Dan’l : I liked the idea of riding $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ back up today, buUut…
I disliked the risk more. ~;-/

Dan’l : Pre-market hints that Santa mighta skipped right over my portfolios, buUut… hoping all goes well for all, into and beyond the new year ~;-)

Dan’l : That’d be (at least) your second successful trade, Mr. Dee (i.e., this represents your first realized gain ~;-)
Excellent.

Dan’l : Gotta El Salvador borrowing over a billion from the IMF even while speculating with $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$.
Wonder how much they’re down now.

Dan’l EZ_money OP : I’d just buy a bunch of lottery tickets, but find it suspicious that nobody won.
The cryptocurrency industry rained money on the campaign trails this year, soOo… they’re gonna keep growing. It might be that some of this pushback is causing folks to sell; maybe El Salvador did? Who knows, buUut… will be watching for opportunities to take a quick ride, if it looks to be going up, assuming I can shake the money loose.

Dan’l EZ_money OP : May be… looks to be some signs of recovery already; will be watching.
Still some year-end stock bargains to possibly be found, soOo… have been tumbling my positions around in my head, even as I ponder the possibilities.

Dan’l OP Tonyco : I certainly wouldn’t so quickly dismiss the economic rationality of the decisions implemented by Warren Buffett and others at Berkshire Hathaway, most especially based upon the irrational malfeasance that Gavin Newsome and other so-called Progressive Democrats have enacted: “Let’s ban [oil and gas], and force EVs [despite rolling blackouts, and burning coal to make the electricity we still can’t deliver to meet current demand].”
Hydrocarbons are it, ‘til HALEU-powered SMRs become common, and even then? They’re still gonna be building coal plants in China, India, et al.
When millions starving elsewhere, burning dung indoors, are no longer enduring their sufferings from abject poverty? They, too, can afford the shortsighted policies of CA, the EU, etc.
Meanwhile, unlike these empty suits, $Occidental Petroleum (OXY.US)$ has been doing something meaningful about sustainability, injecting up to 20 million tons of CO2 into geologic reservoirs for each of over 50 years… might be a factor in Buffett’s decision.
Transitioning requires realistic alternatives that actually work, such as natural gas and nuclear power, and in the interim? America produces the cleanest oil and gas with the least harm.

Dan’l OP beedeebee : Wanna stop terrorists and war? Make energy too cheap to fund them, and more difficult for aggressors to obtain.

Dan’l OP Zamm : I’d asked at the time for the FBI to do a deep dive into those benefiting most from their short and/or options interests in companies directly impacted by the terrorist attacks of SEPT 11, 2001. (I hope we got ‘em all.)

Dan’l : Why would you “stay strong [through] dips” when you can just exchange it?
$XRP (XRP.CC)$ is way down, despite some large inflows of millions, buUut… $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ is, too, soOo… might do some bargain shopping, with others looking to “buy low, sell high.”