Author: pluginever
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Cybersecurity platform Crowdstrike (CRWD) down worldwide, many users logged out of systems
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/19/crowdstrike-suffers-major-outage-affecting-businesses-around-the-world.html Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike suffered a major outage on Friday, the company told NBC, impacting businesses globally. The outage resulted from an issue with the latest update, the company said. CrowdStrike is now in the process of rolling back that update globally. The confirmation came after widespread reports of technical issues across the world, with…
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The CrowdStrike disaster is not your average Tech oopsie
Full disclosure: I don't own any CrowdStrike stock nor do I own any derivatives related to CrowdStrike. Nevertheless, I'm planning to go short when enough greedy early shorts got burned by the likely rip the stock will have. This is not legal advice. So, oh boy. I guess we all know what happens after your…
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CrowdStrike (CRWD) code update bricking Windows machines around the world
BREAKING An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows. The Register has found numerous accounts of Windows 10 PCs crashing, displaying the Blue Screen of Death, then being unable to reboot. “We're seeing BSOD Org wide that are being caused by csagent.sys, and it's taking down critical services. I'll open a…
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The wisdom (or stupidity) of the investment crowd: A reality check
Exactly 3 years ago, there was a thread shared on X (back then Twitter) – “Top 20 stocks that have 50x potential”. This list was based on 700+ responses from other Twitter users, and I thought it was a solid representation of what the average investor was excited about, back then. So, I bookmarked the…
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r/Stocks Daily Discussion & Fundamentals Friday Jul 19, 2024
This is the daily discussion, so anything stocks related is fine, but the theme for today is on fundamentals, but if fundamentals aren't your thing then just ignore the theme. Some helpful day to day links, including news: Finviz for charts, fundamentals, and aggregated news on individual stocks Bloomberg market news StreetInsider news: Market Check…
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Is Reddit the Perfect stock?
I've noticed I use google search. But when I do, I always add + reddit to see what the majority is voting on a legit answer. When I google things, I usually get an article, but I don't know if its slanted one way or another. One reddit, while we can't fact check everything there…
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Weekly investing in VTSAX or…?
Hello! I’m trying to play the long game and have a question about my strategy. I have my account set to automatically put $100/week into VTSAX (Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund). I’m wondering if I can/should change my automatic investment at any point to a different stock. For example, could or should I swap…
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r/Stocks Weekly Thread on Meme Stocks Saturday – Jul 13, 2024
The meme stock scheduled posts will now run weekly and post Saturday afternoon and won't be a sticky; you're probably seeing this because automod sent you here! Full list of meme stocks here. This will be updated every once in a while. Welcome traders who just can't help them selves discuss the same exact stock…
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Should I sell my stock to contribute in my Roth IRA
I'm at $3500 contributions in my Roth IRA for this year. I got a couple stocks in Robinhood from 2020 and was thinking of cashing out and rebuying them in my Roth IRA for longer term growth. I got green stocks profit $2800 (AAPL, META, SPY: $2300purchased/ $5100 cashout) I have red stocks lost $1300…
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Those of you who use more than one brokerages, how do you find opening 2 or more trading platforms?
If you use 2 or more brokerages for your stocks/etfs investments/trading, you have to frequently–maybe daily–open 2 or more trading platforms to trade? Do you find it easy to manage or inconvenient? Do you have a way to determine which investments to put in which brokerage, or is it only determined by account types?