Stocks.

[Sum1]

I should clarify. By stocks I mean the S&P.

 

[3Roosters]

I'm evading the morning coffee shop experts that know everything about everything. Do your own research! Take the coffee shop gossip with morning BS.

 

[Maddog]

Make Maloney has been saying gold is gonna spike for the last ten years. At least that’s how long I have been watching him. Hell, he might have been saying ten years before that. Sooner of later your gonna be right. It just happens to be his time to be right.

No body knows what the market price of anything is gonna do. That’s why it’s good to have a little in everything. Gold has always gone up. Silver has always gone up, stocks always go up, real estate also, hell even Bitcoin. Inflation causes the price of all these to go up. Of course there is dips but they always bounce back. They day they don’t bounce back we’re probably gonna have bigger issues that money isn’t gonna fix

yep I have been following him for probably 20 ? years too

He isn't looking in the best of health.

Good luck on your metals.

They all may bounce back but perhaps the dollar will be worth almost nothing . . .

 

[Maddog]

 

[Maddog]

ala Lunk

 

[Maddog]

 

[Maddog]

note
it has decisively crossed both of the moving averages curves
buyer beware

 

[Maddog]

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Dow Falls 300 Points as Bank Worries Spark Flight to Safety​

Dow Falls 300 Points as Bank Worries Spark Flight to Safety · Barrons.com
Connor Smith
Thu, October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM CDT 2 min read

• ^VIX
  -2.49%
  
  ^DJI
  +0.18%
  
  ^SPX
  -0.22%
  
  ^IXIC
  -0.35%
  

A flight to safety in the wake of regional bank loan worries sent stocks tumbling and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note below 4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 301 points, or 0.7%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.5%.

 

[Maddog]

The "calm" before the storm

Fair warning.

 

[Maddog]

“Boring” Gold Beats Nasdaq by 30% Over 5 Years​

Daily News Nuggets | Today’s top stories for gold and silver investors
October 17th, 2025

Gold Quietly Outruns the Nasdaq Since 2020​

Most people think of gold as the boring investment — it’s not as fun as bragging about the latest tech stock at a dinner party. But here’s the surprise: over the past five years, gold is up 129% versus 99% for the Nasdaq Composite.
While megacap tech dominated headlines, gold quietly compounded with low correlation to equities and zero drama. In a cycle defined by rate shocks, bank scares, and geopolitical flare-ups, gold’s defensive bid didn’t just keep pace with high-flying tech — it beat it.
Start dates always matter and future returns aren’t guaranteed, but the message is clear: a strategic allocation to gold can carry more of the portfolio’s load than most investors expect. Even if it doesn’t make for exciting cocktail-party chatter.

 

[Rowdie]

 

[camper]

How’s inflation doing?

 

[Traxion]

If you haven’t realized the stock market is totally unhinged from the real world economy, I don’t know what to say. There is no correlation between Wall Street and Main Street. We need to enjoy it because I’m afraid reality will soon appear.

 

[Traxion]

Dow will crack 48k and S&P 7k by end of the week I’d guess. Pretty incredible given the times.

Curious where gold and silver will settle. Consolidation isn’t surprising. But with inflation better than expected and likely rates cuts I’d
figure it would hold.

 

[49994]

there is a lot of bullish possibilities to push things higher thru the end of year. fomc today, trade deal with china, more positive earnings from several mag 7, subsidies being extended, 7.4trillion on the sidelines. euphoria thru end of year and into a choppy 26.

 

[Maddog]

Is the AI Boom Built on Hype or Hard Numbers?​

The AI industry crossed a stunning milestone last week: Nvidia hit a $5 trillion valuation, making it the first company in history to reach that mark. That single chipmaker now accounts for roughly 8% of the entire S&P 500. But beneath the staggering numbers, cracks are showing. OpenAI’s ChatGPT — the most successful AI product to date — loses money almost every time you use it, racking up a $13.5 billion loss in the first half of 2025 despite $4.3 billion in revenue.
Deutsche Bank warns the boom is “unsustainable,” while Bain projects the industry needs $2 trillion in annual revenue by 2030 just to maintain current spending levels. Perhaps most telling: an MIT study found 95% of businesses deploying AI have gotten zero value from it. The industry is sustained not by profits, but by circular financing deals and relentless storytelling about a transformative future.

 

[Sum1]

How does chat gpt lose money when you use it?

 

[Maddog]

How does chat gpt lose money when you use it?

OpenAI loses money on ChatGPT primarily because the costs of running the AI infrastructure are extremely high, often exceeding the revenue generated from subscriptions. Despite having a large user base, only a small percentage of users pay for the service, leading to significant financial losses.

 

[shorthairsrus]

ChatGpt -- sucks you in and microsoft hugs them closer ---- a monthly fee .......and the ;person gets dumber. Now i am old so i get to use it ha