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EmbarrassedPart1256

Because the biggest $CAPS owner is cherry picking my comments on Stocktwits I’ll repeat why $CAPS is a no-go for me. It was always a high-risk, high-reward trade that I had in mind I could use to tax-loss harvest if by Q2 things weren’t looking up. Its interesting how he can say all the same critiques but continue to buy; all I did differently was sell. I’m sorry to have bothered you all with this stock so much; I do like the the company & the low-float setup; I just think this will take time, late 2026 into 2027 at the earliest. With the SEC being trimmed down, the obligations that management will have will diminish. -Management is grifting, between Brookstone & Nectarine Management, controlled by management. Brookstone was receiving a cut of earnings before the company was even profitable (they waived this, only to receive a “catch-up” payment later). Nectarine gets paid a “consulting” fee every time anything is done with the business; this was approved by shareholders, because Brookstone holds a controlling interest. In other words, anything they want can get approved. -They recently reincorporated to Nevada, a state known for protecting management & not shareholders. This was also recently approved by “shareholders.” -They’re always touting EBITDA, a term Warren Buffet thinks is trash anyways. In their case, EBITDA means nothing because the D is gigantic, & they’ve probably “adjusted” it in other ways. -The stock’s now much closer to their NASDAQ noncompliance deadline, although there is time. The risk of RS/dilution is real, even if converting their notes would improve the balance sheet. -The ST board (myself somewhat included) is awaiting the 10-K to clear the air on all the current numbers, as information has been outdated, leading to $CAPS’ reputation declining. This 10-K will likely still show loss, debt, & won’t reflect the pro forma revenue of $70M in its entirety. The 10-K will only cover 9 months of 2025 because that’s when the company was formed, in March 2025. Also, ERs are almost never good for penny stocks. -They’re PRing EBITDA positive by Q2, or now, which wouldn’t show up in an ER until August 15, IF they’re on time filing (see below). IF that’s a catalyst, it’ll come after the NASDAQ noncompliance bridge has to be crossed. -They’ve been PRing an earnings guidance presentation for literally months now, continuing to push the date out. & finally, they’ve consistently been late on filing ERs, arguably because they were doing acquisitions, but the note for the 10-K extension (always an extension, never on time) pretty much said they overvalued (overpaid for) their acquisitions among other things. That last point was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. I love their PRs, the company & its progress, I just don’t think it’s the right time to be holding this; I’ll be watching for sure, & after the wash sale window is closed Id be able to re-enter if it came to that. You live & you learn (I hope I learned; now I’m looking into mREITs, arguably equally risky but $AGNC looks ready), & changing your mind is okay. I cut my losses, harvested them for tax purposes, & hopefully can craft a better strategy to grow my capital moving forward.

Jeff__Skilling

> What’s the alternative anyway for the common folk? The same way rich people do it -- regularly dumping a % of their paycheck into a diversified index and forgetting about it / not monitoring intraday prices to avoid selling (+ triggering ST cap gains, and obviously the brokerage fees ). It's not super complicated: that's really the secret to seeing a positive return on invested capital. It won't make you a gazillionaire overnight, but outside of really dumb luck, nothing will (and definitely not looking for stock tips on reddit to day trade on...)

TheSixthNonsense

The ST/LT capital gain nonsense only applies to US tax residents as far as I know. A lot of countries don't treat capital gains the same as US does.

Krammsy

Retail order flow shows that enough retailers are short to make it worthwhile for the Trump admin's Wall ST friends to buy in and evoke a short squeeze. This is the point where Trump announces a tariff reversal or a pullback in Iran, or....or...

brightonashfield

She has an ST. Careful

Affectionate-Sale523

You walk to Nassau St and turn left. Walk a few hundred feet and turn right on Anne ST. You will see a Wendy's. Start there.

Comfortable_Oil6642

Bears The market is BOOMERS ON WALL ST. Do you expect it to be rational you fucking retards?

Good-Lookin-Out

SRXH has 4,400+ watchers on ST, merger supposed to happen - maybe not until AH. Volume isn’t high yet. 2x460k buys printed a moment ago, dark pools have been involved for a few days/weeks according to users

Muted_Wasabi_1284

ST Johns ML. Thank me later. Goodnight

EchoGolfHotel

If you're doing short term trades, SPY will always be considered short term gains or losses by the IRS. Since SPX (and XSP) are options on futures contracts, the IRS treats all gains as 60% LT and 40% ST, regardless of the actual holding period. How much this actually matters depends on how much you gain or lose over the course of the year and what your tax bracket is for ordinary income.

jarMburger

SPX will be treated as 1256 contracts so no matter how long your hold period is, it’ll be 60% LT and 40% ST capital gain. That tax treatment could make a big difference in taxation depending on your other incomes. Also, SPX is cash settled so there’s no worry about exercising or assignment, definitely no pin risk where the short is ITM and assigned but long already expired so they can be held to expiry if you want to. Generally speaking I prefer SPX over SPY once the account is big enough. SPX is quite liquid as well.

