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$MLFB is continuing to add high caliber executives with extensive NFL experience and connections
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Dividend aristocrat covered call strategy update
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3%? The week of the 2011 earthquake AFL fell 15%, I'm aiming for 5%. This earthquake will produce a tsunami 2x as big, at least. The more consequential concern is 1) the diversion now from 2004 where the 7.3 hit mexico instead of new Zealand. 2) was the gap in New Guinea really not broken with a 6.3 at 10km, when a gap has persisted for over 200days for 6+ 11-78km. Same for east of that for 6.7+ as Brent depicts in his charts. 3) what will the effects be from Mexico? Will it be enough to break this gap? 4) how soon after gap break will the megaquake occur? In 2011 it was soon but 2004 it took much longer. But of course, now would be the time the a.i. bullshit finally pops propping up the guy I'm shorting. The one time I wanted the a.i. bubble to pull through. Fucking plague those companies are
$AFL running OP you good?
His AFL $114 puts for 7/17 closed at $0.08, he paid $0.49. No earthquake yet in Japan.
With any luck you hope AFL gets obliterated before then, news gets out, and people get saved
I’m not reading all that. Congrats if you got a good outcome.. sorry that happened if this is a negative post. I’m shorting AFL because you dad a lot of graphics and big words and seem to be on to something.
You guys read earthquake man's DD about shorting AFL? Shit is pretty retarded 😂 the comments are even funnier.
3) Claude is telling us that if AFL drops 5%, 10%, 20% as a result of all of us shorting, the whole world wouldn't be like WTF? Are you kidding? Of course they would. Who tf is Claude to say I've never looked at the false negatives? Claude is still rudimentary. f Claude.
2) AFL doesnt have to write earthquake insurance for it to be effected by the largest earthquake in modern history. The 4th risk listed on its 10-k is Concentration of business in Japan. If Japanese compnaies get destroyed, then what's going to happen to their highest concentration of business? Look what happened for yourself the DAY of the Mar 11, 2011 earthquake. -7%. Then after reecovering and reaffirming guidnace it still fell (obviously). Calude cites q2 2011 losses as the next 40% loss but why on earth would it still be failing PRIOR to that announcement?!? The -7% is what's being captured by these puts even. I didn;t even mention the potential for after. Claude is talking about after the intiial shock. Dumb Claude.
3) Claude is telling us that if AFL drops 5%, 10%, 20% as a result of all of us shorting, the whole world wouldn't be like WTF? Are you kidding? Of course they would. Who tf is Claude to say I've never looked at the false negatives? Claude is still rudimentary. f Claude.
2) AFL doesnt have to write earthquake insurance for it to be effected by the largest earthquake in modern history. The 4th risk listed on its 10-k is Concentration of business in Japan. If Japanese compnaies get destroyed, then what's going to happen to their highest concentration of business? Look what happened for yourself the DAY of the Mar 11, 2011 earthquake. -7%. Then after reecovering and reaffirming guidnace it still fell (obviously). Calude cites q2 2011 losses as the next 40% loss but why on earth would it still be failing PRIOR to that announcement?!? The -7% is what's being captured by these puts even. I didn;t even mention the potential for after. Claude is talking about after the intiial shock. Dumb Claude.
Not only that, but if [claude’s scathing review of his DD](https://claude.ai/share/293e7e93-1cfa-4315-bb03-c57f29b9af52) is to be believed, he’s not even shorting the right company 🤦♂️ AFL doesn’t do Earthquake insurance and crashed in 2011 due to bad investments lmao
They have recently become a sponsor of the Sydney Swans AFL club. The Sydney Cricket Ground has Iren all over it. The crowd is 30 to 40 thousand a week.
RKLB is currently worth $68b and has never made a cent of profit. For reference, it is worth more than TGT (Target), AFL (Aflac), F (Ford), O (Realty Income), VST (Vistra), EBAY (eBay); and many many more. I tried to list more commonly known names. All of these companies have accomplished a LOT more than RKLB ever has financially. RKLB certainly has potential to generate more profits than those companies in the future. But "space economy" isn't exactly a concrete industry, and there are many unknowns and uncertainties. So you're dealing with a fairly high risk/reward ratio there. These types of stocks can have very wild swings because nobody is buying the stock at elevated share prices because they believe they are buying at fair value, it's purely momentum and greater fool theory.
