I might be kidding myself but in a strange way I think this madman might be ok for us Nukes wise. He is going to be people first type leader> get them food etc. he'll want the sanctions off. He looks scary as fuck though.
Not sure that would be any better. This guy is probably a murdering maniac too. Odds are Putin will get him first though don't you think?
Corporal Stoney... your battle plan is archaic and according to Bloomberg this AM, before all this new stuff, the Russians have dug in and it's been rough going with little progress. You've come up with a redux of the Battle of Somme in 1917. Trench warfare. Now... General VZ says: Exploit this new opportunity and send in the CIA with tons of money and weapons, strike a deal that is in everyone's best interest, and back this Prigozhin guy with everything he needs. He's no choir-boy, but he is a mercenary, as is his army. And it seems he is popular among the average Russians, which is what counts the most. As I wrote down in the ET cellar of Politics ( https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/russia-ukraine.364278/reply?quote=5828143 ), we can oust Putin and end the whole damn thing. Plus we'll save countless billions and lives in the long run. You heard it here first Stoney. ~General VZ ★★★★
the ET cellar of Politics lol I thought the ET cellar was Journals or Markets If Putin pulls first line troops back into Russia // Ukraine should rather obviously push the attack. The part of my plan that is so tactical is it A) Splits Russia's defenses and secures a path to the sea. B) It forces Russians over their own minefields which either blows them up or shows the Ukraine's the way through. They will be GPS tracked. For now this go slow approach has been working the mental side of the war is being won but to keep these scared anti-American, Pro- Russian type Republicans in line-- I have been urging Ukraine to launch a full scale operation that takes a lot of land. Van do you know if this company keeps snd sells the Bitcoins they mine or how that works? You mine them you keep them or are you mining under contarct for someone else? This stuff is just way over my head. NEW YORK, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT) (“Bit Digital” or the “Company”), a digital asset mining company headquartered in New York, announced its unaudited digital asset production and corporate updates for the month of May 2023. Corporate Highlights for May 2023 In May 2023, the Company produced 113.2 BTC, a 31% increase compared to the prior month. The increase in production was primarily driven by a higher average active hash rate and an increase in transaction fees during the month, which was partially offset by an increase in the bitcoin network difficulty. The Company had a deployed fleet of 11,513 active bitcoin miners as of May 31, 2023. The Company’s active hash rate was approximately 1.20 EH/s as of that date. Treasury holdings of BTC and ETH were 453.6 and 10,996.0 with a fair market value of approximately $12.3 million and $20.6 million, respectively, on May 31, 2023. The BTC equivalent* of our digital asset holdings as of May 31, 2023 (defined as if all ETH, sETH-H, LsETH and USDC holdings were converted into BTC as of that date and added to our BTC holdings) was approximately 1,418.4, or approximately $38.6 million. During the month, Bit Digital transferred 129 BTC to its strategic partner, Auros Global Limited, as collateral for yield optimization strategies connected to 430 BTC that Auros is conducting on behalf of Bit Digital. This allocation relates to the Company’s broader objective to enhance its overall treasury management solutions. The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $15.4 million as of May 31, 2023. During the month of May 2023, the Company finalized agreements to purchase 6,600 new mining units with a total maximum hash rate of approximately 680 PH/s. These figures do not include the Company’s operations in Iceland in which the Company extended credit to its partner for the purchase of 2,500 mining units to operate on the Company’s behalf. Proof-of-Stake Highlights The Company had approximately 6,692 ETH actively staked in native and liquid staking protocols as of May 31, 2023. Approximately 4,288 were natively staked and 2,404 ETH were deployed in liquid staking protocols as of that date. Additionally, The Company has 5,024 ETH (157 Nodes) deposited but in queue to be activated on the Ethereum staking network, which are estimated to come online by the end of June 2023. Bit Digital earned a blended APY of approximately 6% on its staked ETH position for the month of May 2023. The Company earned aggregate staking rewards of approximately 21 ETH during May 2023.
