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Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [502]


That's very generous of you! In the unlikely event I win, please donate to Warsaw Seva (I'm sure you know Tony from his Tandoor Palace days).


And today:
AMZN - 213, down 1.5%
TSM - 214, up 3%
AMSC - 29, down 13%
IDCC - 221, down 3%
BROS -71, down 3%
HOOD - 74, up 1%

How does the Michigan Mystic do it?!

Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [502]


Fair enough. I don't pretend to know enough about FX drivers to assess based on them anyway (although the US dollar might be in for a hard time over the next year and a half).


That does seem high for a passive tracker. Have you checked what mBank can offer? I know it's possible in theory to put IKE and IKZE funds into ETFs. If I have time (and remember), I'll check how one does that. I usually like to get my contributions in nice and early in the year, so will have a while until the 2026 contributions can go in.

Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [502]


Interesting question. How do you want to run this? I'd be thinking that this is Polish forums, so we should base the contest in PLN. How about everybody gets six lots of PLN 100,000, exchanged into whichever currency their chosen shares/units are sold in at the NBP rate on the start date and then on each measuring date the value of their shares/units is converted back into PLN? So with WIG 30 at PLN 3,543.56 I'd get 28.217 units in that, with SMI at CHF 12.366,17 and CHF 1 = PLN 4.55 I'd get 1.7773 units in that and so on. Then on measuring day I'd get the SMI times 1.7773 and that CHF amount converted into PLN at the NBP rate for measuring day.


Is it that much?! I must admit that I don't read the fine print as carefully as I probably should.

Edit: is it really 1.5% for a passive tracker? I just checked the fine print for Goldman Sachs Akcji CEE (invests min 50% in Polish stocks and the rest in CEE stocks) and that's 1.9% admin fee (admittedly plus a performance fee of up to 20% of the gain).

Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [502]


Can I have WIG 30, SMI, SPI (yes, I know), S&P Asia 50, STOXX Europe 600 and S&P 500?

Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [502]


You were mocked for crowing about fantasy investments in stocks that had gone up by less than the S&P 500. Then you were mocked for claiming that you'd sold your shares and bought exchange-traded funds (people buy units in ETFs; if one person owns all of a fund, it can't be an exchange-traded fund). And then you were mocked for boasting about Tesla shares going up when you'd said months previously that you'd sold all your Tesla shares.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [396]


I much prefer gin neat. But for that it has to be good quality. I really the seaside-influenced gins. Edinburgh Seaside is good if you fancy trying one of those. If you like that, get a bottle of Hills & Harbour, then a bottle of Harris. All those are at Lidl (at least winnicalidla anyway). I also like the Old Tom process gins, Cotswold Distillery do a particularly good one of those. If you want something closer to a classic gin but with a twist, Roku (Japanese gin) is very good, delicate and citrusey; but I'd stay the f*ck away from the Roku Sakura Blossom edition!

But I am with you when it comes to the flavoured gins, such as the ones that Whitley Neill make. Those are generally terrible (although the rhubarb and ginger from Edinburgh Distillery is surprisingly good).

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [396]


It's absolutely terrible. And gives biblical hangovers if you're foolish enough to have a second glass on the basis that it can't be worse than the first.

The only Polish gin I've had that I'd drink again is 24 Herbs Gin and that one is very much only to drink with tonic.


You're half right there. Well, if one takes the approach that all liquids are drinkable once, you're completely right.


Round here they're all on "Special Hard". I doubt you've seen it, as it's a Dino exclusive, but it's 12% (yes, twelve percent) and 3.99 for 500ml. Not a recreational drug.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [396]


Maybe, but Auchan not only still runs supermarkets in Russia, it actively supports and funds the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so I'm not buying anything from them under any circumstances.


Gin from Zabka is also a terrible idea.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [396]


If you're going to Lidl anyway, you might as well order a few bottles from WinnicaLidla.pl. It's all click and collect. Decent range of wine (although less good than a few years ago), with a better selection of whisky (well priced too). Probably the best selection of gin in Poland.

Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [502]


Can I ask why you bother? Why not just buy units in passive tracker funds?

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]


That would be a passive user.

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]


A better question is how many active users does PF have. What percentage of registered users have made say ten posts in each of the last three months? And also, what percentage of posts are made by the 20 most active posters? An active user may be defined as someone who actively visits the site and reads the contents. If someone goes to a park and sits on a bench as opposed to walking or socializing with other people, should that person be counted as a park goer or not. I guess it's up to one's definition.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]


Tell it to the judge. And the jury. They both say Trump raped her. And, unlike yours, their opinion counts.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]


Who are you quoting there? You say "Despite Carroll's claims that Trump had raped her, they noted" but who are "they"? I wonder why you didn't quote the full article. Perhaps because it says this:

washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/trump-carroll-judge-rape/
Ah, so, Trump's lawyers are the ones who claim he didn't rape her.

