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Title: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 25, 2016, 06:07:16 AM
worth watching:

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 25, 2016, 08:42:50 AM
Typical stock broker/investment advisor platitudes when the market takes a dive.  They say the same shit every time.

Make sure you include the fees, expenses and commissions these fuckers charge... some can be very expensive and over time they end up eating a large chunk of your money.

Bubbles are all over the place.  The market will only get worse as time goes by.  This Brexit thing is just the beginning.

Free advice... the best investment right now is GOLD and SILVER.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 25, 2016, 09:15:19 AM
Typical stock broker/investment advisor platitudes when the market takes a dive.  They say the same shit every time.

Make sure you include the fees, expenses and commissions these fuckers charge... some can be very expensive and over time they end up eating a large chunk of your money.

Bubbles are all over the place.  The market will only get worse as time goes by.  This Brexit thing is just the beginning.

Free advice... the best investment right now is GOLD and SILVER.

can you be a little more specific?

I am not sure what exactly you criticize in the video   :)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on June 25, 2016, 11:32:25 AM
Free advice... the best investment right now is GOLD and SILVER.

This is the biggest platitude of them all.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 25, 2016, 11:41:11 AM
This is the biggest platitude of them all.

yeah, no gold or silver for me.


(https://s33.postimg.org/o69v74fqn/13227366_10209231833052211_7492759774733048612_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on June 25, 2016, 11:46:36 AM
for the retail stuff I think Lance Roberts is good. he has a free newsletter. i used to listen to a few podcasts like financial sense and king world news as well. gold seek radio is pretty good as is the keiser report on RT/ youtube
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Coffeed on June 25, 2016, 02:01:18 PM
The Dukes are trying to corner the market!
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 25, 2016, 07:11:01 PM
This is the biggest platitude of them all.

G&S are very undervalued right now.  The stock market and real estate are extremely overvalued right now.  It's all about timing.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 25, 2016, 07:21:32 PM
yeah, no gold or silver for me.

(https://s33.postimg.org/o69v74fqn/13227366_10209231833052211_7492759774733048612_o.jpg)

LOL - I'd like to see the bogus data points used to plot this chart.  Gold was around $35oz in 1972.  It's now $1320... a 3800% gain.  No gold or silver for you!  
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: HTexan on June 25, 2016, 07:50:36 PM
LOL - I'd like to see the bogus data points used to plot this chart.  Gold was around $35oz in 1972.  It's now $1320... a 3800% gain.  No gold or silver for you!  
Hell, thanks to tech, even copper is tearing up the charts.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: NelsonMuntz on June 25, 2016, 08:09:35 PM
quote author=Coffeed link=topic=612594.msg8517022#msg8517022 date=1466888478]
The Dukes are trying to corner the market!
[/quote]

here they are with a young, slim Vince Goodrum

(http://fortunedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/trading-places.jpg)



Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on June 25, 2016, 08:55:54 PM
yeah, no gold or silver for me.

The only way you can make significant profit from precious metals it through leveraged futures contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade..

If your position is aimed in the right direction, you gain money with the rush of Niagara Falls...

If you are wrong...that futures contract will squeeze your nuts between it's thumb and forefinger...

Gold was around $35oz in 1972.  It's now $1320... a 3800% gain.  
1972 eh?...Are you going to cryogenically immerse yourself and wait for this glacier?...or use a time machine?

If you want to investigate futures...I would suggest grain..."grain does what silver does"
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Hypo on June 25, 2016, 08:59:18 PM
quote author=Coffeed link=topic=612594.msg8517022#msg8517022 date=1466888478]
The Dukes are trying to corner the market!


here they are with a young, slim Vince Goodrum

(http://fortunedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/trading-places.jpg)





Lol!
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mitch on June 25, 2016, 11:25:14 PM
how many of you are ready to "drop 15 Andrew Jackson" to make the investment of your life  :D
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: el numero uno on June 26, 2016, 12:00:18 AM
LOL - I'd like to see the bogus data points used to plot this chart.  Gold was around $35oz in 1972.  It's now $1320... a 3800% gain.  No gold or silver for you!  

Do the math, that would average roughly an annual interest of 8.5%. It's hardly going to make you a millionaire. ::)

3800% gain... in 44 years. :D
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: gib on June 26, 2016, 01:52:33 AM
Gold is an absolute moronic investment.

Google why Buffet does not buy gold ...
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on June 26, 2016, 02:04:19 AM
Gold is an absolute moronic investment.

Google why Buffet does not buy gold ...

Google Fiat currency, Austrian business cycle and minsky moment
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 26, 2016, 02:27:54 AM
G&S are very undervalued right now.  The stock market and real estate are extremely overvalued right now.  It's all about timing.

There have been warnings that the real estate market in Scandinavia is overvalued. Here you can see it compared to the nordic stock market:


(https://s33.postimg.org/e0ujbf9yn/vsaktier_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 26, 2016, 04:15:53 AM
Do the math, that would average roughly an annual interest of 8.5%. It's hardly going to make you a millionaire. ::)

3800% gain... in 44 years. :D

My point is that gold is a stable store of wealth.  It's going much higher in the near future.  Those green rectangles in your wallet (or electrons in a bank account) are constantly being devalued and they buy less goods and services every year.  ALL fiat currencies eventually fail.

Like I said above, timing is important.  NOW is the time for gold and silver.  Stocks and RE are a hyper bubble.  It'll be some fun when those bubbles pop.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: RJ DRIVER on June 26, 2016, 04:31:00 AM
If you want the best advice out there I'd seek out Vince goodrum. He's sooo smart. He saved $500 on a washing mashing. His other great investments include bee pollen and a double wide trailer.  I believe he might even have fake credentials as a financial advisor.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: gib on June 26, 2016, 04:40:01 AM
My point is that gold is a stable store of wealth.  It's going much higher in the near future.  Those green rectangles in your wallet (or electrons in a bank account) are constantly being devalued and they buy less goods and services every year.  ALL fiat currencies eventually fail.

Like I said above, timing is important.  NOW is the time for gold and silver.  Stocks and RE are a hyper bubble.  It'll be some fun when those bubbles pop.

Gold has no value. It can't be valued. It produces no yield and yield is really the only way to reliably value an asset. In fact gold has a negative yield as it costs money to store it, guard it, transport it etc.

Trust me of its the end of the world a shiney nugget will be worth nothing compared to say an apple, a banana or some fresh drinking water ...
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 26, 2016, 04:42:49 AM
Gold has no value. It can't be valued. It produces no yield and yield is really the only way to reliably value an asset. In fact gold has a negative yield as it costs money to store it, guard it, transport it etc.

Trust me of its the end of the world a shiney nugget will be worth nothing compared to say an apple, a banana or some fresh drinking water ...

Some very ignorant and absurd statements here.

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 26, 2016, 08:22:04 AM
My point is that gold is a stable store of wealth.  It's going much higher in the near future.  Those green rectangles in your wallet (or electrons in a bank account) are constantly being devalued and they buy less goods and services every year.  ALL fiat currencies eventually fail.

Like I said above, timing is important.  NOW is the time for gold and silver.  Stocks and RE are a hyper bubble.  It'll be some fun when those bubbles pop.

not really. If you bought gold in 2012 you would still have lost money today:


(https://s31.postimg.org/xm2icdzsr/ww2.jpg)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Rambone on June 26, 2016, 10:27:05 AM
Gold is great if you can time the "flight to quality" aspect of it. Since nobody can time the market, it's easy to say buy gold AFTER this large move. If you want to go ahead and invest in gold when it's flirting with its 2 year highs, go ahead, but as a buy and hold strategy for the stereotypical inactive investor, you're better off throwing your money in the SPY or some low cost index funds and adding to it over time if you're not watching the monitors everyday like a getbigger in Dubai, India. 
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 26, 2016, 10:30:41 AM
not really. If you bought gold in 2012 you would still have lost money today:

(https://s31.postimg.org/xm2icdzsr/ww2.jpg)

And if you bought in 1999 when gold price was $250 ish?  Timing is important.  Derivatives market is going to implode and a majority of the banks out there today will not exist in a few years.  It will make what happened with Lehman Bros. and Bear Stearns look like a picnic.

Over long periods of time as wealth storage and inflation protection, physical gold (and silver)wins.  No counterparty risk like with paper assets either.  It's a no brainer.

When the S&P gets obliterated again down around the 600 level, (hopefully we all won't be fucked back to the stone age), that will be the time to start buying stocks.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 26, 2016, 10:32:57 AM
Gold is great if you can time the "flight to quality" aspect of it. Since nobody can time the market, it's easy to say buy gold AFTER this large move. If you want to go ahead and invest in gold when it's flirting with its 2 year highs, go ahead, but as a buy and hold strategy for the stereotypical inactive investor, you're better off throwing your money in the SPY or some low cost index funds and adding to it over time if you're not watching the monitors everyday like a getbigger in Dubai, India. 

Large move?  You ain't seen nothing yet Mr Rambone.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: el numero uno on June 26, 2016, 10:41:54 AM
And if you bought in 1999 when gold price was $250 ish?  Timing is important.  Derivatives market is going to implode and a majority of the banks out there today will not exist in a few years.  It will make what happened with Lehman Bros. and Bear Stearns look like a picnic.

Over long periods of time as wealth storage and inflation protection, physical gold (and silver)wins.  No counterparty risk like with paper assets either.  It's a no brainer.

When the S&P gets obliterated again down around the 600 level, (hopefully we all won't be fucked back to the stone age), that will be the time to start buying stocks.

Ha! If you could time the market, you'd be a millionaire overnight. 
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 26, 2016, 10:47:03 AM
Ha! If you could time the market, you'd be a millionaire overnight. 

I've gotten close with timing, but I'm always a tad early.  I've done fairly well because I hardly ever use margin.  A couple trader friends of mine blew up their trading accounts... some lost millions.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Grape Ape on June 26, 2016, 10:51:46 AM
LOL - I'd like to see the bogus data points used to plot this chart.  Gold was around $35oz in 1972.  It's now $1320... a 3800% gain.  No gold or silver for you!  

Chart is measuring from 1802 and using Real rate instead of nominal rate, so it's adjusted for inflation an other stuff.

The spike you mention from the 70s appears to be there too.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on June 26, 2016, 11:06:36 AM
Chart is measuring from 1802 and using Real rate instead of nominal rate, so it's adjusted for inflation an other stuff.

The spike you mention from the 70s appears to be there too.

Still bogus.  Jeremy Segal is a banker/government/Fed reserve shill.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Grape Ape on June 26, 2016, 11:44:53 AM
Still bogus.  Jeremy Segal is a banker/government/Fed reserve shill.

I hear you.  Tough to trust anything.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 26, 2016, 11:52:35 AM
And if you bought in 1999 when gold price was $250 ish?  Timing is important.  Derivatives market is going to implode and a majority of the banks out there today will not exist in a few years.  It will make what happened with Lehman Bros. and Bear Stearns look like a picnic.

Over long periods of time as wealth storage and inflation protection, physical gold (and silver)wins.  No counterparty risk like with paper assets either.  It's a no brainer.

When the S&P gets obliterated again down around the 600 level, (hopefully we all won't be fucked back to the stone age), that will be the time to start buying stocks.

I don't disagree with you, but do you have any sources for your opinions about the derivatives market?

I know nothing about derivatives
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Wiggs on June 26, 2016, 01:05:59 PM
Gold and silver, I've been saying it for years....PHYSICAL. Not some bullshit on a piece of paper that will mean nothing when, not if this house of cards falls.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: badlad on June 26, 2016, 01:35:07 PM
Interesting reading and watching.
A little advise from years of experience - derivatives are basically a suckers game - she's an incredibly rigged market in most cases and you are basically betting against the house (the house that has all the resources to destroy you). I traded the broader indexes during 1999-2001 and made some serious dosh and also lost some very large amounts. Watched friends of mine lose everything literally in a few hours (I'm talking amounts of 2 million +). Having said that it was an incredible ride - I learned alot about myself during those times - almost bankrupted twice. But you live and learn. If you are still reasonably young and have the potential to ride things out and can afford to lose big when the time comes then I reckon you should give it a go. But you need to be able to learn from it - I mean really learn from it. I found I got screwed - not just because of my own actions or inactions but equally because my own brokers often would manipulate and screw me in behind the facade of working for me. Also I learned, often the hard way, that when you are not entirely certain of what you are doing (ie: your belief in your own talents wains) you open yourself to incredible vulnerability to the whims of others (believe me it is subtle and incredibly costly). I have many stories about the one that got away but on balance looking back I would change anything because it taught me alot - stuff that I could never learn from reading books etc or not actually physically being in the market and totally exposed. I learned, deep down I am too emotional to be a successful short term trader but if I hadn't learned that I wouldn't be where I am today and would probably have lost a lot more over the years.
Would I trade the index futures again - most probably - but I'm not crazy enough to go full on - I'd trade options on the futures and limit my exposure to margin that way. Have a wife and house and family now so its not just all about me if I was to fail. But I tell you what - this market is starting to look ripe for interesting turn - mmmm....taking me back all those years...we shall see.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: badlad on June 26, 2016, 01:52:09 PM
Forgot what I was intentding to say - two places I would recommend absorbing as much information from now especially if I was much younger - read and understand Warren Buffet's investing philosophy and also someone like Marc Faber. Put the bulk of your money into long term sensible risk adverse holds based on the former and seek out true contrarian plays based on the latter - where you can limit yourself to only small plays with minimal risk because the amount you may lose is only a fraction of your portfolio but if you get it right the rewards can be stratospheric especially if your enter the market at a point where you genuinely believe it is near the tipping point (which isn't that hard to determine if you learn the lessons of Dow theory etc). The broader markets are much easier to guage than individual stocks or packets of stocks.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: badlad on June 26, 2016, 02:03:16 PM
Oh and one more thing - if yospend time working up a reasonable and tested investing strategy - ie: one that your have paper traded over a significant time frame (at least historically) DON'T deviate from it. Trust it and stick with it no matter whatever anyone else says. The biggest mistake you will make is breaking your own godamn rules. If your rules worked 90% of the time when you paper traded they will work 90% of thereabouts when you are actually in the market. But if you compromise, even slightly because you get jittery and seek advice of others you will almost invariably lose out. The reason I say this is because I would estimate that I would have traded some 3000-4000 times over my life and I would not be lying to say that all my winning trades were only when I followed my own advice to the letter - my losing trades were all the result of either my own rules not working (usually as the result of false timing signals - getting in too early or too late or out too early or too late or averaging down or some such other stupidity) but the bulk of bad trades were because I'd either actively seek advise of someone else or passively engage in unsolicited ramblings of others (who were probably doing worse than me but because I was emotional I let myself be swayed).
Ie: trust in no one but yourself.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Wiggs on June 26, 2016, 02:09:17 PM
Why is it still wise to invest in the market when it's due for a huge correction?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Tapeworm on June 26, 2016, 02:15:07 PM
A casino.  Talk to any gambler.  There's always a 'system' and everyone you talk to is 'up'.  Overall, you understand.  ::)

