buddtholomew wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:34 pm The PP is truly fantastic in how poorly it performs.
If you try and protect yourself from everything, you protect yourself from nothing.

@Seajay - hoping you let this one go.

Good questions. I was wondering how he could say “well stocked” and gold catch on Molotov cocktail comment. I’ll ask. Plus it seems a little strange that m-cocktails can stop army. Let’s see what he says. It could have been something in the translation or his English, I was just curious. Molotovs c...

ppnewbie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 3:04 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 11:04 am interesting. What is AT. Anti-tank?

I’ll check with my friend.

Yep Antitank. NLAW and Javelins

Here is a post from a friend who works closely with someone in Ukraine - apologies if it’s offensive. Just thought it would be good to see some unfiltered real time impressions I have felt very close to Ukraine this past month. I work with some IT consultants in Ukraine and my closest contact staye...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 11:04 am interesting. What is AT. Anti-tank?

I’ll check with my friend.

Here is a post from a friend who works closely with someone in Ukraine - apologies if it’s offensive. Just thought it would be good to see some unfiltered real time impressions I have felt very close to Ukraine this past month. I work with some IT consultants in Ukraine and my closest contact stayed...

Thanks for the post foglifter!

Can you give an example with numbers using virtual capital please.

Don wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:25 pm Up 40% in a year. I'm happy. I like old, wise managers.

Me too.

Don wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 3:27 pm It's been doing well. Extremely tax efficient in a non-retirement account.

I was actually looking hard at Alleghany a few months ago. It was acquired by Berkshire recently.

Also, if I ever sold the physical I would have alot of anxiety about selling to a dealer like apmex, mailing it, hoping nothing goes wrong. Do a test run with just a coin or two. It doesn't change the overall odds in the grand scheme of things but it does wonders for removing questions about the pr...

I was trying to see where the watches they were checking were from.

Has anyone bought OUNZ? Mentioned by Kevin severall times in this thread. After finally freeing myself from PHYS and all its annoying mail, and other etfs to go fully physical a few years ago, I’m kind of tempted to buy some OUNZ. My sole safe deposit box is kind of heavy. I don’t want to store gol...

Art via masterworks 6% Sounds like a snake oil business, but I guess you have done your due diligence.. I am afraid of investing in such a fancy things, tried some P2P lending platforms (Mintos, Peerberry, Iuvo and Klearlending to be precise) for a while and then exited. Not that I am able to accur...

I heard an interesting take on bond funds vs etf's. If bond mutual fund holders rush for the exits during a crash, the only way they can move into cash is the underlying bonds have to be sold before the investor can sell. When this rush happens, this means funds have to start dumping their bond hold...

dockinGA wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:55 am

buddtholomew wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:10 am Ouch!
Stocks, gold and cash are the order of the day.
It no longer makes sense to me to hold bonds.

Wait, I thought gold sucked?

I propose Bud shorts TLT.

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:23 am Are you being facetious?

Nope. Read the thread quickly and thought the was one of the points.

Interesting points. The point that really made me think is why didn’t Putin just say he is invading Ukraine in order to assure NATO is unable to expand its military presence to Russias front door.

Disclaimer: These are my strongly held opinions. I respect everyone's opinions in this thread! Many people around the world understand the US are cold blooded killers. I have an El Salvadoran friend who is deaf in one hear because of explosives going off near her and she used to have to hide her bro...

I wonder what the odds of an unexpected coup in El Salvador are these days or a sudden change in leadership? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dvPN3Vd6l8 Also I hear there are betting odds on the methods the contracted third party is going to use: Car Accident Accidentally chokes on a chicken wing Pl...

If the West bask in a victory and righteousness porn this could be a global end event years down the road. Calling Putin a war criminal is a terrible mistake, IMHO. I believe we have to give a Putin and the Russians a way out, if Putin wants a way out. Russia India Saudi Arabia Iran China Africa - A...

Russia wants payment for natural gas in Rubles.

I finally made the plunge recently into VGLT fully, with the decline in bond prices that allowed me to sell all my individual bond holdings without incurring a huge taxable event. Expense ratio is a little lower than TLT, but the duration is also a tad bit shorter. Struggled with the decision and f...

Forgive me if you’re tired of being asked such an obvious question, but from your vantage point is there anything about the Ukraine situation that you think the rest of the world is not paying enough attention to? Well, I have shared some of my thoughts in the 'Putin Invades Ukraine' thread, but de...

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