Also, Tim, it would not be troubling for you to blog outside of baseball. Try describing a great cigar, or a badass cup of coffee in your area. I'd pay to read that, brother. And you don't have to "study" it.
We in the State Police used to do a thing called "choir practice." This was when, after a midnight shift, we'd all sit (sometimes in the parking lot, sometimes at a local park) in our cars and get hammered before going home at 8 a.m.
My buddy Rob had a thing for Cuban cigars. So he shared among us at choir practice. ... Dude... I got high for two days on that fucker. It was more pleasant than the first time I tried snuff and vomited. But you need to describe how a Cuban like that can become something of value.
My suspicion was that the cigar was somehow tainted. Or just strong as fuck and I wasn't man enough to handle it.
As someone who has smoked a lot of marijuana, I can confirm that the high of weed doesn't compare to tobacco. Weed might be longer lasting, but tobacco is almost like a strong sativa. I don't smoke cigars often, but I do smoke a pipe. There's a local shop near me that has a row of jars filled with different types of tobacco. I stop in about once a week to pick up a few ounces of the different flavors.
I don't have any plans to write about anything other than baseball. This Substack is my escape from the grind of studying the markets, which I enjoy just as much, if not more than my years running Pirates Prospects.
Plus, I don't really do anything interesting. I eat a lot of Taco Bell, hang out with my cat, re-watch episodes of The Bear, smoke too much tobacco, and play games on my phone.
Heh-heh. It sure seems funny that minor league baseball is divided the same way as bond ratings. So it makes sense that Wall-Street Bros and Numbers Nerds become baseball writers... or Owners at their 70 grade ceiling.
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Thus, I am always bullish on Tim Williams. It is a real pleasure to read you first thing in the morning.
This is not investment advice. But AMD did go up over 5% today, gaining as much as $14 since I posted this article on Tuesday morning. I actually bought the dip yesterday morning and made some money today.
It's now over that $180 average price target I wrote about, using that price range as support, rather than former resistance. It almost makes me sound like I know stocks as well as I know baseball. But I don't, so only invest in my baseball advice.
So as a long suffering Pirate fan I will say that the only JOY we can hope for is the personal success of some of the players in , as you correctly pointed out "the 4-5 years " they will be here. The chances of catching enough of a bunch together to make a winning team is slim without a willingness to invest some money. It is clear until the team is sold that will not happen.
For what it is worth I bought 10 AMD in 10-23@101 and sold 12-23 @147 . My current "funny money" invest is 50 BMNR.
This is how I've been following baseball for the last 20 years. I don't follow teams as much as players. I like following the small market teams battling the odds against the Evil Empires, but mostly I enjoy watching the success of individuals. There are some players I've covered who I'd follow even if they were with the Yankees.
I haven't read the article yet, I will though. But first stocks - 8 years ago I started with 19K and added money from income every month until I retired last year. I have built a high yield portfolio providing $30K of income a year. You can too! For $50 dollars subscribe to the Dividend Hunter to get the idea. go to Seeking Alpha, that has been my source and without a subscription just reading free articles. Buy stocks like STWD, ABR HTGC,PTY. Try some of the covered call stocks QQQI, YBTC or MAXI or even (I own it SCMY). Now retired I can afford to reinvest about half the income. Now I can be more conservative so this month I bought pieces of ARE,VALE and MDV all hit year lows. It is really hard to "time the market" very few individual investors succeed at that. The method I suggest works and you do not need to be a genius. Now I will go read the article. I do not know how many subscribers you had from Israel but if you look on the list of those you will find me there. Nimrod
If you know me, you know that I enjoy attempting the things very few can accomplish.
I've created a few "systems" that have helped me to find value in the markets, even with the Mag-7 stocks. I have a few scanners on ThinkorSwim that identify valuable options in a 3-100 day window. I also have a spreadsheet that ranks the output of each system to find the highest valued options from each scan. Last week, I created a third system, trying to identify value and buying opportunities for individual stocks based on support/resistance levels over the last day, week, and month.
Combining all of my methods gives me a look at the highest valued options across ~50 stocks for the current week, the current month, and currently extending to October 17th -- while also knowing each day when to buy or sell. I'm ultimately trying to find a way to go from no money to a portfolio like you started with.
I'll have to check out the stocks you mentioned. I mostly focus on tech stocks, as that has always been my interest.
For the most part, I don't think I'm going to live long enough to retire, and if I do live to "retirement age", I believe that I will work until I die. Trading stocks for me is more about personal discovery. I learn new things about myself with every trade, and I've adapted my life routine to a more disciplined approach, versus the chaos of nearly around-the-clock baseball writing that I previously had. Who knows? Maybe this approach will not only allow me to retire one day, but will lead to a healthier, longer life.
As a general practice, I don't keep a running tally of how many people follow me from Israel, or any other country. Everyone in this world is the same to me, regardless of whether they identify themselves by a nation, race, religion, or sports team. Thank you for reading.
Also, Tim, it would not be troubling for you to blog outside of baseball. Try describing a great cigar, or a badass cup of coffee in your area. I'd pay to read that, brother. And you don't have to "study" it.