AFL, AFL, AFL, thank me in a few weeks!
all in on AFL it’s time to print fellas
If AI can cure cancers, or identify new treatments, leap calls on life insurance companies? MET, PRU, AFL
Nah I'm one of the other groups who say "petrol" - Aussie. We mow lawn in things, singlet, cork hat, blue singlet, AFL shorts, beer in one hand etc 😋
AFL, ALL, ITT. All over 10 years. They’ve been good. AFL has been stagnant for about a year though.
My mistake was every single thing I bought that wasn’t VOO, AFL, or IBM. Even worse, I sold some of those three and lost out in a lot of gains. Dumb.
>For all we know, OP bought AFL at $37 That’s the thing, I do have very low cost basis for the shares I’m trying to exit. PAYX = $50.98; AFL = $29.97; CSCO = $35.
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Your example is too extreme. AFL calls at k=100 have zero volume so the quotes are wonky. Try it again at a more reasonable strike. AFL closed at 110.5. The 2dte call at k=109 quotes for 1.67. That reflect $1.5 intrinsic + $0.17 extrinsic.
Did not ignore it....I'm just not smart enough to know about it or calculate it. If you Sell it at market for $110.37, then you just get appreciation. Compared to $100 strike, that's $1103.37. For all we know, OP bought AFL at $37 The $100 strike expiring in 2 days fetches $950. The price is currently $110.37. If you sell that call option and collect $950 and the price drops to $100.01, well then you gave up a potential $1103.70 worth of appreciation to generate $950 in Premium. That is a $60.70 loss in opportunity (negative $60.70)....and shares get called away. If instead I sell an ATM $110 strike for the same expiration, I collect $80 in premium. I earn the $1100 in appreciation + $80 in premium - $37. In this scenario, I make $43 extra compared to the above.....and shares get called away $43 > -$60 If I sell and OTM call $111 strike expiring in 2 days, then I collect $30 in premium. $30 + $63 in appreciation = $93 extra. And....your strike may not hit. If not, you can do it again next week. You'd have to go out to a further expiration to generate any decent premium. How do you calculate the intrinsic for each of my scenarios in order to add that in?
If you sell ITM calls and your strike is deeper than the decline, you miss out on potential gains and the shares get called away. AFL is currently at $109.93. If you pick a $100 strike (ITM) to collect more premium, and the price drops to $100.01, well...you just lost $992 of appreciation and your shares get called away. So, you would not get a chance to do it more than once. Hopefully, your premium was more than the ITM strike you picked. If the goal is to make a little more money and get rid of the stock, then I would think stock appreciation preservation is the main goal and picking a very near OTM strike (the little bit extra appreciation + premium for more "extra") or and ATM strike to just collect premium for a quick exit.
Tom Atkins, greatest AFL player of all time. Currently playing for Geelong
The unions shot themselves in the foot. Ever since WWII they were more concerned with protecting the national economy, kicking out communists and selling out to the bosses rather than organizing more workers or militantly defending their interests. They became instruments for capital to control the workers, which is why workers left the unions en masse. Any new movement is gonna need new unions, bc the AFL-CIO is rotten to the core.
when CEOs go on strike for better pay. the AFL-CEO
AAPL, AFL, PAYX - I have held these for 15+ years.
He's been at this since the 1970s. Real estate, casino owner, tabloid darling in the 80s. Failed businesses and AFL, connections to WWE. Guest spot in Home Alone 2. All of this well before The Apprentice and Birtherism. Standing in line at the grocery you'd see him on The Star and National Enquirer. On TV, he was shown on Entertainment Tonight or A Current Affair, talked about on Geraldo or Oprah. Honestly, he was probably a guy Southerners loved to hate, but they still ate up every scrap from his celebrity.
Banks, including big ones tend to overwhelm me. In regional land, I'm researching FCNCA, they're a large regional out of North Carolina that came to fame buying the assets of SVB in the wake of the crisis. Interesting name, but no opinions so far. P/B seems to be the governing metric for valuation, and buying below P/B for a big margin of safety. However, there's a ton of uncertainty in the lending market right now, so I'm treading carefully. LOB is another one on my research list. I do find insurance interesting. The amount of high quality compounders in insurance is astounding. AFL, WRB.... people never talk about them, but they put up 15% CAGRs. Really solid businesses. I own KNSL, another great insurance company.