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 26, 2016, 02:27:23 PM
Oh and one more thing - if yospend time working up a reasonable and tested investing strategy - ie: one that your have paper traded over a significant time frame (at least historically) DON'T deviate from it. Trust it and stick with it no matter whatever anyone else says. The biggest mistake you will make is breaking your own godamn rules. If your rules worked 90% of the time when you paper traded they will work 90% of thereabouts when you are actually in the market. But if you compromise, even slightly because you get jittery and seek advice of others you will almost invariably lose out. The reason I say this is because I would estimate that I would have traded some 3000-4000 times over my life and I would not be lying to say that all my winning trades were only when I followed my own advice to the letter - my losing trades were all the result of either my own rules not working (usually as the result of false timing signals - getting in too early or too late or out too early or too late or averaging down or some such other stupidity) but the bulk of bad trades were because I'd either actively seek advise of someone else or passively engage in unsolicited ramblings of others (who were probably doing worse than me but because I was emotional I let myself be swayed).
Ie: trust in no one but yourself.

what is your investment strategy?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: badlad on June 26, 2016, 02:49:20 PM
Basically a handpicked selection of fairly basic technical indicators. Over the years I modified these as I found that they would become less reliable in range bound markets. What I found was that chart trading, in my experience, relies heavily on using the right sets and applications of indicators in the right market conditions. Took me a long time to get this - was always looking for the silver bullet - a set of indicators that would work in all conditions. Because of that 'holy grail' apporach I got burned severely - often repeatedly making the same mistake again and again but not really understanding why. My strategy, if I can call it that, really was about doing what I found emotionally counterintuitive and sticking to it. Took me along time to make sense of things - I'm not a smart guy by any stretch and its been years since I have traded actively but looking to may be get back in so just starting to refamiliarise myself.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: badlad on June 26, 2016, 02:53:49 PM
Hence my advice for what it is worth - work things out yourself and then once you are satisfied you have got the best possible scenario (thanks Mr Piana) apply it and only trust in what you have done - nothing else.
There are heaps of technical indicators that I have found now, in the last few days that looks mightily impressive but I have absolutely no idea how they work. My basic rule of thumb is if I can't understand it then I don't look at it - too much like witchcraft  ;D
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 26, 2016, 02:56:52 PM
Basically a handpicked selection of fairly basic technical indicators. Over the years I modified these as I found that they would become less reliable in range bound markets. What I found was that chart trading, in my experience, relies heavily on using the right sets and applications of indicators in the right market conditions. Took me a long time to get this - was always looking for the silver bullet - a set of indicators that would work in all conditions. Because of that 'holy grail' apporach I got burned severely - often repeatedly making the same mistake again and again but not really understanding why. My strategy, if I can call it that, really was about doing what I found emotionally counterintuitive and sticking to it. Took me along time to make sense of things - I'm not a smart guy by any stretch and its been years since I have traded actively but looking to may be get back in so just starting to refamiliarise myself.

so you are a stock picker and not a macro investor?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: badlad on June 26, 2016, 03:04:26 PM
As I said before I would only ever 'invest' in shorting a market if I was 100% I was close to a tipping point. I have done it twice - the first time in 1999 and then in 2000. However whilst doing well in 2000 (I think it was 2000) I didn't take into account Greenspans intervention when I think he slashed interest rates and I watched a significant amount of paper profit vanish in seconds. But as said the bulk of my trading was at that time was put options of futures contracts. I did actively trade some futures but didn't fair too well in the end.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: badlad on June 26, 2016, 03:11:30 PM
Wouldn't pidgeon hole myself either way - but back in the day I would guess I would be a stock picker and only ever shorting the broader market. I lie - now that I think about it I did use to short a number of big name Australian stocks  but found that the market was severely open to manipulation  - not the liquidity that I guess you have in the US.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: badlad on June 26, 2016, 03:17:16 PM
PS:have never traded physical gold or silver - but did in extension by trading explorer stock etc. Liked the idea of it but don't really understand that market. Had a 'friend' who did - was the nearest thing to a real Gordon Gecko i have ever personally witnessed. All he ever talked about for three years - gold and silver - amazing chartist - used to come in with these A3 hand drawn things and convinced alot of peeps to invest on his analysis. But in the end alot of people lost a lot of money because of that.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 27, 2016, 03:33:09 PM
let us see how high VIX will go after these brexit problems:

http://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?p=d1&t=VX
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 29, 2016, 01:58:45 PM
from reddit about owning houses that you rent out:


So keep in mind I'm in a very different market to the USA (Australia)

My preferred properties after trial & elimination are 1 storey town houses or stand alone houses. Reasons for this:

    Don't have to fuck around with body corporate meetings

    Don't have to worry about whether or not the building has a big enough sink fund & is collecting enough to cover stuff like elevators, power sub stations, pools, etc.

I don't do any renos, you can make good money doing that but I'm a "slow & steady" kinda guy, so I aim to buy 3-4br family homes within 2km of a good school and 10-15km of a major metropolitan area or CBD.

Rental yield should be around 5.5-6% of purchase price pre-expenses. e.g a $400,000 place should rent for $24,000 pa / $2,000 month / $500 week

My rough long term yearly expenses work out to be:

    Property Manager, $1,200 - $1,400 pa
    Maintenance, $200 - $1,500 pa. At a minimum I get stuff like air conditioners, gutters & smoke alarms checked yearly. preventative maintenance is a great way to avoid long term big $$ repairs & its all deductible anyway..
    insurance, $1,400 pa (I have both property & landlords insurance.. e.g. if a tenant fucks the place, that's great news for me as i still get paid rent & the insurance company pays to renovate my property, woohoo! 99% of the investor sob stories are idiots who don't have insurance.)

So as a typical example: Purchase price: $400,000. I'm not going to do the break down of year 1 acquisition fees (stamp duty + conveyancing/legal) Lets say my total costs were $15,000 to buy. as per below, 20% cash down = $80,000 so we're talking about a $95,000 purchase price.

Loan 80% lvr (20% deposit) = $320,00 loan. I borrow always "interest only" & then put the cash into an offset account against the loan (I can explain how offset accounts work, but basically it means I can pay down the loan into a flexible account that means I don't need the bank's permission to pull all the $$ out and into another prop). Currently I pay around 4.2% as I have $1m+ in loans. so on this prop, would be $13,440 a year

Profit: (rental income) $26kpa. I work on a 50 week per year occupancy, my actual long term average is more like 51.something, so I'd calculate this as $25,000

Expenses: $3,600 pa in management, fees, insurance, maint, etc. + home loan cost $13,440 = 17,040

Depreciation of fittings and fixtures - not sure if this is something you can do in the states, but in Aus, stuff like dishwashers, carpet, paint, etc all have a reasonable lifespan (carpet is 7 years.. nobody replaces carpet every 7 years..) & you can depreciate them on your tax. for a $400k place, I'd expect $3,500 a year.

So the result is: $7,960 Profit pre-tax. Without boring you with the lengthy math on my tax, the end result is I lose about another $1,450 of that in tax... Year 1 would actually be better than that because my $15k costs are 100% deductible, so as 32.5% tax bracket, I get $4,875 of that back, but moving on..

= $6,510 cash in my pocket.

Now you're probably thinking "johnau, you threw down $95,000 to get $6,510 after tax profit, that's shit. your after expenses & taxes rental yield is 1.6%"

Here's the thing though...

    Rental values go up. I've never worked out what my long term growth is here, but I have places I've paid $200k for a decade plus ago that started out at $200 week ($800 month) now pulling in $500+ a week ($2k+ a month).

    Capital gains. My long term average for capital gains is 2.5% per annum. Which sounds shit.. until you do the math and realise that to get the same result as 2.5% on $400k, over 10 years, that original $95k would have to have returned roughly 7.9%pa.. Also ignoring that I've made about $65,100 in after tax income over that 10 year period too.

What I'm now doing with my portfolio is basically the Warren Buffett "never sell" approach & I chip in bugger all of my own money anymore. The first few properties are hard. Finding say, $380,000 to buy 4 places ($1.6m portfolio) is no easy feat, but then you sit on them for 10 years & now you've got a $2,053,000 portfolio... At this stage you could do a re-draw on your loans, buy another 4 places & have a $3.6m portfolio giving you $52,000+ a year in convenient fortnightly installments & appreciating at around $91,000 a year, ensuring that you'll have a nice nest egg to leave the kids.. The alternative approach for people who hate dealing banks is to say.. Buy 10, sit on them for 15 years, sell all 10 for say around $4.8m after expenses ($350k ish in tax & expenses.. haven't done the exact math), pay back the bank their $3.2m, with the remaining $1.6m, buy 4x new $400k places with cash, collect $100kpa in rent, minus management, maint & insurance = around $85,000 pa forever & rent should track inflation.. Personally I wouldn't do that as you end up paying a bunch of unnecessary tax, but I see loans as numbers on a spreadsheet vs for a lot of people, having $0 in bank debt has a solid "sleep at night factor" to lower their stress.

Getting the initial deposits is a bitch. Once you've got 4-5 places, you should find that the rental cash flow + ability to do a refinance every 5-10 years funds all your future acquisitions.. Put it this way, if you've got 0 props, saving $95k = pain in the ass.

if you've got 4 props.. every 3 years you should've made around $125k in capital gains + $78,000 in after tax "cash in your bank" rental profits... that funds purchase 5 & 6 + gives you $13k to take the kids on a family holiday... 3 years later you've put in another $0 & you've got $196k in capital gains + $156k in rent = that funds buying property 7, 8 & 9 + buy yourself a $50k BMW + take the family on a $17,000 holiday.. The vast majority of people never manage to perform the feat of saving up their $95,000 3-4x in a row to start the snowball... That's where 99% of people fail at prop investing, they either can't or wont ever manage that... but keep in mind it gets easier every time once you've got more bringing in $$.

Then it just becomes a decision about what your magic number is (how many props you want/how much $$ you want in retirement + how much time you've got..) then sit back and wait.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Tapeworm on June 29, 2016, 02:30:43 PM
a $400,000 place should rent for $24,000 pa / $2,000 month / $500 week

It doesn't & his 400k POS house is now worth 340 but he'll take 300 since it's better than he'll get at a bank auction.  Everybody knows it, so next month he'll get some sub-300 offers.  The arse is just barely not falling out of the Australian market due to 1) Chinese investment and 2) banks that don't want to take their medicine.

Suits me.  I love a bargain.  Let the river of blood in the street flow.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 29, 2016, 02:37:16 PM
It doesn't & his 400k POS house is now worth 340 but he'll take 300 since it's better than he'll get at a bank auction.  Everybody knows it, so next month he'll get some sub-300 offers.  The arse is just barely not falling out of the Australian market due to 1) Chinese investment and 2) banks that don't want to take their medicine.

Suits me.  I love a bargain.  Let the river of blood in the street flow.

do you own property that you rent out?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on June 29, 2016, 02:38:02 PM
from reddit about owning houses that you rent out:


So keep in mind I'm in a very different market to the USA (Australia)

My preferred properties after trial & elimination are 1 storey town houses or stand alone houses. Reasons for this:

    Don't have to fuck around with body corporate meetings

    Don't have to worry about whether or not the building has a big enough sink fund & is collecting enough to cover stuff like elevators, power sub stations, pools, etc.

I don't do any renos, you can make good money doing that but I'm a "slow & steady" kinda guy, so I aim to buy 3-4br family homes within 2km of a good school and 10-15km of a major metropolitan area or CBD.

