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A Quick Look At The Internals Of This Website

Let me share some of it's backpages. I am not going to show you too many insights but a few which you might find of interest. The first reading is of Feb21st 2026 showing two things. First it talks about how many people are on the site at any given time (in this case around 8:00 p.m. on Feb 16th) and their locations around the globe. Four viewers were from the U.S. and I can tell which cities they were in. One person from England and one from Sweden were also online with no city names attached. If hits are coming from a from a big country like China they will tell me the actual city however with small countries they don't. Then there is the list of which countries bring in the most readers. Canada is usually higher on the list. There is always a battle between Canada and the U.S. with the U.S. usually winning but not always. Here is that map of the world I am talking about. Russia is not lit up however it is sometimes is. Austrilia doesn't seem to care about North Amerci...

Disappointment on The Opening - Caterpillar Earnings Report

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Caterpillar's earnings report. What I see is 4th quarter sales up 23%. Strong 4th quarter earnings of $3.71 per share.That's a solid number. Just think, the supply chain issue isn't being used as a mistake. Now look at the the opening options market. The stock is down on the news. Management made a few remarks about near term headwinds. They do that sometimes to temper growth expectations. These two quotes are the 205 Call series which expire today. One is at 9:44 a.m. and one is at 10:03 a.m.. They would be very dangerous to consider purchasing since its very unlikely that they could ever shake off this downward spike so early in the morning. So now what? It's at this time in the morning when the decision to reacte to this bad news gets tricky. The stock is down like ten dollars and the DJI is having a good day. There is a strong tempation to jump in on the upside hoping for a quick reversal. That's one of the things that makes option trading so difficult. One...