$COST

Coinbase Outlines Cost-Cutting Measures, Employee Grants Amid Weak Results and Crypto Rout: Report https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/19/coinbase-outlines-cost-cutting-measures-employee-grants-amid-weak-results-and-crypto-rout-report/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

where does block start seeing issues when tgt/wmt can't pass cost on. and square has all these merchant loans built on revenue

SSR on $COST see it to believe it

oooh my $COST going to trigger SSR? WTF! :O

Im fine with not catching bottoms. But instead of avging and having higher invalidation cost i have my strict rules for clear invalidation.

By Swati Verma (Reuters) - Gold fell more than 1% to its lowest in 3-1/2 months on Monday as elevated bond yields and overall strength in the dollar dampened bullion demand, even as riskier assets dropped after grim China economic data. A stronger dollar makes gold expensive for overseas buyers, while higher Treasury yields raise the opportunity cost of holding zero-yield bullion. Spot gold was down 0.2% to $1,807.64 per ounce as of 1311 GMT, after earlier hitting its lowest since Jan. 31 at $1,786.60. U.S. gold futures were little changed at $1,808.10. "Spot gold may not stray far from $1,800, suppressed by the might of King Dollar and elevated Treasury yields, while supported by the looming prospects of a recession," said Han Tan, chief market analyst at Exinity. Gold prices are down over 13% since scaling a near-record peak of $2,069.89 an ounce in March. [USD/] [US/] "Having now fallen through the psychologically important threshold of $1,800 an ounce and with the hawkish monetary policy more likely to strengthen than weaken, it is hard to see where gold can now find a short-term foothold," Rupert Rowling, market analyst at Kinesis Money, said in a note. The dollar consolidated near a two-decade peak while risk appetite took a hit after weak economic data from China highlighted fears about a slowdown. [MKTS/GLOB] Silver has found itself caught up in the broader sell-off in equities and gold, being punished for being an industrial metal at a time when growth forecasts are being trimmed, Rowling added. Spot silver gained 0.9% to $21.26 per ounce, after slumping to its lowest since July 2020 on Friday. Platinum rose 0.2% to $940.16 and palladium was up 1.2% to $1,966.80. Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT) said a surplus in the platinum market should shrink this year and the palladium markets are likely to move back into deficit.

**@PeterMcCormack:** By pushing PoS @SBF_FTX shows he still has no clue.“In PoW if you want to split the chain, again, you need a lot of miners…in PoS you can fork costlessly; really the cost is zero.” WBD440 Lane RettigWithout PoW, there is no decentralization. There is no freedom. https://t.co/XActrUtFSx https://twitter.com/PeterMcCormack/status/1526162412839247872

**@conorsen:** The past ~year has been most beneficial to young middle-class homeowners outside of high cost cities with mortgages under 3%, which is…lots and lots of people in Sacramento, Riverside, Phoenix, Dallas, Tampa, Charlotte, Columbus, Minneapolis… https://t.co/gWZLPX2Q3Q https://twitter.com/conorsen/status/1526013859919708161

**@CNBC:** Car manufacturers like Tesla are embracing cobalt-free batteries. While the metal increases battery life and energy density, cobalt is expensive, making up 30% of an EV's total cost. Why else are tech companies and start-ups working to eliminate cobalt? https://t.co/sSPwRqvOWV https://t.co/xhADTytf8s https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1525915920329318400

**@nytimesbusiness:** The cost of any student loan cancellation program will only be money we should have spent on higher education in the first place. https://t.co/dB3abNHFTB https://twitter.com/nytimesbusiness/status/1525869639057784832

**@nytimesbusiness:** Think twice before taking out a private student loan. While interest rates are rising on both federal and private loans, the federal loans offer more protections and usually cost less, student advocates say. https://t.co/sYzwy3S7tG https://twitter.com/nytimesbusiness/status/1525839177924894720

**@howardlindzon:** Really good point about dollar cost averaging into single stocks https://t.co/ewMq5Zyye3 https://twitter.com/howardlindzon/status/1525671020555751424

**@CNBC:** These 3 mistakes can cost investors money during a crisis, behavioral finance expert John Forlines III says. https://t.co/AkeP17adze #investinyou (In partnership with @acorns.) https://t.co/rKIJoYbyG4 https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1525582222299906049