Jaeger716

I got the civic hybrid ST hatchback. Coming from a 2008 mazda 3. Thing is real smooth.

tankmode

seems plausible but like a lot of work to generate ST losses on 3% of your cash.  if cash is 30% , tax rate is 30%  youre adding 0.3% a year   

MadSkyGlider

JANE ST OWNS 3.5% of paper silver ! After BTC now they are in isilver

collywobble69

No been in/out the company last year. I suddenly saw their SP and they had upcoming earnings. I had alot of "house money" from profits (yes i'm up this year) and i thought hey this will be easy im on a roll here. Now I just joined the reddit group and ST community. Lets go MVST ! xD

EmbarrassedPart1256

I could write a book on this, seriously. The fear can compound but the god of investing himself literally said to be greedy when others are fearful. These are the ones that come out of nowhere & the majority of people think "why didn't I buy that one?" Look into Instone & CSI on LinkedIn; they're the operating subsidiaries that're actually doing the business. Capstone is making the industry more efficient through strategic acquisitions & their tech-first platform in a traditionally techless space. They've made integration of their acquisitions basically immediately-accretive, where normally it would take \~60 days. **Now to why it's dropped (in no particular order):** \-It's illiquid, as every low-floater is, but it's held by long-term holders (look through ST) so no one's selling; we'll just buy more. That said, retail gets bored (the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent) \-[Insiders alone hold 3,733,077 shares](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000887151/000121390025094745/ea0257860-02.htm) \-People look at the chart farther back than 1 year, when they pivoted into Capstone as it is today in March 2025; Instone & CSI have both been dominant industry players, in business for over 30 years, with low turnover, etc, so they're clearly doing something right \-Any RS that've affected the chart are in the past \-People look at/quote numbers that just aren't current; [they recently released the pro forma balance sheet after their recent (immediately-accretive acquisitions)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887151/000121390026017500/ea027727301ex99-3_capstone.htm) & the numbers are way different than the Q3 ER \-The 10-K will start to set the record straight but even that won't show [all the recent developments in their recent PRs](https://capstoneholdingcorp.com/news/) \-They have debt, but it's not applying significant, immediate cash pressure, & the CEO has confirmed that multiple times; they could sell shares tomorrow at current prices, paying off their debt completely, & you'd still be left with a solid share structure <50M shares OS & a company with no debt \-Management is committed to minimizing dilution as they are some of the largest shareholders \-Obviously the NASDAQ noncompliance, but this simply shouldn't be under $1; it could get above $1 in a day or 2, as it popped to $.84 in the PM on 3/10. All of this information & more is in plain sight, & $CAPS continues to come up on screens that I do, looking a lot better than a lot of other similarly-priced stocks. [It's currently got a $6 PT](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KJNrdkTTJBX2dqwBlRSR6dgyTy6YWybm/view?usp=drive_link) but that was before so many recent developments; it's tucked away on Joseph Gunnar's website, not really publicly-available. They don't call it due diligence for nothing; like Warren Buffett has said, "turn every page." NFA, do your own due diligence & let me know what you find!

Strong-Comment-7279

2 weeks out from end of Q1. You want to burn tax due, hmu. This is not the way. But maybe it is - compare this function. I trade SPXW 0-1 exclusively. However, I may dip into SPY. WHEN I dip into SPY, it is a gamble w downside limited to the loss, of course. But WAIT. I throw down on SPY, there are two outcomes. Profit/liquidity and roll again for the next - burn off those SPXW ST gains. There is no aim to manipulate a market, and tho I do frequently post while I trade, there will be no inclusion of these events. HOWEVER - I must point out that I've just thought of this in the last few weeks, and am not in a position to do it this quarter. To that end, I am actively watching last day of trading Q1 2026 for MASSIVE SPY manipulation through large players exchanging this set-up. Final note: brokerage platform is relevant. Had an informative convo today about E-Trade Vs TOS spy and SPX/SPXW. TOS does not offer SPXW. I'm on the former - SPXW every day. The only SPX E-Trade offers is one exp day monthly. See: wash sale issues.

EmbarrassedPart1256

They’re spread out over 3 accounts. I don’t need to post them to prove anything; don’t believe me, it makes no difference to me. I have 1/4M shares, a few others on ST have about the same or more; the float can’t be more than 4M. $CAPS is beyond locked up if you do more DD than a “quick glance.” It may not move Monday, it may not move next week, but it’s a solid opportunity staring you in the face if you look closely enough.

Good-Lookin-Out

Heads up, both X and ST are showing more attention to SRXH, volume is higher, and there is ascending triangles w/stairstepping

EmbarrassedPart1256

Not much more, I do believe; it's already run 100%. I saw $3 PTs on ST but that may not happen overnight.

ZeroDayExpiration

I often sit here, and contemplate PUTS or CALLS, it's up for debate No matter which one that I designate I always take the Wall ST bait, and seal my fate Retail trading is not that great, When you're on the spectrum and are always a day late.

poddars

Ohhhh my god this shows exactly why WSB is not investment advice. disclaimer: if you know what you are doing the right way is to put extremely risky investments in your Roth. If you hit a 100x jackpot, those are TAX FREE GAINS. you just need to have the right discipline to move your lower risk investments into taxable accounts and hold them long term. Yes you’ll pay tax on these gains. But your Roth insurance should hit a few times and those ST gains are larger and higher taxed. of course this requires knowing what you are doing, trade sizing, long term discipline.

