Victor Jones Profile
Victor Jones

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Incentive dictates outcome. Talking head. I like to trade. Consensus is the least profitable opinion. Undefeated @ tic-tac-toe. Know less each day. Father 2x.

Chicago, IL
Joined April 2010
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Some engineer’s dream: No managers, no bureaucracy, no politics, all odds against, a blank white board, and Elon staring at you asking for your ideas to transform a household tech name. Like it or not, if you’re reading this you’re betting on this group.
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Jasmine 7 lbs 6 oz Tue 2/22/22 Mom is resting.
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Some personal news: I’ve decided to take some time off. The last 4+ years with Tasty has been an absolutely incredible journey. Few are granted the opportunity to learn from the best in their industry and I’m grateful to have been one of those few.
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We put @jam_croissant in the hot seat on @tastytrade . Asked for his short term directional opinion on everything: $SPY, $TNX , $VIX, $USD, $EWW, $EWZ, $INDA, $USO, $CCJ CC: @CVecchioFX
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Bull markets give participation trophies. Bear markets make traders.
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Everyone is a genius in a bull market. In a bear market you’re either humble or broke.
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2 years
Japan dumps treasuries to defend Yen and whisperer drops “pivot” article the same day. No one even thinks twice about the strange timing, they just buy stocks…
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3 years
I believe free and fair markets should be just that. Free and fair. We facilitate access to markets. We do not dictate access. Risk is real. Trade smaller than small and don’t get caught in the hype. That said, it’s your money.
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2 years
Enough of these trial balloons. Paint or get off the ladder…
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FBI Director Christopher Wray said that allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States could pose a threat to national security.
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Victor Jones
3 months
Please join me for a conversation with @jam_croissant today at 5:00 PM CT on @tastyliveshow .
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2 years
The invisible hand is reaching into your pockets to take back the stimulus.
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3 years
1. A boat was stuck. It’s not stuck anymore. 2. A guy couldn’t pay his margin call. 3. Tech stocks went down, then up, then down, and ended flat. This has been your daily market update.
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1 year
Taking a break from social media until the New Year. See ya'll in 2023. My best to you and yours over the Holidays.
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2 years
Couldn’t afford anything so I wrote down things I wanted and visited them at the store. Embarrassing to admit now. When I could afford them, I found I didn’t want them anymore. Many of us are chasing the ability to choose, not the choice, and don’t understand the difference.
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To young men growing up without a father, I know how this day feels to you. It’s a reminder of pain you’re trying to forget & far from a celebration. One day, you will have a family and this day will be beautiful again. Happy Father’s Day to all making this tweet irrelevant.
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Currently tracking as one of the sickest short term calls ever captured on video…
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2 years
We put @jam_croissant in the hot seat on @tastytrade . Asked for his short term directional opinion on everything: $SPY, $TNX , $VIX, $USD, $EWW, $EWZ, $INDA, $USO, $CCJ CC: @CVecchioFX
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Junior got to meet three legends of the game today. @GuyAdami , @RiskReversal , and Tom Sosnoff. We tried to talk about option mechanics, skew, and IVR but Tom kept going on and on about the macro environment, stock valuations, and the inverting yield curve. It was very strange.
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America, This is who we are. By the people and for the people. Sincerely, Flint, Michigan #WalkWithUs #JusticForGeorgeFloyd #JusticeForGeorge
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2 years
Reminder: You can trade successfully without ever calling a bear market bottom or a bull market top.
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Am I crazy? Or am I the only one who hasn’t lost his mind? Convenience does not necessarily correlate to happiness. Community does.
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2 years
Ready to go to war tomorrow. Asked my wife for help applying war paint. Something was lost in translation. Currently sitting at my desk going over charts with blush and eyeliner on. Still ready for war.
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3 months
Tired of simple explanations like “profit-taking” or “a little ahead of itself” 😂 Listen to @jam_croissant , the Vanna-Charmer 🐍 himself, unpack the option market dynamics helping to drive recent relative underperformance of the tech stock winners. Only on the @tastyliveshow .