**@nytimesbusiness:** Think twice before taking out a private student loan. While interest rates are rising on both federal and private loans, the federal loans offer more protections and usually cost less, student advocates say. https://t.co/7u29vpWlf9 https://twitter.com/nytimesbusiness/status/1525529406755717120

**@nytimesbusiness:** The cost of any student loan cancellation program will only be money we should have spent on higher education in the first place. https://t.co/QIj0Ancpjf https://twitter.com/nytimesbusiness/status/1525523604384915463

**@CNBC:** Tying the knot this year? Add ‘marriage tax penalty’ to the potential cost https://t.co/tA97Mur0Jt https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1525476723021729793

**@CNBC:** The 15 cities with the most expensive commutes, based on the cost of gas (via @CNBCMakeIt) https://t.co/gVsMaH3qVz https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1525465202925486082

The Human Cost of Lunatic Hubris https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/05/13/the-human-cost-of-lunatic-hubris/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

il prezzo di terra è crollato ed essendo pos (proof of stake) se non sbaglio. A prezzi bassissimi compri grandi quantità e poi avere quote maggioritarie > @Esse said: The Terra blockchain was officially halted at a block height of 7603700. https://t.co/squ5MZ5VDK Terra validators have decided to halt the Terra chain to prevent governance attacks following severe $LUNA inflation and a significantly reduced cost of attack. Validators are applying a patch to disable further delegations, and they will coordinate to restart the network in a few minutes. Che vuol dire????

The Terra blockchain was officially halted at a block height of 7603700. https://t.co/squ5MZ5VDK Terra validators have decided to halt the Terra chain to prevent governance attacks following severe $LUNA inflation and a significantly reduced cost of attack. Validators are applying a patch to disable further delegations, and they will coordinate to restart the network in a few minutes. Che vuol dire????

cost about to hit 500

indeed with you > @ivtrades-Chris said: almost like yesterday never happened ......the only thing worth being long in this market is Energy/Oil...everything else is being repriced to match the new cost of money

almost like yesterday never happened ......the only thing worth being long in this market is Energy/Oil...everything else is being repriced to match the new cost of money