BeginningRoad1661

Most of the accounts on ST with large follower amounts tend to avoid any personal interaction and just post what they wanna post. Have you tried that?

katrav86

TICKER : ADBE STÆTUS : FUCKED FUTURE : umm.. kekw

MirkManEA

Real supply concern. I’d be curious if it indicates LT or ST concern. Probably the realization that POTUS can’t get shippers to ship just by calling them sissies.

Every_Recover_1766

I FUCKIN TOLD YALL SO USO TO 150 BY APRIL 1ST It doesn’t matter about the strait at this point if they reopen it tomorrow we’re already now 12 days down on supply - not to mention the sheer damage from the inertia of the economy slowing down for the 12 past days.

miker53

Now you can go high risk. If you lose you, can offset LT gains taxes with ST losses. If your high risk trade gains then you gain twice. You’re in a better place than you think you are if you take advantage. Yeah it sucks paying taxes but not then end.

sc181818

Depends your invest philosophy mainly, I only look for long term holds or 6 month-12 month positions for quick profits, to then roll into the long term positions and look for new ST holdings. With that strategy in mind and my young age I don’t want to lose out on potential gains by being conservative with VT. I would rather be more aggressive into VOO and QQQM for the long haul. But to each their own risk tolerance wise. VT wont lose money I just doubt it will ever match the pace of returns from VOO in a 10/20 year horizon.

Embarrassed-Sky6890

Only green I’m wearing this ST Patrick’s day is a shirt with my port on it

orangeyougladiator

That’s why I have an Explorer ST for my daily, plus the dog can fit

Critical_Lifeguard_2

Totally — in an IRA this basically disappears, which is nice. In a taxable account it can get pretty wild though. Last year I realized a large chunk of what I thought were deductible losses were actually being deferred under straddle rules, and there’s no broker tool that shows this in real time. You only discover it at tax time when it’s too late to adjust (ended up with an unplanned for huge ST gain!) When I looked back at my transaction history, I was surprised how blind I was to the real tax picture during the year.

StanIeyDruckenmiller

https://preview.redd.it/yzzp1a7onplg1.jpeg?width=1408&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c30639bbe6c65e76274e6b4b3f7dde2a36219823 ST. HUANG

Anceradi

I don't care about the case of your father, as passport restrictions exist everywhere and I don't know if his case his due to the tyranny of the government or not. But if you want a source, here https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3339348/chinas-outbound-travel-set-soar-10-million-trips-2026-halve-japan, or here https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.DPRT?locations=CN, you can see tens of millions of people leave China every year, so it does not seem to be an impossible endeavour.

Worried_Quarter469

ST: TNG, get all your clothes/food/junk from replicator, assigned living space

Dick_Wiener

Even though I’m sure you posted something on ST like “I’m going to post something on WSB, you know those apes are going ro rocket this” - you have most expertly tickled my gonads.

TradingMomentum

From an institutional investment professional: nothing wrong with your approach. I don't know your whole situation or portfolio so I'll just focus on your stocks and thought process. These are solid companies and thinking about long-term gains vs short-term is very valid especially when you thinking long-term. If you like these companies and you have a 5-10 year outlook on them what you can do is DCA and trim around positions as they rip but keep a core position for as long you believe in the thesis. For example. Google is a huge part of my portfolio like 10%, grew from 5%. i've taken some off the top after very strong rips like when it goes to 12% i'll trim it back to 8% so i can fund a new position. If it drops to 5% i'll probably add to it to get it back to 7%. but i'm always going to have that core position. Another way to think about if its worth paying taxes on a position is just figure out how much tax you would owe and ask yourself if you think or do you care if it drops more than that tax $. if the answer is yes you care, then sell , trim, or buy a put on it to protect your position if you are thinking about holding 3 more months to get from ST gains to LT gains. It really depends on your thesis, risk appetite, and what your goals are. If i have a small cap company that ripped 5x in 6 months i'm probably going to see that sucker because that isn't normal or trim it materially, but i'm going to weight that with my thesis too. Me personally I took a lot of profit from orcl when it ripped last year, and actually been adding a back from 180 and below now. Me personally i'm going to keep adding to orcl even though i'm down because my thesis is it will come out on top of this after this AI debt scare. also you can harvest losses by buying the 2x ETF of orcl to maintain exposure, which is what i did already to minimize gains elsewhere like from googl trims. or other trims. Hope this helps and let me know if you have other questions.

DeeDee_Z

There is a very rigid algorithm, meaning that there's no flexibility, you don't have any choices to make here. * Short-term losses offset short-term gains; LT losses offset LT gains. * If there is still a loss, combine ST and LT. * If there is *still* a loss, carry -$3000 to offset **income**. * If there is **still** a loss, carry the rest of it forward to next year **and start at the top again** This is well-established and your tax software should handle the whole thing automatically -- including the last step if you use the same software each year!

