Merry Christmas to all, even the market timers!

Gold crossed into the "may rebalance" zone for my portfolio on Monday, which I define as within 2% of the "must rebalance" threshold. So I took advantage of that with a partial rebalance. Gold may eventually keep climbing, but it feels good to have taken a little off the table o...

I watch quite a few of Erin's videos. They seem to be intended for a more general audience, but they are always well produced. Portfolio Charts shows the safe withdrawal rate of the 60/30/10 portfolio she describes to be 4.8% over 30 years. I had to chuckle at some of the comments saying it's crazy ...

Since people keep asking, conservatives/contrarians were directly and indirectly banned/shunned during the 2020 debt jubilee and cover-story. https://old.reddit.com/r/ChurchOfCOVID/comments/1p7vwy6/remember_when_they_where_over_counting_the/ Should have had a "surge" in new members during...

What the hell has happened to this forum?

Just scheduled a time to have my lawn aerated, and the guy said he'd give me a 10% discount for paying in bitcoin. He says it's going to $202k soon. So I told him "Well if that's true then I guess I'll be paying in cash!" ;D 202, that’s very specific Yes well you see he's built his own pr...

Gold crossed into the "may rebalance" zone for my portfolio on Monday, which I define as within 2% of the "must rebalance" threshold. So I took advantage of that with a partial rebalance. Gold may eventually keep climbing, but it feels good to have taken a little off the table o...

Gold crossed into the "may rebalance" zone for my portfolio on Monday, which I define as within 2% of the "must rebalance" threshold. So I took advantage of that with a partial rebalance. Gold may eventually keep climbing, but it feels good to have taken a little off the table on...

Just scheduled a time to have my lawn aerated, and the guy said he'd give me a 10% discount for paying in bitcoin. He says it's going to $202k soon. So I told him "Well if that's true then I guess I'll be paying in cash!" ;D 202, that’s very specific Yes well you see he's built his own pr...

Just scheduled a time to have my lawn aerated, and the guy said he'd give me a 10% discount for paying in bitcoin. He says it's going to $202k soon.

So I told him "Well if that's true then I guess I'll be paying in cash!"

ochotona wrote: ↑Wed Sep 17, 2025 11:04 am Trump being the opportunist, successfully declared himself to be that person, and now he's just operating to help himself and his buddies to whatever value he can extract, and he's not really hiding that at all, is he?

The entrenched interests you've mentioned certainly describe it that way.

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Mon Sep 15, 2025 4:26 pm Perfectly happy with that, it's all I hoped for.

Yes, but imagine how much you could have had with a leveraged 100% equity portfolio! Such a shame.

To get what you're looking for, you're going to have to figure out how to quantify feelings.

Good luck!

As with many things in life, it depends on where someone is on the satisficer - maximizer spectrum. If someone is satisfied with their career, income, savings, investment results, etc. and the lifestyle they provide then what right does anyone have to judge whether they have sufficiently maximized a...

There was much more to it than just the logo.

https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1959 ... 78743?s=61

Anyone else taking care of aging/elderly parents? My wife's parents are both 24/7 total care. They've been able to stay in their home with a live-in caregiver (actually a rotation of a few people). It's very expensive but fortunately they have savings to cover it for now. My wife has almost a full-...

Anyone else taking care of aging/elderly parents? My wife's parents are both 24/7 total care. They've been able to stay in their home with a live-in caregiver (actually a rotation of a few people). It's very expensive but fortunately they have savings to cover it for now. My wife has almost a full-...

Things aren't quite as black and white as you make them out to be.

What is the job?

Any chance there could be more than one?

Perhaps we're finding out just how impure our governmental institutions and processes have always been despite the myths we cling to.

I've been happy with US Mobile . They're a "super carrier" that offers service on all of the big 3 and even lets you switch between them. Note that they refer to each network with a unique name, I assume that's due to contractual restrictions on branding, etc. I use "Warp" which ...

What would signal a good time to start buying 30-year bonds again? What's the likelihood that it would occur in the medium-term future? What's the likelihood that a less-active investor would recognize and act on it soon enough to profit from it? Seems like there are always some things being left ou...

boglerdude wrote: ↑Fri Jun 13, 2025 4:07 am > I’ll see you in the Daily Check-in thread?

Imagine thinking you can stop vinny

"You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him."
- Dan Patrick, ESPN

Is there an age at which any of you would still hold long bonds (i.e. how many years younger would make a difference)? I realize that’s not the only factor here, just curious.

You shouldn't take Trump literally... except for when you should.