dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Dec 24, 2025 9:30 am Have a great Christmas, everyone

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Of course I love it!

As I type this one of mine is sitting right in front of me, curled up into my left arm and being touched by my right arm as I type this.

I am:

Non-Retirement 16%
Retirement 84%


Traditional 35%
Roth 65%

I just wanted to ask if anyone here has done a recent comparison between Fidelity’s HSA investment options and what’s available through other providers like Lively or Schwab. Some of the fund lineups have changed over the years, and I’m wondering if the fees and flexibility still give Fidelity the ...

I LOVE Mike Maloney's Hidden Secrets of Money series. Yes, some of it is a little bit sophomoric, but it's still a great blend of information and entertainment. I also note that he was quite early to get onto the crypto-as-hard-money bandwagon. He must have done quite well for himself, assuming he'...

I LOVE Mike Maloney's Hidden Secrets of Money series. Yes, some of it is a little bit sophomoric, but it's still a great blend of information and entertainment. I also note that he was quite early to get onto the crypto-as-hard-money bandwagon. He must have done quite well for himself, assuming he'...

Eh, who has time to watch a video? O0 Me! Under the right circumstances. If I'm doing reading / writing on the computer I cannot listen to anything with words. However, if I am doing work on the computer that is fairly repetitive, I can listen to words. Can listen to music while doing anything. Als...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 02, 2025 9:28 am What's under the tarp... WHAT'S UNDER THE TARP????

Friday can't come soon enough.

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The actual numbers are only 16 new members since July 9th and only one of them has posted anything. This person has done 4 posts.

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A few years ago a friend told me that she'd sold all her Vanguard Treasury Money Market and bought gold with it. When I saw her last week I said that he definitely lucked out in making that movie. Then she clarified that she'd also bought about an equal amount of sliver. Then while she was here I di...

Eh, who has time to watch a video? O0 Me! Under the right circumstances. If I'm doing reading / writing on the computer I cannot listen to anything with words. However, if I am doing work on the computer that is fairly repetitive, I can listen to words. Can listen to music while doing anything. Als...

Eh, who has time to watch a video? O0 Me! Under the right circumstances. If I'm doing reading / writing on the computer I cannot listen to anything with words. However, if I am doing work on the computer that is fairly repetitive, I can listen to words. Can listen to music while doing anything. Als...

Enjoy this!


She is probably the greatest female vocalist that most people have never heard of. Unfortunately, she died at a quite young age.




Eva Cassidy - live

A few years ago a friend sold all that she had in the Vanguard Money Market Treasury (VUSXX). Used it all to buy gold and silver.

She got lucky.

I was shocked to see that silver has out-performed gold over the last five years!

This is the place I bought those items from. Thanks to Perplexity Pro! "The store you're thinking of is likely Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS). EMS is a high-end sports and outdoor goods retailer that has been around since the 1960s and is still operating today. Known for quality winter gear such...

These are the kinds of stories I find a lot more interesting these days than the general rate of inflation. There's this phenomenon that's starting to be named "luxury poverty" to describe a sort of inversion of the historical norm; now poor people can now afford the latest iPhone and a n...

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Nov 21, 2025 1:11 pm Consumer Discretionary, anyway

Whether you call it Consumer Discretionary or luxury .. we can agree on the other end of calling them non-essential purchases?

You can live, as many in the world do, without them?

These are the kinds of stories I find a lot more interesting these days than the general rate of inflation. There's this phenomenon that's starting to be named "luxury poverty" to describe a sort of inversion of the historical norm; now poor people can now afford the latest iPhone and a n...

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Nov 18, 2025 6:03 am Nor, yep

Thanks!

Fixed.

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Nov 18, 2025 6:16 am Seems like a bunch of websites are down due to Cloudflare maintenance.

It ended up being a good time for be to stay up late watching a movie with consequently getting up later, thereby missing most of the outage.

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Nov 17, 2025 12:43 pm

ochotona wrote: ↑Sat Nov 15, 2025 7:56 am Good idea to completely ditch the stocks at these times... trendfollowing works for this.

I would never fully abandon stocks. Never.

Nor would I. Has greatly rewarded me for many years.

There are a lot of basketball fans who still worship Kobe Bryant. After what he did I had no use for him. Great basketball player but terrible person. His actions regarding that woman is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear his name. The other thing I forgot to mention is that only one th...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Nov 08, 2025 6:39 pm Well, if I had to chose between Kobe and Cosby marrying my daughter, I’d choose Kobe.

I'd tell her to stay unmarried!

I know that Kobe was on trial for rape and he definitely cheated, but I didn’t think it was a guilty verdict. Was it? I’ll have to look that up. On Saturday Night Live they had a guy playing him, saying, “I hate this!” Maya Rudolph, playing his wife, said, “You know what I hate? Going to my husband...

Well, that’s a fair question. Just thinking out loud here: I grew up with Bill Cosby, but I didn’t find most of his content funny in the first place. (I know he was immensely popular). Maybe just ‘Fat Albert.’ Didn’t like his stand-up or other shows, although I guess I Spy wasn’t supposed to be tha...

I'm for humor but it has to be genuinely funny. Totally agree, Vinny. I was between my friends and a stranger, and the stranger was laughing so much at the beginning that I had to wonder if it was forced. He was then “dry” for a while. But, I had wet eyes from laughing quietly. It was a real and su...