Google made money by ad dollars from youtube. I didn't know they were making money off of AI (gemini). I'm very surprised that they've chosen to give a first ever dividend. I concerned that their innovation and ideas are drying up. Anyone have any puts on google?

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Have a look at „thyssenkrupp“ for puts. Its company about steel (energy costs very high germany) and they want make change to green zero emissions… thats expensive. And they fired lot of people. Now up 10% today …. Its like tesla in beast mode

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I don’t believe that’s the reason. Investors saw the value and invested in Facebook stock at the time (or at least didn’t short immediately on IPO). Instagram was very popular like the user above pointed out and people were convinced Facebook would only skyrocket their growth. This is partly John Stewart being overly dramatic and the nature of The Daily Show.

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See this is all very logical, but I know the moment I start thinking I understand how the market is working, I will lose everything.

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Too fuckin real man. The cheapest studio apartment is $1300 here and it’s a very small city

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Oh, I'm certain OP has a tax person, a very expensive tax person.

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Please don’t use the D word here (Divi*end) it’s very triggering for autistic gamblers

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And your mother would be very disappointed

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Btw, I would be very careful jumping into oil stonks in election year/season. Firms will pump for oil to get crude/gas prices down due to political/Presidential pressure. 👀

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The middle class is shrinking, until it will be non-existent. Everyone needs to realize that. There will be super wealthy and super poor people. We are due for a crash, and I think people are full of fear right now. Fear hasn't fully set in yet, but eventually it will. My wife is a physician, and could earn 3X what I earn. However, considering the tax bracket that would put us in, she quit her job to stay at home with our young kids. By the time you calculate the higher income tax bracket and add in childcare, her income is no meaningful benefit to our overall financial picture. She loves staying at home with the kids, and her cooking has dramatically improved over the last few months. Still can't get her to set a timer when using the oven though. We sold our home about 2 years ago because we moved to a different area. We have lots of cash, but housing in our area is about 1.5 million for a good home, and my salary isn't enough to swing a 6k monthly payment. All that being said, I'll liquidate when my trading portfolio falls below 10% for the year. Right now it is sitting at 13%. That is what I'm comfortable with and have decided to do. There will be a crash, not sure how bad it will be, but when it happens, I'll be ready to buy a home. Inflation is government theft and is screwing everyone. Both political parties are guilty of poor economic policy. Libs are mostly ethically challenged (and reddit appears to be very left leaning) which explains this sub and all the regards here hanging behind the Wendy's dumpster. I follow because I like to do the opposite of what people in here are confident about.

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