I bought calls on Friday. I also had a 15 leg parlay in the NBA,NRL,AFL and EPL. I got everything except Denver nuggets. They were $1.14 to beat the fkn wizards at home and they lost and it cost me $55k from $80 bet fml. I can kill favourites all the time so do the opposite of what I did 😂
AJG, PGR, AFL, SCHD or cash in MM
I own the usual suspects MCD, KO, PEP, LMT, AFL, MO, BMY, ABBV, AMGN, WMT, O, basically anything that pays and grows a dividend. I would build it up to $30K - $40K, reinvest the dividend, then start building the next position.
I went full regard. CALLS on all of: TSN, PFE, AFL, HSY, YUM and PM (zyners)
**Part 1 of 2** because it was too long for Reddit: I think you're on the right track! I'd suggest you read *Intrinsic: Using LEAPS to Retire Early* by Mike Yuen. It changed my investing style. 4.4 stars on 135 [Amazon ](https://www.amazon.com/INTRINSIC-Using-LEAPS-Retire-Early/dp/0578814161/ref=sr_1_1?crid=7QGD43R2K8UN&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tc1jvwZ8ryBIJK0P9QBkWg.z3eEtJLf98uz083eZXPGY5zVLZGRFStH_28gTNsXlyQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=intrinsic%2C+using+leaps+to+retire+early+by+mike+yuen&qid=1734712298&sprefix=intrinsic+yue%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-1)reviews. His ideas are exactly what you wrote in your first sentence: the big Tech stocks tend to go up over time, and the leverage of the LEAPS means you benefit more from that rise. Now, Yuen would have you go deeper ITM to minimize the time/extrinsic value you're paying for (and that stock appreciation has to overcome). But even there, you're still getting leverage of 3 or 4 times typically. (And the consensus seems to be 80-delta, and that's what I do.) And you CAN sell CCs against those positions. Because they're really just a "stock replacement." In fact, that's exactly what the Poor Man's Covered Call is. Have you done CCs before? You get the Premium and divide by your shares' Cost Basis to calculate return, right? What happens when you divide by the \~$52 cost of your 240C instead of the $253 price of Apple? You get a 5x bigger return, that's what! I started transitioning 3 small accounts (\~45k total) to what I call the "Intrinsic" method in August, buying LEAPS as other positions I had closed out. Granted, the market has been great since then, but here are the returns on just the LEAPS (not counting CC Premiums except where noted) since then, just to show what's possible: * **AFL**: down 3% in 4 months * **KMI**: doubled in 3.5m * **NVDA**: up 29% in 4.5m * **PLTR**: up 180% in 8 weeks * **SMH**: down 14% in 8 weeks (but I've sold $5.22 worth of Calls against it, getting 8% of that loss back) * **T**: up 3% in 5w * **TSM**: up 58% in 4.5m * **WMT**: up 237% in 4.25m (what a beast this has been for not being a Tech stock) * **XLK**: down 5% in 2w (but sold premium makes it *up* 1.5% overall)
DPZ to me tastes good. Also it only cost $6-8 depending where you live for medium pizza. Need 2+ menu items to get that price or whatever the deal is. Fat ass like me can eat the whole pizza for a meal. Others can get 2-3 meals. Also with air fryers, reheatability is great now. Or the little water in a pan with a lid. Others I think are KO, PG, PEP, O, AFL, TXN for me.
Really wanting to add AFL and PRU
Don't forget buy backs, if done right. Share count should slowly decline. Like for Apple and AFL.
Hubbell Lead times have been an absolute pain for over a year. Most suppliers are using MPS or AFL equipment due to significantly shorter lead times. Hubbell may Not be the play. May be better to look for energy construction services companies as they will be the ones doing the work and making all the revenue
My utilities, SO and DUK as well AFL, all in my core dividend group.
I own it. I use the service. Saw the balance sheet and they do buybacks with share count going down. Growing business and dividends. The market use to value it at 10-15 PE because of the logic that they do processing and hold the loan balance like banks. While V and MA only do the processing. I was buying under $200. Also like how they focus on higher credit scores and not prime. If you like AXP, I also like and own AFL. AFL i got lucky and got some in the $30's after 2020, sold and got back in the $70's.
