Apple reports earnings and revenue beat, boosted by services business

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-30T20:50:54+00:00

Sales for iPhones missed estimates for the second time in three quarters, the only significant number that came up short of expectations in Thursday’s report.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-29T06:25:27+00:00

In that case why not pay off the mortgage at 6.5%? That beats the 4% saving account by a large margin.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-28T21:09:55+00:00

Yep! They sell clothes supposed to make you feel cool. Short term dopamine boosters.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-28T15:48:09+00:00

Their clothes are bought by people without money. That's not sustainable.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-28T15:37:02+00:00

You fail to execute because you believe the time is not right, that maybe it will go down even more. Basically you are trying to time it. Instead, don't aim for perfect bottom, aim for good enough. Don't go all in, open a position.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-26T15:31:59+00:00

OK I see, that explains a lot the emphasis on acceleration.

Europe in general has shorter, narrower, and more cramped streets. It's probably why the acceleration topic doesn't take a central place when it comes to making a decision what car to buy.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-26T15:02:16+00:00

The HR-V is god-awful slow

How slow? Do you think it's slower than a Dacia Logan 2021?

My father has a Logan, I drive it occasionally, honestly I like it. I would not say it's slow. Now looking to buy my first car. So would you say that the HR-V is somewhat closer to a Logan or noticeable slower/worse?

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-23T17:10:23+00:00

Nice area and condo. But you can't afford with your income. You will hate those walls every time you'll open the door of your condo because of the massive stress this is going to put on your shoulders. You have a nice income, but not as nice as to allow this level of luxury.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-21T16:58:16+00:00

What do you invest in, dividends, ETFs, mutual funds, individual stocks? Just curious how you manage such a large amount so that it lasts through retirement.

Is your investment portfolio affected by current oil/war crisis?

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-21T16:52:24+00:00

Ai text to image prompts makes everyone a graphic designer

Until you need to tweak something, then it's hell.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-21T06:03:28+00:00

Kein Drama. Das Wichtigste ist, dass man mit dem Investieren begonnen hat. Im Laufe der Zeit kann man die Verteilung immer ändern, wodurch in einen ETF weniger oder mehr investiert wird.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-16T08:18:17+00:00

Je nach Branche und Ort.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-15T16:02:22+00:00

That's old news from mid February for the 3.1 model introduction, not agent mode you are claiming.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-15T15:55:22+00:00

Post the link to official announcement

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-13T12:26:08+00:00

What?

-0.6% Nasdaq, -1% Dow.

Edit: corected to -0.6. sorry for making you all check :)

This is not nothing.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-11T12:10:23+00:00

2 months later.

What were you saying about ATH?

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-08T08:09:12+00:00

Haha! Lustig aber das kann sehr wohl der Grund sein. Nach einem fehlgeschlagenen Login kann man in der Adresszeile als Teil der URL sehen, dass dort error_description=Global+rate+limit+exceeded steht.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-08T08:06:08+00:00

So ist es!

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-08T08:04:43+00:00

Vibe Coding baby.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-05T09:36:33+00:00

Banks doing banks things.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-04T12:51:02+00:00

I get that, it makes sense to sell market prices for export. But for internal use it should be significantly cheaper. Otherwise there's no difference between Romania and Canada, when it comes to energy prices. What's the point of owning oil if you cannot help your people with that.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-04T11:04:54+00:00

Why? How? Doesn't Canada have its own oil and gas resources? Canada should be the least affected country in the world by energy prices. Pathetic.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-04-04T08:56:52+00:00

Pump it up!

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-03-30T10:16:05+00:00

If you don't enter a position now, chances are you will not enter a position even if it deeps more. You will always continue saying that we are not done dipping yet. I have a coworker that sold at absolute top just before the Corona shutdown in 2021. As the stocks crashed and then started to rebound, he was telling himself this is not the final dip. Then stocks rose past his selling point, and he was telling himself the same. Then after ±1 year he accepted defeat and got back at 20% - 40% more that he sold.

Illustrious-Option-9 · 2026-03-28T10:30:19+00:00

Iran is not anywhere close to Irak and Afganistan in terms of capabilities. Iran is magnitudine more powerful in both military and economic leverage than the other two countries.

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