We in the State Police used to do a thing called "choir practice." This was when, after a midnight shift, we'd all sit (sometimes in the parking lot, sometimes at a local park) in our cars and get hammered before going home at 8 a.m.
My buddy Rob had a thing for Cuban cigars. So he shared among us at choir practice. ... Dude... I got high for two days on that fucker. It was more pleasant than the first time I tried snuff and vomited. But you need to describe how a Cuban like that can become something of value.
My suspicion was that the cigar was somehow tainted. Or just strong as fuck and I wasn't man enough to handle it.
The world may never know.
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"Wha'd I say? Wha'd I say?"
-Wabbit
As someone who has smoked a lot of marijuana, I can confirm that the high of weed doesn't compare to tobacco. Weed might be longer lasting, but tobacco is almost like a strong sativa. I don't smoke cigars often, but I do smoke a pipe. There's a local shop near me that has a row of jars filled with different types of tobacco. I stop in about once a week to pick up a few ounces of the different flavors.
I don't have any plans to write about anything other than baseball. This Substack is my escape from the grind of studying the markets, which I enjoy just as much, if not more than my years running Pirates Prospects.
Plus, I don't really do anything interesting. I eat a lot of Taco Bell, hang out with my cat, re-watch episodes of The Bear, smoke too much tobacco, and play games on my phone.
So.... Buy AMD?
.
.
Heh-heh. It sure seems funny that minor league baseball is divided the same way as bond ratings. So it makes sense that Wall-Street Bros and Numbers Nerds become baseball writers... or Owners at their 70 grade ceiling.
.
.
Thus, I am always bullish on Tim Williams. It is a real pleasure to read you first thing in the morning.
.
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"Elvis! Stop scarin' the baby!!!"
-Wabbit
This is not investment advice. But AMD did go up over 5% today, gaining as much as $14 since I posted this article on Tuesday morning. I actually bought the dip yesterday morning and made some money today.
It's now over that $180 average price target I wrote about, using that price range as support, rather than former resistance. It almost makes me sound like I know stocks as well as I know baseball. But I don't, so only invest in my baseball advice.
It's not "human trafficking" if its baseball.
So as a long suffering Pirate fan I will say that the only JOY we can hope for is the personal success of some of the players in , as you correctly pointed out "the 4-5 years " they will be here. The chances of catching enough of a bunch together to make a winning team is slim without a willingness to invest some money. It is clear until the team is sold that will not happen.
For what it is worth I bought 10 AMD in 10-23@101 and sold 12-23 @147 . My current "funny money" invest is 50 BMNR.
This is how I've been following baseball for the last 20 years. I don't follow teams as much as players. I like following the small market teams battling the odds against the Evil Empires, but mostly I enjoy watching the success of individuals. There are some players I've covered who I'd follow even if they were with the Yankees.
I haven't read the article yet, I will though. But first stocks - 8 years ago I started with 19K and added money from income every month until I retired last year. I have built a high yield portfolio providing $30K of income a year. You can too! For $50 dollars subscribe to the Dividend Hunter to get the idea. go to Seeking Alpha, that has been my source and without a subscription just reading free articles. Buy stocks like STWD, ABR HTGC,PTY. Try some of the covered call stocks QQQI, YBTC or MAXI or even (I own it SCMY). Now retired I can afford to reinvest about half the income. Now I can be more conservative so this month I bought pieces of ARE,VALE and MDV all hit year lows. It is really hard to "time the market" very few individual investors succeed at that. The method I suggest works and you do not need to be a genius. Now I will go read the article. I do not know how many subscribers you had from Israel but if you look on the list of those you will find me there. Nimrod
If you know me, you know that I enjoy attempting the things very few can accomplish.
I've created a few "systems" that have helped me to find value in the markets, even with the Mag-7 stocks. I have a few scanners on ThinkorSwim that identify valuable options in a 3-100 day window. I also have a spreadsheet that ranks the output of each system to find the highest valued options from each scan. Last week, I created a third system, trying to identify value and buying opportunities for individual stocks based on support/resistance levels over the last day, week, and month.
Combining all of my methods gives me a look at the highest valued options across ~50 stocks for the current week, the current month, and currently extending to October 17th -- while also knowing each day when to buy or sell. I'm ultimately trying to find a way to go from no money to a portfolio like you started with.
I'll have to check out the stocks you mentioned. I mostly focus on tech stocks, as that has always been my interest.
For the most part, I don't think I'm going to live long enough to retire, and if I do live to "retirement age", I believe that I will work until I die. Trading stocks for me is more about personal discovery. I learn new things about myself with every trade, and I've adapted my life routine to a more disciplined approach, versus the chaos of nearly around-the-clock baseball writing that I previously had. Who knows? Maybe this approach will not only allow me to retire one day, but will lead to a healthier, longer life.
As a general practice, I don't keep a running tally of how many people follow me from Israel, or any other country. Everyone in this world is the same to me, regardless of whether they identify themselves by a nation, race, religion, or sports team. Thank you for reading.
-Tim