People with "real mental health problems" are homeless, drug addicted, self-mutilating, incoherent, or worse. Super successful multi-millionaires may be eccentric, but they do not have debilitating "real mental health problems".

Categorizing every emotion as a "mental health problem" is a trend in America. Psychiatry and psychotropic drugs are both multi-billion dollar industries. It is in their interest to tell everyone they are mentally ill and need lifelong expensive treatment.

The truth is that 90% of "mental health problems" can be resolved by increased social interactions, getting more exercise, or just adopting a pet to keep you company.

Most depression and anxiety symptoms are temporary and situational due to a family member's death, job loss, serious injury, or other personal crisis. There is nothing wrong with the person's brain or thinking. The problem is they are in a bad situation and need to work their way through it, not to take mind altering drugs from a psychiatrist.

Squiggly lines going up and down. A 3-year-old can draw this. You are never getting into art school if this is all you can do. : )

People with "real mental health problems" are not international music stars, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and chased by hordes of women. LOL

What exactly did he say that is upsetting everyone? The only quote I heard was "Jews run the record industry". Was there something more serious than that???

Kanye is downgrading from a 900 room mansion to an 800 room mansion, but he still urinates liquid gold. Scientists remain puzzled by that second part. : )

Everything you said is complete nonsense. All the people reading this discussion thread will decide for themselves about your lack of credibility.

• You are quoting Ukrainian propaganda as if it were official Russian casualty figures. If those numbers were real, then the war would already be over because Russia's entire military would be gone. How can you be so foolish as to repeat that nonsense?
• Russia occupies 20% of the surface of the Earth. It has more mineral wealth than any other nation and most continents.
• The Ruble trades freely against other currencies. China, India, Brazil, and other non-NATO nations accept Russian rubles as payment for goods and services, while Russia accepts their yuan, rupee, real, etc

I realize the words "honest" and "brokerage" seem weird when put together. LOL

Russia is not going anywhere. To imagine otherwise is wishful thinking. WSB is about making money and that requires dealing with reality, not imaginary victories over Russia. The Russian Bear defeated Hitler and Napoleon, so I don't think Ukraine is going to be its downfall. LOL

Ever since the Ukraine war started, Western governments and media have been claiming that Russia is "on the verge of collapse" or "about to have a revolution that overthrows Putin". Of course none of that has happened. Instead, Russia's ruble is the strongest performing European currency this year. The ruble is up 12% over last year. Russia has redirected its energy exports to China, India, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, thereby negating the impact of losing its former European customers.

From an investment standpoint, traders need to acknowledge that Russia is the world's most resource rich nation, is a military super-power, and knows how to defend its economic self-interest. Swapping anti-Russia political sentiments for the hard facts of Russia's economic reality is a sure way to lose money.

Global energy and food prices will remain very high until the Ukraine War ends. Unfortunately, since America and Europe are funding the war and seem eager for it to continue, the war will probably continue for many years.

In addition to energy and food, you might also keep an eye on fertilizer prices, as those also have gone up dramatically and are in short supply since the war started.

I am unaware of any volume requirements that the NYSE or NASDAQ are required to maintain as part of their SEC licensing. Obviously they are huge and process billions of shares in trade every business day.

Regarding individual market makers, I believe that any SEC licensed brokerage can be a market maker for one or more stocks. Big brokerages, such as Fidelity and Schwab, can easily make internal matches between buyers and sellers for heavily traded stocks like Microsoft, Exxon, and Macy's. However, they may need to still need to divert some orders to exchanges when they can't match them immediately.

For thinly traded stocks, such a small caps, the exchanges are very important. Even big brokerages typically cannot be market makers for those.

Marker makers are doing the exact same thing that exchanges do. They match buyers and sellers.

Market makers are brokerages so big that they can internally match buy and sell orders from their own client traffic. Market makers do not need to go outside to an exchange (like NASDAQ) to find a buyer for their seller, or seller for their buyer. The system is kept honest by using the last quoted price from a major exchange (again like NASDAQ).

What is your definition of "affordable"? New Jersey is fairly expensive, especially in areas close to NYC and Philly. In a shock to many people, Jersey City rents are now the highest in the entire country at an average of $5,500 per month.

You should probably re-post this question with details about how much you are looking to spend, whether you want to buy or rent, and how big a place you need. You will get more meaningful answers that way.

It comes as a dehydrated powder that needs to be mixed with milk.

Plant based foods trying to masquerade as meat taste awful. Their texture and consistency are also way off. If you have ever tried these pseudo-meats, then you know how utterly dismal they are. Without major breakthroughs in taste improvement, plant based meat substitutes will remain a novelty product rejected by the vast majority of consumers.

"NASA team concludes that all human activity and history is a poorly thought out science project created by space aliens" . . . . headline from 'Science' magazine dated 2 years from now.

Might "signatures of alien technology" include gigantic orbiting garbage dumps? LOL

I hate to say it, but evidence of pollution might be a strong indication of advanced life forms. Squirrels and birds don't produce mountains of plastic, paper, and industrial waste.

No matter how much technology advances, human emotions and behavior never change. Humans are selfish, angry, envious, frightened, and every other negative term you can think of. No one likes to talk about his, but we all know it is true.

There aren't enough car crashes on roads? So many bad drivers on roads, but now society wants them airborne too? LOL

Yup, that's the way.

The entire world seems to be facing a housing crisis driven by high costs. I suggest that you design a low cost housing solution that could be easily replicated anywhere in the world with readily available materials. I have seen proposals in this area using shipping containers, mud/earthen/clay construction, and other materials. The unit needs to be temperature controlled, ventilated, have adequate sunlight, kitchen, bathroom, etc. Try to figure out how to do this for $50,000 or less per unit and you may become famous. Good luck.

Ever heard of Chernobyl and Fukushima?

Solar panels are best situated on top of existing structures, like on the roof of a house or office building.

Replacing green space with solar panels is never a good idea. In addition to its natural beauty, green space absorb CO2 and emits O2 through photosynthesis.

Promoting solar energy does not mean destroying green space and causing environmental damage.

An alien garbage hauling spaceship crashed into Earth. First contact. LOL

Don't let the Moon's complete lack of atmosphere and 260F sunlit side temperature deter you. LOL