Same-Ad-4215

Going back and finding the links on ST is a royal PITA. I take mental notes. If you haven't realized there is a group working together on ST, I can't help you. I'm OK of you don't believe me. We don't know each other. No skin off my back.

I_Buy_Stock

This is easily provable and I can guarentee you will not link a single instance of this. You can't delete ST comments so you have the easiest path to proving what you say, and you won't. Book it boys.

artynonymous

OP clearly says his ST name in his post if you've read it. He even links back from ST to this post. Yg and thompske are different people.

uboatcommander159

Ill start! 59 yrs, USA, 35 yrs investing. Done it all - SS, Options, Traded, SPACs, Offerings, LT, ST, Swing, etc. Now I just hold majority in L-Cap Growth Funds because retail has no edge over the pros. I do feel retail has an edge in the smaller off-radar and miss-understood names - especially SS and acquisitions. Disclaimer - I am not an advisor. I have made millions and lost millions and still learning to this very day. Now I find 1 micro/small-cap every 3-5 yrs that has "based" at rock bottom (to capture the highest upside), that has consolidated 2-5 yrs while executing, is scaling their disruptive tech while keeping debt down. I build a large position and wait. Sometimes yrs. I have never had a small growing company that keeps debt down that the share price does not follow. It takes a lot longer than investors think but it only takes a few to supercharge a portfolio. Zoom out 5 yr chart on run-ups ONDS, CIFR, SOFI, BITF, IREN, and just last week FTLY - all follow the same pattern. Currently adding pre-run DLO, SOFI, GMGI, & GRAB. I want to point out, in my 35 yrs, GMGI, AFTER their recent Meridianbet & Expanse Studios acquisition, is currently my most exciting small opportunity & what I feel is the largest miss-pricing I have ever come across. IMO, it is truly a miss-understood 10x asymmetric play that has limited risk at current levels.  GMGI trading at .65 cent will pull a conservative $210 mil + this year alone. @ .65 that’s .4x in avg 2.5x sector, 141 mil shares = $91 mil - unreal price disconnection. AND they are growing double digits GLOBALLY. All 5 GMGI subsidiary companies turning profitable will no doubt drive SP in next few qtrs. MeridianBet alone was appraised $300 mil - $400 mil in value prior acquisition a yr and half ago before it's recent growth, multiple additional countries licensed, including coveted Brazil Lic (1 of about 79 w/both sportsbetting and igaming) recent Fairbet acquisition, Betshops now 800, etc. That’s not considering profitable RKings or CFAC & MexPlay buildout next year. Now plug in Expanse Studios content makers meteoric rise adding 1300 operators /400% growth 60+ games, 20 countries + entrance in Brazil, Sweden, Canada, Croatia, USA, etc and consider the multiples of growing “mobile first” content makers like Hacksaw @ 8x. GMGI is now processing (well Mbet) a 2-3 billion dollar handle - 5th Gen Atlas completely rolled out, all companies turning profitable (like RSI that just ran $2 - $20) It is 85% insider owned and Mbet insiders are in @ $3, RKings $8. Thats a hell of a lot of confidence their companies are going to continue to execute. GMGI used a decentralized acquisition model leaving existing CEOs in place to continue to do what they do best. AI or Google the CEOs and founders involved: Mbet’s Zoran Milosevic, Expanse Studios: Damian Stamenkovic, RKings: Mark Weir - I researched these guys in depth. They are LT head down fiscally conservative grinders with long histories of execution and Zero borrowing - now with skin in the game. At a reasonable 2.5x multiple on this years conservative $220 mil is only a $550 mil market cap / 144 mil shares is $3.90/share. The pro analysts have a share value $2-$4 and up to $8 with any LatAm execution. Thats a 600% gain. Consider liquidity supply and demand - out of 141 mil shares, there are under 10 mil shares left available to retail after insiders, institutional, and main shareholders are taken out. Thats is insane and this will fly with any discovery - hence why I am on here posting to get some exposure!  I have never seen a company growing at their rate globally with those numbers, low debt ratio and catalysts with a share price that disconnected. Again, I am not an advisor and have had many expensive lessons! Do your own work. This is fun for me and I want to share actionable ideas to research. 

forsker1974

Check out the rise of this small stock, could be the beginning of a 1 month bull run: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SPRINT.ST/

TrueGary

ST

ICCUGUCCI

All while murdering the Fiesta ST, an insanely fun drive and great platform for tuning, beloved the world over. Smh, indeed.

MannerProfessional24

VNDA is worth considering... Small cap pharma with huge FDA decision imminent regarding approval for new anti psychotic drug BYSANTI on 21ST FEBRUARY. Approval application looks good with no reported FDA clarifications or resubmissions at this stage. Approval would open up a huge new market and rerate the company! Already some other big drug approvals under their belt, they are well positioned for the future being well funded with $260 million in cash - no fear of dilution. DYOR Well worth a closer look.

