Discussion ***Official*** 2026 Stock Market Thread 💰

[biostud]

He's walking the Green Mile (remember that classic?) and he knows it.

If he truely knows that he's lost, then any sane person would accept the fact. But it seems like he and his cronies take the same stance as one of the historic inspirational characters: Wir wollen den totalen krieg.

 

[Charmonium]

Wir wollen den totalen krieg

I f'ing luv Wikipedia. If you use the site on a regular basis and like most OT'ers here, you start your camp fires with 50 dollar bills ($100 is little too ostentatious - gotz to think about the optics), toss 'em some coin. Don't wait for Jimmy Wales to start begging.

Anyway - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportpalast_speech

I'd never heard of this, but it's definitely in character.

 

[Charmonium]

Get the mops and the meat wagons. Today is looking to be . . . "unfortunate." DOW futures are down bigly.

The market no likin' da tariffs. And since Trump seems to be very sensitive to big moves down, hopefully we'll get another TACO - Trump always chickens out.

 

[FelixDeCat]

500 QQQ probable this year

 

[dasherHampton]

Been holding RFIL for a long time. So happy to see it pop.

Good company. Always beats on earnings.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Nm

 

[FelixDeCat]

Deal supposedly announced for Greenland sparking short covering rally. What's next? Panama?

And will China be forced into moving on Taiwan before Trump attempts to take it?

 

[jpiniero]

Ubisoft Cancels 6 Projects Including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Closes 2 Studios and Confirms Further Layoffs in Major Company Restructure - IGN

Ubisoft has announced a sweeping company restructure that will result in the cancelation of six games including its Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, and a delay to a further seven titles. Two Ubisoft studios will be closed completely as a result of the changes, while others will be...

www.ign.com

Ubisoft is falling apart...

Ubisoft asking all staff to return to office full-time to "boost the collective performance for AAA"

Change is "to enhance collective efficiency, to drive the dynamics, the creativity, the sense of belonging"

www.gamesindustry.biz

And it's because of WFH.

The western game industry might be screwed.

 

[Artorias]

Ubisoft Cancels 6 Projects Including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Closes 2 Studios and Confirms Further Layoffs in Major Company Restructure - IGN

Ubisoft has announced a sweeping company restructure that will result in the cancelation of six games including its Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, and a delay to a further seven titles. Two Ubisoft studios will be closed completely as a result of the changes, while others will be...

www.ign.com

Ubisoft is falling apart...

Ubisoft asking all staff to return to office full-time to "boost the collective performance for AAA"

Change is "to enhance collective efficiency, to drive the dynamics, the creativity, the sense of belonging"

www.gamesindustry.biz

And it's because of WFH.

The western game industry might be screwed.

Bethesda is about 10 years behind Ubisoft. Both creatively bankrupt studios that haven't put out anything new or innovative in decades.

 

[dasherHampton]

MU might hit $400 after hours tonight.

 

[Brainonska511]

Ubisoft Cancels 6 Projects Including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Closes 2 Studios and Confirms Further Layoffs in Major Company Restructure - IGN

Ubisoft has announced a sweeping company restructure that will result in the cancelation of six games including its Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, and a delay to a further seven titles. Two Ubisoft studios will be closed completely as a result of the changes, while others will be...

www.ign.com

Ubisoft is falling apart...

Ubisoft asking all staff to return to office full-time to "boost the collective performance for AAA"

Change is "to enhance collective efficiency, to drive the dynamics, the creativity, the sense of belonging"

www.gamesindustry.biz

And it's because of WFH.

The western game industry might be screwed.

You and your obsession with back to office...

The games industry is hurting because prices haven't kept up with inflation: games are more elaborate today, and cost no more today than they did 20 years ago. And I'm sure that leads to all sorts of weird financial incentives to constantly lay people off once a game is published and then waste resources hiring back people for a new development.

 

[Charmonium]

We got TACO'ed by Trump once again.

He wants the world to take him seriously, but only until it actually does.

 

[njdevilsfan87]

You and your obsession with back to office...

If I can't enjoy it then neither can you!

 

[FelixDeCat]

I think miners and metals will shine in 26.

 

[jpiniero]

Bethesda is about 10 years behind Ubisoft. Both creatively bankrupt studios that haven't put out anything new or innovative in decades.

That's true... but in this case the one game mentioned (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake), it's just a simple remake. And they couldn't get it done in 4+ years and what they had done was probably crappy.

Naughty Dog might end up being shut down too. Same deal, WFH killing the productivity.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Intel beats again, shares fall anyway. Analyst on CNBC says buy the dip.

Edit...other analysts skeptical, noting growing short interest

 

[JTsyo]

Intel beats again, shares fall anyway. Analyst on CNBC says buy the dip.

Edit...other analysts skeptical, noting growing short interest

I bailed from Intel last year. Without the dividends, I feared it would just be money locked away with minimal gains.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Silver continues to climb slowly but surely. $135 CAD now. 😀

 

[IronWing]

Silver continues to climb slowly but surely. $135 CAD now. 😀

Even the London Metals Exchange is cautioning that silver's a bubble and they make money when it goes up.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah I wonder if this is a bubble and it will drop. I'm not buying any at these prices but I regret not buying more years ago...

One of the downsides if it stays this high is it will drive up the cost of solar panels. If I had more room I would buy a couple pallets of them while they are cheap. I don't think they will get any cheaper than they are now.

 

[Train]

Silver is also in the navigation system of missiles, which Ukraine and Russia have been building and launching at eachother as fast as they can.

 

[jpiniero]

Intel beats again, shares fall anyway. Analyst on CNBC says buy the dip.

Shares fell because of very weak guidance. Client sales are going to get killed by the RAMpocalypse.

 

[IronWing]

Shares fell because of very weak guidance. Client sales are going to get killed by the RAMpocalypse.

I just checked the current price on a laptop with 96GB RAM I bought in August. It is currently $1100 more.

 

[FelixDeCat]

^ I'm looking for a new used laptop. But I want the new Intel Core 3 chip. 😕 I hear the integrated graphics give Nvidia a run for its money. That keeps it from getting too hot and making the fans blow super loud with discrete graphics and gaming. I still want discrete but only when necessary.

Might have to go stand on the street corner and see if a local billionaire might be able to hand one out.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ram prices are insane. Really hope something happens like the AI bubble bursts. I don't have any immediate need for any at the moment but the idea of local home computing essentially no longer being affordable is quite concerning. Jeff Bezos is hinting that it will just go away entirely and we have to rent from the cloud the same way we buy power from the grid. Gross.