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Hannover House closes 10-picture deal with ROKU for U.K., Ireland
My plays for Monday after using finviz scanner
Ericsson paying $207M fine to resolve breached DOJ deal (NASDAQ:ERIC)
$eric overall #sustainability leader! Back door to AI
$ERIC nexmo was acquired by vonage.
HERE IS THE OFFICIAL LINK TO THE SPACE CALL WITH ERIC FINMAN THE CEO OF ZASH. Happening at 4PM eastern TIME TOMORROW.
$STS $STSBF Receives $28 million injection on non-dilutive capital from Mr. ERIC SPROTT himself
ERIC getting slammed about some dubious contracts with ISIS
Anyone watching the VG buyout by ERIC? VG has seen over 20% increase in stock price kinda excited to see where it goes
B of A analysis of $NOK seems to be an Outlier what do you think?
Reflexivity: How what everyone "Knows" today can change later.
Cowen Upgrades $NOK Citing Execution From New Ceo
Cowen Upgrades Nokia $NOK, Citing Execution From New CEO
$NOK has more contracts than ERIC, more SEP's, and greater cash reserves than ERIC and NOK is looking at more business from China with its RAN
Received an offer for a personal loan with 7% APR, no payment 45 days, need advice
White House drops Trump orders trying to ban TikTok, WeChat
NOK NOK... Industry 4.0; web 3.0; IoT
I am an engineer and subcontractor for the largest telecommunications companies in the world, i.e., Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and several others. I am here to talk about the lesser-known companies that innovate and produce the technology for these companies.
I am a subcontractor for major telecommunication giants such as Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, etc. I firmly believe Ericsson ERIC Will come out on top of the 5G technology race therefore sending the stock to the moon. Prove me wrong
10 REASONS WHY YOU'LL ALL BE FOMOING INTO NOK SHORTLY
I’m a very young new, investor and I’m scared. Any advice is appreciated
Is it more worthwhile to buy a share of AMZN/GOOGL or lots of smaller stocks?
[$NOK]🚀🌕NOK CURRENTLY PRESENTS A MASSIV VALUE GAP🚀🌕
$NOK + $ERIC === Nokia - 5G networks, Ericsson has strong recent financial statement momentum, including improving margins, return on assets, and financial strength.
DD - $NOK (Nokia) currently presents a massive value gap
DD- $NOK (Nokia) currently presents a massive value gap
NOK GETTING NEW COVERAGE TODAY BY THREE ANALYSTS!
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ONDS! The answer is ERIC BROCK
NOK looking green on ERIC move higher
ERIC Trump everyone is hoarding corn
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Whoever said that is a fucking loser and will be miserable forever in their fucking loser life # STAY ENCOURAGED, ERIC
ERIC also had a nice day today. NOK still needs to catch up to it.
I was looking at $ERIC $AMC $ADAP $CVNA
Calls on ERIC now. They declared 0.35 profit/share in their earnings call today.
ERIC 9c were free last night and I did not pull the trigger for an easy 500% gain
- ACI Put - JNJ Diagonal Strangle DPZ and ERIC no trade, if I did then a put I think, but it seems priced in to where there won't be enough of a move due to IV crush, etc.
Puts on ERIC right now. Futes might be lookin great. Started as 7.69$/share and immidiately went up to 7.90 in 2 hours.
JUST REPORTED. ERIC FREDERICK TRUMP NAMED AS INTEL CEO. Just kidding. It hasn't been reported yet.
Push on ERIC, it saw the lowest of 7,11$ and ever since it kept rising up.
So the idiot of the family.. ERIC trump.. Is calling on you to buy that ETH BTC dip So you know what to do Sell that shit
"**ERIC TRUMP SAYS ETHEREUM IS UNDERVALUED** Eric Trump signaled support for claims that Ethereum is undervalued, reposting a crypto analyst’s view that ETH should be above $8,000 based on global liquidity trends. Trump simply commented, “I agree.”" Lol bunch of crooks, mArKeT mAnIpUlAtIoN iS iLleGal!