Rental yield should be around 5.5-6% of purchase price pre-expenses. e.g a $400,000 place should rent for $24,000 pa / $2,000 month / $500 week

My rough long term yearly expenses work out to be:

    Property Manager, $1,200 - $1,400 pa
    Maintenance, $200 - $1,500 pa. At a minimum I get stuff like air conditioners, gutters & smoke alarms checked yearly. preventative maintenance is a great way to avoid long term big $$ repairs & its all deductible anyway..
    insurance, $1,400 pa (I have both property & landlords insurance.. e.g. if a tenant fucks the place, that's great news for me as i still get paid rent & the insurance company pays to renovate my property, woohoo! 99% of the investor sob stories are idiots who don't have insurance.)

So as a typical example: Purchase price: $400,000. I'm not going to do the break down of year 1 acquisition fees (stamp duty + conveyancing/legal) Lets say my total costs were $15,000 to buy. as per below, 20% cash down = $80,000 so we're talking about a $95,000 purchase price.

Loan 80% lvr (20% deposit) = $320,00 loan. I borrow always "interest only" & then put the cash into an offset account against the loan (I can explain how offset accounts work, but basically it means I can pay down the loan into a flexible account that means I don't need the bank's permission to pull all the $$ out and into another prop). Currently I pay around 4.2% as I have $1m+ in loans. so on this prop, would be $13,440 a year

Profit: (rental income) $26kpa. I work on a 50 week per year occupancy, my actual long term average is more like 51.something, so I'd calculate this as $25,000

Expenses: $3,600 pa in management, fees, insurance, maint, etc. + home loan cost $13,440 = 17,040

Depreciation of fittings and fixtures - not sure if this is something you can do in the states, but in Aus, stuff like dishwashers, carpet, paint, etc all have a reasonable lifespan (carpet is 7 years.. nobody replaces carpet every 7 years..) & you can depreciate them on your tax. for a $400k place, I'd expect $3,500 a year.

So the result is: $7,960 Profit pre-tax. Without boring you with the lengthy math on my tax, the end result is I lose about another $1,450 of that in tax... Year 1 would actually be better than that because my $15k costs are 100% deductible, so as 32.5% tax bracket, I get $4,875 of that back, but moving on..

= $6,510 cash in my pocket.

Now you're probably thinking "johnau, you threw down $95,000 to get $6,510 after tax profit, that's shit. your after expenses & taxes rental yield is 1.6%"

Here's the thing though...

    Rental values go up. I've never worked out what my long term growth is here, but I have places I've paid $200k for a decade plus ago that started out at $200 week ($800 month) now pulling in $500+ a week ($2k+ a month).

    Capital gains. My long term average for capital gains is 2.5% per annum. Which sounds shit.. until you do the math and realise that to get the same result as 2.5% on $400k, over 10 years, that original $95k would have to have returned roughly 7.9%pa.. Also ignoring that I've made about $65,100 in after tax income over that 10 year period too.

What I'm now doing with my portfolio is basically the Warren Buffett "never sell" approach & I chip in bugger all of my own money anymore. The first few properties are hard. Finding say, $380,000 to buy 4 places ($1.6m portfolio) is no easy feat, but then you sit on them for 10 years & now you've got a $2,053,000 portfolio... At this stage you could do a re-draw on your loans, buy another 4 places & have a $3.6m portfolio giving you $52,000+ a year in convenient fortnightly installments & appreciating at around $91,000 a year, ensuring that you'll have a nice nest egg to leave the kids.. The alternative approach for people who hate dealing banks is to say.. Buy 10, sit on them for 15 years, sell all 10 for say around $4.8m after expenses ($350k ish in tax & expenses.. haven't done the exact math), pay back the bank their $3.2m, with the remaining $1.6m, buy 4x new $400k places with cash, collect $100kpa in rent, minus management, maint & insurance = around $85,000 pa forever & rent should track inflation.. Personally I wouldn't do that as you end up paying a bunch of unnecessary tax, but I see loans as numbers on a spreadsheet vs for a lot of people, having $0 in bank debt has a solid "sleep at night factor" to lower their stress.

Getting the initial deposits is a bitch. Once you've got 4-5 places, you should find that the rental cash flow + ability to do a refinance every 5-10 years funds all your future acquisitions.. Put it this way, if you've got 0 props, saving $95k = pain in the ass.

if you've got 4 props.. every 3 years you should've made around $125k in capital gains + $78,000 in after tax "cash in your bank" rental profits... that funds purchase 5 & 6 + gives you $13k to take the kids on a family holiday... 3 years later you've put in another $0 & you've got $196k in capital gains + $156k in rent = that funds buying property 7, 8 & 9 + buy yourself a $50k BMW + take the family on a $17,000 holiday.. The vast majority of people never manage to perform the feat of saving up their $95,000 3-4x in a row to start the snowball... That's where 99% of people fail at prop investing, they either can't or wont ever manage that... but keep in mind it gets easier every time once you've got more bringing in $$.

Then it just becomes a decision about what your magic number is (how many props you want/how much $$ you want in retirement + how much time you've got..) then sit back and wait.


so you bought any $100 properties in detroit?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Tapeworm on June 29, 2016, 03:23:45 PM
do you own property that you rent out?

No, thankfully.  I'm not a 'negative gearing' guy.  Negative gearing is the term given to losing money every month, on purpose, so that you can write off the loss as a tax deduction.  I never really understood how to write off the loss since if you're not making any money then tax liability would already be zero.  I guess they mean it's deduced against assessable income from something that actually earns money, like a job.  Or tallying up all the lost money and deducting against the later capital gain.  Kind of like tying a stone to a balloon so that you can own the stone.

Anywho, this is the logic and how pretty much every rental property works here.  The guarantee being that it's ok to lose money since you're going to cash in big when you finally sell it since real estate only ever goes up.

If I rent a place out it'll be one that I build myself for a $50k construction cost on a block I buy outright for $50k.  I don't subscribe to the debt now/profit later investment model and I don't have the stomach for it.  When I buy something I like it to be from a bleeding, drowning man who needs to be rid of it.  It was a good strategy with my machinery so I'll do the same with property.  

Not exactly a complicated smoke & mirrors approach that conjures money out of thin air like some people claim to be able to do, but I'd rather be effective than sophisticated.  Imo, how money gets generated from an investment should be immediately clear and obvious.  So much so that it's boring.  The last thing investing should be is exciting.  For some reason, people enjoy getting embroiled in wildly complex financial schemes and seem to think that the more complicated something is, the greater the can't-miss profit is going to be.  They love talking about 'how it works.'  If how it works needs explanation then it's probably not somewhere you should put your hard earned.  But wtf do I know.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mayday on June 29, 2016, 08:49:03 PM
Gold and silver, I've been saying it for years....PHYSICAL. Not some bullshit on a piece of paper that will mean nothing when, not if this house of cards falls.

And physical will do what?

You do realise they are allowed.to create virtual gold/silver in the warehouses yeah?

That's how they solved the threat of collapse years ago when I was.doing my.silver trades.

Gold was close to 1800 and I bought silver at 26 and sold at 44 just before it fell.

Hasn't been.back since and each time the theory says it should spike instead they get beat down because the allowed virtual metals in warehouses.

They have spent the last 7 years rigging markets and closing loopholes. Unfortunately It's not the same game anymore. Physical is not required because delivery cannot exceed supply, they just switch to virtual delivery. They already tried to collapse the comex and came fucking close.

 That's what average Joe doesn't get, the banks/Got all play together meanwhile average Joe.is clinging to rules in the previous game under the delusion that somehow they are still in play.

I thought the same as you years ago and had physical silver so it's not like I haven't been down that road. I merely adapted to the game is all.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on June 29, 2016, 08:54:30 PM
Physical Gold, in your possession, will be there for you when the markets, and the supply of "virtual" gold collapse. Gold isn't so much an investment, as it is insurance against a market, worst case scenario.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: HTexan on June 29, 2016, 10:37:52 PM
Physical Gold, in your possession, will be there for you when the markets, and the supply of "virtual" gold collapse. Gold isn't so much an investment, as it is insurance against a market, worst case scenario.
This. Prepers stock pile the shit in their basements and worry about the worst.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mayday on June 30, 2016, 12:31:59 AM
I discussed that with someone last weekend when peppers was on TV.

I get the argument, problem is if the monetary system.collapses the short term result is total chaos and everything devalues for average Joe. You can't use gold on the street because it has no value, can be faked, can't be weighed, it's useless.

WWII people swapped jewellery, diamonds, Gold for food and water. But diamonds are worth 2000/ct.... Nope, they are worth what the owner of the food says it's worth. This has been done before and history repeats. The rich with all the jewels and gold were instantly poor because in civilian life it's useless yet somehow people believe it's different now.....  

The biggest trick is a monetary system is based on belief.... I believe the digits in my account are money. I believe he plastic notes in my wallet is money. Everybody else around me believes it. Go and grab your Gold bar and ask the same question. If everybody aggrees (which they won't), go one further an swap $100 gold for $100 cash and.see.who takes up the offer.... NO one will. Walk into a bank, give them 100/gold and exchange for a 100note, won't happen. Today its merely a store of.value, nothing more. See my point?

Money is belief. Livestock was once money. Grain was once money. Gold was once money. Coins and paper notes are money today.

Gold has value before a collapse, not after for average Joe . So the trick is to get out and buy whatever it is you need before be it land, food etc.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 30, 2016, 01:24:28 AM
I think it is funny how mainstream media and investment advisors tell people not to invest know becauseo of brexit, and then you have people like George Soros who are making millions by:

- buying gold

- shorting Deutsche Bank


I guess the big players always have a trick up their sleeve  :)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 30, 2016, 08:27:37 AM
does anyone know what the current spread is for investment grade corporate bonds?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mayday on June 30, 2016, 01:24:40 PM
I think it is funny how mainstream media and investment advisors tell people not to invest know becauseo of brexit, and then you have people like George Soros who are making millions by:

- buying gold

- shorting Deutsche Bank


I guess the big players always have a trick up their sleeve  :)

The big players still dumped their gold/silver before price corrections. They still buy and sell, none of this BS buy at any price I see people doing lol.

Then you have to ask yourself if you should adopt the same strategy as billionaires who don't tell you the whole truth. None of them buy at any price and hold which is the mantra average Joe repeats. They all Buy/sell to make profit today.

We had the same gold/silver mantra here..... Metals fell and property doubled. People got proper fucked following the whole dump property and buy metals gig.  fact is you play with whatever is going to make money today.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Diesel618 on June 30, 2016, 03:12:32 PM
Where is Vince Goodrum CSM, MFT, HHP? I am curious to hear his take on this discussion. He obviously has vast knowledge on making one's money work for oneself.

What say you Vince Goodrum CSM, MFT, HHP?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 01, 2016, 11:14:59 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 03, 2016, 07:43:29 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on July 03, 2016, 08:02:14 AM
The big players still dumped their gold/silver before price corrections. They still buy and sell, none of this BS buy at any price I see people doing lol.

Then you have to ask yourself if you should adopt the same strategy as billionaires who don't tell you the whole truth. None of them buy at any price and hold which is the mantra average Joe repeats. They all Buy/sell to make profit today.

We had the same gold/silver mantra here..... Metals fell and property doubled. People got proper fucked following the whole dump property and buy metals gig.  fact is you play with whatever is going to make money today.

Billionaires hold gold too... don't kid yourself. 

Again, it's all about timing.  Look at what precious metals have done over the past week.  Silver is up 40% just this year.  You either have it, or you don't. 

The day is coming when the US dollar and other fiat currencies will be worthless and precious metals will not be.  Gold and silver are still relatively cheap.  Prepare accordingly.

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on July 03, 2016, 08:09:56 AM


These advisors are basically traders who failed.  They now live off fees, expenses and commissions of ignorant mongoloids who do not understand that the stock market is really a den of thieves in expensive suits. 

Make sure to read the small print of your 401k, IRA or any fund you "invest" in... the fees and expenses are often outrageous. 
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 07, 2016, 03:10:00 PM
brexit effect on a computer controlled forex trading platform. Brutal:


(https://s32.postimg.org/dil3eg8gj/13502915_10153542850970780_7102178482957440685_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 16, 2016, 03:05:08 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 17, 2016, 06:38:30 AM
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Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 23, 2016, 05:29:43 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on October 23, 2016, 06:56:45 AM
if Trump wins, the USD tanks. Has to be negative for bond yields and equity valuations.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 23, 2016, 10:40:41 AM
if Trump wins, the USD tanks. Has to be negative for bond yields and equity valuations.

agreed.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Deadpool on October 23, 2016, 10:45:47 AM
wow, three pages in and still on topic.  Oh, wait, isn't this a bodybuilding forum?   ::)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: DroppingPlates on October 23, 2016, 11:10:56 AM
brexit effect on a computer controlled forex trading platform. Brutal:


(https://s32.postimg.org/dil3eg8gj/13502915_10153542850970780_7102178482957440685_o.jpg)

That's a very smooth equity curve, apart from the not so happy end, prob a scalp trader.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 23, 2016, 11:12:59 AM
That's a very smooth equity curve, apart from the not so happy end, prob a scalp trader.

automated forex trading is very dangerous. The british pound flash crash happened after I posted that graph you quoted. A lot of people lost money from that incident.
I don't trade forex. It is simply not for me.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 23, 2016, 11:14:50 AM
These advisors are basically traders who failed.  They now live off fees, expenses and commissions of ignorant mongoloids who do not understand that the stock market is really a den of thieves in expensive suits. 

