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Reading these posts makes me chuckle.
All I see is nonstop TDS.
Politics always swings back and forth, but Democrats seem to live in a constant state of panic—everything’s always on fire.
Keep up the rants and watch how you destroy the whole point o…
@FD1000: You came here, took advantage of the freedom and financial opportunities of OUR country, made your money, and now root for the destruction of the very country that gave you so much.
PLEASE GO BACK WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM. JUST TAKE YOUR DAM…
MikeW: @FD1000. I find your bullying annd condescending attitude to really be a detriment to this board. I don’t post often but couldn’t let your ignorant and insensitive comment pass.
The above comment violates the site’s rules.
Most of your other…
Looks like the usuals forgot that this is an investment site.
Please take your political and TDS posts to the off-topic forum?
Tariffs, the price of eggs, the shutdown, doom and gloom...all didn't influence the markets YTD.
SPY is up 17+%
VXUS almos…
The gov shutdown...so boring.
Here is a good advice. Stop listening to all the doom and gloom in this site and many others.
...and my best advice for most. Invest based on your goals and risk tolerance, and use only funds (and hardly trade). That'…
Donald Trump's Key Achievements (October 24–31, 2025)
Brokered the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords: Trump facilitated a multilateral agreement in Malaysia aimed at resolving regional tensions in Southeast Asia, marking a significant step toward stabilit…
The red carpet is rolling out for Trump across the world — and there’s a reason. It’s about respect and a desire to do business with America again.
Did Biden get that treatment? Of course not. Would Kamala? Let’s be honest — that would be a joke.
I never said I'm better. I already made my comments then and now.
No one should predict the future.
Predictions based on valuation have been wrong for over 10 years.
Lastly, did you make changes in real time to your portfolio based on the memos?
Howard Marks's last January memo called for a bubble. I posted the following months ago, and it's still true now. Mark's memos have lots of fluff and hardly anything about what to do.
10 months later the SP500 is up close to 20%.
I can play Marks…
Nice poll.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cnn-data-guru-stunned-polls-184112485.html
Trump can make deals with almost anyone in the world — except the extreme left.
Schumer has completely lost it.
As usual, the last few posts have DDD: dismiss…
Another scream of “Doom!” because fear sells clicks and keeps the base scared. But the kids (and the adults) are catching on: the monster under the bed is just a sock puppet.
Ah, "Ms. Pier" lands again—gotta love the autocorrect rebellion. If you'r…
Look, the irony is thicker than a Biden nap schedule: Democrats love to shriek about every perceived Trump "scandal" like it's the end of democracy, but when their own side pulls the same stunts? Deafening silence. It's the ultimate "rules for thee …
My SIL has been buying 50/50 VOO/QQQ for years now. He can already retire.
In the early 1990s, a good friend invested in ten individual stocks, putting about $3,000 into each. The rest of his monthly contributions went into the S&P 500.
Nine of…
I have one account that I tell myself is a safe spot, but is it really?
Equal amounts in the following funds.
RPHIX
CBLDX
ICMUX
RSIIX
DHEAX
NRDCX
RCTIX
SWVVX
What is a safe spot? In 2022 many bond funds lost 5-12%
EGRIX easily beat the funds above i…
Neither. There’s a huge gap between the two.
When I retired, I already had enough — all I needed was a 6% annual return, indefinitely. I could have gone with a simple 50/50 portfolio, but why? That approach would have allowed my portfolio to drop 2…
https://wolfstreet.com/2025/10/21/the-23-bigger-cities-where-condo-prices-dropped-by-12-to-28-through-september/
Condo prices in the markets on this list have dropped by 12% to 28% from their respective peaks in 2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024. Each city…
OP "The REAL Economy: 'Empty shelves, higher prices’- Americans tell cost of Trump’s tariffs"
Here’s my experience:
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been shopping at Walmart and Aldi every week — and I haven’t seen any issues. I also visited Kroge…
The economists' chorus of doom since January 2025—stagflation lurking, recession inevitable, inflation roaring back, markets in freefall.