AFL Steady growth and dividend aristocrat
PANW. Bought my first clip after graduating college in 2018 and researching them my senior year for $51/share adjusted to current pricing. Continued to put more in at each downturn, most recently earlier this year when they dropped a bunch and I got another 10k at 265 (trading at 334 right now, they were 350 a couple weeks ago). 20% of equity investment portfolio (excluding retirement accounts or other asset classes/investments). Honorable mentions: AAPL (15%), COST, (12%) GOOGL (9%). I had a bunch of Amazon that I got rid of a year ago when they did well, turns out I should’ve held onto Amazon and dumped Google or apple. Also had a lot of Visa and Netflix that I got rid of when they peaked after Covid. Visa good, Netflix… probably could’ve held that, but it helped fund the down payment on my house in 2020! Missed the NVDA train since I kept thinking they were capped out in growth (ha, I have some around 110 cost basis from the recent volatility). Also kick myself for not getting meta on their drops, twice I had buy orders in if it dropped to a certain price point and it got within 1% but never executed. I wish I bought more of a few that I really struck gold on but are small- SPOT, SPGI, AFL, GRMN (which really is just because I’m a runner/cyclist that uses their products!). Up 100%+ on all but they’re combined like 10-15% of my portfolio.
AFL -CIO for life I stand in solidarity.. 💪🏾 Seafarers International Union … We sail on the ships the longshoremen load and unload. Hold the line brothers and sisters
Sometimes Nvda. PLTR, WMT, CMG, CCL, DKNG, MGM, TSM, LMND, MRVL, AFL. I’m not a chart expert so kinda just look at the 5 day to 3 month to see the amount it moves in a week to decide my entry
Followed ur AFL and K plays. Made money
One of my favorite stocks that you barely hear about is AFL. Pull up a chart of it from 2020 to now. That is a good stock. Fundamentals, management and they do buybacks that make share count go down. Other than Apple and Berkshire with buybacks.
I wish I could have bought more when it dipped in the $30's. AFL is probably the best example of buybacks done right. Share count decrease. Apple and Aflac are kings of buybacks. I guess Berkshire too.
MTCH fair value is probably $40-45. Has Starboard as activist investor. ACMR bear case is China risk. US government restrictions. HIG, AFL, CB and AXP financials that are very solid. Buybacks ZTS is interesting, not undervalued. CHWY has good fundamentals but share based comp is a lot. Similar to PINS. The first two are strong category for pets. So many out there. Rarely see most tickers posted in any subreddit.
AXP is a monster stock too. I also have AFL.
AFL Parlay??? BIG moves!!
They sure will be if done right. They can fill some stadiums with a crowd... ALGS had one of its biggest turnouts recently. If NFL AFL NFC MLB etc... etc... can do it so can esports. Just before covid ALGS planned 12 Lans 1 a month... Just need the games and format to be right. Not to mention some announcers that know amd play video games.
I think my AFL calls are gonna print tomorrow 😭😭😭😭
May 7th ALCC is merging. AFL some guy told me to buy it. And YUMC, Chinese teens/young adults have eaten more fast food than any other year on record. The last 2 are just for fun and only 1 contract. ALCC has a decent amount of my port and is a serious buy
ALCC about to blow. Have calls into July. For this week YUMC and AFL.
It does not. Unless it is an IPO or some other special situation, you are buying from someone selling the stock. The company absolutely doesn't make any money off of that. So how are you proposing, for example, if I sell my AFL stock to you that AFL gets any money?
You being pretty much 100% AFL means you lagged the spx almost 30% over the last 5 years
i own primarily stocks in my roth ira. i believe i can outperform index funds and consider myself a buffet style investor. like i am pretty much 100% AFL stock been buying it primarily in my roth. if you know what you are doing why not beat the index and reap the tax benefits? if you don't know what you are doing take etfs.
Buy AFL. Learn fundamentals my port is 50% AAPL 50% AFL plan to hold them at least a decade. "If you wouldn't hold it for 10 years don't even consider holding it for 10 minutes" Buffet
No. As opposed to AFL, college, high school, Pony, prison yard, etc. Taylor Swift is dating the KC Chiefs player and is being used as an ongoing monetarily-driven love story to convert a normally-separate demographic into NFL fans to boost revenue (probably because they lost a huge chunk surrounding the Colin Kaepernick events), so it's very specific to the NFL. Don't be a goon.