Make sure to read the small print of your 401k, IRA or any fund you "invest" in... the fees and expenses are often outrageous. 

only about 20% of active fund managers manage to beat the indexes in the long run. If you want to read about a brilliant active fund manager, then I suggest reading the book "The Big Short" by author Michael Lewis.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: stuntmovie on October 23, 2016, 11:17:20 AM
Adding this info without having had the time to read much of this input but the following may possibly be of some help ...

bankrate.com
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: DroppingPlates on October 23, 2016, 11:33:59 AM
automated forex trading is very dangerous. The british pound flash crash happened after I posted that graph you quoted. A lot of people lost money from that incident.
I don't trade forex. It is simply not for me.

Algo trading can be very risky, but it all depends on things like diversification and position sizing. Some forex brokers already warned their clients on beforehand about the possible Brexit, so it would be wise to turn off a system for at least a couple of hours.

Most forex clients lose their money in the mid- or long-term, simply because either their timing or their money management is poor, leverage can be a bitch...
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on October 23, 2016, 11:56:58 AM
brexit effect on a computer controlled forex trading platform. Brutal:
(https://s32.postimg.org/dil3eg8gj/13502915_10153542850970780_7102178482957440685_o.jpg)

And if you wait several days/weeks/months, TPTB/algos seem to push it back up.  One day it will crash again, but this time it won't recover.  Traders who play it right (i.e. shorts/put options) will probably not be able to cash in on them.

It's all just digital electrons on a computer screen.  They don't really exist.  Same goes for the cash in 401k's IRA's, pensions, bank accounts, etc.  After the crash only tangible things will hold value, not the digital blips in some trading/bank account.  

We are living in very precipitous times.  Prepare accordingly.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 23, 2016, 12:25:21 PM
And if you wait several days/weeks/months, TPTB/algos seem to push it back up.  One day it will crash again, but this time it won't recover.  Traders who play it right (i.e. shorts/put options) will probably not be able to cash in on them.

It's all just digital electrons on a computer screen.  They don't really exist.  Same goes for the cash in 401k's IRA's, pensions, bank accounts, etc.  After the crash only tangible things will hold value, not the digital blips in some trading/bank account.  

We are living in very precipitous times.  Prepare accordingly.

I don't believe in "the crash". Do you seriously believe we can go through a bigger stock market crash than 2008? What would cause it?

All these things would only bring the market down 20 - 30 percent in my view:
- Chinese crash (e.g. from housing bubble or from bad outstanding loans)
- oil crash (another one)
- Donald Trump becomes president
- global recession
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 15, 2016, 08:12:29 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: DroppingPlates on November 15, 2016, 09:14:55 AM




Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 15, 2016, 09:19:15 AM
I don't believe in "the crash". Do you seriously believe we can go through a bigger stock market crash than 2008? What would cause it?

All these things would only bring the market down 20 - 30 percent in my view:
- Chinese crash (e.g. from housing bubble or from bad outstanding loans)
- oil crash (another one)
- Donald Trump becomes president
- global recession

Just a few off the top of my head...

- The US is $20 TRILLION in debt and it's going up (Odumbo added $10 of those trillion over the last 8 years).
- The real unemployment rate is close to 25%, not 5%.
- 90% of the jobs created over the last couple years have been part time service jobs that pay $7.25-$10/hr.
- There are 48-50 million people using EBT cards.
- 60% of people in the US have less than $1000 in their bank account.
- Only 33% have more than $1000 in their 401k.
- The US dollar is losing value rapidly (i.e. inflation).  It buys less and less goods/services every year.
- Food companies are continually shrinking their packaging sizes, but charging the same or more for their products ~aka~ "Shrinkflation"
- The median income in the US is about $52,000... that is less than it was 15 years ago.

I could go on and on, but I'll stop there.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: R.A.M. on November 15, 2016, 09:23:20 AM
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Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: JackScribber on November 15, 2016, 09:56:53 AM
Just a few off the top of my head...

- The US is $20 TRILLION in debt and it's going up (Odumbo added $10 of those trillion over the last 8 years).
- The real unemployment rate is close to 25%, not 5%.
- 90% of the jobs created over the last couple years have been part time service jobs that pay $7.25-$10/hr.
- There are 48-50 million people using EBT cards.
- 60% of people in the US have less than $1000 in their bank account.
- Only 33% have more than $1000 in their 401k.
- The US dollar is losing value rapidly (i.e. inflation).  It buys less and less goods/services every year.
- Food companies are continually shrinking their packaging sizes, but charging the same or more for their products ~aka~ "Shrinkflation"
- The median income in the US is about $52,000... that is less than it was 15 years ago.

I could go on and on, but I'll stop there.

60% of people have LESS than a grand liquid?  :o

Just, how?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 15, 2016, 11:36:44 AM






Good stuff. Have you read the book called "Flash Boys"?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: DroppingPlates on November 15, 2016, 12:04:14 PM
Good stuff. Have you read the book called "Flash Boys"?

No, but I believe* I've heard some parts of it during the following documentary (posted before on the Documentary thread)



BTW, over here the guy from that first video -Rishi Narang, who's one of the founders of a HFT firm- explains what's reality and what's fiction about the content of this book, https://chatwithtraders.com/ep-054-rishi-narang/ (I haven't heard it myself yet)

The nanosecond world of HFT is very fascinating, but the given information isn't that useful for a private investor since the whole HFT infrastructure alone is already a multi-million Dollar investment.

* Saw this doc more than a year ago.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 15, 2016, 12:41:53 PM
No, but I believe* I've heard some parts of it during the following documentary (posted before on the Documentary thread)



BTW, over here the guy from that first video -Rishi Narang, who's one of the founders of a HFT firm- explains what's reality and what's fiction about the content of this book, https://chatwithtraders.com/ep-054-rishi-narang/ (I haven't heard it myself yet)

The nanosecond world of HFT is very fascinating, but the given information isn't that useful for a private investor since the whole HFT infrastructure alone is already multi-million Dollar investment.

* Saw this doc more than a year ago.

here is a link to the book:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Boys
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: DroppingPlates on November 15, 2016, 12:58:03 PM
here is a link to the book:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Boys

Quote
Flash Boys starts out describing the construction of Spread Networks' secretive new 827-mile cable running as straight as possible, through mountains and under rivers, from Chicago to New Jersey that would reduce the journey time for data from 17 to 13 milliseconds. This $300 million project was designed to connect the financial markets of Chicago and New York City where one could think front running might happen with a few millisecond advantage.

Fascinating... and the docu above also covers crazy latency tweaks like these.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Rambone on November 15, 2016, 02:53:42 PM
My point is that gold is a stable store of wealth.  It's going much higher in the near future.  Those green rectangles in your wallet (or electrons in a bank account) are constantly being devalued and they buy less goods and services every year.  ALL fiat currencies eventually fail.

Like I said above, timing is important.  NOW is the time for gold and silver.  Stocks and RE are a hyper bubble.  It'll be some fun when those bubbles pop.

Gold is great if you can time the "flight to quality" aspect of it. Since nobody can time the market, it's easy to say buy gold AFTER this large move. If you want to go ahead and invest in gold when it's flirting with its 2 year highs, go ahead, but as a buy and hold strategy for the stereotypical inactive investor, you're better off throwing your money in the SPY or some low cost index funds and adding to it over time if you're not watching the monitors everyday like a getbigger in Dubai, India.  

Large move?  You ain't seen nothing yet Mr Rambone.

I hope no getbiggers invested in gold since that post. They'd currently be down 7.3%  :D

(http://i67.tinypic.com/50h83c.jpg)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 15, 2016, 04:31:12 PM
I hope no getbiggers invested in gold since that post. They'd currently be down 7.3%  :D

(http://i67.tinypic.com/50h83c.jpg)

You are cherry picking the timing.  This is a very long term investment, not short term trading.

I started buying gold when it was $300oz... silver when it was $5oz.  I sold 50% of my silver holdings in 2011 when it hit $50.  Since 2015 I've purchased back several thousand ounces.  Silver is dirt cheap right now... very undervalued.

Precious metals are only real store of value and wealth... a 5000 year track record that cannot be denied.  The sheeple will only come to realize this when the USD and global financial system implodes.  It's inevitable.  The stock market is the biggest bubble in history, but it would not surprise me if it continues to rise over the year, or several years.  I hope it does, it gives me more time to accumulate real wealth.  

When the shit finally does hit the fan water, food, ammo are going to be all the rage... much more than PMs.  

Prepare accordingly.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Rambone on November 15, 2016, 04:40:44 PM
You are cherry picking the timing.  This is a very long term investment, not short term trading.

I started buying gold when it was $300oz... silver when it was $5oz.  I sold 50% of my silver holdings in 2011 when it hit $50.  Since 2015 I've purchased back several thousand ounces.  Silver is dirt cheap right now... very undervalued.

Precious metals are only real store of value and wealth... a 5000 year track record that cannot be denied.  The sheeple will only come to realize this when the USD and global financial system implodes.  It's inevitable.  

When the shit finally does hit the fan water, food, ammo are going to be all the rage... much more than PMs.  

Prepare accordingly.

Nah we're going to be okay. You're sounding like one of those fear mongering gold commercials on the radio. Gold isn't looking too promising in the future considering Trump hates Yellen and the Fed. With every rate increase, gold will look less attractive. I'm not trying to cherry pick anything. Just giving a simple example of not being able to time the market. If I told you or anybody Trump was going to win the election, you would've bought tons of gold and shorted the equites till your hands bled. Anybody would have.  Nobody can predict this market and you can't predict some catastrophe fabricated in your mind. Fear is always overstated. That's all I'm saying.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 15, 2016, 04:52:03 PM
Nah we're going to be okay. You're sounding like one of those fear mongering gold commercials on the radio. Gold isn't looking too promising in the future considering Trump hates Yellen and the Fed. With every rate increase, gold will look less attractive. I'm not trying to cherry pick anything. Just giving a simple example of not being able to time the market. If I told you or anybody Trump was going to win the election, you would've bought tons of gold and shorted the equites till your hands bled. Nobody can predict this market and you can't predict some imaginary catastrophe. That's all I'm saying.

You sound exactly like the way people sounded in 1999 and 2006/7.  I was warning people about the RE bubble in 2006. I lived in San Diego then and 95% of the people I mentioned this to laughed at me, even though I laid out exactly what was going on.

I am not fear mongering.  Like I said previously, these irrational up moves could go for a long time.  However, a stock market crash is long overdue.  This time, the Fed will not be able to stop it.  Sadly, people hardly ever notice when they are in a bubble.

There is nothing to fear if one is prepared... I fear nothing.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: dr.chimps on November 15, 2016, 05:12:47 PM
You sound exactly like the way people sounded in 1999 and 2006/7.  I was warning people about the RE bubble in 2006. I lived in San Diego then and 95% of the people I mentioned this to laughed at me, even though I laid out exactly what was going on.

I am not fear mongering.  Like I said previously, these irrational up moves could go for a long time.  However, a stock market crash is long overdue.  This time, the Fed will not be able to stop it.  Sadly, people hardly ever notice when they are in a bubble.

There is nothing to fear if one is prepared... I fear nothing.
Ok. Warren Buffett. Spread the wealth. Let's have the secret. Please, tell us.   
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 15, 2016, 05:20:39 PM
Ok. Warren Buffett. Spread the wealth. Let's have the secret. Please, tell us.  

Since 2007/8, Warren has become a shill for the banksters, Wall Street, federal reserve and the corrupt US government... not me.  Don't shoot the messenger monkey boy.

I just told you everything you need to know.  Read the thread.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: dr.chimps on November 15, 2016, 05:38:05 PM
Since 2007/8, Warren has become a shill for the banksters, Wall Street, federal reserve and the corrupt US government... not me.  Don't shoot the messenger monkey boy.

I just told you everything you need to know.  Read the thread.


So, no, secret. What a surprise. Hey, we at GetBig like money - let us know how to make it? Gonna talk tough, or are you gonna tell  us how to do it? Yes/No?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 15, 2016, 05:56:11 PM

So, no, secret. What a surprise. Hey, we at GetBig like money - let us know how to make it? Gonna talk tough, or are you gonna tell  us how to do it? Yes/No?

I told you what to do.  Did you fail reading comprehension class?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: cephissus on November 15, 2016, 07:10:51 PM
No, thankfully.  I'm not a 'negative gearing' guy.  Negative gearing is the term given to losing money every month, on purpose, so that you can write off the loss as a tax deduction.  I never really understood how to write off the loss since if you're not making any money then tax liability would already be zero.  I guess they mean it's deduced against assessable income from something that actually earns money, like a job.  Or tallying up all the lost money and deducting against the later capital gain.  Kind of like tying a stone to a balloon so that you can own the stone.

Anywho, this is the logic and how pretty much every rental property works here.  The guarantee being that it's ok to lose money since you're going to cash in big when you finally sell it since real estate only ever goes up.