MannerProfessional24

Vanda Pharma - VNDA. Small cap pharma with huge FDA decision imminent regarding approval for new anti psychotic drug BYSANTI on 21ST FEBRUARY. Approval application looks good with no reported FDA clarifications or resubmissions at this stage. Approval would open up a huge new market and rerate the SP! Already some other big drug approvals under their belt, they are well positioned for the future being well funded with $260 million in cash - no fear of dilution. DYOR Well worth a further look.

Fauster

For me, at a more practical level, when does the market push back boils down to when does Japan's treasury market collapses. Money is fungible. All of these central bank offerings compete with one another. The carry trade is wired into the US hedge fund system. How much? Who knows. It is constant background risk. For some that means municipal bonds and proctor and gamble. For others, like me, I will buy ST treasuries sometimes but LT treasuries never. I'd rather have optionality to buy a company that sold off too much that still has a high ROIC. When does the US treasury market break? When the Japanese market breaks, and Europe's market breaks, and maybe the Swiss Franc is a hedge, other than cash, but nothing else is. Are corporate spreads blowing out? No. Are there SOFR liquidity problems? No. Wake me up when something is different today than yesterday.

chiggenNuggs

The focus and fiesta specifically sucked because of the bad dual clutch auto transmissions. They were otherwise great cars optioned with a manual. The fiesta and focus ST are still some of the most beloved hot hatch offerings from the past decade. The fusion was also a great mid-sized sedan. Some issues with the 6 speed auto, but otherwise an extremely solid offering. They were selling well over 200k units a year in the US when ford decided they’d stop making them. Combined, ford was selling 500k sedans/hatchbacks every year in the US. They just wanted factory space for higher margin trucks and SUVs.

limezest128

GOOG, AAPL, INVE-B.ST, AXP, Swedish banks SHB-A.ST, SWED-A.ST, META

alllifeishell

They should have kept making the Fiesta ST in the states. Id buy 2 of em.

PeanutButterStout

You’re thinking about this completely wrong. Another way of saying the same thing is: 1. Utility companies have to spend billions with a very long lead time to making that cash back 2. Utility companies are highly regulated and can’t just raise prices What you should be buying are the companies who supply the electrical companies with what they need for their capex budgets or companies that provide ST electricity like massive generators which have already skyrocketed.

UnhappyWalrus3570

This + japan... powell can now do what he wants on ST, the long term part of the curve will have a lot of pressure...

HistoricalComeBack

Mega Bull Trap on the Corn. The copium on ST is actually funny

Ok_Location_1092

I think this is a Yen carry trade thing. I have no idea, just my observations. Things are getting cooked, with the usual suspects of a liquidity crunch being hammered first. Tech stocks, any of the the more risk-on (high debt, low/no profit, uncertain but appealing future) companies, BTC, and of course everything else is along for the ride for a lesser extent. Thing is, we should be on that sexy, sexy about face from QT/high rates to QE/low rates. Maybe it’s not happening quick enough, maybe that’s why Trump was raging at JPow about rates. The excessive volatility of gold/silver also point towards unwinding of ST trades. The Yen is standing strong while the dollar just hit a lower low. In the absence of some obvious factor ravaging markets, this looks like and unwind with institutions scrambling for liquidity like we’ve seen a couple times these past couple years.

ExiledSpaceman

VTSAX, NOC, [SAAB-B.ST](http://SAAB-B.ST)

Electrical-Image-717

Congratulations and my advice is keep going there's no ceiling and keep JESUS 1ST

Southside_john

Chipotle looks like an ST depression

NVDAismyg0d

TESLA TO TELL SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY THAT CONGRESS MUST MODERNIZE SELF-DRIVING CAR REGULATIONS, WARNING IF U.S. DOES NOT LEAD IN ROBOTAXI DEVELOPMENT "CHINA WILL BE THE DOMINANT MANUFACTURER OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY" -- WRITTEN TESTIMONY Ah the classic you HAVE to let robotaxis in the US or else China will win and we can’t have China win! 

sanndman

Satoshi is an anagram for A-O-SHIT. Epstein is an anagram for PEE IN ST.

Proud-Ad-3227

Omg.. time to go back to ST Index brother

Prestigious-Duck-189

I’ve been researching this weekly for over a year and still no bear thesis. The science is sound and with every additional day in the trial the value goes up. Once in a lifetime opportunity in my opinion. People who have done their DD are extremely bullish so yeah, there’s a community on Reddit, Discord en ST to spread the word. Can’t blame them. Trial readout and buyout is imminent here and share price wil be 10x easily. BO might even go North of $80,- once you start calculating TAM, revenue per patient and industry bench mark formulas. But again. Do your own DD and I’m quite sure you’ll end up being extreme bullish as well.