> Yet, the NY banks comprise the board of The NY Federal Reserve. Are we talking about the Federal Reserve Bank where the board chair is the local AFL-CIO president, and the other board members comprise of 1 head of the local affordable housing nonprofit, 1 exec from a health insurance corp, 1 realtor exec, the chairman/CEO of IBM (that famous bank), the head of NASDAQ, and 2 bank CEOs? Get your head out of your ass, stop making up shit, and do some fucking research before you comment.
Wait for my AFL and BSX calls to print 🦅
If you were seriously contemplating this, be very careful on what you eventually decide to invest on nxt. Let’s be honest, women’s sports, especially those “only” played by men previously, are being forced down our throats for wokist reasons. If you compare the male version vs the female, ie AFL or Basketball, pretty big difference between the skills and attendance, yet why push the female version so much to force us into “accepting” it? How abt other female sports which were always played, why aren’t those being covered, reported on?
VOO, CAH, AFL, PCVX thoughts?
He won't cross the UAW, AFL-CIO, or the Teamsters. He knows who butters his bread
I mean specifically what numbers you're using for the $150. Dud you just like wipe out the CEOs pay and divide it by workers or what because the way these CEOs get paid aren't that simple. Just wondering, not a gotcha. I'm not a big history buff by any means and am unfamiliar with a lot of this stuff beyond a surface level but what you're saying about unions not playing a larger role through the great depression is not my understanding of what happened. I did a quick read about the AFL and the changing of power between the different unions and all that which was neat but I didn't even know workers didn't have a "right" to strike until 1933. If you have more info on this stuff as to how unions worsened things for the great depression id really like to check it out and would appreciate a link if possible. Framing strikes as unions deciding to hurt other Americans is a bit of dishonest framing in my view because you can say any strike is that couldn't you? The point of a strike is to show employers/ politicians you need us and if they don't believe that a strike is really the only way to prove it. I agree that it MAY result in that happening but I think its unlikely. Do you not remember the outtrage when states were starting to raise minimum wages up closer to $15 an hour and every dumbass in media was talking about how McDonald's would have to close stores? I do and it was bs the entire time and the fucked thing is McDonald's higher ups knew it but wanted to get away with paying as little as they could for as long as they could. I see this shit as being a lot like that and maybe for some reason that makes me a bigger dumbass than I realize but I'm willing to change my mind on any of it if shown why I'm wrong. It just hasn't happened. Isnt a big part of why its cheaper to do in Mexico is because of stuff like NAFTA right? Im of the opinion that its 100% possible to get companies to do shit in the US and we as an economy/ government have decided it wasn't necessary to do. I agree that this is a different world than it was in 1933, fuck its different than it was in 2008 but people said the exact shit back then as to why people wages shouldn't be raised/ we couldn't manufacture here/ its a bad time to strike. I agree that as it sits now it makes sense for these companies to do a lot of shit out of the country but it doesn't have to be that way and for all the "maybe this will cause the companies to collapse, maybe this will trigger a economic collapse" i say "maybe these changes will be good for policy in the future". Especially for a company like Ford who in every ad they've ever done brags about shit being made in America. Them not being able to say that could be worse for the brand than the pay increases anyways because (in my opinion) Fords suck anyways lol. I only read like 2 lil things about what we are talking about and this was the better of the two. Again if this shit is bs I'm down to learn if you got more info. https://depts.washington.edu/depress/strikes_unions.shtml
I’m not not supporting the workers. The $150 comes from the idea that if you just reduce CEO pay and then redistribute that across ALL workers it is next to nothing. Ford must leverage debt in order to give them what they are asking for. Organized labor did nothing in the Great Depression. I hate this AFL-CIO narrative. They increased membership and won a single strike by hurting other Americans when the longshoreman cut off Alaska and Hawaii from the mainland. I agree that unions previously have done good things and helped worker conditions. That’s just history. My issue with this particular strike is that it could and likely will result in Big 3 closing up shop on US plants and moving to MX. The new trade deal we have with them is very good. I work in supply chain, we’re already seeing an explosion of of hiring, building and freight moving north from there. Labor costs are 1/3 of China and 1/2 of US costs. The world wasn’t as interconnected in 1933. Robber barons weren’t sending US accounting jobs to Medellin.
