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If the king posts a diatribe on his social media page and that moves the market why would that be off topic? It’s only his followers who are uptight and strict constructionist about what is a legitimate topic here.
This is a really important PK article. It more or less is telling us that if the new regime won’t tell citizens about disease trends it might not tell us about inflation either. We will still see our income buy less but lots of investors will be f…
@a2z. I think that many of us see rise of a dangerous autocracy as more of an existential threat to the way of American life and NOT AS AN INVESTABLE THEME TO HELP MAKE MONEY! Autocracy is not a factor to invest in,,, it’s a threat to fear.
Think we are getting the real deal about bird flu,,, about inflation,,, think the quality of prescription drugs will remain the same,,, sorry off topic,,,,Read krugman today.
We here invest in funds and ETF’s based on a mix of data, intuition and hope. The fund managers invest in securities that make up those funds based on mountains of data that historically they counted on to be accurate. And they counted on more than…
Hey Crash!!! +1. That’s too insightful to be lost in off topic land. Wonder what happened to Pete ‘s big talk about bring back the warrior and lethality? Our adversaries must be very happy this month.
@crash. Back in the day,,, and I mean way back,,, I used to say that the two parties were actually the right and left wings of the capitalist party. Nowadays ,,, to say the dems aren’t much better is really wrong. Because the repugnants are so ho…
The market will ignore the madness until it doesn’t. We all acknowledge the market hates uncertainty. EVERY F_____g ASPECT of America is uncertain. And we are only three weeks in. I have been amazed how an already expensive market has ignored the…
I am mildly interested in a lower cost prime money market. As of right now the share price of PMMF is not unchanged. It is slightly up … Does this account not have a stable share price? Is it really just another bond fund trying to market itself a…
@David. Thanks for the idea but my whole reoccurring 1fund dream is that my widow won’t have to mess with it. I have been playing with Portfolio Visualizer this morning and also trying to see if my wife would rather be a boglehead or a one funder.…
I really want to have a one fund solution but I always find a reason to rule out every contender. Too much international,,, too long a bond duration,,, too much tech,,, not enough tech. But the main reason is I am afraid of being locked into 70% fi…
@PopTart. I agree totally ! Much of what’s going on is distraction. Or perhaps a side show at a circus. The main event is musk and the castration of congress. He doesn’t need a hundred days to wreck what took generations to build. RIP amerika.…
Maybe the regime isn’t as inept as they seem and the end goal has always been to usurp the constitutional powers given to the legislative branch. Perhaps things are much much worse than a clown with a sharpie signing this and that. Dictators take ov…
@rforno. This seems like a big deal. It seems now like he is pushing the envelope day by day and waiting for pushback,,,,, which doesn’t exist. He is blowing past the rule of law, checks and balances and moving into a whole new order of unchecked …
@JD_co. You say “The Democrats blew it this election. “. I say the 77,301,997 Americans who voted for him blew it. My mail man or the dog catcher who patrols our neighborhood would be less destructive to democracy, the general health and well be…
I would be negligent to take my boat out when gale warnings are posted and I would be a fool to invest while ignoring shock and awe warning are likewise posted. I don’t see how one can think about investing while ignoring the political situation in …
Getting my wife to be interested in our investments is an exercise in futility. And yet as business partners for three decades she managed our largest and most complex accounts solo. At sea she was a brilliant (celestial) navigator. You can’t for…
@dt. Great to see your post. Missed your conversations that are totally relevant for investors of a certain age and circumstance. Facing the same challenges and I am guided Buffet’s Rule Number one.