good interview mr ERIC, OPEN TO 5
OPEN MOONING! ERIC JACKSON IS CONFIDENT https://preview.redd.it/8ozbzlgfttef1.png?width=1333&format=png&auto=webp&s=841fc3d641521a46ebf1a6ee7af1c4311ae695c7
Im in RTAC gl brother ERIC SWIDER DWAC CEO FTW
Best: RYCEY Worst: GTAT, CRSR, CSIQ, ERIC Be wary of stock recommendations on here
SLP, ANGO, ERIC, or STT. 4 biggest potential movers for ER. Oh and a 15-30 minute 0DTE SPY scalp lol
I just don't really agree with the market valuations and am willing to sacrifice the gains to have cash and enjoy myself now, probably spend a lot of it then start adding to my stock positions if their prices start making sense .. still looking for deals out there, BAH, CHWY, ERIC, PYPL, and RYCEY are a handful that have done super good for me last couple years, I like stuff like that but the magnificent 7 and nasdaq just seem way overbought and I'm not risking 20-40% drawdown at the risk of losing out on even bigger gains, I'd rather spend my money on my life than try and chase the market up and potentially lose hard earned funds but I still put some towards like broad based funds and bonds and stuff for retirement I've taken a lot of profit and don't feel like allocating extra funds to equities when cash is still around 4% and I'm looking at never being able to afford owning a home right now lol sorry for the rant you got me talking to myself
https://preview.redd.it/6zviwqx47s3f1.png?width=324&format=png&auto=webp&s=15198c558b3c417381fd4bfbd8474c9d00317efd SAY IT TO THEM ERIC
Is there an equivalent company to ERIC for 5G and 6G or someone that can make those chips?
All three branches are under same party. If they want then they can stop it now. They won’t. People complain about corruption only about other party but not the party they support. This is not new. ERIC Cantor said that in 2012, but still people blaming one person as if not other people are not corrupt with this practice.
So, who shorted Pharma stocks last Friday??? Jared? I'M ERIC? Half-Scoop? Thomas and Alito?
Garmin (GRMN) ..The fitness side of Garmin, cyclist, and runner. First stock I bought during Covid era and sitting in the green. I will never sell! Ericsson (ERIC) ..because my name is Eric and I thought it would be fun to own Me lol Alaska Airlines (ALK) ..because I’m a west coaster making trips to PDX/SEA to see my bestie and I also have the Visa Signature Card as well.
wanna bet on ERIC calls but that IV drop gunna eat my ass
Trying to decide whether to hold my ERIC calls through earnings tomorrow or sell now for a 100% gain…
lol ERIC with a glorious PE of 14,500 
BARRON AND ERIC FUKING SOLD. dump it
probably $ERIC , there's no US companies in this line of business.
If you buy or are considering for the dividend, buy $NOK or $ERIC which offers a comparable dividend for a fraction of the share cost. And if you want to go the direction I did, buy $CURI which currently trades at $1.63 and offers a quarterly $.025 dividend. Now that’s a company interested in shareholder value and return!
What is ERIC?  idk but calls it is 
ERIC is waaaay up premarket thanks to the deal with AT&T, and we still have earnings Friday to look forward to. Might cash out early next week once momentum slows
ASNS and ERIC goin to the moooooon tomorrow
ERIC SCHMIDT LITERALLY JUST SAID 2025 WILL BE A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER FOR NVIDIA. THEY ARE LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF EVERYONE AND AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN AI. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS... HE WAS GOOGLE'S CEO FROM 2001 TO 2011... THE HEYDAY OF THE INTERNET TRANSFORMATION. NVDA $2k 
It takes patience and money to make it in these markets, are some of you prepared for that? You won't do what it takes, you're too CHICKEN SHIT to meditate for 6 days straight, not eating or moving, with your eyes closed even though you got the charts open right in front of them. Are you willing to shit your pants, and stay there in the name of gains? Are you willing to vomit all over yourself, and when your wife walks in the room and goes, "ERIC! ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT, YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS?", not respond and instead reply, with your eyes still closed, "You don't get it, heh, because you'll never understand the DEMON INSIDE OF ME!" and then rip your shirt off, and do 600 push ups right then and there? And then piss yourself again because you're beyond dehydrated? Are you then willing to divorce said wife after she doesn't get your stone cold, alpha wolf mentality and when the judge orders you to pay alimony, walk up to the podium and go, "Bitch?!" and slap the judges head in a circle on some Exorcist shit? Because if not, consider if you got what it takes *heh, anime snicker and nose flick* Because some of us traders are BUILT DIFFERENT *cracks walnut inbetween buttcheeks*
ERIC released their ER at 5:30 AM eastern time lol. Doesn’t feel like the market has reacted at all to it due to the time
ERIC up 8% after posting smaller than expected revenue decline and an increase of 14% in North America revenue. Here's hoping this runs at open so my $7 7/19 calls don't get hit by high IV.