Definitely a marked decline post-McCarthyism but the significance of their impact on the labor movement and unions cannot be understated. The wobblies are the only union which never discriminated based on race (AFL unions did not allow non-white members), and the wobblies were responsible for many direct actions such as the Haymarket Affair (which is the only reason workers have weekends off). Tldr: thank the Wobblies for weekends
CINF AFL Love my under the radar financials
Point 4 - It's not the amendments responsibility to say what it doesn't do. Point 2 - This is false. The language she's arguing against is this - "Allows Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers, and other state licensed entities, to acquire, cultivate, process, manufacture, sell, and distribute such products and accessories." This doesn't suggest anything other than that any entity that is licensed for certain activities can perform those activities, which is 100% true and not misleading at all. If anything, the wording is much clearer than the 2014 amendment ballot summary, which passed after Pam Bondi (former AG) opposed it in court for being misleading and overly broad. (Ballot summary for 2014: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Florida_Amendment_2#/media/File%3AFL_Ballot_2014_Amd.2_Compassionate_Medical_Marijuana.jpg) Also worth noting - Rick Scott, governor at the time, was STRONGLY against medical marijuana, and couldn't do anything to stop it. Same boat as DeSantis and recreational now.
About 15-20 percent of MY income goes into a vanguard retirement account (one single fund) through my company 401k. That’s about 2/3 of it. The other 1/3 is individual predominantly boring dividend stocks through our Roth accounts. I’ve effectively beat the stock market, but only through dumb luck. My largest holdings are AAPL PEP MCD HD MSFT TGT AFL CVX XOM LMT.
The AFL-CIO supports no-strike clauses in every contract, so strikes only get called at the end of a contract term. Union workplace can continue to work past a contract term, basing on some prior agreement, and it’s good faith to keep working if the negotiations are progressing/finalizing. The membership must approve any call to strike, but once approved, the business agent/bargaining team/elected officials can declare the strike at their discretion. My own union won’t strike without authorization from the international, and really *any* striking company should have the teamsters at their back (like the writers strike does). UPS are teamsters, so that’s already checked off here.
There are plenty of industries which can strike - they are just not ones that are critically important to our infrastructure. And if you think government never intervened in favor of labor, you’re getting your news from echo chambers or are operating on intuition. Don’t take my word on this - take the [AFL-CIO’s](https://aflcio.org/2022/1/21/working-people-respond-president-bidens-first-year-office). They’re doing way more for labor rights than you are by posting on Reddit and would have a better sense of progress made than you or I would.
AFL is a beast. Ppl who got caught up on the yen hysteria lost the opportunity to buy a steady compounder for megacheap.
AFL earnings EPS: $1.94 vs $1.60 last year Revenue: $4.8 billion vs $5.2 billion last year. Interesting note, the yen/dollar conversion rate cost $0.07/share in earnings.
I believe you are correct, I agree now is not the time for insurance companies to be running. But MET is down nearly 25% in a month while others like AFL are only down about 7%. Seems overdone to me, no insider selling either, I'm not sure what to make of it.
Any of you Yankees watch Aussie Rules AFL? Collingwood Magpies! Anyone asks which team I go for in other sports, I always support whichever one seems to be the richest and/or most popular. AKA "the Collingwood of the league". Chicago Bulls: Collingwood of the NBA Manchester United: Collingwood of the Premier League New York Yankees: Collingwood of the MLB Dallas Cowboys: Collingwood of the NFL
I've heard rumblings of the annuities industry facing regulation, which could hurt JXN. Something about fiduciary standards. AFL is interesting, but I'm not sure as they get a large amount of business from Japan. Some investors I appreciate think it's a great long term hold even now.
I wonder if there's still any underpriced insurance companies. AFL has been good to me and has a small PE of a little over 10, but they seemed to have run out of gas this year. They still might be a good buy. Annuities is another industry that might be the closest equivalent. Jacskson JXN has just been a beast since their spin-off and still has a very low PE. Not much room for growth, but I think it is still undervalued.
COLLINGWOOD.... Basically the New York Yankees or Manchester United of the AFL. Richest club and we'd win every premiership if the damn salary cap didn't exist.
I bought AFL on March 23, 2001 and am up over 42%. That almost my biggest gain ever.
AFL. High customer and employee satisfaction.
AFL is very underrated. Solid management and capital returns. Love the buybacks.
My biggest gain is CVX at 72%. I don't believe in oil long term, but I was drinking one morning and saw it dip so I bought it. I'm glad I did. I made $6k off of that rum. My second biggest rum gain was AFL at 44%. A close third was PLYM at 43%. They're a great warehouse REIT with good properties. They're not that big, but they're good.