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6 years
It‘s finally time to say goodbye to @TDAmeritrade , a place I called home for 12 yrs, as I’ve decided to lead a joint-venture start up. (DM me if interested) TDA took a 20 yr old kid from Omaha, NE across the country, around the world, and back again. I will be forever grateful.
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2 years
I’m a lucky guy. Markets changed my life and took me to places I never would have imagined. I’m indebted to countless mentors. Its about more than the pursuit of purchasing power. It’s about the endless pursuit of truth, competition, objectivity, risk, and freedom. ✌🏾L.A.
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2 years
It seems the denial ended today.
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2 years
I appreciated this moment.
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2 years
On @tastytrade today, @CVecchioFX asked @jam_croissant for his opinion on where yields may be headed. I wasn’t ready for the answer. “What the Fed is doing is actually going to exacerbate structural inflation... it’s actually going to make it worse.”
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2 years
The most pivotal idea that I learned from our conversation with @jam_croissant is that inflation may not be binary (ex. inflation, disinflation/deflation). Instead, to imagine the possibility of cyclical disinflation / deflation w/i a longer term period of secular inflation.
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Victor Jones
1 year
What’s next? Well, I've just been told that a member of the Freedom Caucus has nominated me as Speaker of the House. I have 20 votes at the moment. Just kidding. Time to read, get back in shape, and spend time with my family.
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2 years
“Portfolio” seems too proper of a word for the dumpster fire I’m tending to on a daily basis.
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2 years
My #KeepinItReal rules for surviving a recession: 1. If you don’t need it, don’t buy it. 2. If you DO need it, buy half, put water in it, and shake it up. 3. If you’re under 35, max out your 401k contributions and consider more “aggressive” style allocations. You’re welcome.
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2 years
In order to crash, we need a rally. In order to rally, we need a crash.
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1 year
I’d like to thank those of you who found value in our show, Jones and Friends. We tried not to talk down to our audience. Instead, we acknowledged that the collective intelligence of the audience greatly exceeded our own.
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2 months
“If World War 3 doesn’t escalate over the weekend, what should I buy?” You’re all savages.
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3 months
I'm not a teacher; I'm a lifelong learner. The market offers me, and every other participant, a financial incentive to obtain a greater understanding of the world. I want to explore the greatest minds on everything from the history (and future) of money, price, and power. I'm
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In this clip, @dampedspring offers his thoughts on Wednesday’s #FOMC announcement. How might the Fed guide markets with their Summary of Economic Projections? Take a listen.
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Victor Jones
2 years
Option traders are painted as speculators. While that can be true, I trade options because I want to control my risk to a higher degree. To me, the fully allocated equity portfolio with no risk control or basis reduction is the speculator.
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3 years
Just listened to an hour long clubhouse conversation. Creatives, influencers, technologists, and finance all discussing wealth creation. I was disappointed with many of the voices that were called upon to represent my industry today. I am inspired to offer a better alternative.
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2 years
Done for the day. Lessons reinforced this week: 1. Trade what the market gives you. 2. Stay small & deleveraged. 3. Pencil down when getting chopped. 4. Steady returns over big paydays. 5. Stories are all b.s., we are in a bear market. Good week for the good guys.✌🏾
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2 years
Today on @tastytrade : @biancoresearch reminds @CVecchioFX and myself of the question that should be in the back of everyone’s mind: What is the Fed’s tolerance for a risk rally?
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Victor Jones
1 year
If you'll forgive my indulgence, here are a small handful of internal conversations. In my mind, they demonstrate why Tasty is special. Whether it's market related or not, Tasty has the courage to allow the expression of real opinions. Peace, love, risk, and cherries.
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1/6/2020.
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1 year
We spend nearly two years going down, and vol goes down. We spend months in the same place, and vol goes up. Oh, the beauty in chaos. Were you listening to the market, Mr. Powell? Do you recognize the rhythms? Ok, let me translate the random notes and melodies… I know we
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3 months
🚨 The Hot Seat 🚨 The Hot Seat returns to the @tastyliveshow . I asked @jam_croissant for his short term directional opinion on stocks, volatility, rates, the dollar, gold, and bitcoin. $SPY, $QQQ, $VIX, $TLT, $TBT, $DXY, $GLD, #BTC
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Our nation is $34 trillion dollars in debt and we’re adding $1 trillion dollars to that figure every 100 days. Does it matter? @jam_croissant ’s answer in our one hour interview on @tastyliveshow will probably probably surprise you. Do you agree?