Fucking bought these ERIC puts last friday sight unseen. even if the shit drops like a rock theres 0 fucking action on options so im fucked lol
I have $7 ERIC 7/19 calls. But I also have AZZ calls and SGH puts and neither worked out. So doing the opposite will probably be the better result.
I'm surprised ERIC isn't meme'd on as much as the other fading early phone companies. Calls?
Anyone playing ERIC? Thinking about it but damn volume is shit
ERIC puts DD: how tf are they still a thing?
My moves:\ MORE CZR August calls (regards gonna regard)\ PEP puts (shit is gross)\ ERIC puts (WTF they even do?)\ DAL calls (airlines... So hot right now)\ FDX puts for August (fuck them throwing packages and shit)\ Best DD you will get on WSB right here
Bullish or Bearish on ERIC?
SGH puts, FAST puts, ERIC puts.
CZR to 45 by August ERIC to 4 by Friday QQQ to 490 tomorrow
The Company is Called $ERIC **Balance Sheet and Company Fundamentals** * $44.7B cash on hand * Ericsson has signed two 7-year funding agreements with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a total of EUR 420 million. * Normal PE trading ratios are at 14. * Current PE ratio is trading at 14.27 **If there board of directors or other institutional investors have been loading up on the stock** * The Hotchkis and Wiley which is a $30B fund with only 97 clients. They recently double their position to $788MM which represents 3.28% of their holding. * Hotchkis other holdings of that size are as follows: The top 5 holdings in their portfolio are: * **Wells Fargo & Co (WFC)** \- 3.35% (PRICE $54.13 - CAP $193B) * **Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (ERIC)** \- 3.28% (PRICE $5.42 - CAP $18.17B) * **Citigroup Inc (C)** \- 3.24% (PRICE $55.36 - CAP $105B) * **F5 Inc (FFIV)** \- 3.20% (PRICE $186.88 - $10.99B) * **Elevance Health Inc (ELV)** \- 2.71% (PRICE $506.55 - CAP $119.61B) * Vanguard owns $663MM and virtually every single version of their funds are in this company. * Blackrock owns between $17MM - $32MM within the last 3-months. Blackrock historically will match Vanguards positions. At least 10 different funds of Blackrock have taken positions. **Current short positions and potential for jet fuel** * On a 12-month basis there are about 27MM - 31MM share being shorted which is anywhere from a $145MM - $160MM. * Which means that the short interests needs to cover for a 3-day period. * Current daily trading volumes are 11MM shares * In conclusion if there is massive news and positive upswing in the stock we could see a 60MM trading volume day. **What parts of their current manufacturing capabilities lend themselves to AI** * “ Ericsson leverages its USA 5G Smart Factory in Lewisville, Texas, for the manufacture of 5G equipment, including next-generation 5G and Advanced Antenna System radios for its U.S. customers. This facility, opened in 2020, is described as highly automated and efficient, fully powered by renewable electricity, and recently underwent an expansion to increase its production floor to more than 107,000 square feet. The state-of-the-art nature of this smart factory and its focus on automation and efficiency are akin to what is required in chip manufacturing, which also demands high precision, clean room environments, and sophisticated automation for the intricate processes involved in chip fabrication.” **Potential outsized returns buying CALL options for January 2025** Potential: 69x return Recalculate: Current Stock Price: $13.50 Option Premium: $0.05 Strike Price: $10, Expiration Date: January 17, 2025 Dividends: 0.12 Interest Rate: 0.00% and buying $10,000 worth of contracts Would be approximately $690,000
just bought a crap ton of LEAPS on ERIC - $0.20 a pop - something about integrating NVDA into their Wireless chips. Who knows. Lotto tickets FTW.