Correct_Inspection25

If you look to the thread i was replying to, the discussion was around the claim "Because ponzi ! Lol I mean thats all crypto is" The response was in effect: "You are repeatedly proven wrong" I provided that there is substantive evidence depending where in the asset classification you see crypto sit, as a currency replacement or anti-inflationary/store of value asset, nether use case has shown itself as a slam dunk in terms of a product with a track record despite the move into the main stream. Beyond the topic of the thread, but I would even go further to argue, using the on chain analysis 2018-2026, bitcoin is even more tightly tied to fiat than ever before, given the US dollar peg of daily bitcoin transactional volume. I don't think its exactly a full ponzi as the above asserts, given how much crypto is used in hacking/ST/malware, its clear there is real economic action for at least 10-20% of the top 3-5.

oldandverytired

[https://youtu.be/GI7sBsBHdCk?si=tUlNzzYFDZv0ST8E](https://youtu.be/GI7sBsBHdCk?si=tUlNzzYFDZv0ST8E)

Fit_Neighborhood9251

And when they say: LET WHO BAGHOLDS TO THROW THE 1ST ROCK, I will step forward. With a bag. Of rocks. Bagholder I am. With many bags of different sizes.

CatchUsual6591

Is just funny at this point Microsoft overperform and thier stock still go down same for meta a couple of months ago. Tesla doesn't deliver for 2+ years ST thier stock goes up

JJY199

Oh no what pump and dump has wall ST cooked up now

productivehumantwo

Leaps can expire any any month, as long as they are held over 12 months. For example, you buy the June 17th 2027s as an example. I trade many Google leaps, I never write cover calls on them within 12 months as being called away early means ST Cap gains at close to 50% vs my max rate for Long-term gains being close to 29%ish (Fed 20%, State Tax 5%ish, and Obamacare at 3.8%). Also, beware of estimated tax, I learned the hard way. Cashed in handsome gains in Google leaps in January 2023 thinking I could use those proceeds tax free for the rest of the year. Nope, I should have paid tax (estimated taxes) on those gains from Jan 2023 by April 2023. I did not, and was hit with penalties and interest for both Federal and State tax for a full year.. In essence, if you are booking large gains, you have to estimate your taxes every 3 months and send State and Fed a check 4 times a year. I would love to be proven wrong on this one :)

wildcard_55

Lol the ST crowd showing up to support Pemvi 🙂

Urzuck

This is the news: 🥭 BASED ON A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH NATO, I WILL NOT BE IMPOSING THE FEBRUARY 1ST TARIFFS TACO gonna TACO

DaemonTargaryen2024

Match is the cherry; the 401k itself is the sundae. You will pay way more in taxes over your lifetime if you don't utilize a 401k: * 401k: reduce taxable income now; dividends and capital gains are nontaxable; taxed as income in retirement (which is lower than your working years for almost everyone). * brokerage account: no reduction in income; annual dividends and realized cap gains are fully taxable; taxed as ST or LTCG when sold.

explorer_soul99

Actually worth digging into that cash position: **META Liquidity Trend (2024 → 2025):** | Quarter | Cash + ST Investments | Total Debt | Net Debt | |:--|:--|:--|:--| | Q4 2024 | $77.8B | $49.1B | $5.2B | | Q1 2025 | $70.2B | $49.5B | $20.8B | | Q2 2025 | $47.1B | $49.6B | $37.6B | | Q3 2025 | $44.4B | $51.1B | **$40.9B** | Cash position dropped $33B in 9 months. Net debt went from ~$5B to ~$41B. **Where's the cash going:** | Quarter | CapEx | FCF | Buybacks | Dividends | |:--|:--|:--|:--|:--| | Q3 2024 | $8.3B | $16.5B | $8.8B | $1.3B | | Q4 2024 | $14.4B | $13.6B | $3.9B | $1.3B | | Q1 2025 | $12.9B | $11.1B | $12.8B | $1.3B | | Q2 2025 | $16.5B | $9.0B | $10.2B | $1.3B | | Q3 2025 | $18.8B | $11.2B | $3.3B | $1.3B | 2025 YTD CapEx: $48.3B (vs $37.3B for all of FY2024). Annualized run rate: ~$64B. At current trajectory: ~$64B CapEx + ~$40B shareholder returns = $104B annual outflow against ~$44B FCF. That's a ~$60B annual cash burn. The "so much cash" cushion is eroding fast. Not saying it's a dealbreaker, but the margin of safety is tighter than it was 12 months ago.

TheNinCha

Love Solstice ! I bought 100 shares at the beginning of December. This is the DD I had made : • Advanced Materials Division: Recently spun off from Honeywell. • Specialization: Focuses on refrigerants (critical for data centers), semiconductor materials, and the nuclear sector. • Market Positioning: While categorized under semiconductors, the company is highly diversified with significant non-tech subdivisions. • Net Sales by Market: 18% HVAC; 16% Automotive; 12% Nuclear; 11% Construction; 10% Semiconductors. Why is it interesting? • Recent IPO: Went public only one month ago. • AI Tailwind: As AI demand persists, the need for their specialized cooling and manufacturing products will scale accordingly. • Nuclear "Hidden Gem": Their nuclear division utilizes UF6 technology (uranium hexafluoride) for uranium enrichment; they are currently the only provider in the U.S. with this capability. • Valuation: Currently appears undervalued. • Index Inclusion: Set to join the S&P 500 on Dec 22 (replacing CarMax). • Strategic Play: An attractive stock for gaining exposure to AI and Nuclear power without having to bet on a single winner (e.g., Google vs. OpenAI). Risks / Cons • PFAS Liabilities: Potential impact from ongoing litigation related to "forever chemicals" dating back to their time with Honeywell. • Early Stages: High volatility typical of recent IPOs. • Nvidia Correlation: Closely tied to NVDA's performance, for better or worse. Price Targets • Short-Term (ST): $52 (returning to its IPO levels). • Long-Term (2–3 years): $70, assuming sustained growth in the nuclear and semiconductor sectors.