By Richa Naidu and Jessica DiNapoli LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As shoppers pay more for anything from coffee to ketchup, some retailers have started to cut or cap the price of hundreds of products as they compete for customers and set themselves up to do battle in negotiations with major packaged food makers. Eurostat said on Friday that euro zone inflation for food, alcohol and tobacco rose by 6.4% in April versus last year, compared with a 5% increase in March, as the rising cost of living in Europe extends beyond expensive energy. The head of Leclerc, France's biggest retailer by market share, on Tuesday said it would identify the 120 items consumers buy most, including toilet paper, soap, rice and pasta, and create a "shield" whereby Leclerc will guarantee the price of those items from May 4 until July. Price increases have been anywhere between 6% and 20%. Pasta, for instance, has increased by 20%, as have some brands of coffee and chocolate, Michel-Edouard Leclerc said in an interview with French radio broadcaster franceinfo. In March, European governments, some facing elections this year, spent tens of billions of euros to shelter households from energy costs. There is little sign they will offer similar help with food bills, which are a smaller part of domestic expenditure, but politicians are nervous as household incomes are squeezed and consumer groups have warned the poorest are having to choose between heating their homes and eating properly. As almost everyone becomes more careful about how much they spend, supermarkets, which have experienced flat margins, are anxious to avoid losing customers to the competition. The CEO of British supermarket group Sainsbury's told reporters last week shoppers were "watching every penny". An analysis of a varied basket of goods created for Reuters by data firm Nielsen shows that prices for products including beer, bottled water and ketchup are rising sharply, in many cases extending big increases from last year. On average, Europe's shoppers are paying about 2 euros ($2.10) more for six essential food products, 8% higher than last year. Retailers charged 8.6% more for instant coffee in the four weeks to March 26, on average, while the price of baby milk rose by more than 21%. SHIELDS AND PRICE CUTS While Leclerc has promised to freeze some prices, across Europe, retailers are widely seeking to limit the inflation impact on the most essential items. A spokesperson for European retail and wholesale trade association EuroCommerce, which has more than 95 members, including Carrefour (EPA:CARR), Lidl and Marks & Spencer (OTC:MAKSY), said all were looking at price caps and cuts in some form, although it would depend on input costs on suppliers' margins. "Because of the very competitive nature of the grocery market, you will see other supermarket chains trying to keep prices down as much as they can," the spokesperson said. In Britain surging prices have caused the biggest squeeze on household incomes since at least the 1950s as grocery price inflation hit 5.2% in the four weeks to March 20, the highest level since April 2012, industry data last month showed. In response, supermarkets there, including Asda and Morrisons, have cut the prices of essential items. Although they have a cushion after lockdowns because people ate at home and spent more on buying ingredients, analysts expect full-year margins to be flat or decline slighly at European retailers, including Carrefour SA (OTC:CRRFY), Sainsbury's, Colruyt and Ahold Delhaize. They will look to recover some of the impact of price cuts in tough negotiations with the food production companies, which typically would have finished late last year in parts of Europe, but have dragged on as supply chain problems and inflation exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine has complicated agreement. The packaged food makers such as Mondelez (NASDAQ:MDLZ) and Unilever (NYSE:UL) are eager to raise prices as their margins have also shrunk while input prices have surged because of record commodity costs. Unilever, which makes Knorr chicken stock and Hellmann's mayonnaise, said last Thursday it raised prices in Europe by 5.4%, growing quarterly underlying sales for the region by 0.7%. Still, it forecast that its first-half margin would be between 16%-17%, down from 18.8% last year. "If you compare that with what's happening to people's energy bills, we feel that is quite responsible," Chief Executive Alan Jope told reporters. The company warned of further price hikes and said that unless it charged more, the "full impact" of higher input costs would be a 900-basis-point hit to its full-year margins. Dirk van de Put, CEO of Oreo-maker Mondelez, said last week that the company was approaching retailers in Europe about another price hike, after increasing prices earlier this year. Mondelez's first-quarter margin declined to 38.4% from 41%, the company said. Nestle, the world's biggest food maker, said last month it expected to grow sales around 5% this year after higher pet food, dairy and coffee prices. While sales revenues rise, some packaged food companies' branded products are losing market share to retailers with cheaper private label products, such as Aldi. Customers are stocking up, as the war in Ukraine raises the risk of shortages that will also drive prices further. "We observe higher sales across all our own brands and over all categories," Rolf Buyle, managing director international buying at ALDI Nord, told Reuters. "At the moment we especially have stockpiling effects in our pantry category such as oil, pasta, rice, canned food and flour." Unilever and Nestle declined to comment for this story. Mondelez did not respond to a request for comment and Leclerc could not be reached. ($1 = 0.9503 euros) ($1 = 7.0731 Danish crowns)

(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor Plus) - Milano, 05 mag - UniCredit ha chiuso il primo trimestre con un utile netto contabile di 247 milioni, in calo del 72,2% rispetto allo scorso anno, dopo aver effettuato svalutazioni prudenziali su crediti per 1,3 miliardi 'quasi interamente verso la Russia'. Al netto della Russia l'utile e' salito del 37,8% a 1,2 miliardi. Il consensus di mercato pubblicato sul sito dell'istituto stimava un utile contabile di 413 milioni. La banca parla di 'primo trimestre record', in cui sono stati raggiunti i target del piano UniCredit Unlocked 'su tutti gli indicatori finanziari'. I risultati complessivi, inclusa la Russia, vedono ricavi in crescita del 7,3% a 5 miliardi con margine di interesse a 2,3 miliardi (+6%) e commissioni a 1,8 miliardi (+7,9%). I costi operativi sono scesi del 2,6% a 2,3 miliardi per un rapporto cost/income calato al 46,7%.

me too > @bunnytoad69 said: I'm selling calls right against my longs and hedging with some light bull call spreads at a lower cost. really don't trust it.

I'm selling calls right against my longs and hedging with some light bull call spreads at a lower cost. really don't trust it.

