semi’s (AKA the most profitable companies in the world rn) just keep producing lower highs and lower lows. What is it going to take to break out? You want MU/SNDK to end the war or something?

AKA what's become 101 for basic retail investing

Welcome to the 5th season of The Golden Pinecone.
This season will include new ways to win cones, milestone games and back to back multipliers which will be discussed below and are marked “New For Season Five”. We hope these new rules make gaining more cones easier for everyone.
Thank you to everyone who plays and remember. “Power to the Players” - tallfeel
The Rules are simple: =================================================
\-To Win: Guess the closest to the closing daily price for GME. (the final settled price, not including After-hours trading) Guess must be in by 10:30am EST (NYT). (One hour after the opening bell)
\-An exact guess AKA the Bullseye Crew you get 3 (New for Season Five) cones for the season total standings. The count for the Bullseye Crew is just the exact number of Bullseyes this season per player.
\-In the result of a tie, both win a cone as both were correct.
New for Season Five -If your guess was closest on back to back games the number of cones you win is multiplied. So for B2B wins your cones on the second day are doubled for that game, the fabled B2B2B win will see your cones tripled for that game (and so on).
\-No Edits: your guess is your guess, and once it is in, it cannot be changed. Early bird gets the guess. (if you edit your guess, you are disqualified for that day, sorry). If you notice your guess has already been taken, do not edit your guess but comment underneath it. At that point you can make a new guess but it still has to be in by 10:30 EST (One hour after the opening bell)
\-B2B Sniping Rule: Last guess of the day cannot win on back to back days. All guesses must be in USD amounts including cents.
New for Season Five - Milestone Games. On games 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 the cones up for grabs are tripled. Eg 9 cones for a bullseye! This rule also stacks with the new B2B multiplier rule.
\-The seasonal standings are below the closing score and yesterday's winner. The winners circle is the hall of fame of past season winners. This is for the player with the most total wins per season. There are 250 games per season we play every day the market is trading.
WINNERS CIRCLE
Season 1 Winner: Lorien6 ( 31 Wins )
Season 2 Winner: Bloodshot\_Blinkers ( 34 Wins )
Season 3 Winner: isthatfair1234 ( 22 wins )
Season 4 Winner: isthatfair1234 ( 34 wins )
Closing Price: $21.17
Winning Guess: cyberpunkjay3243 $21.28
Notes: cyberpunkjay3243 gets double digits for the season and moves to joint second.
==== Season 5 Cone Winners ====
xxxgeooegxxx ( 12 )
tendie\_mcnuggets ( 10 )
cyberpunkjay3243 ( 10 )
tallfeel ( 9 )
HeyNow846 ( 8 )
isthatfair1234 ( 8 )
DDanny808 ( 8 )
zero-the-hero-0069 ( 7 )
Musesoutloud ( 7 )
avspuk ( 7 )
WalrusSoliloquy ( 6 )
Longjumping\_Wash9556 ( 4 )
G\_Wash1776 ( 4 )
pongo85 ( 4 )
fcavetroll ( 4 )
UnrealCaramel ( 2 )
Analysis\_Vivid ( 2 )
TZeeeeeee ( 2 )
Blitzkreig11930 ( 1 )
BuyByTheNumbers ( 1 )
unemotional\_mess ( 1 )
Ayej4y ( 1 )
SpectacularRedditor ( 1 )
Terckon ( 1 )
==== Season 5 Bullseye Crew ====
Longjumping\_Wash9556 ( 1 )
zero-the-hero-0069 ( 1 )
Musesoutloud ( 1 )
xxxgeooegxxx ( 1 )
pongo85 ( 1 )
tallfeel ( 1 )