I got puts on F, JETS, and ERIC
Whos ready for an ERIC RUG
The best video is me loading ERIC calls balls deep. Because att copper is shit and they need a good quality self sustainable clean cell tower. Like 10miliion of them.
Tis like betting ERIC will replace att shitty copper underground for nice 5g connectivity through the air 😆
Nokia Sees Lower Revenue From AT&T, Delay in Achieving Double-Digit Operating Margin Nokia (NOK) said Tuesday that AT&T's (T) plan to use other vendors in deploying an open radio access network will cut into its revenue from AT&T over the next two to three years and push back its timeline for reaching double-digit operating margin by up to two years. Nokia said AT&T has accounted for 5% to 8% of its mobile networks net sales year to date. AT&T (T) said late Monday that it had awarded a contract worth up to $14 billion to Ericsson (ERIC) to build a 5G network platform. $NOK is down -5% this morning. $ERIC is up +4% this morning. $T is up +2% this morning.
5 years later...DIS is down 25% to $88.18, NVDA is up 858% and $483.99, YUM is up 38% and is $125.95, and ERIC is down 49% and is $4.53.
Sorry to hear you feel that way. Of course, we brand our content, but we believe we are giving you abundant information in one concise image. Volatility is everywhere, but of the more than 100 companies scheduled to report earnings this week - an event that creates volatility - these are the companies that are most likely to move one way or another either based on their recent history or by what the market is expecting. So if you want to trade volatility, this is your starting point. Furthermore, this tells you if traders are complacent or are expecting a bigger-than-usual move, and that tells you whether or not the odds are in your favor by selling or buying that volatility. For example, #ERIC has had some recent bad announcements and expectations are for continued weak data. The stock is oversold. This tells you that traders either expect a big bounce and recovery or expect the company to report disappointing results before the open on Tuesday and tank. If you are trading that way, then you need to know that the statistical odds are against you if you are buying calls or puts, and you may want to consider selling that volatility. On the other hand, despite the moves in #NFLX lately, traders are looking for a smaller move, or that options are cheaper, and you can either buy volatility or at least have a little tailwind if you are trading in a direction.
I use my GRMN all the time so holding onto that forever. I like it when you SHEL out the high prices for gas so I’m holding that one forever too. I’ll never GOPRO athletically but at least I can record my races coming in mid pack. And sine my name is ERIC I’m gonna invest in myself each and every day. Forever. Lol Woo
ERIC may bring hidden dangers you are not considering. ERICSSON overspent $6.1 B in order to acquire Vonage in 2022 then were forced to pay $100M in fines to the DOJ due to Unfair Business Practices by Vonage, which made it extremely difficult for customers to cancel from Vonage, even continuing to bill customers after they had cancelled. ERICSSON agreed to oversight by the DOJ for two years and agreed to provide details of their wrongdoing, yet chose to withhold disclosure of millions of dollars of bribes to ISIS in Iraq during the same timeframe as that which they were admitting to in the Deferred Prosecution Agreement. ERICSSON settled violations of their 2019 Deferred Prosecution Agreement by agreeing to pay the DOJ an additional $300M this year, after being fined $520M in 2019 and had a profit retraction of $540M by the SEC. These outflows have diminished ERICSSON’s cash position dramatically, and the current lack of sales by ERICSSON puts them in risk of liquidity issues going forward. ERICSSON’s stock price has plummeted from a high of $15.32 in 2020 to $5.16 currently, and there are still lawsuits against ERICSSON from investors and Victims of Terrorism for improper accounting entries to conceal millions of dollars of bribery payments to government officials and prospective customer employees, as well as payments to ISIS in IRAQ. ERICSSON has lost over $10 Billion in Market Cap for good reason in the past 1 1/2 years, falling from over $30 B to $17.43 Billion. Can you imagine the effect on the ERICSSON share price if they are now forced to settle these lawsuits or decide to reduce or eliminate the dividend? ERICSSON is a risky investment - that’s what I believe!