Yet, as of October 24, 2025, the U.S. economy is defying the script with solid growth and tame (if sticky) infl…
The irony continues. After years of panic-inducing narratives from unhinged Democrats, inflation is finally under control. Yet these same Democrats once denied the highest inflation in four decades during the Biden years—and now they’re attempting t…
Yesterday, former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton cut to the heart of President Donald J. Trump’s destruction of the East Wing of the White House.
Hilary?
The Clintons stole an estimated $28,000 in White House furnishings and paid $86,000 to the f…
TDS has a new rival: BDS — Ballroom Deranged Syndrome.
Dems are melting down over… nothing. Again.
Trump’s 90,000 sq ft White House ballroom? 100% privately funded.
No taxpayer dime. Not a penny.
Try naming one other White House renovation of this s…
Many have been calling for exuberance for months;
The uptrend chart says the opposite. (https://schrts.co/XxpceUfz)
Bad news has always sold better, and clickbait has become the norm.
crash "He's not responding, of course."
FD: respond to a constant TDS?
The Democrats have outdone the GOP in every area they criticize. The attacks on Trump began with a coordinated effort involving Obama, Clinton, the FBI, CIA, federal and state a…
@FD100 - Why hasn’t some big mutual fund company snatched you up yet to run some of their funds? I’d imagine you could make David Giroux look like a rank amateur. Quite amazing TRP hasn’t lured you in with a big singing bonus …
I retired with …
YTD: GLD=62.7%...SPY=13.8%
1 Month: GLD=16.5%...SPY=0.3%
So, you can doubt the future of GLD, but in 2025 it's so much better, and that's why I have based my investments on current markets. I don't care about the past either.
I don't own risky stuff…
He is alive and has been making great global changes. Only TDS people DDD=dismiss,deny,downplay.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has challenged Texas's state-level actions by arguing they interfere with federal authority over immigration matters.
…
I made money last Friday and my portfolio is at all time high.
That would seem exceedingly simple to do just by investing 100% in cash. Provided interest is credited daily, your portfolio would reach a new record high every day.
I made money last…
Unlike April, bonds behaving normally again, seems like. After Friday's swoon, SPY -2.7% (QQQ -3.5%), pretty massive, as @Junkser points out. But TLT up an impressive 1.6%.
+1
I made money last Friday and my portfolio is at all time high.
Thanks FD for yet another "Yeah but..." irrelevant response.
Your response was irrelevant.
The article is a click bait one.
There is nothing new in it.
Let's write another one.
LT, stocks will do better than bonds...what a revelation.
Another clickbait article.
The LT is great, but there are opportunities, and gold was one of them.
Buffett often spoke critically about gold — and for decades, he took a similar stance on high-tech stocks. Yet eventually, he bought Apple, which at …
A Week of Silence on the Israel-Gaza Peace Deal
I waited several days to see if anyone would acknowledge or celebrate the peace agreement between Israel and Gaza — but, as expected, no one did.
The Global Grip of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)
TDS…
No one knows the answer.
There is a Wall Street saying, "The market can remain irrational longer than you can stay solvent,"
The market, as a collective force, can sustain trends or pricing bubbles that defy logic for extended periods.
Don't fight …
There’s no question that Peter Lynch was a great fund manager. Great interview.
But would he be as successful today, or over the past 5–10 years? I doubt it.
The internet has made global data instantly accessible, and information moves at lightnin…
For decades now, I don't look at one sleeve of my portfolio but the whole portfolio.
This allows me to use all categories.
I came to the conclusion to only hold leading categories/funds and look for the portfolio's total risk-adjusted performance an…
The only reason BS1000 posts here is that he has been kicked out of all other message board sites. Keep that in mind.
He has no where else to troll.
I’m really happy with my new forum — there are more active posters, a lot more about investments,…
Now a fun fact. I only have known a few people who were actually receiving ACA subsidies and privileges. All are Trump supporters!
Yes, I know one family, around where I live, personally. Trump supporters. Strange bedfellows!
My neighbor, who stro…