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3 years
Go with the firm that doesn’t have hundreds of lawyers crafting their message. If @elonmusk can express his concerns to their CEO before loyal customers can get an email response... that’s a problem. Time to switch. Time to @tradewithdough .
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Victor Jones
2 years
This market will not shake 25M new participants. They are staying and they are learning. Shout out to @TevoShabazz and @firstgenwealth who are on the front lines.
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1 year
Leadership.
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Apple is the only major tech company that hasn’t done a big layoff. Instead the CEO took a $50 million pay cut.
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4,000 +/- 200 Learn to love it.
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2 years
Drove by GameStop today. It was empty. Always is. Shelves full of physical games. Then passed a dispensary. It was busy. Always is. Shelves full of a product that both is and isn’t legal. Markets aren’t broken. Just distorted, still. Then ran out of gas because of inflation.
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2 years
I have much to learn. This will always be true.
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“So you’re saying they’re capital efficient and I can have delta equivalent stock exposure but with a fraction of the downside risk and unlimited upside.”
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1 year
Tom’s not on Twitter so he'll never see this. Not only did he give me a platform to explore ideas, he challenged me to have opinions, non-consensus ones at that. He taught me about risk, entrepreneurship, the (lack of) value in traditional marketing, and much more. He's a genius.
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I am a reformed troublemaker; an anti-establishment capitalist; an anti-technocracy technologist; an admirer of the revolutionary, the countercultures, and dissenting opinions. I’m pro-humanity and a skeptical optimist. I believe asset prices in competitive, liquid, &
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Victor Jones
2 years
Started selling some puts today in small size. Don’t @ me you scaredy cats.
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Victor Jones
1 year
As much as you think you know, you know almost nothing for certain. Risk in more than just price. Stay small and risk defined. Distribution is wider, adjust. Be aware of your bias. No fear, no greed. No ego. Go.
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2 years
I’d guess in a short span of time, many in my generation will go from never trading a debt instrument to finally being able to articulate the difference between a bill, a note, and a bond.
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2 years
I asked @jam_croissant how he thinks about the $VIX autocorrelation at lower levels vs. the abandonment of hedges creating left tail risk for markets. “The best performance for long vol, ironically, is not when it’s cheap.”
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2 months
The internet was once a slightly better version of an encyclopedia. Now it spies on me and wants my job.
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2 years
If you thought inflation was wild, wait until you get a taste of deflation.
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1 year
Tom, Tony, Scott, etc. care about their customers in a way I’ve never seen before. That care manifests itself in the company cultures they build. I’m thankful to have seen it live and in person, twice. With JJ in leadership, I'm excited to watch them scale across the globe.
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4 years
My son was a one-hand seller coming into the week. Smart kid. #startearly
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2 years
They tried to throw the kitchen sink at my son in the last few months. Covid, RSV, stomach flu, and now hand, foot, and mouth disease. It’s been a rough few months but I’m proud of my son. He’s a tank!
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It's an election year, and politics seem to be top of mind for many. But what about the Fed? I asked @jam_croissant whether he thinks Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, is making political calculations. His answer? Yes.
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2 years
To whom it may concern, When you have a minute, would you let me know how the world's 2nd largest economy performed for the quarter? Not a big deal, just curious. No hurry. Can definitely just use N/A in the time series for now. Best, Global Markets
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I'm sure it's fine. 🙃
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2 years
The trick is to get to the bear early and make friends with it. Get used to the idea of it being around for longer than people expect. The other trick is not to fall in love with the bear. The bear always leaves. Ask the bear for peace, not riches.
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Conservative, liberal, bull, bear, volatility, macro, fundamental, technical, etc. We pursued truth, in spite of bias, in order to find financial opportunities.
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Reminder: Employment is last..