By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were set for a lower open on Monday as growth stocks came under pressure again, with investor focus on the Federal Reserve meeting this week where policymakers are widely expected to raise interest rates. Megacap growth stocks slipped in premarket trading, with electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Inc down 1.6%. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) fell 1.8%, set to extend sharp declines from last week. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) slid 0.7% as the iPhone maker faced a possible hefty fine after EU antitrust regulators charged it with restricting rivals' access to its technology used for mobile wallets. Disappointing earnings forecasts from tech behemoths Amazon and Apple, as well hot inflation data spooked investors on Friday, pushing Wall Street to log its deepest daily losses since 2020. Fed policymakers look set to deliver a series of aggressive interest rate hikes at least until the summer, with traders seeing a 92.8% chance of a 50-basis point hike on Wednesday when the policy decision will be released. [IRPR] There won't be economic or dot plot projections at this meeting, but the market will pay close attention to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference for clues on interest rates and balance sheet reduction. "Everyone knows (the rate hike) is coming ... what people are a little bit unsettled about is what is the guidance going to look like from Powell. Is the next meeting going to be 50 basis points again, or is it going to go up to 75 basis points," Thomas Hayes, chairman at Great Hill Capital in New York, said. The S&P 500 has fallen 13.3% so far in 2022, its steepest four-month decline to start any year since 1939, weighed down by rising bond yields, the conflict in Ukraine and pandemic-related lockdowns in China. At 8:11 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 25 points, or 0.08%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 12.5 points, or 0.3%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 60.25 points, or 0.47%. The quarterly earnings season has been better-than-expected so far. Of the 275 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings till Friday, 80.4% have topped Wall Street's expectations. Drugmakers Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) Inc, coffee chain Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX), chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Inc and breakfast cereal maker Kellogg (NYSE:K) Co are some of the companies reporting results this week. Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) climbed 2.6% after Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) Inc has taken a 9.5% stake in the "Call of Duty" game maker. Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) fell 1.6%, the most among energy stocks, as crude prices fell over 3% on concerns over weak economic growth in China. [O/R] Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) slid 9.4% after the ultra low cost carrier rejected JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) Corp's $33-per-share takeover offer, saying it had a low likelihood of winning approval from government regulators. JetBlue shares rose 2%. ISM manufacturing activity data for April is due at 10 a.m. ET.

alot of the cost of Ukraine war won't get even to supply chains until mid summer

I just don't believe it's sustainable with current trend of wages relative to cost

"we’re no longer chasing physical or staffing capacity, our teams are squarely focused on improving productivity and cost efficiencies... This may take some time, particularly as we work through ongoing inflationary and supply chain pressures..." Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

My cost is $46.75....

yeah someone calculated how much the extra 4.20 cost him > @bunnytoad69 said: pretty dank trade price not gonna lie

another possible bottom plays could be $DIS $COST and $BRK.B

Forex spreads have been regulated extremely differently over the last 10 years . The cost of spreads on average has increased since 2010 by 2,000% . Yes , no typo , that is two thousand percent . The cost can be controlled by brokers or the interbanks . Banks can provide any spread they like to their customers , brokers . There are brokers that charge over 1,000% more then others in this industry . In other words a lot of false business , just to suck out traders of the oldest and most respected business . But they can not fool us . Even though is hard to find them , there are brokers providing good spreads , of around 3 points on average on all pairs , while the industry average is around 20 to 30 points . Is all about what brokers are truely in a banks' credit line and the ones that are just pigions presenting false business do to racist financial goverment regulation , their own inability to receive better quotes from banks , or their marketing scam if providing their own over value spread . Overall we know of a few good brokers . What we have to do is connect to the major banks providing forex liquidity at some point , and receive the best possible spreads from them . Until so , we have to build relationships with top brokers , who tend to be outside of badly regulated countries , and see , if necessary , to provide them a share of the prodits for passing us a 0 point spread . They do tend to charge commission . But , this is for the market , there are always brokers that would be willing to negotiate a deal depending on profit share . We just have to dig into the good ones , until we land .

