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@ivanthek.bsky.social

I ask a lot of questions. Lead Independent Director of Finance Bluesky. Portfolio Mangler. Take each post with a grain of sea salt. Not opinions of Bridgewater LLC.

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🔥

04.08.2025 01:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wise man.

04.08.2025 00:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Gotcha. Thanks.

04.08.2025 00:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The stock market did not sell off on Friday because of the BLS firing, IMO. That isn't priced in yet.

04.08.2025 00:55 — 👍 63    🔁 3    💬 9    📌 0

What triggered this?

04.08.2025 00:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

🐱 👑

03.08.2025 23:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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RIP Loni Anderson

03.08.2025 23:47 — 👍 33    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Maybe his “advisors” are sycophants. I’m just thinking out loud here.

03.08.2025 23:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh.

03.08.2025 23:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Did you miss the part where I said it applies to both sides?

03.08.2025 23:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I don’t know who you’re referring to.

03.08.2025 23:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Either she was naive or in denial, but this isn’t gaslighting. We don’t know what she really thought at the time. Besides, I’m talking about gaslighting as a TV pundit. What has she said on MSNBC that was an outright falsehood?

03.08.2025 23:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

What gaslighting did Psaki engage in. Be specific.

03.08.2025 22:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Did you opt-in right away?

03.08.2025 22:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I think it's appropriate for CNN to offer conservative voices to their analyst mix. But they should make gaslighting an automatic DQ for both sides.

03.08.2025 22:24 — 👍 52    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

If you're defending Trump's firing of the BLS Commissioner, please let me know.

03.08.2025 22:20 — 👍 34    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for citing the correct beverage.

cc: @eamonjavers.bsky.social

03.08.2025 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Your guess would be wrong.

03.08.2025 22:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Getting two months free subsidizes other insurance premiums if they are more than COBRA.

03.08.2025 21:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That’s outdated. Look it up.

03.08.2025 21:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Why would anyone opt in unless they have a claim?

03.08.2025 20:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It's that adversity I'm referring to. It is a real cost, modeled or not.

03.08.2025 20:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Who eats the adverse selection cost?

03.08.2025 20:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Where did you get that from?

03.08.2025 20:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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This is desperate bullshit.

03.08.2025 20:17 — 👍 338    🔁 56    💬 14    📌 9

But if someone is between jobs for two months, they don’t pay the premium unless they need it.

03.08.2025 19:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

The COBRA 60-day grace period for signing up seems like a pretty big adverse selection window. What am I missing?

03.08.2025 19:12 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 5    📌 0

By "corporate personhood," you're referring to Citizens United paving the way fpr lobbying against unions?

03.08.2025 17:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yes, as I recall BLS had a lockup much how the Fed does it today. They stopped that after COVID, and I think they made that changed permanent.

03.08.2025 16:26 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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