Just to be clear, I'm just some fucking nobody posting on Reddit. This is my thinking for my own portfolio but please don't take this as financial advice and do your own full due diligence. I could be completely wrong. On AFL and AIG I have no clue. I tend to completely avoid insurance companies because I just don't fully understand the industry and I know you have to look at different metrics when valuing insurance equities. It's just beyond me understanding it so I avoid it. No opinion. I don't have an opinion about energy companies either. In my view, commodities and energy equities you have to trade. They are not equities that you buy and hold for long periods of time. I tend to avoid trading, it's not my forte, so I haven't done any research on NRP.
Good stuff, enough for me to bail on IBM and AOS. I’m up about %12 on each, so I can be happy with that. I think investing in management is fundamental, so greed and incompetence are always red flags to cut and run. Any thoughts on AFL and AIG. Timing probably questionable but I like both for diversification and some cover to economic turbulence. Wondering if owning both is appropriate or is there too much overlap in their markets? Also just started a small position in NRP. Any energy companies you’re invested in? Thanks for taking the time
I started buying individual stocks instead of the index simply because I wasn't comfortable with the weighting of the top 10 holdings in the S&P. Those acronym stocks seemed way overpriced and were somewhere around 25% of the index. Now that they've come back to earth I'm tempted to start buying the index, but I've put so much time into learning about stocks that I'll probably just keep buying individual stocks instead. I mostly buy big companies when they get cheap and hold. I usually only sell when one gets too big that it's worth more than 10% of my total. As an example, I started buying Aflac AFL every once in a while since 2012. I recently had to sell 25% of my shares because it had grown to more than 10% of my total. Still a great company though. If you pay attention you can get great companies cheap. Walmart had one bad quarter and dumped hard. I picked up 26 shares at $120. That's just crazy!
Yes. I had a good bit of my portfolio in O&G stocks, and my largest holding(AFL) was up about 23% on the year.
If you take a look at the spending bill you to understand the priorities of our congress, you know what I'm talking about. They promised cannabis reform, prioritizing pork programs wayyy above their promises to us. The $1.7 trillion spending bill contains more than 7,200 earmarks for projects in lawmakers’ home states and districts. Daily Signal, 12/22/2022: $1.2 million for “LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers” and another $1.2 million for “support services for DACA recipients” (aka helping illegal aliens with taxpayer funds) at San Diego Community College. $477,000 for the Equity Institute in Rhode Island to indoctrinate teachers with “antiracism virtual labs.” $1 million for Zora’s House in Ohio, a “coworking and community space” for “women and gender-expansive people of color.” $3 million for the American LGBTQ+ Museum in New York City. $3.6 million for a Michelle Obama Trail in Georgia. $750,000 for “LGBT and Gender Non-Conforming housing” in Albany, New York. $2 million for the “Great Blacks in Wax” museum in Baltimore. $856,000 for an “LGBT Center” in New York. $750,000 for the “TransLatin@ Coalition” to provide “workforce development programs and supportive services for Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex (TGI) immigrant women in Los Angeles.” $2 million for “MLK Labor” in Washington, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO that expelled Seattle police officers from union ranks. $956,000 for “The Equity Incubator at the Universities at Shady Grove” in Maryland. $791,200 for “equitable energy resilience and EV infrastructure” in Sonoma, California.
Just a reminder this has been a great year for many value stocks: \- Peabody Energy BTU +184% \- Exxon Mobil XOM +72% \- Cardinal Health CAH +54% \- Applied Industrial Technologies AIH +20% \- Gilead Sciences GILD +19% \- Deere DE +18% \- Aflac AFL +18% The best part is, unlike with the speculative tech stocks that ran up in recent years, many of the above including the energy stocks are still cheap even with big share price increases, because their earnings have increased dramatically. A lot of good stories out there in healthcare, industrials, mining and pockets of financials, too.
I read through your article, and started wondering why I couldn’t recognize any of the economists cited, especially since so many seemed to be outside the US. Then I finally saw that the economist for AFL-CIO commented. Of COURSE a massive labor union would say that the inflation is simply caused by corporate profits. Something doesn’t have to be true for there to be an article about it. Basic economic theory would immediately knock down the notion that company profits are the cause of inflation. Tbh it’s kinda crazy you cited a labor union saying inflation isn’t caused by labor wages lmao.