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How easy is it to manipulate stock prices?

First off, stock price manipulation is the illegal and intentional deception used to artificially inflate or deflate the price of a security. Perpetrators aim to mislead the market to make personal profits at the expense of other investors. Now that we have stated...

Waffle House

In my travels around the country, I look to see if there is a Waffle House in the town I am staying in.  Sometimes it’s a yes others it’s a no.  in Bozeman and Branson it was a no.  When I go to Corinth it is a yes, and I always stop at least once per trip.  I enjoy...

Portillo’s

I have been reading about the travails of Portillo’s recently. They have a perceived pricing issue. I am not alone in thinking this! Many fans find ⁠Portillo’s pricey, with full combo meals often costing between $13 to $18. Portillo’s IPO occurred in...

How many people own Bitcoin?

Estimates suggest that on the order of 100 million people worldwide own some amount of Bitcoin as of 2025, but the exact number is uncertain. Different analyses generally place Bitcoin ownership at a bit over 1% of the global population. Global ownership estimates...

How much Bitcoin should I own?

Most mainstream guidance is to keep Bitcoin (and all crypto) as a small slice of your net worth, usually in the 1%–5% range, and only more if you deeply understand the risk and can tolerate large drawdowns. How much you personally “should” own depends on your total...

Commercial Real Estate

While manufacturing and warehouse space in the O’Hare corridor remain tight, other forms of commercial real estate differ. As the commercial real estate (CRE) market struggles with deepening woes, offices in particular are facing record-high vacancies. This is...

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