And let's quote more from the article you didn't link to:

And a little more from the judge:

caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-sd-new-yor/114642632.html

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]


Lewis A. Kaplan


The jury are the ones who found that Trump raped Ms Carroll. But if you want the judge's exact words on the topic:


caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-sd-new-yor/114642632.html

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]


Did you miss the part where I said "adjudicated" and not "convicted"?

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]


Yes, but he wanted to be faithful to his wives, he wanted to be a successful businessman and he wanted to run a university that gave a quality education, and look how well all those worked out.


Ironic, given that the moron-in-chief is an adjudicated rapist.
Even more ironic given that the jester has been banging on about illegal immigrants despite himself being an illegal immigrant.

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]


No thanks, Poles can see what happens to countries that are unwanted by the EU: they end up sucking North Nigerian balls, e.g. Serbia.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [855]

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Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [158]


What put you off Mazda? I've had three and they've all been great (apart from the rust in certain places that MX5s are famed for). Will soon be looking for another one (there's nothing wrong with the one I have now but it soon won't meet the requirements for the local "clean air" zone). My mother had a couple of Mazdas too, one of which is still running around (now driven by one of the in-laws) at the age of 26.


It's a real pity about the engine in that generation of Minis. I'd quite like one of the five-door Clubmans (the one with one door on one side, two doors on the other and two doors at the end) but they come with either that sh!t engine or a diesel that doesn't meet the requirements for the local "clean air" zone.

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [158]


A fully assembled brand-new engine. Literally delivered in a wooden crate.

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [158]


It's technically a joint BMW / PSA Peugeot Citroen effort, and the timing chain is just one of the numerous things that cause the engines to go bang, but in general you're bang on the money. The N16 (pre-facelift Cooper S) is particularly bad. Apparently the later N14 (and, to a lesser extent, N18) engine is not terrible if it's looked after but the only way to know for sure if it's been looked after is waiting to see if it goes bang. We've got the first R50 in Poland and one of the last F54, and I'd like an R59 to go with them, but it'd need to be one with an engine that's gone bang that I'd put a crate engine into. Even then, it's a lot less hassle to just run a Miata instead.

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [935]


Well, some Americans are so stupid they think people will be impressed by them claiming to punch nuns in the face. When people are that stupid, it's easy to see why they would want to always carry a gun. In fact, some Americans are so stupid they think people will be impressed by them claiming to have given narcotics and liquor to teenage girls until those girls are unable to fight off their sexual advances. Frankly those people should be given guns, as they're so stupid they're highly likely to shoot themselves and thus improve society.

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [935]


Come now! It is the right of all free-born men to carry at all times an XM307. Next thing you'll be saying that we don't have the right to own an M29 Davy Crockett!


My theory is that a great many American men believe everything they see on TV. So when they watch p0rn, they think it's a documentary and thus feel very under-endowed. To compensate for that they go out and buy a big gun. It's much the same reason why so many of them want to have huge trucks.

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [158]


Let me guess: that was an R56, right? I'd love to have an R59 (the two-seat soft-top from that generation) but that engine is just too unreliable to bother with.


If you're talking about the hatchback Mini, the Miata is slightly bigger (but a Mini feels a lot bigger inside), although the very early Miatas are about half an inch narrower than a Mini.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [529]


No, there is no way to apply for asylum from outside the UK, you can only apply for it when in the UK. And there is no way to obtain a visa to travel to the UK in order to claim asylum.


Those who fail in applications for asylum should be returned to whichever country they stated they are from. If that isn't actually the country they are from, well, no fault of HMG that the applicant lied.
I'd also condition UK most-favoured-nation trade status on countries agreeing to accept the return of failed applicants, i.e. if any country refuses to accept the return of failed applicants it automatically becomes ineligible for any UK-taxpayer-sourced funding and all products from that country or goods containing products from that country automatically attract punitive import taxes. And also any person connected with any member of the government and/or governing party of that state is automatically barred from entering the UK (including using diplomatic passports).

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [529]


She can't claim asylum in the UK, she's British.


You mean the Brits comply with their legal obligation to accept applications for asylum and grant it in cases where it is appropriate. Why do so many of you neo-conned want to break the law every time it suits you?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [529]


She wouldn't wait eight months to see a doctor in the UK. She's not resident in the UK and would have to establish residency in the UK before she would qualify for treatment by the NHS, which in her circumstances would take about 12 months from the day she moves to the UK.


Exactly, she hasn't had her citizenship revoked, she just doesn't have a valid UK passport at the moment. Technically speaking she doesn't need a UK passport in order to be let into the country, she'd just have to convince the immigration official that she is entitled to enter the UK, which in her circumstances would be simple.