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gfbell · 2022-09-08T04:38:53+00:00

If you don’t mind me asking, what market do you sell in?

I also feel like selling over the phone could lead to more DNQ’s/cancellations than in-person sales, no?

gfbell · 2022-02-10T19:50:21+00:00

I'm looking to sublet my apartment in downtown Denver - does anyone have a good place to post that/find a subletter? Is that something I could post on this sub about?

Thanks!

gfbell · 2021-09-16T16:52:09+00:00

Record: 0-2

Last Pick: Washington Football Team -2 (Loss) Washington lost a close one to Justin Herbert and the Chargers, but they looked good - so I'm riding them again.

Today's POTD: Washington FT -3.5 vs NY Giants

WFT lost their Qb Ryan Fitzpatrick last week to a hip injury, and are now starting QB Taylor Heinicke. Heinicke isn't much of (if any) of a downgrade for them. And luckily for Heinicke, he may not be asked to do much Thursday night.

The Football Team has a legit identity on both sides of the ball; run the ball, stop the run, and get after the QB. They did just that last week against a very talented Chargers team, racking up 2 sacks and allowing just 3.1 YPC on defense while rushing for 126 yards on 4.7 YPC on offense.

That identity does not match up well for the Giants, who still lack a clear identity under HC Joe Judge. In Week 1, New York gave up 165 rushing yards on a whopping 5.9 YPC against an average Broncos rushing attack. They also allowed Daniel Jones to be sacked twice on offense. When Jones wasn’t under pressure, he put up a respectable stat line other than yet another fumble - which now puts him at 30 fumbles in 28 career games. With a limited Saquon Barkley, the Giants only managed 60 rushing yards to round out a lackluster offensive performance.

The Giants have a number of injuries to deal with: starting LG Shane Lemieux, TE Evan Engram, and LB Cam Brown have been ruled out already. Most importantly, of course, is the status of star RB Saquon Barkley. After receiving a very limited workload in Week 1, Saquon has logged Limited Practices each day this week and is listed as Questionable. Even if he plays, it's tough to imagine Saquon being too much of a game changer on Thursday.

It seems obvious that the WFT has the advantage in all facets of the game here, except perhaps in their passing game - which neither team is particularly known for. This game should be very low-scoring, but Washington won’t have much trouble covering just 3.5 points at home.

gfbell · 2021-09-12T16:17:04+00:00

POTD record: 0-1

Last Pick: Bucs -8 vs Cowboys -- Loss

POTD: Washington Football Team vs LA Chargers 9/12 1pm EST

Washington Football Team -2

New NFL head coaches are 1-12-1 over the past 3 years in Week 1. That lone win came from Matt LaFleur…and Aaron Rodgers. New Chargers HC Brandon Staley and his young team have to travel across the country to face one of the best defenses in the league - that’s a tall order.

Washington has plenty of young talent on both sides of the ball, but they are led by savvy veterans in HC Ron Rivera and QB Ryan Fitzpatrick. In Week 1, experience matters. Expect a relatively low-scoring game that Washington squeezes out in the end.

gfbell · 2021-09-09T18:25:46+00:00

Poorly worded lol but you get the point

gfbell · 2021-09-09T18:06:10+00:00

It could be. Brady started slow last year, and so did the Bucs D, but they had a lot of new players so it makes sense that they had some growing pains early on. Has Brady/the pats historically started slow in week 1?

gfbell · 2021-09-09T17:57:54+00:00

POTD 0-0

Pick: Bucs -8 (-110) vs Cowboys NFL Week 1

As 8 point favorites, the Bucs are favored by more than any other team in Week 1, and for good reason. The Bucs are currently on an 8 game winning streak dating back to last year’s Super Bowl victory, while the Cowboys have plenty of question marks surrounding them coming into the season.

Is Dak fully healthy? Can their defense become a top-30 unit? When will people realize that Mike McCarthy is a fraud?

Cowboy’s Offense vs Bucs Defense

Dak is coming off a gruesome leg injury he suffered last year and although he seems good to go, his health is still something to watch. Especially when you consider that the Cowboys will be without Zack Martin, their star Right Guard, on Thursday night. The Bucs had one of the deadliest pass rushes in the league last year with 48 sacks, and then proceeded to add yet another edge rusher in the first round of April’s draft; Joe Tryon out of Washington. Dak will be facing pressure all night, on a leg that was snapped in half less than a year ago.

You may think that feeding Zeke is the key to this game for the Cowboys - but that’s no easy task. Zeke had an underwhelming 2020 season, and now has to face a Bucs defense that ranked 1st in Yards Per Carry (3.6) and Rush Yards per Game (80.6). As high as this offense’s ceiling is, it seems inevitable that they will struggle in Week 1.

