March 26, 2024

The irony... the same week #DonPoorleone was trending... for the first time EVER, Trump makes Bloomberg's Top 500

Decades of being a real estate shyster, errr... mogul...

And he never made the Bloomberg list.

Now launches a rather worthless social media site with probably no more users than DU... and doubles his net worth.

*however... I think the "on paper" value of DJT is purely based on his running for POTUS and winning. I don't think ANYONE can imagine this ticker surviving a November loss.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/donald-trump-joins-list-of-worlds-biggest-billionaires-boosted-by-truth-social-stake-report-c0a742b8

Former President Donald Trump has joined the ranks of the biggest billionaires in the world, thanks largely to his stake in a social-media company that soared on its first day of trading.

Trump’s net worth has surged this week, qualifying him for a spot on Bloomberg’s Billionaires list, the news outlet reported late Monday. It calculated his net worth at roughly $6.5 billion.

March 25, 2024

On an otherwise DOWN DAY on the market... Trump stock gains 40+%

Like I was saying last week... DWAC, soon to be DJT will serve as the next major slush fund for Trump.

Bottom line: Trump owns 79,000,000 shares...

When the stock goes up by $1, his net worth "on paper" goes up by $79,000,000

Earnings don't matter... or lack thereof...

As of today, Trump's stake in the company is 79 million x around 52/share...

Or 4+ billion dollars.

And it's all legal. Nothing illegal about ANYONE in the world buying US stocks.

I guaran-damn-tee you that the Saudis and probably the Russians are buying the stock.

March 25, 2024

Just my own thoughts on WHY so many people are frustrated and shocked today...

And the answer is my favorite topic.

Misinformation from pundits.

"Massive judgement DEVASTATES Trump Organization"

"In my 40 year career, never seen a more open and shut case..."

"A career wrecking prosecution... he's done"

"Donald Poorleone"...






One more time. TV, digital and print media sources EXIST to make money.

Fox News doesn't make MONEY when THEIR AUDIENCE hears bad news about TRUMP.

And MSNBC loses money when they take it easy on Trump.

Thus...

These media outlets hire CONTENT CREATORS who might be former US prosecutors with a shady history... or Harvard professors... or even a Twitter lawyer with her name in her username...

These content creators are NOT paid to provide expert advice and discussion on complicated topics like the legal system

In reality they're no different than the Doctors who sell boner pills on late night TV commercials... they use their name and title to lend legitimacy to what they're selling.

Anyway, I have to get back to my stock market trading... a busy day today. Just wanted to share these thoughts.

In conclusion, don't believe what you see on TV or the internet... it's ALWAYS about the money.

March 22, 2024

Fresh hot polls... mixed news from MI and WI.

Wed 3/20 Emerson/Hill...

In Michigan, Slotkin +2 over Rogers.

In Wisconsin, Baldwin over Hovde by +3

Crucial to hold the Senate.

I won't include the Biden v Trump polling... go read it if you wish.

https://emersoncollegepolling.com/wisconsin-2024-trump-46-biden-43/

March 20, 2024

Coincidence? Trump's net worth increases by $480M today...

Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys

--Emma Bull



As I posted yesterday, it appears the Trump SPAC merging with Trump Media and Technology Group will act as a combination slush fund/Super PAC/dark money source for Trump.

DWAC is way up today, over $6 per share and Trumps stake is 79 million shares.

Too politically "hot" to loan Trump money? Then buy the stock. Can't wire money out of Moscow to DJT?

Then have someone buy stock.

The merger vote is set for Friday, if it passes... Trump has instantly made more money than after decades of slum lording, licensing and the occasional steak, wine bottle or university class.

Keep your eye on the stock... it's where the dark money is.

THAT will be the collateral that funds the Bond before Monday.

He can't SELL the stock for 6 months but it can be collateral.

March 19, 2024

My THEORY re: Trump and the bond payment...

Many of you already know this but I'll summarize.

Now I'm going to really over-simplify this part.

In the stock market there are these groups of investors who form a company (A SPAC, special purpose acquisition company) that has the sole purpose of finding a company to merge with.

So a SPAC named DWAC made a deal with Trump to take his new company "Trump Media and Technology Group" public.

Part of the deal awarded Trump 79 million shares in the post merger company.

After several delays, the final vote for merger is this Friday, 3/22

When the merger is complete, Trump's stake in the company, 79 million shares is worth around $2-3B

Earlier this year when DWAC was 50/share it was closer to $4B

SO my theory is... if/when the merger is complete, on Friday... Trump has a deal worked out with an insurance company to hold his stake or a portion of it as collateral for the Bond.

There is a 6 month waiting period before Trump or the insurance company can sell it however.

But 6 months is still before the election...

And knowing the market like I do... I think retail traders, AKA Trump fans will pump up the price of the stock after the merger and after the convention, etc...

