Kevin Slater

Wow! Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I’m sure all are interested in the ‘y’ axis values! Good on you to omit those.

Per annual tradition: 
2023 revenue was down 12% from year prior. 
44% of 2023 revenue came from the year’s top three clients, up from 36% in 2022. 
Kevin Slater

Per annual tradition: 
2023 revenue was down 12% from year prior. 
44% of 2023 revenue came from the year’s top three clients, up from 36% in 2022. 
Kevin Slater

Per annual tradition: 
2023 revenue was down 12% from year prior. 
44% of 2023 revenue came from the year’s top three clients, up from 36% in 2022. 
Kevin Slater

Per annual tradition: 
2023 revenue was down 12% from year prior. 
44% of 2023 revenue came from the year’s top three clients, up from 36% in 2022. 
Kevin Slater

Just a reminder as @handiacefailure said above if you're buying an ibond next month wait until closer to the end of the month since you'll still earn interest for the whole month.

Client just brought him into my place.  I wouldn't call it an abundance of personality.
Kevin Slater

I'm not aware of that data existing and wouldn't presume to speak for 95% of the market. 
I can say that 100% of my clients appear to prefer hung.
Kevin Slater

AF he has been as single As Fuck. Amusingly, in this sentence, as fuck means without fuck. 
 

Client just brought him into my place.  I wouldn't call it an abundance of personality.
Kevin Slater

All of that, and the moronic way it weighs the components (by ticker price rather than the far more rational market cap).  So if a stock splits say four-for-one, it loses three quarters of its weighting in the DJIA.  And many stocks simply cannot be added to the index because their nominal stock price would override all other components of the index.  Apple was excluded from the Dow until it issued a seven-for-one split which just happened to put make it eligible for the index.
Kevin Slater

I hate the Dow as a metric.  How 'bout the S&P at 5,000?
Kevin Slater

All of that, and the moronic way it weighs the components (by ticker price rather than the far more rational market cap).  So if a stock splits say four-for-one, it loses three quarters of its weighting in the DJIA.  And many stocks simply cannot be added to the index because their nominal stock price would override all other components of the index.  Apple was excluded from the Dow until it issued a seven-for-one split which just happened to put make it eligible for the index.
Kevin Slater

My take on the indices is the same as @Kevin Slater's that the Dow is not a good representation of the overall state of the market, and that the wider S&P is better. That doesn't mean that they will offer divergent scores of where the market is, just that using the Dow brings the risks that any small sample size has for measuring a larger 'population'. Picking a different index (such as the Nasdaq) as the basis for an investment strategy is a different decision process. It's a discrete share of the overall market, and concentrating on such a slice of the market is not an unusual strategy.

I hate the Dow as a metric.  How 'bout the S&P at 5,000?
Kevin Slater

I hate the Dow as a metric.  How 'bout the S&P at 5,000?
Kevin Slater

I hate the Dow as a metric.  How 'bout the S&P at 5,000?
Kevin Slater

Funny because my Dad with his 401k is only interested in the Nasdaq! 🤣

I hate the Dow as a metric.  How 'bout the S&P at 5,000?
Kevin Slater

And five years later they’re a twas. 
 
Kevin Slater

Looking back on this thread there are a number of smart people who predicted doom and gloom, which has yet to materialize.  Point is, no one knows.
 
Slow and steady wins the race in investing. I’ve stopped trying to predict anything. Dollar cost averaging is my strategy. 

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My Fidelity ATM card charges nothing, reimburses any ATM fees, and gives me the spot exchange rate.  So does the Schwab checking account.
Kevin Slater

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