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For those of you in the cruise line stocks the rumors are no American cruises until 2021.
Just spreading rumors from Cruise Critic.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
This isn’t the Political Forum. But what an idiot. Lowering the corporate rate from 35% to 21% is keeping jobs, production facilities, and corporate headquarters here. 35% makes us uncompetitive with the rest of the world. And taking almost a half a percent from short term traders might sound like no big deal, but those trades increase liquidity of securities and keep the spreads narrow on many.
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Overall I agree with you, but I do think there is something here that can be worked with.
Imo, corporations need incentives to reinvest into their company's most important asset: it's employees. Force companies to pay higher taxes if they aren't reinvesting into their company (i.e. paying higher wages to their employees and providing better benefits).
 
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Carp said:
Overall I agree with you, but I do think there is something here that can be worked with.
Imo, corporations need invectives to reinvest into their company most important asset: it's employees. Force companies to pay higher taxes if they aren't reinvesting into their company (i.e. paying higher wages to their employees and providing better benefits).
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Downside of this is the government determines what qualifies as "higher wages and better benefits"

You could have companies like Costco that pay very good wages for a retailer but likely wouldnt qualify for a lower tax bracket just due to their industry.

Government should not be picking winners and losers. On the bright side, your idea isn't as half baked as Trump's EO on payroll tax deferral.
 
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Carp said:
Overall I agree with you, but I do think there is something here that can be worked with.
Imo, corporations need incentives to reinvest into their company's most important asset: it's employees. Force companies to pay higher taxes if they aren't reinvesting into their company (i.e. paying higher wages to their employees and providing better benefits).
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Salaries and wages should always be determined by the market. If the government wants to provide some incentives for companies to hire more and compensate more, then fine. But punishing any company not spending above what the market determines is bad policy.

The government can be useful at making sure that workers have good information. If they have a skill that is more valuable in an underserved area needing that skill then the government could assist with matching the input with the desired resource. If there are more buggy whip craftsmen than a need for buggy whips, then there is no need to pay those workers one cent over minimum. The government can, and does, assist in helping those workers develop a more in demand skill.

Right now we need the government to help build a workforce of welders, machinists, plumbers, nurses, electricians, and so on. We don’t need professors earning 6 figure government subsidized salaries teaching Art History and English Poetry. We need to make useful stuff here.
 
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If AAPL bounces off the $110 area I’m buying tomorrow. Really hope it breaks through and I’ll load up at $100. Going to sell off a few losers and free up the cash.
 
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VolAllen said:
I’ve gotten to the point where if it’s any green at all, I’m out of there
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With Options you play for singles and doubles every once in a while you hit a triple or home Run.... Here is a website you might enjoy....

Options profit calculator

Especially if you are playing directional. I use it for Strangles, Straddles, Butterflies, Vertical/Calendar Spreads and Selling Puts... The option finder is a great tool also....
One rule of thumb is Time the closer in expiration dates you have to watch the longer out you can relax a little bit but Theta always works against you...

I learned how to trade Options on the Futures Market CME (2008-2011) It was a once in a lifetime experience....Adrenaline Junkie.
 
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I'll probably sell a few hundred shares of AAPL over the next couple months. Not because I don't like AAPL, I do, it's just that it's gotten to be too large of a position weighting for my portfolio risk management strategy.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
I'll probably sell a few hundred shares of AAPL over the next couple months. Not because I don't like AAPL, I do, it's just that it's gotten to be too large of a position weighting for my portfolio risk management strategy.
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I'll buy them. Perfect stock to own through the election.
 
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Saw where Spirit said their Fall bookings were only down about 34% from last year. I know it’s “only” 34%....but that’s not as bad as I’d expect.
 
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volinbham said:
Got good news on my JCP(NQ) today. Getting bought out of bankruptcy. Up nearly 67% today.
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Still think the stock is worthless though and the common stock will be canceled once the deal goes through. I doubt what Simon et. al are paying is enough to give common shareholders anything.
 
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bignewt said:
From one U of O alumni to another, Go Ducks and go Apple!
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When were you at Oregon? Since you know the Eugene area Thurston (east end of Springfield) was on Level 1 for the Holiday Farm fire yesterday. Vida is pretty well gone so are most of the communities east of Springfield along the McKenzie River all the way up to and including Blue River. We started checking or evacuation plans and gear yesterday. However, it looks like things are easing up this morning.
 
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I've been planning a trip to Paris for next April or May. I've been looking at hotels and flights for about a month. We decided to book flights and hotels on a pay upon arrival or refundable basis. I'm using miles to book the flights. In the last few days I have seen hotels fill and the miles cost of flights go up 50-100%.
It makes me think that the travel industry is ready for their comback, and travel related stocks should rise. If there is no vaccine in early 2021 things might change?
I doubt business travel picks up anytime soon, but by mid year??
Cruise lines will be challenged unless they start treating adults like children when it comes to covid safety. It's the only way to deal with unsafe Americans. They can't afford a covid infested ship floating off the coast of Florida.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
When were you at Oregon? Since you know the Eugene area Thurston (east end of Springfield) was on Level 1 for the Holiday Farm fire yesterday. Vida is pretty well gone so are most of the communities east of Springfield along the McKenzie River all the way up to and including Blue River. We started checking or evacuation plans and gear yesterday. However, it looks like things are easing up this morning.
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Wow I didn't know it was that close! I'm class of '95, lived on Hilyard street and walked through the cemetery to most of my classes every day, that is unless I stopped and started drinking pitchers of hefe at the bar right off campus across from the bookstore.
 
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