The insurance company might demand an enormous amount of the stake... maybe $2B worth to cover the 500M bond due to the volatility of the company.

Also remember... after the merger, it's a perfect vehicle for foreign gov't to support Trump. FOr example the Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund could buy $500m worth of shares to pump up the stock price.

That's my theory.

Deeper reading:

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/24/02/37174641/legally-troubled-donald-trump-may-earn-billions-as-his-social-media-firm-gets-sec-nod-for-dwac-m

March 15, 2024

Latest Poll... Mixed news out of OHIO, Biden down but Brown UP, maybe.

The handpicked Trumpist running vs Sherrod Brown isn't polling that well. Brown +4

The mainstream GOP'er, Matt Dolan is leading Brown +2 but faces a tight Primary battle vs the Trumpist.

So hope for Bernie Moreno to beat Dolan.

Trump up by 10% in a 5-way race.

https://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Matt+Dolan+Holds+Narrow+Lead+Over+Bernie+Moreno+in+Ohio+Senate+Republican+Primary%3B+Frank+LaRose+in+Third+Place%3B+General+Election+Matchups+with+Sherrod+Brown+Competitive%3B+Trump+Leads+Biden+by+10+Points/22936608.html

March 15, 2024

Local housing prices... illustrating absurdity.

I dropped my wife off at a friends house today. She's an elderly lady, my wife visits now and then...

She lives in a little condo in my city, a 2+2 built in 1975

As I was waiting in the car I googled a home for sale in the community.

875,000 plus 500/mo HOA...

Admittedly, my city (Westlake Vlg, CA) is on the upper middle class side... I bought my house in the 00's for around 500k and paid it off in less than 10 years while I was working like crazy.

But it just tells me... people around here... professionals and retired folks with investments are making ENORMOUS amounts of money.

It highlights the disconnect between the haves and have nots and the economy of the last ten years has mostly benefited the well off.

Here it is:

March 12, 2024

FT: EU nears deal on 5bn military aid package for Ukraine

Outstanding. The EU investing in the safety and security of their own backyard.

I think this deal allows the EU to purchase US gear to send to Ukraine as long as it's the only source. For example, HIMARS ammo... if no one has any except the US, they can purchase it.

https://www.ft.com/content/e4156a28-5b50-41f9-b8d5-9e5a3d770c39#post-5c731dd6-ba63-4982-9d44-8ed528b8a68a

EU countries are set to agree on a new €5bn top-up to a fund used to finance military shipments to Ukraine, after months of wrangling over the procurement rules, according to four officials briefed on the discussions.

The EU deal, which needs formal approval at a meeting of member states on Wednesday, unlocks fresh cash for the reimbursement of supplies to Kyiv by EU countries. It will prioritise weapons manufactured inside the bloc but not exclude those from third countries if they are the only option, the officials said.

The fund, known as the European Peace Facility, has been a critical part of European military supplies to Ukraine since February 2022, but has been depleted.

March 12, 2024

SLATE: Trump and Biden Should Both Be Terrified of the Third-Party Vote

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/rfk-jr-third-party-cornel-west-jill-stein.html

I don't get the DOOM-CASTING from reliably LEFT Democratic sources.

Other than Perot, it has been at least a century since a third-party candidate had a realistic chance at becoming president, and that won’t change this year. But Kennedy’s outsider campaign has to worry the Biden camp.

For one thing, Kennedy is polling better than any third-party candidate in a generation, sitting at 15 percent in the RealClearPolitics average of a three-way race as of March 11. Those numbers are almost certainly soft, but there’s no getting around the enduring (and I would argue unfathomable) appeal of the Kennedy brand and the fact that dissatisfaction with the two major-party nominees is so broad that it seems as if you can throw any famous last name out there and hit double digits. The fact that Kennedy SuperPAC American Values 2024 spent $7 million on an ad during the Super Bowl suggests that the campaign intends to go all the way to November.

It is no longer particularly far-fetched to think that Donald Trump’s restoration is possible—perhaps even more likely than not, given President Joe Biden’s dreadful polling numbers as of Monday. Those polls, already a fairly accurate snapshot of what is likely to happen in November, get more predictive by the day from here on out. But thus far, most analysis of the election has focused almost exclusively on the two widely disliked elderly men who are all but assured of claiming the Democratic and Republican nominations, especially after their romps through the Super Tuesday contests. But a number of other candidates and parties are in the process of getting on November’s ballot, and for the first time in almost 20 years, one of them is consistently polling in double digits. That’s to say nothing of the independent organization No Labels, which has yet to identify a standard-bearer after getting spurned by Sen. Joe Manchin and Larry Hogan, a former Republican governor of Maryland; No Labels announced on Friday that it would press forward with its presidential bid. The combination of historic unpopularity for the major-party nominees, the presence of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. polling well enough to get into the televised debates, and an unusually large slate of other third-party candidates could make this the wildest, most unpredictable presidential election in living memory.