The only reason I’m invested in ERIC is because it’s my name. My current cost price is $6.10 and I’ve been into me well over a year now and though I’ve taken a few beatings since, but can get back up shake it off till the next time, I am never selling, and have to believe my good self will rise victoriously one day. And I’ll be rich beyond my wildest dreams lol eek. That said, that’s all I got in me right now. Be patient. Or something like that
Did anyone notice NOK / ERIC today? I've been watching them a while. Poor shareholders getting rekt harder than a pfizer bull buying calls.
I did this with ERIC ( my name ) not my best investment lol
NOK, VOD, ERIC, AMGN rising in premarket. 🚀🚀🚀 at market open.
ERIC and NOK look like easy snacks. What’s up with SBAC to justify the exposure?
I'm all in on ERIC, VOD, and NOK. They have nowhere but up to go. 🚀🚀🚀
ERIC, SBAC, VOD, AMGN, NOK are all on sale. Just bought them in after hours trading. I expect huge gains tomorrow. 🚀🚀🚀
Fucking swedish ERIC killed Nokia because people can't see the difference between a piss poorly managed swedish company and Nokia big balls from Finland.
I bought a shit ton of ERIC calls this afternoon, if they print tomorrow morning during pre market I'll tell my boss to fuck off for the rest of the week and get me some blow and hookers
I'm going all in on ERIC calls 
Everyone sleeping on ERIC, but calls are cheap as dirt. Won’t take a big move for a quick 2-3x
No - you aren't talking out your butt. From Google: "Return on equity (ROE) is a measure of financial performance calculated by dividing net income by shareholders' equity. Because shareholders' equity is equal to a company's assets minus its debt, ROE is considered the return on net assets." I believe that is a very good metric to use and shows company strength and value. Also from Google: "While average ratios, as well as those considered “good” and “bad”, can vary substantially from sector to sector, a return on equity ratio of 15% to 20% is usually considered good." I'll keep an eye on them. Analysts do not Like ERIC so much - but from what you told me and what I can see it looks like a pretty good pick to me. I will keep a watch on it to see how it moves Monday. Good Luck
Sorry for not being clear. I understand what EPS is (Earnings Per Share) but this will be a positive or negative number in dollars and cents - not a percentage. That is why I was asking what you were basing 20% against. For instance ERIC (which you mentioned) has an EPS (latest annual TTM, GAAP) of like $0.54 cents. Not a percentage but an actual figure. So I am wondering if Earning should be 20% or greater than some other metric which you may have left out or .... ? But 20% as a measure of EPS by itself makes no sense.
Cant spell AM*ERICAN DRE*AM without ERIC ANDRE
ERIC Ericsson is at lowest is it okay to buy for long term
ERIC Ericsson is at lowest is it okay to buy for long term
I'm looking at NFLX on thursday, ERIC and SAND on Friday.
Might average down on LICY and ERIC soon.
I have FIVG, NOK, and ERIC in that space.
I know $ERIC, I got out at $7 and I'm not going to re-enter
ERIC was down and turned below $1 and has since crossed $10
Idk … competitors or in battle right now for their share of the market and if you compare ERIC with nok it looks like nok could be on the rise and Eric on a downward momentum in the telecommunication space… if your looking to park money in the telecommunications space I don’t think an etf is it … I would heavily research and maybe go with who you think are the best two companies.
‘Invest in what you know and use’. I’m a believer in that for some % of your portfolio. Why not!? Down with KDP for that Dr Pepper I’m addicted to. GRMN cause I use GPS almost everyday. I’m texting from an AAPL iP12mini and trade on an MBA. And ERIC because well my name is Eric and I’m investing in ‘Me’ Lol
I missed something here however Im ride or die. ERIC YOU SLUT!
SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT Skip to... Select SUBSCRIBE SIGN IN CAPITAL ASSETS Federal Officials Trade Stock in Companies Their Agencies Oversee Hidden records show thousands of senior executive branch employees owned shares of companies whose fates were directly affected by their employers’ actions, a Wall Street Journal investigation found PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: DAVE COLE/WSJ; PHOTOS: ERIC LEE FOR WSJ By Rebecca Ballhaus, Brody Mullins, Chad Day, John West, Joe Palazzolo and James V. Grimaldi Oct. 11, 2022 8:00 am ET SHARE TEXT 974 RESPONSES Thousands of officials across the government’s executive branch reported owning or trading stocks that stood to rise or fall with decisions their agencies made, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. More than 2,600 officials at agencies from the Commerce Department to the Treasury Department, during both Republican and Democratic administrations, disclosed stock investments in companies while those same companies were lobbying their agencies for favorable policies. That amounts to more than one in five senior federal employees across 50 federal agencies reviewed by the Journal. A top official at the Environmental Protection Agency reported purchases of oil and gas stocks. The Food and Drug Administration improperly let an official own dozens of food and drug stocks on its no-buy list. A Defense Department official bought stock in a defense company five times before it won new business from the Pentagon. The Journal obtained and analyzed more than 31,000 financial-disclosure forms for about 12,000 senior career employees, political staff and presidential appointees. The review spans 2016 through 2021 and includes data on about 850,000 financial assets and more than 315,000 trades reported in stocks, bonds and funds by the officials, their spouses or dependent children. Federal officials who filed public financial disclosures, 2016-21 Invested in stocks of firms lobbying their agency Number of officials Didn’t invest in those stocks 0 25 50 75 100% Treasury EPA Defense IRS SEC Fed Average percentage of officials invested in firms lobbying their agencies HHS Interior Note: Holdings include those owned by officials or their immediate family members. Select agencies shown. The vast majority of the disclosure forms aren’t available online or readily accessible. The review amounts to the most comprehensive analysis of investments held by executive-branch officials, who have wide but largely unseen influence over public policy. AMONG THE JOURNAL’S FINDINGS: • While the government was ramping up scrutiny of big technology companies, more than 1,800 federal officials reported owning or trading at least one of four major tech stocks: Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook, Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. ADVERTISEMENT • More than five dozen officials at five agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department, reported trading stock in companies shortly before their departments announced enforcement actions, such as charges and settlements, against those companies. • More than 200 senior EPA officials, nearly one in three, reported investments in companies that were lobbying the agency. EPA employees and their family members collectively owned between $400,000 and nearly $2 million in shares of oil and gas companies on average each year between 2016 and 2021. • At the Defense Department, officials in the office of the secretary reported collectively owning between $1.2 million and $3.4 million of stock in aerospace and defense companies on average each year examined by the Journal. Some held stock in Chinese companies while the U.S. was considering blacklisting the companies. • About 70 federal officials reported using riskier financial techniques such as short selling and options trading, with some individual trades valued at between $5 million and $25 million. In all, the forms revealed more than 90,000 trades of stocks during the six-year period reviewed. • When financial holdings caused a conflict, the agencies sometimes simply waived the rules. In most instances identified by the Journal, ethics officials certified that the employees had complied with the rules, which have several exemptions that allow officials to hold stock that conflicts with their agency’s work. Number of federal officials who reported owning specific tech stocks, 2016-21 3 24 44 64 84 officials TOTAL† ALPHABET AMAZON META* APPLE 116 officials Defense IRS 81 Labor 76 60 Treasury 59 Fed 40 SEC FTC 12 *Meta includes holdings listed for Facebook †The number of officials who own at least one of the four companies Note: Select agencies shown Federal agency officials, many of them unknown to the public, wield “immense power and influence over things that impact the day-to-day lives of everyday Americans, such as public health and food safety, diplomatic relations and regulating trade,” said Don Fox, an ethics lawyer and former general counsel at the U.S. agency that oversees conflict-of-interest rules. He said many of the examples in the Journal analysis “clearly violate the spirit behind the law, which is to maintain the public’s confidence in the integrity of the government.” Some federal officials use investment advisers who direct their stock trading, but such trades still can create conflicts under the law. “The buck stops with the