Aman Destinations with Google Maps Links

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Americas & Caribbean

Europe & Africa

Asia

Day Trading P&Ls from Catching the Top in MSTR

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Look at all these big winners….

https://x.com/kenctrades/status/1859623891041386536

https://x.com/eschunk8/status/1859738591934767544

https://x.com/kycefn/status/1859623019854831893

https://x.com/kelanfar/status/1859629910270087645

https://x.com/Tradestl/status/1859684082520817833

https://x.com/Steven1_994/status/1859628058044494174

https://x.com/thelaptoplegend/status/1859642855813263686

https://x.com/traderkylec/status/1859627616493339050

https://x.com/YD_trading/status/1859625789769085397

https://x.com/madaznfootballr/status/1859721319912448076

https://x.com/TheShortBear/status/1859628933219508267

https://x.com/TheShortBear/status/1859710123360272676

Criterion Collection Top 40 Movies, Sorted Chronologically

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Forty-film box set celebrates forty years of the Criterion Collection… I would not have picked a lot of these, but to each his own:

Oh my god, I already blogged this back in August and forgot about it. You dat oldz, brah?

  1. His Girl Friday 1940

  2. Sullivan’s Travels 1941

  3. Bicycle Thieves 1948

  4. The Red Shoes 1948

  5. Ace in the Hole 1951

  6. Tokyo Story 1953

  7. On the Waterfront 1954

  8. The Night of the Hunter 1955

  9. Sweet Smell of Success 1957

  10. Pickpocket 1959

  11. Cléo from 5 to 7 1962

  12. Jules et Jim 1962

  13. 8½ 1963

  14. The Battle of Algiers 1966

  15. Persona 1966

  16. Seconds 1966

  17. Weekend 1967

  18. Night of the Living Dead 1968

  19. Wanda 1970

  20. Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971

  21. A Woman Under the Influence 1974

  22. Barry Lyndon 1975

  23. Mirror 1975

  24. House 1977

  25. 3 Women 1977

  26. All That Jazz 1979

  27. Being There 1979

  28. Repo Man 1984

  29. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985

  30. Down by Law 1986

  31. Do the Right Thing 1989

  32. My Own Private Idaho 1991

  33. Naked 1993

  34. Safe 1995

  35. Ratcatcher 1999

  36. In the Mood for Love 2000

  37. Love & Basketball 2000

  38. Yi Yi 2000

  39. La Ciénaga 2001

  40. Y tu mamá también 2001

Dastrader API Firms

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Blue Bottle Coffee Shops in the Eastern Half of the United States

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As of November 2024…

Boston

  1. Chestnut Hill 33 Boylston St, Ste 3300, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

  2. Harvard Square 40 Bow St, Cambridge, MA 02138

  3. Kendall Square 88 Ames St, Suite R120, Cambridge, MA 02142

  4. Newbury Street 163 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116

  5. Seaport 113 Autumn Lane, Boston, MA 02210

  6. The Pru 800 Boylston Street, Suite 25, Boston, MA 02199

Chicago

  1. Tribune Tower 435 Michigan Ave, Unit 114, Chicago, IL 60611

  2. Wolf Point 313 W Wolf Point Plaza, Ste 120, Chicago, IL 60654

New York

  1. Amsterdam Ave 279 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023

  2. Broad Street 22 Broad St, New York, NY 10005

  3. Bryant Park 54 W 40th St., New York, NY 10018

  4. Dean Street 85 Dean St., Brooklyn, NY 11201

  5. Gramercy Park 257 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010

  6. Grand Central Place 60 E 42nd Street, Suite 140, New York, NY 10165

  7. Greenwich Street 408 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013

  8. Hudson Yards 20 Hudson Yards, #228, New York, NY 10018

  9. Midtown East 10 E 53rd Street, Entrance is on 52nd St, New York, NY 10022

  10. Midtown North 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105

  11. Morningside Heights 2901 Broadway, New York, NY 10025

  12. Moynihan Train Hall 441 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001

  13. NoMad 1227 Broadway, New York, NY 10001

  14. One Penn 1 Penn Plaza, Entrance on 34th St, New York, NY 10119

  15. Rockefeller Center 1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020

  16. The Walker 396 Broadway, New York, NY 10013

  17. University Place 101 University Place, New York, NY 10003

  18. Williamsburg 76 N. 4th Street, Store A, Brooklyn, NY 11249

  19. World Trade Center 150 Greenwich St, NW corner of Tower 4, New York, NY 10007

Washington, D.C.

  1. Georgetown 1046 Potomac Street NW, Washington, DC 20007

  2. Midtown Center 1100 15th St NW, Space #6, Washington, DC 20005

  3. Union Market 1250 4th St NE, Washington, DC 20002

  4. Union Station 50 Massachusetts Ave NE, Unit M160, Washington, DC 20002

Day Trading Results for October 2024

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I had a terrible month of day trading this October. After hitting an all-time high in my HTB account in early October, I may have become overconfident. I broke a rule on October 11 by shorting a China-based company, True Wealth Group (TWG), which resulted in an outsized loss. I typically do not short stocks of China-based companies as the price manipulation can be extreme.

This TWG loss was followed by a staggering loss in DRUG (which went up 2,000% … in a day), another outsized loss in NUZE, and a final large loss in MNPR. I’ve attached charts of each of the mentioned stocks to show what the intraday price action was like on those days that I took the losses.

On the positive side, I don’t consider any of these losses to be the result of “tilting,” which means losing emotional control and pulling stops or adding to losers in a panic. These were all correctly-sized bets which triggered hard stops when hit, though the slippage while market-exiting a couple of the positions was very large, but not unexpected.

I’m hoping I do better in November.

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TWG — click to enlarge

DRUG — click to enlarge

NUZE — click to enlarge

MNPR — click to enlarge

Forbes 400 Special Issue Magazine Cover Price Since Inception

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2024: $11.99

2023: $10.99

2022: $9.99

2021: $9.99

2020: $9.99

2019: $7.99

2018: $7.99

2017: $7.99

2016: $7.99

2015: $6.99

2014: $6.99

2013: $6.99

2012: $6.99

2011: $6.99

2010: $5.99

2009: $5.99

2008: $5.99

2007: $5.99

2006: $5.99

2005: $5.99

2004: $5.99

2003: $5.99

2002: $4.99

2001: $4.99

2000: $5.95

1999: $5.95

1998: $5.95

1997: $5.95

1996: $5.00

1995: $5.00

1994: $5.00

1993: $5.00

1992: $5.00

1991: $5.00

1990: $5.00

1989: $4.75

1988: $4.75

1987: $4.50

1986: $4.50

1985: $4.00

1984: $4.00

1983: $4.00

1982: $2.50

Movies Watched -- About Dry Grasses (2023)

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In Turkish. 197 minute running time. That’s right THREE HOURS AND SEVENTEEN MINUTES long. Nuri Bilge Ceylan has basically made the same movie over and over and over again. I loved Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, that was his best movie, and probably the only one of his movies you need to see. About Drying Paint is one you can miss. Talk talk talk talk talk talk. And the protagonist was a real bastard, there’s no identifying with this guy. He’s just a prick. Talk talk talk talk talk talk talk. Dorm-room philosophizing, spare me already, geez, come on. Talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk.