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I completely agree with the comments about the lack of leadership.
"Weak leaders praise themselves and criticize others. Strong leaders criticize themselves and praise others" - Adam Grant, Organizational Psychologist, The Wharton School
With the election 5 months away and Trump's popularity sagging as always, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if Trump started a foreign war as a distraction from his continued onslaught on his own country. Forget about 100,000 + deaths from the corona…
I have no idea which direction the market's going and neither does anyone else. The S&P 500 crossed its 200 day moving average, potentially signaling more market gains. IF these gains hold, small caps have traditionally done well coming out of…
I don't like to trade but in a volatile market like this one I've found myself doing just that. What I bought 4 days ago is now down 10% or more. The stimulus will be of enormous help but only a vaccine will permanently turn around the markets and…
@PopTart- I knew that you'd been paying attention all these years. Good job! :)
@Old_Joe - Contrary to popular belief, over the years I've paid attention to the posts on MFO as well as the old FundAlarm site. I have learned ... :)
Yes. There's room for plenty of upside, but this one's going to be very unstable until we really get a decent fix on COVID and it's aftermath. Absolutely great opportunity for younger investors.
You rang? This younger investor added to PRMTX, AKREX…
The only thing I can think of which will permanently turn around the global economy, financial markets and life in general is a vaccine. Even the whiff of a rumor of the possibility of a vaccine will cause markets to skyrocket.
My parents have long term care insurance. I don't think they'll collect a dime from it if it's ever needed, but they want to keep it. They claim that this insurance gives them piece of mind, although I much prefer the options stated in this articl…
I have a friend who worked for Fisher Investments in San Mateo, CA. My friend was with Fisher only about 2 years and quit to go elsewhere. My friend said that Ken Fisher is a nutjob and Fisher Investments was "the cult of Ken Fisher" with everyone…
@johnN - Thailand is blessed with many world -class hospitals staffed by surgeons who studied in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Germany and Singapore. The medical costs are a fraction of the costs in western countries which ha…
Consider retiring overseas. I spent much of my youth in Thailand and hope to retire there someday. $US 405k will allow someone to live a very good retirement in a lower cost country like Thailand.
https://twitter.com/LizAnnSonders/status/1127920068254420992/photo/1
This chart shows that the USA has decreased imports from China yet has made up for that loss by increasing imports from the rest of the world.
Sadly, Trump's May 4 tweet announ…
I found this report about yield curves to be of interest:
https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/new-liz-ann-article?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+rss/market_investing_insights+(Schwab:+M…
@catch22 - Always good to hear from you! Thanks for this chart, I’ll show it to my friend. I’m guessing that his holdings are in a taxable account but I’m not sure. Thanks!!
@msf - Thanks for your comment! Yes, I'm working and hopefully have many more productive work years ahead of me as I have a young family dependent on my income. I'm not investing for income at this time, although I want to learn more about income …
@Mark @davidrmoran - Thanks! I've looked at a few pages of previous posts yet wanted to ask this question nonetheless. Any and all suggestions are really appreciated, thanks!