official,” said Kathleen Clark, a law professor and former ethics lawyer for the Washington, D.C., government. “It’s the official who could benefit or be harmed…. That can occur regardless of who made the trade.” ADVERTISEMENT Stock transactions reported by federal officials Annual average per official Annual total in select industries Healthcare Information technology 8,000 transactions 30 transactions 6,000 25 4,000 20 2,000 0 15 2016 ’20 2016 ’20 Financials Industrials 10 4,000 5 2,000 0 0 2016 ’17 ’18 ’19 ’20 2016 ’20 2016 ’20 Note: Excludes agencies that haven’t provided reports for all years. Only includes officials who reported at least one stock transaction. Investing by federal agency officials has drawn far less public attention than that of lawmakers. Congress has long faced criticism for not prohibiting lawmakers from working on matters in which they have a financial interest. The rules were tightened in 2012 by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, passed following a series of Journal articles on congressional trading abuses. Journal reporting last year on federal judges, revealing that more than 130 jurists heard cases in which they had a financial interest, led to a law passed this May requiring judges to promptly post online any stock trades they make. This article launches a Journal series on the financial holdings of senior executive-branch employees and, in some instances, conflicts of interest hidden in their disclosure forms. U.S. law prohibits federal officials from working on any matters that could affect their personal finances. Additional regulations adopted in 1992 direct federal employees to avoid even an appearance of a conflict of interest. The 1978 Ethics in Government Act requires senior federal employees above a certain pay level to file annual financial disclosures listing their income, assets and loans. The financial figures are reported in broad dollar ranges. A view of Washington, D.C. Most officials’ financial disclosures are public only upon request. The Journal obtained disclosure forms by filing written requests with each federal agency. Some made it difficult to obtain the forms, and several agencies haven’t turned over all of them. The Department of Homeland Security hasn’t provided any financial records. (See an accompanying article on methodology.) Under federal regulations, investments of $15,000 or less in individual stocks aren’t considered potential conflicts, nor are holdings of $50,000 or less in mutual funds that focus on a specific industry. The law doesn’t restrict investing in diversified funds. ADVERTISEMENT Some federal officials, especially those at the most senior levels, sell all their individual stocks when they enter the government to avoid the appearance of a conflict. The Office of Government Ethics, which oversees the conflict-of-interest rules across the executive branch, is “committed to transparency and citizen oversight of government,” said a spokeswoman. She said the agency publishes financial disclosures of the most senior officials on its website, along with instructions for getting disclosures from other agencies. At the EPA, an official named Michael Molina and his husband owned oil and gas stocks while Mr. Molina was serving as senior adviser to the deputy EPA administrator, according to agency records. Such companies stood to benefit from former President Donald Trump’s pledge to promote energy production by rolling back environmental regulations and speeding up projects. Mr. Molina’s job gave him a front-row seat to deliberations about environmental regulations relating to energy. He “reviews and coordinates sensitive reports, documents and other materials,” said his job description, provided by the EPA in response to a public-records request. He served as a “personal and confidential representative” of the EPA deputy administrator in communications with the White House and Congress, according to the job description. In the month he started the job, May 2018, Mr. Molina reported purchases totaling between $16,002 and $65,000 of stock in Cheniere Energy Inc., a leading producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas. He reported adding Cheniere stock five additional times over the next year. At the time, senior EPA officials were encouraging the production of natural gas in the U.S. MICHAEL MOLINA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 100+ Reported trades in energy and mining firms; made by spouse through a financial adviser
AAPL could one day be just a bygone phone maker with patents like NOK, ERIC or BB if they don't diversify their revenue stream, chop chop. Puts on AAPL.
BBIG STOCK PROOF AND EVIDENCE MERGER IS IMMINENT FROM ERIC AND TRUE DEMON https://youtu.be/SIGSMX0Cgpw
NOK....supported by the Finland government. And they actually make products and have innovation. Get behind NOK....help them buy ERIC...then take on Cisco.
Just set up my SELL ORDERS on 100 shares of BBBY ($10.97) 11 @ $40 9 @ $50 20 @ $60 20 @ $70 20 @ $80 10 @ $90 10 @ $100 I got order in for purchase on 29 more shares from close cost ($11+) See what happens tomorrow. I sold all BAGS in NOK, BB, ERIC, SPCE. I have $1,500 or so to just fuck with and this is my play for now. I DONT touch ROTH, CHECKING, or EMERGENCY FUND. I'm not a YOLOer....I'm a pussy in that sense I suppose. But I hope we all make some $$$.
I sold @ loss with ERIC also. Hopes are to cover those losses with big GAINS!