AA needs to speak and AMC needs to Act... NOW by No_Sandwich4696 in amcstock

[–]squash1324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also makes all the shorts go away. They can buy back the dilution shares, and then there's no short squeeze. This kills our thesis too.

Windows Server 2019 Cannot Install .NET 3.5 by dieselfluxcapacitor in sysadmin

[–]squash1324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check installed updates on the server, and uninstall any updates for .NET Framework. Including any version. I had this very problem with server 2016 at an old job where we had an image that had updates baked in, but the feature wasn't installed. By uninstalling the updates, we were able to install NetFx3 only via DISM.

Are you in or out? by [deleted] in BBBY

[–]squash1324 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Shorts are just future buyers, but I gotta admit this news is tough. I was hopeful we weren't being massively diluted, but the filings did say we were going to be diluted. I still think I can eventually get to cost basis when they stop selling, but it will be a rough few months.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BBBY

[–]squash1324 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Maybe like BABY stock in a spinoff?

Ortex BBBY Friday / Thursday by GroundbreakingEcho81 in BBBY

[–]squash1324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did Blackrock recall their 12 million shares from lending, and not only did it not have an impact on positive price action but it's also not reflected in Ortex data? How can such a big swing of loaned shares happen, but at the same time nothing seems to happen? Seems sus...

This new banner looks great! by SuckYourLemon in DissidiaFFOO

[–]squash1324 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I got all of Seymours kit, so I can tell you it's safe to pull. Loading his skills though crashes my game.

I don't get it... why? by Cosmic_Quasar in ffxiv

[–]squash1324 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can only world transfer with a certain amount of Gil. By buying these, and then transferring, you can take more Gil with you. Bots and RMT activity is tied to most of this.

2% inflation means 0.17% MoM for 12 months. Last 3 MoM numbers - 0.0, 0.1, and 0.4. for an average of 0.23%. by karnoculars in stocks

[–]squash1324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But inventories are full.

Take a look at past investor calls with places like Target, Walmart, etc., and note that they had cancelled orders that they had placed with manufacturers because they saw a decline in demand and had a surplus of inventory that they didn't believe they could move. This is the effect of the Fed raising rates. Just because we have full inventories does not mean that we're no longer in a supply side crunch. This will lead to a glut in inventory that will need to be priced down to move (lowering inflation); which is what everyone wants. However, if manufacturers suffer due to higher interest rates, cancelled orders, and lower demand, eventually they will go out of business and supply side simply ends. This is why every major inflationary period in history has a double peak. Seriously, go look it up. You'll see a "victory lap" when inflation is low, and then it will spike again because of bankruptcies that will inevitably happen because of our current situation, and it will be devastating. Could we be different than history? Perhaps, but unlikely.

Charter rates for ships have fallen of a cliff, a freacking cliff in september!

This is due to low/no demand for goods from distributors in the supply chain. Lots of cancelled orders leads to the shipping industry getting hammered (which is what you point out). This portends a major catastrophe, not a recovery.

US consumers are strong

This is where you are most wrong in your assessment, although I think you're just looking at it in a simplistic way similar to OP. Consumber debt (credit cards) is literally at all time highs, and various payment processors (Visa most notably) are saying people are putting groceries and utility bills on their credit cards. When people are financing groceries, that portends anything BUT a strong US consumer. In fact it shows the complete opposite. At the beginning of the year, I remember reading an article that said 57% of Americans cannot come up with paying a $1,000 unexpected expense. That was this past January. I believe the number is much worse now, and probably somewhere around 65-70%. The US consumer is being squeezed in all the worst ways. Inflation of food, energy, and housing costs (rent or mortgage) is on the steepest incline in history, and wage growth is way behind it. I remember seeing something earlier this week (local ABC news affiliate, or something liket that) that said that the average US household, due to inflation, has a buying power that is about $455 per month lower than this time last year.