made double the borrow cost lol

By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) -Oil slipped on Friday, burdened by the prospect of weaker global growth, higher interest rates and COVIDlockdowns in China hurting demand even as the European Union considers a ban on Russian oil that would further tighten supply. The International Monetary Fund this week cut its global economic growth forecast while the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair on Thursday said that a half-point increase to interest rates "will be on the table" at the next Fed policy meeting in May. Brent crude was down $1.69, or 1.6%, at $106.64 a barrel by 1311 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude declined $1.77, or 1.7%, to $102.02. "At this stage, fears over China's growth and overtightening by the Fed, capping U.S. growth, seem to be balancing out concerns that Europe will soon widen sanctions on Russian energy imports," said Jeffrey Halley, analyst at brokerage OANDA. The outlook for demand in China, the world's biggest oil importer, continues to weigh. Shanghai announced a new round of measures including daily coronavirus testing from Friday, adding to strict measures to curb the latest outbreaks. Brent hit $139 a barrel last month, its highest since 2008, but both oil benchmarks were heading for weekly declines of more than 4%. Ongoing support is provided by supply tightness after disruptions in Libya, which is losing 550,000 barrels per day (bpd) of output, and supply could be squeezed further if the European Union imposes an embargo on Russian oil. An EU source told Reuters this week the European Commission is working to speed up availability of alternative energy supplies to try to cut the cost of banning Russian oil and persuade reluctant nations to accept the measure. "An EU boycott of Russian energy would inevitably lead to higher energy prices, at least in the immediate term," said Stephen Brennock of oil broker PVM. "It looks to be a case of if, not when."

just as benchmark @singletary I often found shares above 1% borrow costs on CP, with Cobra be in the 1% or above is pretty rare, in day 2 plays with CP it was pretty much granted that high 1 or even 2% cost

if there is a borrow cost you want to benchmark, send me the ticker symbol

professor thanks for the Cost puts 🙌🏻

cost always goes up tho > @dros said: 500 $COST JUN2022 $580 Ps trade 14.12

500 $COST JUN2022 $580 Ps trade 14.12

not a bad trade if cost dips back under $600

500 $COST JUN2022 $580 Ps trade 14.12

$NFLX has always been dodgy IMO... IT HAS NEVER MANAGED ANY fcf yet it reports profits every qtr...how...by amortising the cost of programmes over many years...yet they need at least the same number of new programmes each year...i mean god knows how they got away with it for so long..

CVS COST having a field day today

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -ASML Holding NV, a key supplier to computer chip makers, reported on Wednesday first-quarter sales of 3.5 billion euros ($3.8 billion) and net income of 695 million euros, slightly ahead of expectations. Bookings remain strong as customers race to increase capacity amid a global semiconductor shortage, said ASML, which is Europe's largest technology company by market capitalisation, at 226 billion euros. "We are working very, very hard to navigate all the supply chain issues that everyone is dealing with," chief financial officer Roger Dassen said in a statement. The company forecast second quarter sales of 5.1-5.3 billion euros and left a forecast for full year sales growth of 20% unchanged. Net bookings in the quarter were 7 billion euros. ASML is the dominant maker of lithography systems, and its machines are used to create the circuitry of most computer chips. Analysts had forecast net income of 621 million euros on revenue of 3.44 billion, according to Refinitiv data. In January, ASML forecast first-quarter sales of 3.3-3.5 billion euros. [L1N2TZ0CK] Dassen said full year gross margins might be closer to 52%, rather than the 53% the company forecast in January, in part due to rising labour, transport, energy and cost increases. ASML, which expects to catch up with its current order backlog only sometime in 2024, is taking steps to cut delivery times and increase productivity of its tools, even as it tries to expand production. Not included in first quarter sales were equipment worth about 2 billion euros that customers asked to have shipped immediately, before it was fully tested. Those deliveries cannot yet be booked as sales, but ASML expects to recognise that revenue over the coming quarters. Dassen said the company had received "multiple" orders for its next generation "EUV High NA" machine, which is still being developed. For the first time, there were makers of memory chips among such clients, he added. ASML's biggest customers are TSMC, Samsung (KS:005930) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), though memory chip makers SK Hynix and Micron (NASDAQ:MU) and all major chipmakers are also customers. The company has forecast average annual sales growth of 11% through 2030 as part of a structural increase in chip demand. Shares closed at 561.60 euros on Tuesday, down 21% for the year to date, though more than double their price in April 2020. ($1=0.9246 euros)

to many losers lately. I may do a low cost spread if it's there.

someone put out that headline I shared the other day too about the password sharing marketplaces too > @Pal said: Guess the cost cutting warning to $NFLX employees a month or so ago should have been a big ass red flag

cost of doing business