It's interesting, retail brands everywhere are struggling with how they show their support to the gay community of customers. I'm keeping it simple gay. The NHL is afraid to put rainbow patches on the arms of players because some of the players don't want it. Bud Light you know but in every town around this country some companies endorse boldly and some shy away. As less companies " come out " to support the gay cause it funnels a huge amount of buying power into a narrower core of businesses. One Co that stand to benefit I think is Mattel. The Barbie Movie is going to be HUGE in a way movies are not now-- it will usher in pink as the color of the year and it will bring into the theater a ton of customers almost all of them open to the idea that you can be whatever type of person you want to be- YOUR WEEKEND STOCK IDEA* Mattel, Inc. (MAT) NasdaqGS - NasdaqGS Real Time Price. 18.07+0.13(+0.72%) At close: 04:00PM EDT
The hype around Mattel's (MAT) upcoming"Barbie" movie is building, and it could pay off in the toymaker's bottom line and stock price, analysts at Stifel said. In a research note, Stifel analyst Drew Crum estimated the "Barbie" movie could haul in $400 million at the box office. Crum's previous sales estimate stood at $325 million. Movie industry blogs are buzzing that the film, which is being distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (WBD), could have an opening weekend of around $31 million. "We think anticipation leading up to its July 21 theatrical release creates a near-term trading opportunity," Crum wrote. "Why? Because 1) Barbie is arguably the company's most important brand; 2)Barbieis the first of several movie releases from Mattel Films, with a stated mission to be, 'an IP-driven toy business,' and thus we see a successful launch as driving greater confidence around this part of the company's strategy; and 3) a higher box office = higher profits for Mattel ~ since the company did not fund production our estimates (including adj. EPS = $0.08) are admittedly modest, but a stronger showing in theaters certainly can't hurt numbers." Barbie and Ken are shown in the "Barbie" Movie trailer. (Warner Bros./screenshot) The analyst maintained a Buy rating on Mattel's stock. Mattel's "Barbie" movie is a live-action flick headlined by Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken. It was directed by Greta Gerwig, and reportedly had a budget of up to $100 million to make. Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz thinks the release could be a legacy-making event for the company, which has made consumer toys for decades but is now venturing into the content space. "That will be a catalyst," Kreiz said on Yahoo Finance Live at the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference. "This is the first time that Mattel is putting a movie out based on any of our [intellectual property], any of our franchises. Barbie is clearly an important brand. It's one of our three power brands, and it will be in many ways a showcase for the quality of the movies that we're looking to make, the type of partnerships we're formulating with lead talent in Hollywood, working with major studios." Kreiz said that Mattel has 14 content projects in development including a Warner Bros. movie based on toy car brand Matchbox. So for Mattel, a lot is riding on the "Barbie" movie, and it comes at a critical time financially.///
I want you Van. Key Points Mattel is expanding its iconic IPs into live-action movies, including the world's most popular toy (Barbie) and the world's #1 selling toy (Hot Wheels). Mattel’s hotly anticipated Barbie movie is expected to generate up to $300 million at the worldwide box office. Mattel’s sales and margins shrank while losses rose in Q1 2023. The bar is set low as the company reaffirms 2023 guidance. The Barbie movie could turn around the lackluster sentiment in Mattel shares. MAT is trading at 15X forward earnings with a 3.3% short interest. Family entertainment company Mattel, Inc. (NYSE: MAT) stock has languished in 2023, up 2% on the year, underperforming the S&P 500 index, up 15%. The upcoming Barbie movie scheduled to release in theaters on July 21, 2023, could give shares and investor sentiment a much-needed boost. While the Barbie movie had been previously delayed and passed around like a hot potato between studios, its release has been building up steam on social media.Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.NYSE: WBD took over production from Sony Pictures and set things back on course. The groundswell of interest in Barbie has caused analysts to take notice and upped projections up to $55 million during opening weekend beating out the atomic bomb thriller Oppenheimer. According to Screen Rant, Barbie's PG-13 rating appeals to both adults and children, which could bring a total box office take of at least $300 million. The Barbie Movie The premise of the Barbie movie is similar to the satire format of the Brady Bunch movie. Barbie and Ken, played by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, get transported from the perfect world of Barbie Land to the real world to discover the "joys and perils of living among humans ."Barbie's 69-year-old franchise coming to life in a live-action motion picture appeals to nostalgic adults who can bring their kids along for fun. Barbie is arguably the most famous toy in the world. Social media is a buzz with non-stop Barbie memes as its roster of top stars continues to be revealed. Emergence of a New MCU Mattel has some of the industry's most robust iconic IPs and franchises, rivaling that of Hasbro Inc.NYSE: HAS and its Transformers and G.I. Joe franchise. Mattel’s slate of projects could be the emergence of a new MCU, not The Walt Disney Co.NYSE: DIS Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the Mattel Cinematic Universe. With family entertainment, the game plan was to make a film and then sell licensed toys to grow the IP. The new paradigm is to make a movie about the toys, which drives more toy sales making the IP even more tangibly valuable. Mattel Films Projects Hot Wheels, another Mattel IP, is the world's top-selling toy, with over eight billion sold. A live-action Hot Wheels movie is said to be slated to roll out in 2025, produced by Warner Bros. Discovery and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Studio. Mattel has plans to parlay its venture into live-action movies through its reformed Mattel Films division. Future projects include Master of the Universe, slated to be released on Netflix Inc.NASDAQ: NFLX in 2024, Barney Movie, American Girl, Polly Pocket, Major Matt Mason starring Tom Hanks, Rock’em Sock’em Robots starring Vin Diesel, Thomas & Friends, View-Master, UNO, Magic 8 Ball and Wishbone. The current Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) strike and potential SAG-AFTRA strike could have a material effect on future projects for all studios. Darkness Before the Dawn Mattel's metrics have been in a slump, but its MCU could turn things around as margins fall while losses have been mounting. On April 26, 2023, Mattel released its fiscal first-quarter 2023 results for the quarter ending March 2023. The Company reported an earnings-per-share (EPS) loss of ($0.24) in line with analyst estimates. Operating losses were ($115 million). Net loss was ($106 million) compared to $21 million in income in the year-ago period. Revenues fell (21.8%) year-over-year (YoY) to $814.6 million, beating analyst estimates of $740.74illion. Adjusted gross margin was 40%, down (-640 bps). Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz commented, "While retail inventory management impacted the first quarter's results, the underlying business performed well. Mattel achieved growth and gained market share, per Circana. The fundamentals of our business are strong. We expect to outpace the industry, gain market share, and achieve our full-year guidance.” Setting the Bar Low Mattel reaffirmed its full-year 2023 guidance of EPS between $1.10 to $1.20 versus $1.26 consensus analyst estimates. Net sales are expected to be comparable to fiscal full-year 2022 in constant currency versus $5.51 billion analyst estimates.
I think back to John Waters Hairspray that film took drag mainstream and did not apologize. This film does the same thing it family friendly, the kids want to see it, so back off Republican Mom And Dad less you upset the young one's --it's untouchable by the book burning crowd. It's an example of the funnel of money that is out there I expect a MASSIVE showing at the box office.