If I rent a place out it'll be one that I build myself for a $50k construction cost on a block I buy outright for $50k.  I don't subscribe to the debt now/profit later investment model and I don't have the stomach for it.  When I buy something I like it to be from a bleeding, drowning man who needs to be rid of it.  It was a good strategy with my machinery so I'll do the same with property.  

Not exactly a complicated smoke & mirrors approach that conjures money out of thin air like some people claim to be able to do, but I'd rather be effective than sophisticated.  Imo, how money gets generated from an investment should be immediately clear and obvious.  So much so that it's boring.  The last thing investing should be is exciting.  For some reason, people enjoy getting embroiled in wildly complex financial schemes and seem to think that the more complicated something is, the greater the can't-miss profit is going to be.  They love talking about 'how it works.'  If how it works needs explanation then it's probably not somewhere you should put your hard earned.  But wtf do I know.

Didn't know my dad posts on getbig :o
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: jr on November 15, 2016, 07:34:07 PM
You are cherry picking the timing.  This is a very long term investment, not short term trading.

I started buying gold when it was $300oz... silver when it was $5oz.  I sold 50% of my silver holdings in 2011 when it hit $50.  Since 2015 I've purchased back several thousand ounces.  Silver is dirt cheap right now... very undervalued.

Precious metals are only real store of value and wealth... a 5000 year track record that cannot be denied.  The sheeple will only come to realize this when the USD and global financial system implodes.  It's inevitable.  The stock market is the biggest bubble in history, but it would not surprise me if it continues to rise over the year, or several years.  I hope it does, it gives me more time to accumulate real wealth.  

When the shit finally does hit the fan water, food, ammo are going to be all the rage... much more than PMs.  

Prepare accordingly.

Venezuela is having a economic/currency crisis and its stock market is outperforming gold massively.

(https://s13.postimg.org/jhnfte81j/goldven.jpg)
(https://s15.postimg.org/ybmy1tszv/venstock.jpg)

Gold is up 61% in 5 years in venezuelan bolivar.

Stockmarket has gone from 115 to 25600, a 2200% gain.

The bolivar has lost 2.3 times it's value against the USD in that time.

So an inflation adjusted 1000% gain in stocks vs 61% gain in gold.


Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 15, 2016, 08:10:19 PM
Venezuela is having a economic/currency crisis and its stock market is outperforming gold massively.

(https://s13.postimg.org/jhnfte81j/goldven.jpg)
(https://s15.postimg.org/ybmy1tszv/venstock.jpg)

Gold is up 61% in 5 years in venezuelan bolivar.

Stockmarket has gone from 115 to 25600, a 2200% gain.

The bolivar has lost 2.3 times it's value against the USD in that time.

So an inflation adjusted 1000% gain in stocks vs 61% gain in gold.

Yes, their stock market is up in nominal terms, but their currency (the Bolivar) is worthless -lol.  Same thing happened in Zimbabwe... they were printing $100 Trillion (yes, $100 TRILLION) dollar notes in 2007... I own a few of them. 

Morale of the story:  Only gold and silver hold their value, not paper currency or paper investments.   Fiat currencies ALWAYS fail... they lose value over time and eventually become worthless.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 15, 2016, 08:23:09 PM
Fiat currencies ALWAYS fail... they lose value over time and eventually become worthless.

When the Federal Reserve took over the US currency, in 1913, the price of gold was $20 per ounce. Today gold closed at $1233.90 per ounce. This is monetary inflation, not to be confused with price inflation, that the Fed uses to obfuscate, what is happening, as they erode the value of the US Dollar.

Gold, and Silver, aren't really investments though. In reality they are insurance, for when everything else turns to shit.

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: jr on November 15, 2016, 08:52:41 PM
Yes, their stock market is up in nominal terms, but their currency (the Bolivar) is worthless -lol.  Same thing happened in Zimbabwe... they were printing $100 Trillion (yes, $100 TRILLION) dollar notes in 2007... I own a few of them.  

Morale of the story:  Only gold and silver hold their value, not paper currency or paper investments.   Fiat currencies ALWAYS fail... they lose value over time and eventually become worthless.

Gold went from $20 in 1913 to $1233 today, a 61 times capital gain.
Dow Jones index went from about 86 in 1913 to 18900 today, a 220 times capital gain, if you reinvested dividends, the return is 17,770 times!!!
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Rambone on November 16, 2016, 01:49:16 AM
You sound exactly like the way people sounded in 1999 and 2006/7.  I was warning people about the RE bubble in 2006. I lived in San Diego then and 95% of the people I mentioned this to laughed at me, even though I laid out exactly what was going on.

I am not fear mongering.  Like I said previously, these irrational up moves could go for a long time.  However, a stock market crash is long overdue.  This time, the Fed will not be able to stop it.  Sadly, people hardly ever notice when they are in a bubble.

There is nothing to fear if one is prepared... I fear nothing.

Other than my IRA, I'm actually not long equities in my trading account. I'm also not living beyond my means. have a nice car that's paid off, own a house currently worth 125K more than I paid for it in 2013, and have no credit card debt. Im nothing like someone in their early 30s from 2007.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 16, 2016, 03:40:56 AM
if you look at a historical gold chart, it has some weird price moves sometimes. I don't own gold. Maybe I should?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 16, 2016, 04:13:37 AM
Gold went from $20 in 1913 to $1233 today, a 61 times capital gain.
Dow Jones index went from about 86 in 1913 to 18900 today, a 220 times capital gain, if you reinvested dividends, the return is 17,770 times!!!

You're only looking at it in nominal terms.  The USD has been severely devalued since 1913.  In 1913 the dollar was worth a dollar (100 cents), now it's worth about 2 cents... get it?

In 1913 the USD was backed by gold, today it is backed by nothing.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Tapeworm on November 16, 2016, 05:20:51 AM
Didn't know my dad posts on getbig :o

Go to your room.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Marty Champions on November 16, 2016, 05:46:40 AM
i read 1st half of post so far hes on the white track
from reddit about owning houses that you rent out:


So keep in mind I'm in a very different market to the USA (Australia)

My preferred properties after trial & elimination are 1 storey town houses or stand alone houses. Reasons for this:

    Don't have to fuck around with body corporate meetings

    Don't have to worry about whether or not the building has a big enough sink fund & is collecting enough to cover stuff like elevators, power sub stations, pools, etc.

I don't do any renos, you can make good money doing that but I'm a "slow & steady" kinda guy, so I aim to buy 3-4br family homes within 2km of a good school and 10-15km of a major metropolitan area or CBD.

Rental yield should be around 5.5-6% of purchase price pre-expenses. e.g a $400,000 place should rent for $24,000 pa / $2,000 month / $500 week

My rough long term yearly expenses work out to be:

    Property Manager, $1,200 - $1,400 pa
    Maintenance, $200 - $1,500 pa. At a minimum I get stuff like air conditioners, gutters & smoke alarms checked yearly. preventative maintenance is a great way to avoid long term big $$ repairs & its all deductible anyway..
    insurance, $1,400 pa (I have both property & landlords insurance.. e.g. if a tenant fucks the place, that's great news for me as i still get paid rent & the insurance company pays to renovate my property, woohoo! 99% of the investor sob stories are idiots who don't have insurance.)

So as a typical example: Purchase price: $400,000. I'm not going to do the break down of year 1 acquisition fees (stamp duty + conveyancing/legal) Lets say my total costs were $15,000 to buy. as per below, 20% cash down = $80,000 so we're talking about a $95,000 purchase price.

Loan 80% lvr (20% deposit) = $320,00 loan. I borrow always "interest only" & then put the cash into an offset account against the loan (I can explain how offset accounts work, but basically it means I can pay down the loan into a flexible account that means I don't need the bank's permission to pull all the $$ out and into another prop). Currently I pay around 4.2% as I have $1m+ in loans. so on this prop, would be $13,440 a year

Profit: (rental income) $26kpa. I work on a 50 week per year occupancy, my actual long term average is more like 51.something, so I'd calculate this as $25,000

Expenses: $3,600 pa in management, fees, insurance, maint, etc. + home loan cost $13,440 = 17,040

Depreciation of fittings and fixtures - not sure if this is something you can do in the states, but in Aus, stuff like dishwashers, carpet, paint, etc all have a reasonable lifespan (carpet is 7 years.. nobody replaces carpet every 7 years..) & you can depreciate them on your tax. for a $400k place, I'd expect $3,500 a year.

So the result is: $7,960 Profit pre-tax. Without boring you with the lengthy math on my tax, the end result is I lose about another $1,450 of that in tax... Year 1 would actually be better than that because my $15k costs are 100% deductible, so as 32.5% tax bracket, I get $4,875 of that back, but moving on..

= $6,510 cash in my pocket.

Now you're probably thinking "johnau, you threw down $95,000 to get $6,510 after tax profit, that's shit. your after expenses & taxes rental yield is 1.6%"

Here's the thing though...

    Rental values go up. I've never worked out what my long term growth is here, but I have places I've paid $200k for a decade plus ago that started out at $200 week ($800 month) now pulling in $500+ a week ($2k+ a month).

    Capital gains. My long term average for capital gains is 2.5% per annum. Which sounds shit.. until you do the math and realise that to get the same result as 2.5% on $400k, over 10 years, that original $95k would have to have returned roughly 7.9%pa.. Also ignoring that I've made about $65,100 in after tax income over that 10 year period too.

What I'm now doing with my portfolio is basically the Warren Buffett "never sell" approach & I chip in bugger all of my own money anymore. The first few properties are hard. Finding say, $380,000 to buy 4 places ($1.6m portfolio) is no easy feat, but then you sit on them for 10 years & now you've got a $2,053,000 portfolio... At this stage you could do a re-draw on your loans, buy another 4 places & have a $3.6m portfolio giving you $52,000+ a year in convenient fortnightly installments & appreciating at around $91,000 a year, ensuring that you'll have a nice nest egg to leave the kids.. The alternative approach for people who hate dealing banks is to say.. Buy 10, sit on them for 15 years, sell all 10 for say around $4.8m after expenses ($350k ish in tax & expenses.. haven't done the exact math), pay back the bank their $3.2m, with the remaining $1.6m, buy 4x new $400k places with cash, collect $100kpa in rent, minus management, maint & insurance = around $85,000 pa forever & rent should track inflation.. Personally I wouldn't do that as you end up paying a bunch of unnecessary tax, but I see loans as numbers on a spreadsheet vs for a lot of people, having $0 in bank debt has a solid "sleep at night factor" to lower their stress.

Getting the initial deposits is a bitch. Once you've got 4-5 places, you should find that the rental cash flow + ability to do a refinance every 5-10 years funds all your future acquisitions.. Put it this way, if you've got 0 props, saving $95k = pain in the ass.

if you've got 4 props.. every 3 years you should've made around $125k in capital gains + $78,000 in after tax "cash in your bank" rental profits... that funds purchase 5 & 6 + gives you $13k to take the kids on a family holiday... 3 years later you've put in another $0 & you've got $196k in capital gains + $156k in rent = that funds buying property 7, 8 & 9 + buy yourself a $50k BMW + take the family on a $17,000 holiday.. The vast majority of people never manage to perform the feat of saving up their $95,000 3-4x in a row to start the snowball... That's where 99% of people fail at prop investing, they either can't or wont ever manage that... but keep in mind it gets easier every time once you've got more bringing in $$.

Then it just becomes a decision about what your magic number is (how many props you want/how much $$ you want in retirement + how much time you've got..) then sit back and wait.

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 21, 2016, 08:46:14 AM
I own the USA small cap index, and it is up 16% since I bought into it!  8)

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: DroppingPlates on November 21, 2016, 12:25:06 PM
I own the USA small cap index, and it is up 16% since I bought into it!  8)



Well done, this index looks like a good long term investment. I assume it's a futures contract?

(http://www.the-marketplace.global/media/31514/us-growthofdollar.png)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 21, 2016, 12:32:22 PM
Well done, this index looks like a good long term investment. I assume it's a futures contract?

(http://www.the-marketplace.global/media/31514/us-growthofdollar.png)

to be honest, I have just been lucky. I thought they would tank when Trump won. I just own the ordinary stock index.. so no futures.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Hypo on November 22, 2016, 12:37:55 AM
i read 1st half of post so far hes on the white track

He can't do that now. No more interest-free loans.

Australian property is overheating and dare I say it, bubbling as bad as the US.

He's obviously hoping property prices don't fall, which was exactly the reasoning behind the sub-prime burst.

Apartment prices in capital cities are already dropping hard.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: gib on November 22, 2016, 06:42:57 AM
He can't do that now. No more interest-free loans.

Australian property is overheating and dare I say it, bubbling as bad as the US.

He's obviously hoping property prices don't fall, which was exactly the reasoning behind the sub-prime burst.

Apartment prices in capital cities are already dropping hard.

Sydney and Melbourne in Australia are quite expensive for sure. The really big money next decade in Australia will be in Gold Coast Queensland property. At a high level the amount of growth and investment and infrastructure there planned is phenomenal. I would say land and property there will easily rise 15%pa for each year on average over the next decade. So very decent compounded gains to be made there if you buy now.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on November 22, 2016, 10:21:50 AM
im surprised equities up since election. everything else has been sold. outlook for corp margins under trump is poor.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-19/difference-between-gaap-and-non-gaap-q3-earnings-dow-jones-was-25


Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 22, 2016, 10:39:24 AM
im surprised equities up since election. everything else has been sold. outlook for corp margins under trump is poor.

Trump's tax cuts, for investors and corporations, will spur the economy, and create more profit. Cutting out government regulations, will help too.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on November 22, 2016, 10:59:45 AM
Trump's tax cuts, for investors and corporations, will spur the economy, and create more profit. Cutting out government regulations, will help too.


it wont make that much difference and rising interest rates would more than offset that. the more important factor is wages growing faster than gdp which will shrink margins significantly. trump is just transferring wealth to rich people with corporate tax cuts.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 22, 2016, 11:20:25 AM
Laffer Curve works every time.

Trump will create more jobs, with his tax cuts, and regulation cuts.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on November 22, 2016, 11:23:19 AM
Laffer Curve works every time.

Trump will create more jobs, with his tax cuts, and regulation cuts.

the laffer curve only works from a high tax/ regulation starting point.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 22, 2016, 11:29:22 AM
the laffer curve only works from a high tax/ regulation starting point.

That's where we are starting from, a high tax/ regulation starting point, that Trump will annihilate.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 22, 2016, 11:29:41 AM
Laffer Curve works every time.

Trump will create more jobs, with his tax cuts, and regulation cuts.

lol.. those tax cuts mainly benefit the rich.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 22, 2016, 11:31:52 AM
lol.. those tax cuts mainly benefit the rich.

Only because the welfare bum parasites don't work, nor pay taxes.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on November 22, 2016, 11:33:08 AM
That's where we are starting from, a high tax/ regulation starting point, that Trump will annihilate.

(http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2016/11/06/trump%20hole%201_0.JPG)

according to this ^ each USD cut in taxes wont create a USD in gdp...

investment requires a profit opportunity, whether corp tax rates go up or down a few percent hardly makes a difference. the outlook is structurally low growth as baby boomers retire who will then impose themselves on state spending such as obamacare.

USA is probably the least regulated large developed market.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on November 22, 2016, 11:34:08 AM
Only because the welfare bum parasites don't work, nor pay taxes.

you are arguing for 'corporate welfare' where taxes are cut for the rich, ie the owners of capital. you dumbass.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 22, 2016, 11:37:12 AM
(http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2016/11/06/trump%20hole%201_0.JPG)

according to this ^ each USD cut in taxes wont create a USD in gdp...

investment requires a profit opportunity, whether corp tax rates go up or down a few percent hardly makes a difference. the outlook is structurally low growth as baby boomers retire who will then impose themselves on state spending such as obamacare.

USA is probably the least regulated large developed market.

The chart is horseshit. Socialist nonsense. The USA has the highest corporate taxes on Earth now. That will change under President Trump. And, Obamacare is history! Won't cost the taxpayers anything any more.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 22, 2016, 11:38:31 AM
you are arguing for 'corporate welfare' where taxes are cut for the rich, ie the owners of capital. you dumbass.

You are arguing for robbery. Taxation is theft! You Dumbass!
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on November 22, 2016, 11:41:21 AM
The chart is horseshit. Socialist nonsense. The USA has the highest corporate taxes on Earth now. That will change under President Trump. And, Obamacare is history! Won't cost the taxpayers anything any more.

that is a CBO estimate chart. also trump already said he will not implement many campaign promises inc scrapping obamacare. you guys got rolled by trump who will work for the wealthiest americans.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 22, 2016, 11:46:15 AM
that is a CBO estimate chart.

Yeah. As I said: "Socialist Horseshit!"

Trump will work for the benefit of the useful and productive people. Fuck the Parasites, Predators, and Pervert Hillary supporters.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SaintAnger on November 22, 2016, 12:57:39 PM
I'm able to save about $10,000+ a month into my account after my living expenses, but I have a hell of a time not spending some of it, because I get bored and tempted to start new projects.  For the start of the new year, I'm going to "make money" by just saving all of it from here on out. 

Question is, is it best to just keep it in cash in the bank?  I don't know anything about the market, gold or whatever.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 22, 2016, 01:01:15 PM
I'm able to save about $10,000+ a month into my account after my living expenses

How many fake welfare account names do you have?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Hypo on November 22, 2016, 07:48:54 PM
Sydney and Melbourne in Australia are quite expensive for sure. The really big money next decade in Australia will be in Gold Coast Queensland property. At a high level the amount of growth and investment and infrastructure there planned is phenomenal. I would say land and property there will easily rise 15%pa for each year on average over the next decade. So very decent compounded gains to be made there if you buy now.

I haven't really looked into Goldy, but I can see where you are coming from. They'd be pumping cash for the Cth games hand over fist, too.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Rambone on November 23, 2016, 10:05:04 AM
Mr. Anabolic, I'd like to let you know that I just got long gold this morning during the large down move. Needed a core position for my IRA, so I went with GLD although I usually like to use futures in my other margin account. Also sold OTM calls against the position since vol is decent in there. It's rallied since I bought it and the calls have also come in a little bit surprisingly. I'm not a chart guy, but it doesn't look pretty. Just seems oversold in such a short period of time.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 23, 2016, 10:25:46 AM
Mr. Anabolic, I'd like to let you know that I just got long gold this morning during the large down move. Needed a core position for my IRA, so I went with GLD although I usually like to use futures in my other margin account. Also sold OTM calls against the position since vol is decent in there. It's rallied since I bought it and the calls have also come in a little bit surprisingly. I'm not a chart guy, but it doesn't look pretty. Just seems oversold in such a short period of time.

do you also own silver?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 23, 2016, 12:16:45 PM
Mr. Anabolic, I'd like to let you know that I just got long gold this morning during the large down move. Needed a core position for my IRA, so I went with GLD although I usually like to use futures in my other margin account. Also sold OTM calls against the position since vol is decent in there. It's rallied since I bought it and the calls have also come in a little bit surprisingly. I'm not a chart guy, but it doesn't look pretty. Just seems oversold in such a short period of time.

Nice.  However, I wouldn't be surprised if gold re-tested $1080 though.  Silver has short term support at $16 and longer term support at $15.  I do not do paper gold or silver, only physical.  I buy more every time the price drops significantly.  For me, precious metals are for l-o-n-g term wealth protection/storage, not for trading or quick profits.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 27, 2016, 03:24:37 AM
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Post by: DroppingPlates on November 27, 2016, 04:00:12 AM
Voodoo inVestor Vince has a cute bow tie
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on November 27, 2016, 04:13:26 AM
when there is a recession these P2P lending platforms will collapse.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 27, 2016, 04:16:51 AM
when there is a recession these P2P lending platforms will collapse.

I am not so sure. I guess we will have to see what happens.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Skorp1o on November 27, 2016, 04:30:25 AM
when there is a recession these P2P lending platforms will collapse.

Those who invest in them I.e. the individual lenders are not covered by the FSCS. Why would anyone take that risk when huge banks went under....small independent companies can go bust at any one point....mark my words there's a scandal waiting to happen here very soon.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on November 27, 2016, 04:32:31 AM
when there is a recession these P2P lending platforms will collapse.

I think it will take more than a recession for that to happen... has to be something big and/or unexpected.  I was actively trading during the crash of 2008/2009.  I made the largest amount of cash I've ever made (in 1 day) during those DOW 1000 point swing days.  At that time however, most trading platforms were having problems and much slower response times.  
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Skorp1o on November 27, 2016, 04:36:59 AM
I think it will take more than a recession for that to happen... has to be something big and/or unexpected.  I was actively trading during the crash of 2008/2009.  I made the largest amount of cash I've ever made (in 1 day) during those DOW 1000 point swing days.  At that time however, most trading platforms were having problems and much slower response times.  

P2P lending platforms are far more fragile, besides they're subject to less capital reserves than big banks too.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 27, 2016, 05:55:58 AM
P2P lending platforms are far more fragile, besides they're subject to less capital reserves than big banks too.

remember that the P2P lending companies have few employees and few expenses, so it would take a lot for them to go bust.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 27, 2016, 06:04:40 AM
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Post by: Skorp1o on November 27, 2016, 06:27:10 AM
remember that the P2P lending companies have few employees and few expenses, so it would take a lot for them to go bust.

They run on tight margins...people start to default and they have no buffer to absorb the hits. It nearly happened to one of the big lenders the name escapes me. The smaller ones are more likely to crumble
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 27, 2016, 07:05:53 AM
They run on tight margins...people start to default and they have no buffer to absorb the hits. It nearly happened to one of the big lenders the name escapes me. The smaller ones are more likely to crumble

Lending Club?

We are all in this topic to get wiser, and I don't want to disagree with you if good arguments are brought to light that will make me change my mind.  :)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Skorp1o on November 27, 2016, 08:10:02 AM
Lending Club?

We are all in this topic to get wiser, and I don't want to disagree with you if good arguments are brought to light that will make me change my mind.  :)

I'm not too familiar with how things go in the US...but here if the bank goes bust money invested up to a certain limit is covered by a compensation scheme which effectively insurance. P2p in the U.K. Are not part of that scheme so if one goes bust I'm likely to never see my money back.

But, as with all investing it is up to the inidividual to invest based on their risk appetite...but one rule everyone should embrace regardless of investing strategy is to diversify. Whether you like gold, oil, equities...futures...etc always diversify
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Erik C on November 27, 2016, 09:09:06 AM
Any "caring" investment strategy, is a bad investment.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Skorp1o on November 27, 2016, 09:22:51 AM
if you look at a historical gold chart, it has some weird price moves sometimes. I don't own gold. Maybe I should?

For hedging? Yes, for money making, most people usually go elsewhere....if you look hystorically Gold is usually popular when markets are at their worst. But owning some gold is never a bad idea, it is after all the only true international currency.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on November 27, 2016, 10:07:52 AM
When you go on p2p sites it's mostly chip shops borrowing unsecured for 6%.

In comparison I have a trade finance deal at 11.5% but I told them to sweeten the deal, we had a senior ship loan recently at 10%, and a 2nd lien hotel loan with 3x overcollateralisation at 16%.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Skorp1o on November 27, 2016, 10:14:52 AM
When you go on p2p sites it's mostly chip shops borrowing unsecured for 6%.

In comparison I have a trade finance deal at 11.5% but I told them to sweeten the deal, we had a senior ship loan recently at 10%, and a 2nd lien hotel loan with 3x overcollateralisation at 16%.

As long as you know what you're doing. Are these secured loans?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: denarii on November 27, 2016, 10:48:55 AM
As long as you know what you're doing. Are these secured loans?

Yes only in p2p can you borrow against no assets. Although in micro finance it's similar but the terms of micro finance are very different.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: BigBen on December 07, 2016, 03:00:37 AM
why hasn't anyone suggested investing in property? it is one of the most reliable ways of investing and it will always pay itself. if you go for it the first thing to choose is the strategy. I’d say that Barcelona is probably the best option: it’s in the top 15 European property markets with really good prospects for investment, because being a popular destination it also has low interest rates and the demand exceeds the supply. another advantage is that apartments for sale in Barcelona (https://tranio.com/spain/catalonia/barcelona/apartments/) will definitely grow in price with the course of time. if you go for short term rentals you’ll get decent returns - about 5-7% yields. hiring a management company might be a bit of strain but it will help avoiding problems with finding new tenants and the expenses will be rewarded with higher occupancy rates anyway. i'd say that it's worth considering
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 09, 2016, 11:41:41 AM
crazy stock market gains these days!  8)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Mr Anabolic on December 16, 2016, 06:08:16 PM
crazy stock market gains these days!  8)

It's a bubble, but as bubbles gain momentum, people become euphoric/irrational.  Then, just when you think the market will never go down again, it pops.  We're almost there.  I predict the stock market bubble pops after Trump's inauguration.  My prediction that gold and silver would go down was correct.  I'm buying on the cheap with both hands.  Silver is very undervalued and an incredible deal at current prices ($15-16).
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: polychronopolous on December 17, 2016, 07:14:23 AM
It's a bubble, but as bubbles gain momentum, people become euphoric/irrational.  Then, just when you think the market will never go down again, it pops.  We're almost there.  I predict the stock market bubble pops after Trump's inauguration.  My prediction that gold and silver would go down was correct.  I'm buying on the cheap with both hands.  Silver is very undervalued and an incredible deal at current prices ($15-16).

What are your thoughts on bit coin?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: DroppingPlates on December 17, 2016, 08:49:44 AM
What are your thoughts on bit coin?


They're like casino fishes
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 26, 2016, 04:04:30 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 01, 2017, 07:22:25 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: DroppingPlates on January 06, 2017, 07:53:01 AM
The World’s Biggest Hedge Fund is Embedding Its Founder’s Brain in an Algorithm

"...As described by Wall Street Journal, the system would take input, including peer reviews and employee testing, and use them to assign employees to specific tasks and provide them with detailed instructions for approaches and time management. It would also guide hiring, firing, and promotions. The system’s development is being overseen by David Ferrucci, who formerly led the creation of IBM’s Watson—despite earlier reports that Ferrucci would be working on economic modeling."

http://fortune.com/2016/12/24/bridgewater-ray-dalio-algorithm/
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FanBoi on January 29, 2017, 10:52:56 PM
Jack Bogle.  Follow his advice and you should be ok.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on February 18, 2017, 05:10:14 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: 2Thick on April 08, 2017, 02:11:46 PM
If you start maxing out an IRA at 25 starting with nothing in it, you can expect to have ~ $1.5 mil by the time you're 60 - if you assume the same sort of returns we've seen in the broad markets in the last 50+ years.

If you also max out a 401k, you can expect to have well over $6 mil by that time, assuming current contribution limits on IRAs and 401ks.

Diversify. Most of us are not smart enough to pick 8-10 stocks that will average 20, 30, 40% a year over the next several decades like Buffett and Nelson Peltz have been.

Be wary of anyone telling you to put everything into 1-2 stocks or commodities, or to buy and sell everything in the same day and go to 100% cash at the end of the day every day... or to be anywhere near 100% short or 100% in cash or whatever because they think the dollar and all stocks and all bonds are going to be worthless tomorrow. The world is probably not going to get that bad in my lifetime - and if it does, I suspect my own lifespan will be quite short, and I will probably take many other lives before I die.

I've been investing over 22 years. Am now semi-retired.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 09, 2017, 08:51:02 AM
good job, 2thick. I hope to be a successful long term investor too.  :)
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 18, 2017, 07:26:52 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on May 12, 2017, 02:36:55 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: NaturalWonder83 on May 13, 2017, 05:51:13 PM
I've been using a site called betterment.com
I'm trying to learn about investing
Each week I put 25 dollars in my betterment account
I have 133 dollars invested and it says I have made $2.35. A 2.3% return.
And I have .2 cents in dividends

Should I keep doing this until I save 5k?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on May 19, 2017, 09:45:23 AM
I've been using a site called betterment.com
I'm trying to learn about investing
Each week I put 25 dollars in my betterment account
I have 133 dollars invested and it says I have made $2.35. A 2.3% return.
And I have .2 cents in dividends

Should I keep doing this until I save 5k?

the stock market is quite risky right now. Look into Lending Club instead.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Slapper on June 07, 2017, 04:14:44 PM
Wanna know how fucking good we have it here in the States? Friend of mine has been chewing my ear off with European stocks because he believes the Euro is about to go up again. One of his long positions was in a Spanish bank (POP/BPESF) that basically just got nationalized. Get this, after months of diffusing the fact that the bank had virtually no cash, the Spanish Minister of the Economy, the ECB as well as Spain Central Bank auditors; just dropped the hammer on everyone at 1AM last night, triggering a banking-system safety mechanism/protocol by which they effectively took control of the bank for about 2 minutes and then carried out a highest-bidder "auction," which ended in about 2 seconds with the sale of the bank to another Spanish bank (Banco Santander-SAN) for the symbolic price of €1. All in the name of banking-system preservation.  

My friend wakes up this morning only to find out that the 450,000 shares he bought for $ 1 back in November are worth $0.00. Bank was worth $ 35.00 back in 2007.

The whole episode is such a farce that the buying bank, which "supposedly" did everyone the favor of buying a decrepit bank with 40 billion in stale real estate assets (a business-bursting inheritance, or so they claimed,) and are about to hit SAN shareholders with a capital expansion, went up 2%.

  
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 08, 2017, 11:51:12 AM
Wanna know how fucking good we have it here in the States? Friend of mine has been chewing my ear off with European stocks because he believes the Euro is about to go up again. One of his long positions was in a Spanish bank (POP/BPESF) that basically just got nationalized. Get this, after months of diffusing the fact that the bank had virtually no cash, the Spanish Minister of the Economy, the ECB as well as Spain Central Bank auditors; just dropped the hammer on everyone at 1AM last night, triggering a banking-system safety mechanism/protocol by which they effectively took control of the bank for about 2 minutes and then carried out a highest-bidder "auction," which ended in about 2 seconds with the sale of the bank to another Spanish bank (Banco Santander-SAN) for the symbolic price of €1. All in the name of banking-system preservation.  

My friend wakes up this morning only to find out that the 450,000 shares he bought for $ 1 back in November are worth $0.00. Bank was worth $ 35.00 back in 2007.

The whole episode is such a farce that the buying bank, which "supposedly" did everyone the favor of buying a decrepit bank with 40 billion in stale real estate assets (a business-bursting inheritance, or so they claimed,) and are about to hit SAN shareholders with a capital expansion, went up 2%.

that sucks, but your friend should realize that this is a very real risk (losing everything) if you invest in individual stocks. I am, however, sad to hear about his situation.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Slapper on June 12, 2017, 06:15:36 PM
that sucks, but your friend should realize that this is a very real risk (losing everything) if you invest in individual stocks. I am, however, sad to hear about his situation.

I'm not. There's a reason a stock is worth $1, and it isn't because it's being shorted to smithereens, it's because the management sucks and they are hell bent in sinking the ship.

I did thank him because I learned a very valuable lesson.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Purge_WTF on June 14, 2017, 05:55:47 AM
 Any recommendations for short-term investments? I made a small fortune from Netflix, but that involved investing a small percentage of my paychecks in their stock for ten years.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 14, 2017, 01:45:37 PM
Any recommendations for short-term investments? I made a small fortune from Netflix, but that involved investing a small percentage of my paychecks in their stock for ten years.

Are you in America? If so, Lending Club!
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Purge_WTF on June 16, 2017, 09:02:22 AM
Are you in America? If so, Lending Club!

 Their stock appears to be down by quite a bit. Is it projected to go up?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 18, 2017, 01:54:45 PM
Their stock appears to be down by quite a bit. Is it projected to go up?

I am talking about investing with Lending Club (they sell loans to investors). I am not talking about buying the Lending Club stock.  :)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Purge_WTF on June 22, 2017, 09:13:23 AM
I am talking about investing with Lending Club (they sell loans to investors). I am not talking about buying the Lending Club stock.  :)

 Their website is rather vague. How do they invest your money? Is there a minimum amount required?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: HTexan on June 23, 2017, 08:02:02 AM
Their website is rather vague. How do they invest your money? Is there a minimum amount required?
Hey you have to bring your own Vaseline at a minimum.
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Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 14, 2017, 11:28:41 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 02, 2017, 01:30:59 PM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Purge_WTF on August 03, 2017, 07:10:19 AM
 I actually transferred some money from my checking account to my Etrade account for a short-term investment in Facebook, but I changed my mind.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 30, 2017, 03:58:01 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 20, 2017, 11:31:23 AM
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Post by: Purge_WTF on November 21, 2017, 07:16:37 AM
 Concerning short-term investment: you should buy when the stock is low, but not in the red, correct? Alibaba has been mentioned on several sites as a good candidate.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 13, 2018, 11:06:05 PM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 23, 2018, 02:44:40 PM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on May 06, 2018, 04:22:09 AM
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Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on May 18, 2018, 02:53:48 PM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 21, 2018, 04:41:36 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 27, 2018, 04:28:09 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on July 27, 2018, 04:50:15 AM
Concerning short-term investment: you should buy when the stock is low, but not in the red, correct? Alibaba has been mentioned on several sites as a good candidate.

This is good advices for the market as a whole (like a broad market index fund) but for an individual stock there is no guarantee it won't just keep sinking.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 03, 2018, 02:00:49 PM
Concerning short-term investment: you should buy when the stock is low, but not in the red, correct? Alibaba has been mentioned on several sites as a good candidate.

if you want that kind of exposure, I would buy this index: MSCI Emerging markets
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 16, 2018, 10:05:31 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 25, 2018, 12:10:31 PM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on December 04, 2018, 03:17:43 PM
Buying GE stock is a gamble.

If you can lose the investment without a worry go for it, otherwise forget it.


Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Agnostic007 on December 15, 2018, 09:35:25 PM
I enjoy the stock video's. Having retired at 53 and no plans or need to work I find these videos great entertainment
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 17, 2018, 11:56:33 PM
I enjoy the stock video's. Having retired at 53 and no plans or need to work I find these videos great entertainment

thanks :-)

Stock market can be dry / boring to read about, so I also watch a lot of videos on this issue to get new knowledge.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on December 18, 2018, 03:51:35 AM
I've been using a site called betterment.com
I'm trying to learn about investing
Each week I put 25 dollars in my betterment account
I have 133 dollars invested and it says I have made $2.35. A 2.3% return.
And I have .2 cents in dividends

Should I keep doing this until I save 5k?

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_Page
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on February 07, 2019, 06:24:37 AM
5 pieces of advice from John Bogle

https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190127/5-pieces-of-advice-from-john-bogle
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Purge_WTF on February 07, 2019, 07:05:21 AM
 My father hooked me up with a reputable financial advisor, but I don't think it's a good idea to invest in the volatile market right now. Only people who seem to be doing well are the ultra-rich.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: fista34 on February 11, 2019, 12:25:27 PM
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Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: JuicedKangaroo on July 19, 2019, 05:33:20 AM
Typical stock broker/investment advisor platitudes when the market takes a dive.  They say the same shit every time.

Make sure you include the fees, expenses and commissions these fuckers charge... some can be very expensive and over time they end up eating a large chunk of your money.

Didn't bother to watch video - but if you want to avoid excessive fees and commission just buy low-cost index funds. Vanguard springs to mind. Lump sum purchase (or dollar cost average a portion of your salary each month) into a Vanguard portfolio. Rinse and repeat until you can safely live off a 4% draw-down each year.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on July 19, 2019, 08:03:46 AM
Didn't bother to watch video - but if you want to avoid excessive fees and commission just buy low-cost index funds. Vanguard springs to mind. Lump sum purchase (or dollar cost average a portion of your salary each month) into a Vanguard portfolio. Rinse and repeat until you can safely live off a 4% draw-down each year.

Good advices.

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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 29, 2019, 07:10:19 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: a_pupil on August 03, 2019, 12:38:31 PM
Didn't bother to watch video - but if you want to avoid excessive fees and commission just buy low-cost index funds. Vanguard springs to mind. Lump sum purchase (or dollar cost average a portion of your salary each month) into a Vanguard portfolio. Rinse and repeat until you can safely live off a 4% draw-down each year.

I'm waiting to sell my cryptos when the market recovers (god willing  :-[ ) then I'm going to just do this.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on August 04, 2019, 09:18:37 PM
Fidelity Magellan Fund...
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Rambone on August 04, 2019, 10:50:33 PM
Fidelity Magellan Fund...

Underperforms a low-fee index fund. The days of Peter Lynch are no longer
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on August 05, 2019, 05:18:13 AM
Fidelity Magellan Fund...

That fund was hot in the 70s-80s.

I invested in it to a small amount.

It got too big eventually, became unwieldy, couldn't find enough things to buy and then Lynch retired.

Now it's basically an index fund but with higher costs.

You're better off to buy a total market index fund from Fidelity or Vanguard.



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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 13, 2019, 08:59:19 AM
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Post by: sync pulse on September 13, 2019, 08:39:09 PM
...Motley Fool huh?...appropriate name....
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 14, 2019, 03:47:13 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 14, 2019, 03:48:08 AM
...Motley Fool huh?...appropriate name....

they have been around for a long time. The video is worth watching. They also discuss drawbacks of investing in the SaaS stocks, including the high valuations for most of these stocks and the small competitors emerging on the scene.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on September 15, 2019, 05:19:01 AM
they have been around for a long time. The video is worth watching. They also discuss drawbacks of investing in the SaaS stocks, including the high valuations for most of these stocks and the small competitors emerging on the scene.

They may have been around a long time...but I do not think very much of the organization...they seem like a "Multi Level Marketing" scheme...
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 15, 2019, 05:34:01 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on September 15, 2019, 07:19:42 AM
Real estate investing is local.

Every real estate market is unique.

What works in one locale may or may not work in another.

Oz has spoken.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on September 15, 2019, 05:02:22 PM
The next big real estate crash will be expensive high rise apartments...
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 16, 2019, 06:59:09 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 21, 2019, 03:43:09 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 27, 2019, 01:58:40 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 05, 2019, 01:16:02 AM
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Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 16, 2019, 12:10:33 PM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 29, 2019, 03:01:45 AM
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Post by: IroNat on October 29, 2019, 04:20:38 AM


Needs a haircut and shave.

Should move out of his parent's basement.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on November 18, 2019, 04:14:03 AM
The great American tax haven: why the super-rich love South Dakota

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/the-great-american-tax-haven-why-the-super-rich-love-south-dakota-trust-laws
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on November 21, 2019, 01:44:41 PM
The next big real estate crash will be everything...



Because funding is the reason for real estate crashes. When money gets tight nearly everything is affected.

Imagine what property would be worth if there were no 30 year debt terms or you needed 50% down?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Gregzs on December 03, 2019, 05:46:45 PM
MUSCLE MAKER GRILL FILES FOR AN IPO


If at first you don’t succeed, try again.

Muscle Maker Grill, the healthy fast-food franchise, has filed registration documents with federal regulators to raise at least $7 million in an initial public offering.

The Burleson, Texas-based company, which has struggled with operating losses for years, plans to use the funds “for general corporate purposes.”

The potential IPO comes just two years after Muscle Maker failed to generate any interest in its Regulation A+ mini IPO. The company at the time hoped to raise $20 million with its offering, but instead raised less than $150,000.

Mini IPOs are less restrictive than traditional IPOs. They’re traditionally reserved for companies that don’t have access to traditional IPO markets that depend on larger, institutional investors.

That makes Muscle Maker’s IPO step unusual, to say the least.