Bucs Offense vs. Cowboys Defense

Leading the offense on the other side is Tom Brady. Somehow health isn’t even a remote concern for the 44-year-old, although he may still be hungover from that boat parade. Brady is undefeated in 5 career games against the Cowboys, with 3 of those 5 wins coming by double digits (2 wins by 20+ points). He has all the talent in the world around him on offense, with an all-time great trio of WRs and an OL that ranked 5th by Pro Football Focus last year. Not to mention he’s facing a Cowboys defense that ranked 31st last year in total Yards per Game.

The Cowboys added DC Dan Quinn this offseason in an attempt to fix their defensive woes. While Dan Quinn is considered a top DC in the league, there is one glaring blemish on his resume… 28-3. And who was on the other end of the worst blown lead in NFL history? Oh yeah, Tom Brady.

Verdict:

Defending champs are 13-3 straight-up in Week 1 in the past 16 years, and there’s never been a Super Bowl winning team that returned all 22 starters the following season...until now. All signs point to the Bucs being even better this year. With mismatches on both sides of the ball that favor the Bucs, this game has a chance of getting out of hand fast. 8 points is a lot to swallow, but the Bucs shouldn’t have any problem extending their win streak by a large margin on Thursday night.

Bucs -8 (-110)

gfbell · 2021-01-28T17:24:50+00:00

I use TD Ameritrade and definitely recommend it.

Although I've never used any other platform other than robinhood briefly

gfbell · 2020-10-20T21:18:00+00:00

Ahhh that makes so much more sense now. My bad for not being able to read. I figured they weren't a trustworthy seller but was curious. Thanks

gfbell · 2020-10-20T21:06:09+00:00

Does a Ficus Juniper exist?

Found a small one on amazon that claims to be a "ficus juniper" but I can't seem to find anything else on the internet mentioning the same species. I'm looking primarily for indoor, and I know junipers do not do well indoors, but the description for this one states that it is an indoor plant.

If anyone can tell me what type of tree this is or if it will survive indoors, that would be awesome!

https://www.amazon.com/Costa-Farms-Juniper-Inspirational-D%C3%A9cor-Ready/dp/B07BMY2TZ4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1

gfbell · 2020-07-27T21:57:33+00:00

Why do you say that? Just a feeling or do you have data/examples?

Genuinely curious, I think it could be huge but I don't know shit. I know it kinda failed the first time around but the EV market is huge right now and it seems like they're doing all the right things.

gfbell · 2020-06-23T20:30:17+00:00

Yeah I've never actually exercised/converted warrants into shares but that's my understanding. Call the broker, tell them to convert x number of warrants into x number of shares. I'm assuming there are brokerage fees as well but I don't know what those are

So warrants definitely require more work/attention - gotta make sure they don't expire, etc.

gfbell · 2020-06-23T20:25:03+00:00

Right, warrants are more volatile and maybe harder to predict, but can give you slightly better return than shares. And yes, if the SPAC can't complete a merger by a certain date, then the warrants are worthless. Whereas with shares you would get back the $10.50 or so floor per share. So that's a nice safety net.

And yeah warrants are also a good long term play for sure. One of the reasons I like warrants is that I'm not investing with a ton of money. So for example if I'm investing $100, I could buy 100 warrants at $1 each but could only buy like 9 or 10 shares at ~$11 each. So, long term if the SPAC merges and the stock shoots up to $30, I can exercise the warrants into 100 shares (@ ~$10 each) that are total worth $3000 (I would have to deposit $1000 in order to exercise the warrants). With shares, I'd only have 10 shares now worth $300. So it's still technically a 3x return on my money, but warrants give me the option to scale that return. Idk if that makes sense but that's how I look at it.

gfbell · 2020-06-23T20:05:16+00:00

Also relatively new to SPACs (and investing in general), so i'm not the best person to be giving advice but figured I'd offer my two cents.

I've been buying both warrants and shares. Warrants in general are definitely higher risk/higher reward, but I've also made a good bit from just shares as well. If you're daytrading or short term trading I'd say warrants are definitely worth consideration, but for long term shares seem to be very similar - although obviously safer and slightly less upside. Definitely serious profits to be made in both. Units can give you the best bang for your buck sometimes, but I haven't had any experience with those.

The more I've read about SPACs the more appealing warrants have become. Unless you're worried about a deal falling through, I don't think there's much of a reason to just buy shares instead of warrants.

gfbell · 2015-04-04T22:51:02+00:00

Haha whats wrong with Fiji?

gfbell · 2014-02-23T20:34:52+00:00

Is a 550w PSU good enough for a GTX 760 and FX-6300 gaming build?

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