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2 years
My favorite comment from @tastytrade ’s Bad Trader Tour, “I kinda thought you’d be taller.”
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2 months
Midday Update: Boring day so far. Stocks sold off 1% and everyone lost their shit. Long end lift in bonds continued for the 2nd day. Now at support. Fed continues ping-pong policy. Guiding forwards all over the place, meanwhile the actual FF rate hasn’t moved since July ‘23
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2 years
Pot stocks finally hit. Congrats to all those with patience, conviction, and the munchies.
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Victor Jones
3 years
New order entry designs for @tradewithdough supporting fractional shares and dollar denominated orders. What do you think?
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1 year
We chose to explore and learn *alongside* you. We asked questions (hopefully good ones) to brilliant and experienced market minds in long form and nuanced discussions. We chose to respect and speak to two-sided market participation.
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Victor Jones
1 year
October 4th, 2022
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Victor Jones
2 years
Congrats to all those released from the burden of debt. I sincerely hope you’re able to accomplish amazing things for yourself, your families, and your communities.
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2 years
Let me get this right… He says Fed needs to move 50bps to gain credibility… then buys 3MM shares of $NFLX after crash in part due to market’s tightening fears and says… “We are delighted that the market has presented us with this opportunity.” That’s pretty gangster.
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2 years
Unfortunately, I’m under the weather. The Jones and Friends daily podcast on Tasty will be replaced with pre-recorded content for the rest of the week. Wishing you all the best this week.
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Victor Jones
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Have market dynamics changed with the introduction of zero DTE (days to expiration) options? @jam_croissant says they have the potential to exacerbate short term tail risk.
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2 years
For new traders/investors: Raising Fed Funds by 25 bps today doesn't really matter. That was priced in months ago. This is what matters today...
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4 years
Level 4 travel advisory. 5 hr flight. 2,135 miles. 4 hr layover. 17 hr flight. 8,442 miles. 4 masks. 1 border closed. 14 days in isolated quarantine. 25 deliveries. 104 GB of data. It’s now time to see my wife and son. Overcome with sincere gratitude, appreciation, and emotion.
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Victor Jones
1 year
If you don’t know what FDIC insurance is or EXACTLY how it applies to you at your bank, take five minutes on Monday and call them. Also, ask your brokerage(s) how SIPC insurance applies to your account. Ask questions until you understand. Use this moment to learn.
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3 years
Can you imagine sacrificing for years to provide for your son and make sure he had everything you didn’t have only for him to burn you this bad?
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1 year
Fading bitcoin. Don’t @ me.
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2 years
The price you paid for many of the goods and services you consumed was artificially held below actual cost. This increased perceived value to you, the user. You’re now going to have to the pay true cost plus inflationary tax. The value greatly diminishes, if not disappears.
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1 year
Can we just appreciate the last 3 years in markets for a minute? It’s as if the last 100 years of market cycles is playing out in 30x fast forward.
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Victor Jones
2 years
If you followed a perma-bull and got burned, don’t make the same mistake in the other direction. Size down, make your own trades, learn from your mistakes, and develop confidence in your own decisions. Learning *how* others think is more helpful than *what* they think.
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Victor Jones
5 years
The site: The app: The announcement: The mission: The stories: The podcast: The news:
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2 months
I asked @DariusDale42 where he would put an incremental dollar given his outlook on growth & inflation. His answer did not disappoint.
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2 years
Uh oh… if crypto is an indicator of risk appetite going into Sunday night futures open… it doesn’t look good.
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7 months
I want to see a RFK Jr. and Vivek discussion. I do not want to see it on a “major” network where it lasts an hour or so, is interrupted by commercials, hosted in front a live audience, with no/limited time to articulate their positions/visions, and where the questions are
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I wish people would stop being so bearish so that the markets can finally pull back.
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Victor Jones
3 years
Was hoping to get some time in with my 17 month old son over the holiday weekend but he’s been taking business calls the whole time…
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1 year
You went from FOMO’ing into pools of cash not even knowing what it would be invested in (SPACs) to wondering if your checking account was safe. You are currently trying to decide whether to buy: 1) high beta or 2) a safe and a gun
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