B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for August 24, 2024

Next page contains definition of ‘Market Crash’.

It’s funny how the analysts can always tell you exactly why the market went up or down.

Same as economists.

He will be able to explain how his prediction was not so much wrong as it was not fully realized (yet).

I can do better than that. I can tell you right now why the market analyst of what he predicted yesterday (whether the stock market would go up or down) without having to wait until tomorrow!

Answer: Today is Saturday, the stock market is closed on Saturday. No change will happen today.

They tolds me it a bear market. When me is wents there they is all runs away screaming EEEEEKS! A BEAR!

They tolds it a bull market. But then they is blame bull when he is wents in a china shop in market place.

A seemingly very accurate statement. Also applies to pollster whose predictions ‘sometimes’ don’t match the result.

Trading on inside information it’s illegal. Without inside information it’s a sucker bet.

Comparing your grocery bill today to a grocery bill from five years ago when you bought the same items factoring in the size of the container v contents in some cases.

There is an ap that lets you know what investments people in congress (think Nancy Pelosi) are making. Some examples are Autopilot, Capitol Trades, and Magnificent 7.

Same as Meteorologist.

That’s pretty good. I like the more universal variant; “Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.”

Understanding anything takes some time.

Yes shιtsayers.

Analysis: A simpleminded cartoon for those who were simpleminded yesterday, are simpleminded today, and shall be simpleminded tomorrow…

Hind sight is 20-20!!!!!

Reminds me of High School Chemistry. I got good at writing reports as to why the reaction that was expected did not occur.

This seems rather reflective of the weather service.

Many decades ago a friend got titled “systems analyst” in our computing center. I asked him what that meant. He said the best he could figure his job was to figure out what that meant.

Niels Bohr: ‘Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.’

Same for Socialist.