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- Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:11 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 4025
- Views: 2892713
Re: The GOLD scream room
Surprised zerohedge links arent blocked on bogleheads. But 100% chance someone will comment its a conspiracy site. 70s was a proxy war with China too. edit1: "You can speculate on the prices of gold and bitcoin, but they are neither equity nor fixed income assets and should not be considered a ...
- Tue Oct 14, 2025 12:55 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Left wing economics
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4072
Re: Left wing economics
Everyone reading 1984 but few will change their mind about 2020.
My 90s Stanford undergrad experience didnt feel socialist, but there was never a mention of Rand, Libertarianism, or what inflation is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlONOh_iUXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDD_N6ZcCV4
o.o
My 90s Stanford undergrad experience didnt feel socialist, but there was never a mention of Rand, Libertarianism, or what inflation is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlONOh_iUXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDD_N6ZcCV4
o.o
- Tue Oct 14, 2025 12:48 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: A new ETF for 30 year bonds
- Replies: 5
- Views: 363
Re: A new ETF for 30 year bonds
TMF Leveraged long bonds. I'm too much of a coward to do it but HEFA is how OG hedge funds got rich. You count on the bailout.
https://old.reddit.com/r/LETFs/comments ... _improved/
https://old.reddit.com/r/LETFs/comments ... _improved/
- Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:01 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: BTC in the PP
- Replies: 477
- Views: 660540
Re: BTC in the PP
> he'd give me a 10% discount for paying in bitcoin What I'm watching for in terms of adoption, but as social trust erodes I'm inclined to use credit cards where you can dispute. There's a problem unfolding in CA with the state not paying out "inflation act" rebates and the HVAC guys are g...
- Fri Oct 10, 2025 10:55 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: 💰 What Percentage of Bitcoin Fits into a Permanent Portfolio?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 338
Re: 💰 What Percentage of Bitcoin Fits into a Permanent Portfolio?
Are all four classes equally volatile. If you have 100 year duration bonds should that be 25%
- Thu Oct 09, 2025 4:12 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: BTC in the PP
- Replies: 477
- Views: 660540
Re: BTC in the PP
Not anytime soon, wealth exodus from China may accelerate
- Wed Oct 08, 2025 12:33 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: How to sell gold bullion?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1022
Re: How to sell gold bullion?
Scams are up in LA county (I have another fun story like the car dealer). And AI is faking profiles and reviews. Meanwhile PHYS trades in a narrow range, unlike EDV. If you get enraged by overpaying a little like I do
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:06 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: How to sell gold bullion?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1022
Re: How to sell gold bullion?
Whats to stop them from saying you mailed yellow tungsten. And for that matter why wouldnt you
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:30 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: YouTube Junkie
- Replies: 1346
- Views: 1030753
Re: YouTube Junkie
Keen, Mosler and the MMT crew made names for themselves calling economists dumb but the Krugman types just dont want people knowing money can be printed. When AI gets bailed out we'll see what the narrative is this time. something something Trump. IIRC craigr said Trump would be brought in to take t...
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 12:58 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 3144
- Views: 2568892
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
A chunk of the "I dont trust CPI or covid (response)" crowd are crazy. Or are they...technovelist is rich by now eh? Its difficult to balance cynicism/realism with paranoia. They ARE out to get you. But its business not personal In other news, six months after I applied the approved contra...
- Mon Sep 29, 2025 10:47 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 4025
- Views: 2892713
Re: The GOLD scream room
"the [Trump] administration seems to take the approach that grift and corruption was problematic because it wasn't being done openly and brazenly enough... The cover up was the real sin" Well, yes. Imagining politicians and Megacorp have our best interest in mind gave us "covid"....
- Tue Sep 23, 2025 10:30 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: BLS and Jobs Report Major Revision
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5310
Re: BLS and Jobs Report Major Revision
Another problem with central planning, only a handful of people to buy off and change the narrative of the entire country
I suppose there are private sector consultants doing surveys but they dont make the data free.
I suppose there are private sector consultants doing surveys but they dont make the data free.
- Tue Sep 23, 2025 10:13 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Permanent Tooth and Gum Care Regime
- Replies: 180
- Views: 649374
Re: The Permanent Tooth and Gum Care Regime
I dunno about coating teeth with xylitol...I ingest as few carbs as possible and coat with fluoride wash and Novamin paste. Gum will work fillings and crowns loose over the years. Dont forget vinny is not human. Humanity has hit a wall with biotech. We cant even build a bacterium from the ground up....
- Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:28 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Ulbricht's comeback
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2399
Re: Ulbricht's comeback
https://archive.ph/YByXG
I still dont have crypto and Im gonna be salty when the Fed bails them out https://bitcointreasuries.net/
I still dont have crypto and Im gonna be salty when the Fed bails them out https://bitcointreasuries.net/
- Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:18 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 4025
- Views: 2892713
Re: The GOLD scream room
bogleheads in shambles. Gold is dumb but wait Trump is dumb and America Bad now
Seajay's a busy bee over there for those getting bored
So, what would cause the Fed to bring the pain like Volker? Country isn't run by Men anymore.
Seajay's a busy bee over there for those getting bored
So, what would cause the Fed to bring the pain like Volker? Country isn't run by Men anymore.
- Fri Sep 19, 2025 10:25 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Long-term yields keep rising as Trump amps up fight for Fed control
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11558
Re: Long-term yields keep rising as Trump amps up fight for Fed control
Expected, sell the news, was able to buy the mini dip after the announcement Re-allocated from a few years ago, went from 0 to 25% gold, 25% VTSMX, 50% long treasury. Large emergency fund. If they decide to run the deficits with short issues only I'm toast. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A091RC1...
- Thu Sep 18, 2025 2:18 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: What percentage of spot would you accept?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3851
Re: What percentage of spot would you accept?
So this a problem dealing with a lot of coins right? Every sale is a negotiation? In contrast ETFs just the expense ratio
Look like India is getting in https://old.reddit.com/r/mutualfunds/co ... ld_etf_or/
Look like India is getting in https://old.reddit.com/r/mutualfunds/co ... ld_etf_or/
- Thu Sep 18, 2025 1:55 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Long-term yields keep rising as Trump amps up fight for Fed control
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11558
Re: Long-term yields keep rising as Trump amps up fight for Fed control
Buy the rumor sell the news. Long rates will rise until (if!) the Fed steps in.
My brain says buy whats beat up, EDV. But I dunno...despite all time highs I dont see how you could end up a bagholder with gold.
My brain says buy whats beat up, EDV. But I dunno...despite all time highs I dont see how you could end up a bagholder with gold.
- Wed Sep 17, 2025 1:06 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Left wing economics
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4072
Re: Left wing economics
I'm with the Leftists on high speed rail. Also got some green energy grants which is a better way to redistribute than UBI. (need to update my car story lol) Mostly government needs to get out of the way, I know several people destroyed by unemployment, because of minimum wage. Restaurants can only ...
- Wed Sep 17, 2025 12:59 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 3144
- Views: 2568892
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Bunny Lebowski? Where were you working. Is there something you need to tell us
- Wed Sep 17, 2025 12:50 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Society’s veneer has gotten thinner
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4183
Re: Society’s veneer has gotten thinner
> who is fomenting the division Multiple players. Far left and far right both want drama. AI fuels that with clickbait. CCP pours fuel on the fire, mostly anti-Trump because tariffs hit them hardest. And they push socialist/collectivist narratives to keep their population compliant. eg you cant have...
- Mon Sep 15, 2025 10:13 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Left wing economics
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4072
Re: Left wing economics
Eat the rich. Tax billionaires giev UBI. They'll point to Norway, Denmark, Japan, Switzerland. And dismiss that those countries have generational wealth and closed borders. Palo Alto and Scarsdale are old-money paradises too. The Convoy ended our free trial version of communism.exe in 2022. That exp...
- Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 3144
- Views: 2568892
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Author is as expected. Elizabeth Spiers is a media strategist and writer in Brooklyn. Claims to have been sexually assaulted in college. Culture war is gender war.
Forum was down for a day I worried for Vinny
edit1: https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ ... o_charlie/
Forum was down for a day I worried for Vinny
edit1: https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ ... o_charlie/
- Mon Sep 15, 2025 4:54 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Society’s veneer has gotten thinner
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4183
Re: Society’s veneer has gotten thinner
Surprised by Socialist depravity? Millions of children damaged by masks during visual development and school closures. Locked in with abusers. Seniors forced to spend their last couple years in isolation ON TOP of how bad nursing home isolation normally is. Gyms closed, millions never got back into ...
- Tue Sep 09, 2025 10:09 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Quiet board - time to buy?
- Replies: 109
- Views: 60154
Re: Quiet board - time to buy?
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sal ... a5pc009510
U had ~30k mi on it? ill have to get a geico quote. Make sure to turn your plates in btw
U had ~30k mi on it? ill have to get a geico quote. Make sure to turn your plates in btw