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Roughly 275,000 federal workers lost their jobs this week. That’s over 10% of the federal workforce.
~75,000 took the “buyout”
~200,000 probationary workers were let go (the WH has not confirmed the total, but this is how many were on probationary status)That’s a lot of lives… pic.twitter.com/oHnH2MGLFe
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) February 14, 2025
$META has gained 17 days in a row, which is an extreme event. Using @NorgateData with current & delistings for the $SPX constituents, we find that the maximum has been 19 days. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/RTqIpnp1o3
— Michael Harris 📈 (@mikeharrisNY) February 12, 2025
ITS OVER, NEW KING CROWNED: $VOO officially passed $SPY in assets. End of an era. All hail. But respect to the GOAT $SPY whose reign began a lifetime ago in Jan 1993 when Bill Clinton had just been inaugurated, Whitney Houston had #1 album, A Few Good Men was #1 movie, the… pic.twitter.com/13UHM8ZQ5R
— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) February 18, 2025
I stopped buying active investments (individual stocks, etc.) when I realized that they monopolized most of my attention. Despite being a small % of my portfolio, I watched them all the time.
This is why I went passive and you should too. You can’t put a price on mental freedom.
— Nick Maggiulli (@dollarsanddata) February 17, 2025
There’s a subset of active investors out there that want to see stocks destroyed to teach passive investors a lesson.
We will have such a decade eventually. He’s right that stocks aren’t free money.
But hoping for this is not the way. No one wins in a deep recession. https://t.co/IVUGO92rDi
— Nick Maggiulli (@dollarsanddata) February 18, 2025
Software developer job postings over the last five years
Hard to find a crazier chart pic.twitter.com/i0Q3Qk0sW6
— BuccoCapital Bloke (@buccocapital) February 12, 2025
A sequel to ‘THE GOONIES’ is moving forward at Warner Bros after 40 years.
Potsy Ponciroli has been attached to write the script.
(Source: Deadline) pic.twitter.com/CHAQ09MddW
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 14, 2025
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