Wild-Assed 2

[jiesen]

That Chopin Nocturne is my absolute favorite! Love the way he interprets it in this rendition.

[mimo_100]

We haven't had much music lately so here is Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto Number 2, Opus 18, played by the interesting Anna Fedorova. You'll no doubt recognize this as the background music from David Lean's film Brief Encounter (1945).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGOihjqO9w

"To Love Again" is the theme song of "The Eddie Duchin Story." The music is based on Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat, Opus 9 No, 2. The piano is played by one of my favorites, Carmen Cavallaro, "The Poet of the Piano."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5uWXidlb9M

[jiesen]

Amazing concert! Thanks for this, Louetta!

[Louetta]

We haven't had much music lately so here is Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto Number 2, Opus 18, played by the interesting Anna Fedorova. You'll no doubt recognize this as the background music from David Lean's film Brief Encounter (1945).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGOihjqO9w

[Louetta]

Nah.......

On June 8th I posted this pithy comment which was actually a recommendation for OPK, a stock I bought some years ago and reported on in my thread that disappeared, which I bought on the recommendation of a guy who was cutting my hair temporarily because the regular guy broke his wrist. I started touting it in June when it was announced that "on Jun 1, 2020, the FDA authorized OPKO Health to undertake a Phase 2 trial with RAYALDEE as a treatment for patients with mild-to moderate COVID-19". They subsequently signed a contract with the NFL to do COVID testing on all NFL teams and the stock doubled. They then announced that they had given the NFL 77 false positives affecting about half the teams and the stock was cut in half (almost).

Anyway they have now announced a contract with New York City schools to test staff for COVID. Given the damage done the stock (due to their mis-feasance) I again think it might be a good buy over a six month to a year timeframe. I have options in December but they now offer leaps as well as regular options further out. Seems like they have several avenues here to make money.

[Louetta]

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Still hoping the gym will re-open next Monday, 7/6.

[Louetta]

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[Louetta]

Nah.......

[Louetta]

Each night I list the funds in which we have positions by %gain on the day (which could be negative). Now the order of the list is reversed from what it has been since the end of March. Tempting to conclude it's a change from the stay-at-home stocks to the recovering economy stocks, which is what the pundits say, but I have done no analysis. I did add ADNPX, MACGX and MSEGX which have performed well under what may now be the old regime.

The S&P advance decline line has only now begun to show signs of life despite the markets coming roaring back. The weakness troubleth me.

https://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=!ADLINESPX&p=W&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p73367671490

[Louetta]

I don't like the continuing weakness in the S&P 500 advance decline line

https://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=!ADLINESPX&p=W&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p73367671490

[Louetta]

SLV looks interesting. Set to open around $11.50. Hasn't been that low since 2008.

The above from 3-16-20. Sold this today at about 14.75 so it worked out well and is up most of this month but I have no idea why.

[Louetta]

This is kind of an interesting read and produces a list of 15 stocks they recommend and discuss them with comments from others and you don't have to buy anything or even give them an email. Not recommending necessarily what they come up with but interesting analysis.

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4332110-15-safe-blue-chips-to-buy-during-this-bear-market?utm_medium=email&utm_source=seeking_alpha&mail_subject=must-read-15-very-safe-blue-chips-to-buy-during-this-bear-market&utm_campaign=nl-must-read&utm_content=link-0

[Louetta]

SLV looks interesting. Set to open around $11.50. Hasn't been that low since 2008.

[Louetta]

Have seven closed end funds, either equity or debt concentrations, which fit a pattern of 8-12% annual distribution, price down 26-33% since 2/19 or 2/20/20 and violent decreases in share value when things get tough (e.g. 4th quarter 201 followed by substantial increases when the problem clears. CSQ GDV DNI CHY CII HYT GCV.

I've put equal amounts into each, will add more if we have more big down days. If I had to pick one it would be CII. Top Morningstar ratings, 8.3% distribution at current price level.

[enhancebeginner]

Some recent headlines:

Published: March 7, 2020 at 11:18 a.m. ET By Michael Brush
Companies such as Twilio, Chegg and Enphase Energy are the FAANGs of the future, says Kevin Landis of the Firsthand Technology Opportunities Fund

Putin Dumps MBS to Start a War on America’s Shale Oil Industry Bloomberg March 7, 2020

U.S Mortgage Rates Fall to Record Lows. The Year of Record Breaking May Well Continue March 7, 2020

MARKETS
Stock Futures Were Halted Sunday Night. Here’s When S&P 500 Circuit Breakers Kick In on Monday.
By Lisa Beilfuss Updated March 8, 2020 10:30 pm ET / Original March 8, 2020 9:35 pm ET

Futures on the S&P 500 were halted Sunday night after they declined 5%.

As the wild swings on Wall Street continue, here are the levels to watch for further trading curbs when U.S. markets open Monday. [3/9/2020]

Stock Market Panics as Oil Prices Tumble - Asian stock markets plunged Monday [3/9/2020] after oil prices nosedived on worries a global economy weakened by the coronavirus outbreak might be awash in too much crude. Wall Street futures prices were following suit.

Coronavirus Update: 3,600 New Cases Outside China Reported Sunday

Northern Italy Locked Down

Level One Breach

I am really worried about what's happening now with the breakthrough of this Covid-19 virus. After all, countries involved with Covid-19 (well, including US) already turning a breaking point in the market.