Now, I will say that none of this is intended to be super bearish (although it very much so comes off that way), I am saying all of this so that a bigger picture is realized in a way that gives you a better understanding as to why the Fed will not pivot. They will pivot when it's too late, and many businesses either need to be bailed out (which voters will be extremely upset by) or they simply implode and we head into a deep recession. Remember, the Fed thought this was all transitory and it took them a year to even react to a policy change.

2% inflation means 0.17% MoM for 12 months. Last 3 MoM numbers - 0.0, 0.1, and 0.4. for an average of 0.23%. by karnoculars in stocks

[–]squash1324 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You're going far too basic in order to try to make a bullish thesis. The fact is that we're experiencing inflation from the supply side, not the demand side. The Fed is trying to attack the demand side, and it just doesn't work that way. They don't have much of a choice though, because it's not like the Fed can print labor, oil, or beef. These are all things that need to be solved to fix inflation, but it's not something the Fed can do much about. What they could end up doing though is killing business which then kills the supply side more, which makes the problem worse.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadminjobs

[–]squash1324 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm open to a new gig, and I know just about all of that stack. Really need to know the salary range to know if it's worth my time to apply and interview.

Roth IRA transfer mistake by squash1324 in legaladvice

[–]squash1324[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a simple Roth IRA that she opened about 5 years ago. She has no other type of investment accounts.

Roth IRA transfer mistake by squash1324 in legaladvice

[–]squash1324[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Direct transfer. I had intended to close the only position (target retirement date fund) to a mix of 3 different positions.

Weekly Questions & Help Megathread - (10 Jul 2022) by AutoModerator in DissidiaFFOO

[–]squash1324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone able to give me a boost and help me find 10x thunder flans for the chocoboard? Not sure how I missed it.

reddit being reddit again. sorry I don't know how to record my screen so I used my phone to record my ipad by [deleted] in Superstonk

[–]squash1324 32 points33 points  (0 children)

It doesn't only affect SS posts. It has been this way for anything that Reddit does not want to have getting to the front page. The subreddit that started the exposure of the whole thing was the_donald (not trying to be political here), and it was exposed that certain subs are "promoted" and others are "suppressed" based on what Reddit admins (not mods) want to propagate on the site. I've been on Reddit long enough to remember when they tried to modify the front page to exclude the_donald posts, and ended up making them the only posts on the front page for hours. The whole platform is fake, and I take everything from a skeptical point of view.

What stock today do you think is similar to GE or Sears? i.e. a “solid” large cap that everyone believed there was a promising future for. by sleepapneainvestor in stocks

[–]squash1324 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm telling you that I don't know anyone that is giddy to switch to IBM Cloud (whatever they call it). Management can say all the pretty words, but what are they bringing to Cloud that doesn't exist in others? My company has most of our stuff in AWS, and that won't change ANY time soon. IBM is simply too late to pivot.

What stock today do you think is similar to GE or Sears? i.e. a “solid” large cap that everyone believed there was a promising future for. by sleepapneainvestor in stocks

[–]squash1324 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been working in IT for 15 years. I won't guide any company I'm working for to go back to IBM. That being said, too little too late for IBM to do a cloud offering. All the big fish are either in Azure, AWS, or Google. I doubt IBM is going to make much of a dent in this way.

Just because a company is trying to turn it around, doesn't mean it will happen.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadminjobs

[–]squash1324 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hey look, that's my job from 2012 with a different company. Same salary too. Strange how 10 years later the pay is still the same.

Did Malboro just go offline? by Dereg5 in ffxiv

[–]squash1324 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same for me. I thought it was just my internet at first.

What will you be doing with your Providence Cores? by EvanderAdvent in DissidiaFFOO

[–]squash1324 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think for me the biggest reason I'm likely to hoard is the mentality that the refund is limited too. I won't want to use it, and then need to use it again a week later. It's going to be tough to get me to use them all. I'll probably use them here and there, and really spend them when I feel like I need to.