tacticalangus

Yes, in fact most people use Intel mobile products. They make up over 78% of the mobile PC market. Last year, Intel's Lunar Lake already was far better than AMD in battery life and had a superior GPU but it was made at TSMC and had an unfavorible cost structure and lacked MT performance. Panther Lake will trounce AMD's Gorgon Point across the board in ST, MT and GPU performance while having much better battery life. PTL is also made on Intel 18A so Intel should get some margin stacking benefits. Might want to check your facts before posting nonsense.

Paul_Robert_

Introducing the RTX T04ST3R!

LiamPhlegmsworth

Texans D/ST TD 💰

zero0n3

This isn’t true from what I understand. If you have an option that is over a year, it’s considered LT when you sell the option. In IBKR I see LT and ST info for my options. The clock is reset when you exercise the option (as in buy the underlying stock the option gives you the right to buy at said price). So if you exercise, and then immediately sell the stocks, the profit on those stocks is ST / LT based on when you exercise.

Helpful-Advice-1216

LUMN just completed a huge debt restructuring combined with an upcoming debt pay down in the first quarter and last week someone on ST board mentioned the CVNA example 🤔

Stan_999

Long-term rental, unfortunately....I've heard about CSS for ST - Wish I could! Thanks and open to any other ideas you may have...

Run4theRoses2

[https://stocktwits.com/Gps\_100X\_ROI\_Potential/message/641079944](https://stocktwits.com/Gps_100X_ROI_Potential/message/641079944) hey u/Almighty1Wow fucktool. go ahead read some of my Posts from ST... TONS OF Due DILIGENCE Many FACTS- not just the Type C Approval for Manufacture, that was in response to the other inch thick mile wide tool that didn't have a CLUE about Gps or Gps' history.

Sad_Calligrapher_742

I bought a few hundred to see what it does with ST finally ending. I hope they actually win the WB battle bc I could see it picking up and revamping some classics from the CW days and doing things like CW did with Green Arrow, Veronica Mars, etc. But that's just me hoping. I diversified, bc I am not a risk taker. 

unholy-confetti

puts on netflix for that shit ST finale

Run4theRoses2

https://preview.redd.it/t9yhhl53b9bg1.jpeg?width=2405&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2bb32d509a2656673ff4f164e26a743ac2174c6f Been invested here for years, for all those getting now, you have perfect timing. [https://www.stocktwits.com/Gps\_100X\_ROI\_Potential/message/640733092](https://www.stocktwits.com/Gps_100X_ROI_Potential/message/640733092) Dd from my ST posts.

ilnyarien

There have been extensive DDs on reddit and ST for at least a year. Did my own DD both on the science and on the company, then simulated the possible outcomes based on known variables, trying to brute force a failure, running 100s of millions of simulations for many different hypotheses. Then basically YOLOd in under 1.5. Still wasn't 100% sure, until the 72th event PR. The combination of all the factors is a miracle, and we're still trading WAY under the BO target range.

river_miles

Thanks for this I was just asking someone on ST about those guys last week.

YoBee9

Another thing to note. There has yet to be a legitimate bear case. The amount of paid FUD folks on ST yelling "ScAmOlOuS" when there also just happen to be 40M+ shares sold short that are sinking like a ship is telling. Nothing is ever a guarantee, but the odds of success given the time frame on this trial makes it damn near a lock IMO.

Retired-Programmer

Be sure to take a look at this subreddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassActionRobinHood](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassActionRobinHood) I know Robinhood does not have any Brokered CDs and doesn't have some preferred stocks but I am not aware of not having the CEFs, BDCs or MLPs but it wouldn't surprise me some may not be available. I transferred some funds to Robinhood for the 1% bonus and I regret it. The Website is lacking. For example no way to see what your currently ST and LT realized gains are for the year. So doing Tax Loss Harvesting is a major pain to accomplish. I download every single trade and go thru them 1 by 1 to figure out what it is. And I do a ton of covered call options which makes it really time consuming (last time I said it takes days, I am changing that to it takes weeks when you add double checking/verifying). You can't create a simple covered call in one single trade (have to make separate trades which when the Bid/Ask spread is large you don't know what it's going to cost you). Lots of complaints about the fills, but I can't say for sure it's any different than other brokerages but it wouldn't surprise me. I am sure both accounts would need to be Gold to get the bonus. And I am not sure what is going to happen when my 2 years is up (to get the bonus) and I try to move my funds back. From the ClassActionRobinhood subreddit it looks like it may be very painful. Not looking forward to that. I would say stay away.

