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- Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:36 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold to bounce soon?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 34215
Re: Gold to bounce soon?
I nibbled today. I’m buying EEM instead; we’re both in the same boat waiting for the USD to drop. Good luck DS! Did the USD just drop? Was watching Fox Business and noticed in the ticker that gold was up $20 at the time. Strangely, stocks were also up and setting all time highs, and bond yields wer...
- Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:26 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: More on Broken Health Care
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3115
Re: More on Broken Health Care
I have a prescription for some psoriasis medicine that runs something like $700/bottle (fortunately it lasts a long time). I was therefore glad that my copay was only $25 and I even got it for free a lot of times with some coupons. It went generic last year so I was expecting the price to go down si...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 5:09 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 388007
Re: Trump as tragicomedy
I have gone from wanting him to drain the swamp, to voting for him, to cringing at tweets, to yelling at the TV, and finally just wanting him to go back home and let somebody else do this job. This is a non-stop reality show nightmare. <snip> I am more frustrated with his supporters than with Trump...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:43 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19831
Re: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
When it comes to the idea of fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here, I'm just thankful that most of the rest of the world doesn't think the way we do - an exception being the 9/11 terrorists of course. In the Book "Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides"...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:30 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold to bounce soon?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 34215
Re: Gold to bounce soon?
Why do we want Gold to go up (serious question)? Are we thinking about this the wrong way? What is the impact to our daily lives if Gold doubles? Well, I think we definitely want it to go up if everything else is going down, which is basically why I thought we held it. But generally speaking, a hig...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:14 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19831
Re: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
When it comes to the idea of fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here, I'm just thankful that most of the rest of the world doesn't think the way we do - an exception being the 9/11 terrorists of course. In the Book "Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides",...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:07 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold to bounce soon?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 34215
Re: Gold to bounce soon?
An article about Elizabeth Warren's "Accountable Capitalism Act". I tend to think that if it had any chance of passing or if it even looks like Ms Warren has any chance of being elected president in 2020, gold will do much more than just "bounce". https://www.nationalreview.com/2...
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:11 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Better Call Saul
- Replies: 64
- Views: 33341
Re: Better Call Saul
Man, it's been a long time. Stay tuned for season 4, beginning this Monday night. O0 Finally our long wait is over. I recorded the 5 minute teaser on Saturday night. Don't want to spoil it if you didn't see it but if the teaser is telling us what to expect in the opener, Chuck and Jimmy's relations...
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 3:41 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21655
Re: Safe Deposit Box Location
Well, if any burglar is monitoring this thread - maybe I really am a Harvard Law graduate.Jack Jones wrote: ↑Sat Aug 04, 2018 5:35 amAh yeah, my bad. For some reason that read as Harvard Law to me. Regardless, my point stands. It's not a secret if you talk about it.hardlaw
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 3:34 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19831
Re: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
The idea that "we have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here" took hold for good and refuses to let go. Anyone who says the above disparagingly has never actually been in a war zone. Well, I spent 12 months in a war zone and saw nothing that convinced me of the...
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:39 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Stock scream room
- Replies: 1438
- Views: 661665
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:25 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Better Call Saul
- Replies: 64
- Views: 33341
Re: Better Call Saul
Man, it's been a long time. Stay tuned for season 4, beginning this Monday night. O0 Nothing to match it on TV since the "The Americans" season finale - though Amazon Prime's "Goliath" comes close. Speaking of which (Amazon Prime originals) - I just noticed that "The Man in...
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:11 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21655
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:55 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21655
Re: Safe Deposit Box Location
I even thought about employing a "fake safe" filled with washers to sound like coins along with worthless paper, but that presents the same problem as a real safe. You are still advertising the presence of valuables. If the burglars figure out your deception they are going to ask "ok...
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:26 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19831
Re: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
At one time I would have called myself a Libertarian but today I tend to eschew all forms of ideology and am more of a pragmatist. Having said that, the U.S.A. has had an interventionist foreign policy since at least the end of WWII. Can someone point out what benefit this has been to the American ...
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:34 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1769985
Re: The GOLD scream room
Try some music.Cortopassi wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:11 pm What am I going to hear about on the drive home?? Oohhhh, Apple is a TRILLION dollars. And that will be on the regular news, the nightly news the news websites, etc, etc.
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:02 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: 0.00 expense ratio index funds @ Fidelity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13336
Re: 0.00 expense ratio index funds @ Fidelity
Now, if they can just figure out how to convert all of my VTI in a taxable account to this new fund without paying any capital gains tax, I'm all in.
Will definitely consider it in my tax-deferred accounts when re-balance time arrives next year.
Will definitely consider it in my tax-deferred accounts when re-balance time arrives next year.
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19831
Re: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
At one time I would have called myself a Libertarian but today I tend to eschew all forms of ideology and am more of a pragmatist. Having said that, the U.S.A. has had an interventionist foreign policy since at least the end of WWII. Can someone point out what benefit this has been to the American t...
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:10 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Stock scream room
- Replies: 1438
- Views: 661665
Re: Stock scream room
It's definitely a loss. Mark to market is the most honest accounting method, because we don't know what the future holds. We only know the value of an asset in the present. It might go up or down in the future, nobody knows. My Dad never invested a single penny in the stock market and thought I was...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:19 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19831
Re: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
The most common criticism of Libertarians I have seen is that their non-interventionist policies would allow other rival powers, such as China or Russia, to grow in influence and to eventually take over much of the globe, greatly weakening the strength of the US and Europe, and ultimately could lea...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:33 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Stock scream room
- Replies: 1438
- Views: 661665
Re: Stock scream room
When I see a headline like Mark Zuckerburg "losing" the greatest amount of money any human being has ever lost in a single day it only tells me how financially illiterate people are (or else knowingly posting click-bait with a hyperbolic headline). I'm assuming, of course, that Mr. Zucker...
- Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:48 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21655
Re: Safe Deposit Box Location
I don't care how bad ass your home safe is, when they have a gun to your daughter's head and tell you to open the safe, well that's what you are going to do. Keeping any substantial stockpile of gold/silver/cash around the house is a really bad idea. This is basically why I decided against a home s...
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:22 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Golden Butterfly Portfolio
- Replies: 539
- Views: 364642
Re: Golden Butterfly Portfolio
When I transitioned into the GB a couple of years ago I set things up so that all of the SCV is in my Roth IRA's.
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:16 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Stock scream room
- Replies: 1438
- Views: 661665
Re: Stock scream room
When I see a headline like Mark Zuckerburg "losing" the greatest amount of money any human being has ever lost in a single day it only tells me how financially illiterate people are (or else knowingly posting click-bait with a hyperbolic headline). I'm assuming, of course, that Mr. Zuckerb...
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:07 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21655
Re: Safe Deposit Box Location
When I started the PP and bought my first set of gold coins I had to decide where to store it and it all boiled down to 3 options ... 1. Bank (or some other entity) safe deposit box 2. A home safe 3. Cleverly hide where nobody will normally look. Ultimately I chose option #3. My reasoning was that ...