Daniel_Doyce

We can agree to disagree, especially about using technical analysis and playing bounces. That's just day trade type gambling. I'm not dumping my entire portfolio into a single stock, just interested in taking on more diversification and risk in my portfolio. A point estimate of average cruise ship passenger age is pretty meaningless. Is that average increasing / decreasing / stable over time? Strongly disagree that the geezers will stop taking cruises long term or that this will change the industry. This sort of crisis has happened to the industry multiple times and it always bounces back after a few months. Only real threat here is a bankruptcy.

Worst thing to do is sell now. Just think long term and hold on till things bounce back

Eh, I don't think this is a GME-type scenario, where the death event is known but the timing is uncertain. Again, a lot of the negative results for the next 2 years have been priced in by the 60-70% decline so far. If CCL cuts their div or gets below 10, I'll seriously consider it.

JB: I'm waiting for the dividend to be cut. I think a "long way to go" is debatable if you believe in the EMH at all, and I give most analysts little credence. Good look at seekingalpha and you'll see completely different analyses of the same stock. I already have a substantial portfolio of stocks with less Beta. This is a good time to take on some risk. If I don't get the absolute bottom on some of these stocks, I'll still do pretty well.

CCL is down more than 50% from a few months ago. Definitely giving it a look. However, there are so many bargains on energy stocks that it's tough to choose which industry to buy into.

I think the oil crisis is mostly priced in, and the coronavirus is actually priced much more pessimistically than reality. I'll call this close to a bottom and will be pleasantly surprised and happy to buy more at an even lower price if I'm wrong.

Nabbed some oil company stocks this morning and am giving the cruise lines a close look while I wait for my yearly bonus to be paid out on Friday.

No complaints with TDAmeritrade over here. Agree that Robinhood shat the bed this week and I'd never use them.

I thought we already had one of these that migrated from the NA thread, but maybe I'm remembering one-off potshots at our favorite whipping boy, GME. I've been holding off so far, but I'm thinking of taking a few big positions this week. Oil stocks are getting hammered and I see a couple of insurance stocks (my industry) that are way undervalued. Anyone else looking to buy? Terrible time to sell, BTW, but I'm sure you guessed that already.

Ok, I'm not going crazy remembering that he passed away a long time ago. Also RIP Max von Sydow

@Tabonga - a little late to this thread, but have you come across any collectible backgammon paraphernalia? "Collectible" means from the 1930s or before. In addition to the big authentic Bakelite chips, I'm looking for backgammon matches (which are Bakelite matchsticks that came in a set to keep score), backgammon doubling dials, and large Bakelite or unusual doubling cubes. Edit - added two pics

Seems like a lot of hassle and sharing of personal info with questionable companies that are clearly making money off harvesting your data just to make $20.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 is done. I guess I'll do Bandit Kings next.

If you have Amazon Prime, Code of Silence is a super early Dennis Farina film that also has peak Chuck Norris and The Prowler

I always listen to some Rossini overtures and his Stabat Mater to celebrate his birthday.

I'm curious about the $17K of silver. Was the owner buying silver too?

Nobunaga's Ambition 2 is done. I'll do Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 next.

Man you guys never got caught whackin off by your female roommate or buying porno mags from a cute cashier as an underaged kid or sharting yourself before a presentation or even getting caught in a ridiculous lie by someone you look up to or stuff like that? I have lots of embarrassing stories from being drunk but I don't even count those

What was the embarrassing aspect? I could see the doctor perhaps being embarrassed about his behavior but it sounds like he didn't give a rat's ass about what he was doing.

Forgot to mention I'll do Nobunaga's Ambition 2 next.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is done. I think this gets me the Koei crown again this year.

Help an old guy out... Where's the link to the lists of games?

lolwut.. Gloves is trippin'

Genghis Khan is done, finally. I guess I'll finish up the MMC2 Koei games by doing RotTK1 net.

Uncharted Waters is done. I'll do Genghis Khan next.