Ron_Artest

Wholesale prices rose far more than expected in July, providing a potential sign that inflation is still a threat to the U.S. economy, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Thursday showed. The producer price index, which measures final demand goods and services prices, jumped 0.9% on the month, compared to the Dow Jones estimate for a 0.2% gain. It was the biggest monthly gain since June 2022. Excluding food and energy prices, core PPI rose 0.9% against the forecast for 0.3%. Excluding food, energy and trade services, the index was up 0.6%, the biggest gain since March 2022. On an annual basis, headline PPI increased 3.3%, the biggest 12-month move since February and well above the Fed’s 2% inflation target. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/ppi-inflation-report-july-2025-.html

What are you talking about 2.2% returns? I would never be happy with that. It's lower than inflation.

treasuries rose giving pause to the idea of a rate cut.

Not always. Like any actively managed fund, the goals can vary. Some try to beat the market, others are capital preservation, but many are looking for low beta returns. They are called hedge funds because they using hedging strategies to protect downside risk, sometime sacrificing upside risk. Wealthy investors will diversify with hedge funds for the allure to get a high return but also for the safety of avoiding downside risk. If you're not familiar with hedging you can google it. For hedge funds whose strategy is higher return that indices, the managers have to be really really good, because the fees are high, 2% base plus upwards to 20% of profit. That's one of the reasons why most hedge funds don't beat indices as someone else pointed out. You've probably never even talked to a hedge fund manager. You should probably educate yourself before you call people the r-word in the future.

A majority of Americans think Trump knew some (27%) or a lot (44%) about the sex crimes committed by Epstein against underage girls before investigations into Epstein began; only 8% say he knew nothing about them

You support America giving Russia rare earth minerals because they invaded another country and continue to murder and rape women and children. How do live with yourself?

2024 Maga: ATH in the market doesn't mean anything, economy is sh1t. 2025 Maga: economy is great! Market is soaring!

Another source https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/08/13/trump-to-present-minerals-deal-to-putin-in-alaska/ Would you be surprised? Not me. American first.

Trump is going to offer Putin minerals from Alaska in exchange for peace. Wow. https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/trump-to-offer-putin-minerals-deal-in-exchange-1755113861.html

They charged sub guy with assault. Fock these fascists.

Also if you wanna tout Warren buffet, bro is sitting on a pile of cash and saying this market is way over bought. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/207-warren-buffett-indicator-says-065100545.html

Hedge funds aren't built to beat the index long term you dope. It's literally in the name, hedge.

Hedge funds dumping US Equities https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/hedge-funds-dump-us-stocks-seeing-risks-as-tariff-woes-linger

Of course he was.

It might be a good time to dial back risk if you have any short term needs yes.

Coming from the guy who posts swastikas. Means a lot.

Can you provide me some actual details of all these companies that left and are now coming back investing billions? Or foreign countries flocking to the US as a result of trade deals? Maybe I'm misinformed. I haven't seen anything that you are talking about. Please enlighten me. I'll just add, in case you are frantically googling, I know this is what Donald Trump says, but it's not true. He's senile old fool who lies about everything. You're just repeating his lies.

Guess what, he caved. TACO

I never took all of my money out of the market I took some of the market to pay for college and add to the emergency fund, making 4.3%. No regrets. I have plenty still invested.

conservative policy? Ah, no. I'm sorry but you are not making any sense, much like the market. Businesses coming back in droves? Investing in America unlike before? You're making this all up. This is stuff you hear on Conservative talk radio, but it's not true. Tariffs working raises the market? The exact opposite. And yes the market has priced in a rate cut and likely 2 now. If rates don't go down in September you will see quite the pullback. The markets are not political. In fact if you look at history the market, there is 5% greater return during Democratic terms than Republicans. Lots of theories for what we're witnessing now, but it's not anything you stated, I'm sorry.

Trump moved the most notorious child rapist and trafficker from max security prison to a resort. Why? So she wouldn't spill the goods on him. @Tree of Knowledge defends this type of behavior. Shame.

Astonishing Legends is a podcast. All about Cryptids, mysteries, ghosts, demons, etc. But there are some good docs out there. I would stay away from the Discovery Channel sh1t, that's just dramatized hype.

Yeah I agree, not from the bible, but if you open up your world to them, they will come in. I don't go too deep.

No it's not the truth, you're just making sh1t up about me now. Very sad. This is what happens when you're unable to have an intelligent conversation.

Extreme times call for extreme measures. Would like to see a federal law prohibit gerrymandering and forcing independent commisions to fairly draw this lines once this child rapist is out of the white house.