GeoLogic23

Looks like some insider selling at GTI from President, Chair/CEO, and General Counsel. For [Ben](https://archive.fast-edgar.com/20251230/A92ST22C5222T2N2222322Y2GBELZ222A272/) and [Anthony](https://archive.fast-edgar.com/20251230/AVZZP22CR22282Z2222U22ZZMLFKZ26I9B72/) it says they sold like $2M worth of super voting shares? [General Counsel](https://archive.fast-edgar.com/20251230/A3ZK222CZ222E2Z2222H22ZZVTTHZPGSB272/) sold about $160k.

FabulousLanguage6216

I will personally go in ST Moritz after Wall Street guys and make them buy something. They had enough holiday.

Dealer_Existing

Better than ST season 5

Internal_Field5970

Episode 4 and 5 were good in ST, I hope finale doesn’t get Game of Thrones’d This season better than the last one 

kalarama

Will fidelity auto calculate 60% LT and 40% ST on 1099?

Internal_Field5970

Netflix did like 400 brand partnerships for this ST season 

Retired-Programmer

The really short story of this I do this quite often. And it seems to me if closing the short call (instead of letting the short call get assigned) and it swaps some short term loss with long term gain it always pays off tax wise to do this. But also if you go strictly by the IRS rules (in particular IRS Publication 550 *Loss Deferral rules*) you aren't always allowed to do this. But from what I have seen nearly no one applies these rules including the brokerages do not apply it to the 1099s. But I have done this (closing the short call for a ST Loss instead of letting it get assigned) for years (and not applying the Loss Deferral Rules) and have never had a problem. My thinking is that if the IRS really was serious about getting people to follow this *Loss Deferral Rule* they would force the brokerages to apply it to the 1099s just like they already do with wash sales. This is discussed more in the following subreddit thread. [https://www.reddit.com/r/stocks/comments/1pq0230/underwater\_covered\_call\_and\_donating\_the/](https://www.reddit.com/r/stocks/comments/1pq0230/underwater_covered_call_and_donating_the/)

FabulousLanguage6216

Wall Street guys are already in ST Moritz playing with snow. They are done for the year.

New-Dirt-6666

I would highly recommend downloading the prospero ai app. It’s free, and I use it as another tool to choose stocks. I prefer to filter by upside breakout and see what institutions believe has the best chance to go higher . You can use it based on their ST and LT bulls , but I prefer the upside breakout since the backtest results show that stocks with an upside breakout above 80 have an 80% chance of beating the SP500. It’s how I’ve gotten into HOOD, META (when it was at $300), and SMCI (from 250 to 850).

BearBryant

An explanation that is also not entirely correct, there are plenty of utility power projects making their way into rate structures across the country that would never have been built if there wasn’t a massive boom in MW needed to support data centers. Yes, there are private efforts by these companies in the near term but they are certainly also playing the longer game through utility power projects that won’t see fruition for 5+ years at the earliest (assuming you sell your soul for CT/ST turbines). Depending on which market structure they’re in they may have cost sharing agreements to mute or eliminate the effect these have on customer bills but that doesn’t begin to touch on the various fuel clauses, disaster recovery, and other rate riders that sometimes do end up getting democratized to the entire customer base. In short, it’s highly dependent on what part of the country you’re in. Yes, there will be a shift in rate making priority amongst utilities in regions most effected in order to mute the effect of data centers on rates because they are starting down angry regulators. But that downplays the behaviors that led us to this point, where certain utilities said “we need more capacity to serve load” and built a bunch of stuff that got worked into rated without really making concessions for who actually is using that capacity.

SiriusBlackLives

Sad to report I dumped all my holdings once the press conference wrapped with no questions on SAFER (in fact - there were ZERO relevant questions on the EO). I expected a drawdown but wow am I shocked at how much it dropped after. I don’t know when I’ll be back, this was always going to be a ST play for me since I need the funds to buy in at work. I really thought this time was different y’all. Long term this is a big step forward, but frankly I could see actual progress on this being slow walked to the midterms. Take care everyone. Hopefully we will have our day eventually.

Krammsy

The writing was on the wall when Madoff, an upstanding member of the SEC, was able to write the rule the enabled him to get away with his Ponzi scheme. The SEC is a recruitment firm for Wall ST institutions, those who prove they're team players get cushy jobs in the private sector. .

princeoinkins

I don't think it's the RS itself that's the problem, it's all the standard trims that they sell with them. At the time they discontinued the ST's and the RS, they weren't selling enough of them to make it worth producing them in Mexico anymore. (They only sold like 2-3000 of each per year). Not enough to keep making them if they weren't going to ALSO make the standard trims alongside them. They killed the standard trims because of margin. I agree, they could probably make the RS again and it would sell enough on it's own to be viable; they killed it too early because no one was buying them because dealers were asking CRAZY markups on them (IMO, Ford REALLY needs to reign in their dealers, because that;s still and issue)

322throwaway1

I live where it is rainy half the year. My Fiesta ST cant even get 10k miles out of front tires because it fights for traction so much in the rain. Awd is well worth the weight penalty if you live somewhere wet. And my car is well sorted, BC coilovers, Pilot Sport AS4 tires, suspension is setup for maximum compliance and tire life. If they sold an AWD fiesta st like the GR corolla I'd buy it in a heartbeat.