The financial challenges that likely doomed Muscle Maker’s initial effort are still there. The company is struggling with weak sales and increasing costs. It has been closing locations and can’t make money on its existing operations. Now it is banking on delivery, and the high fees that come with it, to generate more sales.

Muscle Maker operates 39 locations in 14 states, plus two in Kuwait. Franchisees operate all but eight of them. But it operated 53 locations two years ago and has faced lawsuits over closed locations.

The company focuses on “healthy-inspired, high-quality, made-to-order, lean, protein-based meals,” including chicken, seafood, pasta, burgers, wraps and flatbreads, along with salads, protein shakes and smoothies.

Muscle Maker is planning aggressive franchise growth, particularly in nontraditional locations such as military bases.

It has big plans for delivery. Some franchise locations in urban areas get as much as 80% of their sales that way. But the costs are steep: up to 25%. “Our cost structure will need to be adjusted to reflect a different pricing model, portion sizes, menu offerings, and other considerations to potentially offset these rising costs of delivery,” the company said in its IPO filing.

Muscle Maker’s financial losses have led to questions about its ability to continue operating. Auditors have given it a “going concern” warning, suggesting “substantial doubt” about its viability.

Revenues are down 20%, to just $3.7 million, in the first nine months of 2019. It reported a net loss of $5.4 million, though that was an improvement over the $6.7 million loss in the same period a year ago.

The company has less than $2 million in cash and has a working capital deficit of $5.5 million. Its accumulated deficit is nearly $30 million.

Muscle Maker has made some improvements more recently. In the third quarter ended Sept. 30, the company generated $1.1 million in revenues, up more than 6% over the same period a year ago. Yet it still finished with a wider, $1.4 million operating loss in the period and a net loss of $2.3 million, more than double its net loss in the same period a year ago.

Same-store sales were not available, but they are down so far in 2019 and were down in 2018. Muscle Maker is hoping that marketing, new menu initiatives and improved speed of service will improve that number.

They’ll need to improve, too. Food and beverage costs at company locations were 41.3% of sales in the third quarter, up 430 basis points from the same period a year ago. Labor costs were 42.3%, up 530 basis point. Rent was 11.8% of sales. “Other restaurant operating expenses” were 13.8%, up 500 basis points.

Much of the increase in costs was associated with the company’s acquisition of a pair of franchisee-owned locations. Still, add all these costs up and the restaurants are at a deficit of 9.2%.

All of these losses are putting considerable pressure on the company to raise sales. But even if it can quickly increase revenues, it needs to raise cash. Thus, the IPO.

Muscle Maker needs to raise $350,000 by the end of December to “satisfy the company’s monthly expenses and continue in operation.”

To fund its plan for 2020, the company needs to raise “a minimum” of $5.75 million.

“Our inability to raise capital could require us to significantly curtail or terminate our operations,” Muscle Maker said in its filing.

https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/muscle-maker-grill-files-ipo
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 15, 2019, 12:54:27 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 30, 2019, 02:11:44 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on December 30, 2019, 04:55:08 AM


Guy has only $70k portfolio and he's giving opinions/advices.

That's chump change.  Pocket money.

He's a beginner. 

A major reason Buffett keeps cash on hand is for redemptions when investors sell B-H stock.  If the market crashes many investors will dump the stock.  Buffett doesn't want to have to sell B-H investments to fund redemptions.  He needs liquidity to do that.  Same reason people should have an emergency fund to pay for things like a new furnace or medical bills that occur randomly.

As of 8/2019 B-H had total assets of $707 billion with $122 billion in cash.  122/707 = 17% cash 83% other assets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Berkshire_Hathaway
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 30, 2019, 10:14:16 AM
I like Joseph Carlson's videos, but most of these dividend investors go over the same things over and over in each video.

And I appreciate your elaborate comments about Berkshire and Warren :-)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on December 30, 2019, 10:23:13 AM
I like Joseph Carlson's videos, but most of these dividend investors go over the same things over and over in each video.

And I appreciate your elaborate comments about Berkshire and Warren :-)

The guy has a long ways to go before he reaches critical mass.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 02, 2020, 02:14:44 AM
The guy has a long ways to go before he reaches critical mass.

by critical mass, do you mean an amount of money where you can live off your investments?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 03, 2020, 08:15:35 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on January 03, 2020, 02:55:24 PM
by critical mass, do you mean an amount of money where you can live off your investments?

When your investments become so large they grow faster than you can spend it.

Of course you have to use common sense with spending.

The less you spend, the less investments you need.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 05, 2020, 01:26:39 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on January 05, 2020, 05:01:23 AM
Ramsey gives some good advices but he pushes his expensive loaded mutual funds.

He can't be trusted.

Want good advices?  Go here:

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_Page
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 07, 2020, 03:03:42 AM
Ramsey gives some good advices but he pushes his expensive loaded mutual funds.

He can't be trusted.

Want good advices?  Go here:

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_Page


what do you invest in personally right now?

I am heavily into cheap 50% stock and 50% bond funds.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on January 07, 2020, 03:52:19 AM
what do you invest in personally right now?

I am heavily into cheap 50% stock and 50% bond funds.

Approx. 70% total U.S. equity index funds, 15% total bond market index funds, 15% cash in money market funds.

Very boring.



Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Montague on January 07, 2020, 03:32:58 PM
what do you invest in personally right now?

I am heavily into cheap 50% stock and 50% bond funds.


Is your investment plan strategy-based, or more of a "shoot-from-the-hip" kind of thing?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 11, 2020, 02:59:34 AM
Is your investment plan strategy-based, or more of a "shoot-from-the-hip" kind of thing?

My investment plan is mainly strategy based. I don't like the swings of having 100% stocks. It makes it hard for me to sleep at night having that kind of risk. I might make more money by having 100% stocks, but it is too emotionally draining for me when the market is going down a lot, like it was the case in november and december 2019.

My previous response was however not a complete picture of my holdings.

I have some real estate investments and I also have some investments in consumer loan portfolios, which is generating around 11% return annually.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 18, 2020, 01:39:28 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Montague on January 19, 2020, 06:45:59 AM
My investment plan is mainly strategy based. I don't like the swings of having 100% stocks. It makes it hard for me to sleep at night having that kind of risk. I might make more money by having 100% stocks, but it is too emotionally draining for me when the market is going down a lot, like it was the case in november and december 2019.

My previous response was however not a complete picture of my holdings.

I have some real estate investments and I also have some investments in consumer loan portfolios, which is generating around 11% return annually.


Thanks for the reply.

I've encountered lots of recent recommendations from leading investment advisors that incorporate dividing asset allocations by risk. Tony Robbins frequently features input from Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates, who takes his "formula" a bit further by considering the inverse relationship certain stimulus have on different investment products, like stocks and bonds.

It was interesting reading.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on January 20, 2020, 04:09:53 AM
(https://i.postimg.cc/ydnxS7yr/Stock-Investing.jpg)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 25, 2020, 02:47:28 AM
IroNat look at this:


"Tech fund flows hit record high"



(https://i.postimg.cc/vmNkPSGX/EPEr-Ls5-VUAAeyn-R.jpg)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on January 25, 2020, 07:28:09 AM
I've learned that whatever I think I know about market movements, a zillion other people also know, making what I know useless.

None of us are on the inside.  We get "late" information.  Useless for those think they are playing the market.  The market is playing them.

"Nobody knows nothin'." -- John Bogle

I do follow this just for general comparison purposes: https://www.multpl.com

Particularly the PE ratios, both S&P actual and the Shiller.

The height at May 2009 is startling.  Just unbelievable!  :o

The thing that is driving the market to current heights is quite simple.  There is no alternative.

Interest rates are so low that investors who seek any kind of return must risk being in equities.

The only reason to buy bonds or hold cash is for safety purposes.

As long as interest rates remain extremely low the market will be supported by inflows from investors.

There will be wild swings now and then of course.

Just my worthless opinion.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on January 26, 2020, 03:33:24 AM
The Tip...

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on January 27, 2020, 03:52:09 AM
"Bonds look like they are flashing a warning for global markets."

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/24/bonds-look-like-they-are-flashing-a-warning-for-global-markets.html
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Purge_WTF on February 01, 2020, 03:25:57 AM
"Bonds look like they are flashing a warning for global markets."

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/24/bonds-look-like-they-are-flashing-a-warning-for-global-markets.html

 I don't imagine that the whole Corona virus panic will help. Markets and city streets in the far East are ghost towns.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Montague on February 01, 2020, 04:04:21 AM
I don't imagine that the whole Corona virus panic will help. Markets and city streets in the far East are ghost towns.


Seems all the "market expert" articles I read are all over the place with this: including trillion-dollar hedge fund directors.

The coronavirus nature is a bit different from the past several epidemics in recent history. It's not as deadly, but more easily contracted. There's still debate if the World Health Organization will declare a global state of emergency.

I believe that the virus is certainly playing "a" factor, but I think the factor has yet to be definitively identified.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on February 02, 2020, 04:05:52 AM
(https://i.postimg.cc/GLhjZcKx/EPnm9th-Ws-AEJ3-P6.jpg)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Montague on February 05, 2020, 06:32:24 AM
I don't imagine that the whole Corona virus panic will help. Markets and city streets in the far East are ghost towns.


Futures spiked early this morning due to the news of progress in finding a cure for the virus.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on February 07, 2020, 01:02:41 AM
I don't imagine that the whole Corona virus panic will help. Markets and city streets in the far East are ghost towns.

You are correct. This is a big unknown right now. We have yet to see how it will evolve further.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on February 15, 2020, 06:41:37 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on February 16, 2020, 02:34:58 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on February 16, 2020, 05:42:25 AM
U.S. household debt hits record high of $14.15 trillion

https://money.yahoo.com/us-household-debt-hits-record-high-143940395.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews

'The report, based on “a nationally representative sample of individual- and household-level debt and credit records drawn from anonymized Equifax credit data,” noted that total household debt is now nominally $1.5 trillion higher than the pre-recession peak of $12.68 trillion in the third quarter of 2008.'
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on February 21, 2020, 11:55:02 PM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Irongrip400 on February 22, 2020, 07:22:48 AM
I don’t even really know what my money is invested in, I leave that to my folks at BB&T. I’m 38, nowhere near retirement so I don’t watch it too much. This past year I made some money. I put in almost $27,000 and made an additional $33,000. So it’s worth $60k more at 2019 year end than 2018 year end. It’s not enough to live or draw off of, so I really don’t pay attention to it. I had some money I put in back in 2000 when my grandfather died, and I watch it grow by a third in the first year then die with the dot com bubble burst. It took eight years for it to get back to what it was when I put it in so I cashed out and used it as a down payment on a house. I started from scratch January 2008.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on February 22, 2020, 04:02:27 PM
Banks are in my experience among the worst places to invest your money.

38 is no longer young.  Time is necessary to compound your money.

Educate yourself.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Irongrip400 on February 25, 2020, 07:48:47 AM
Banks are in my experience among the worst places to invest your money.

38 is no longer young.  Time is necessary to compound your money.

Educate yourself.

BB&T/Scott & Stringfellow. Not the actual bank but their investments arm. I deal with some good folks there who’ve made me some money. But, you’re right, I need to get better educated. I never read the prospectus and rarely attend the dinner meetings/seminars I get invited to. I should probably start but time is precious so I rely on them to be the experts.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on February 25, 2020, 11:47:33 AM
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Getting_started
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: bigkid on February 25, 2020, 06:22:24 PM
I'm 37.  I've been investing for 15 years.  It took me about 7 years of trading to realize i would be much better off emotionally and financially if I passively invested my money.  Since 2012 I've been buying a basket of ETF's (IVV, QQQ, DVY, SCHD) and a couple mutual funds that I like(FBIOX, FOCPX and FPBFX).  I'm heavily weighted in the S&P.  Right now I'm probably 70% stocks 5% bonds and 25% cash. I maybe have 5-7% exposure to international or emerging market equities I make my buys once a month.  Occasionally, If i think the market is oversold, i will make an additional monthly purchase. I'm holding a big cash position which sucks when the S&P is up 30% in a year, but I also look for rental properties I can scoop up and I want to have the flexibility.  The market is also in some crazy territory and that scares me a little too.  I don't try to time the market.  I make my buys regardless of whether the market is up or down that day. 
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: mazrim on February 27, 2020, 05:33:32 PM
I'm 37.  I've been investing for 15 years.  It took me about 7 years of trading to realize i would be much better off emotionally and financially if I passively invested my money.  Since 2012 I've been buying a basket of ETF's (IVV, QQQ, DVY, SCHD) and a couple mutual funds that I like(FBIOX, FOCPX and FPBFX).  I'm heavily weighted in the S&P.  Right now I'm probably 70% stocks 5% bonds and 25% cash. I maybe have 5-7% exposure to international or emerging market equities I make my buys once a month.  Occasionally, If i think the market is oversold, i will make an additional monthly purchase. I'm holding a big cash position which sucks when the S&P is up 30% in a year, but I also look for rental properties I can scoop up and I want to have the flexibility.  The market is also in some crazy territory and that scares me a little too.  I don't try to time the market.  I make my buys regardless of whether the market is up or down that day. 
Similar to what my wife and I do in that we like to have some cash around for rentals. Would love to purchase a mobile home park at some point.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 01, 2020, 04:06:15 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 02, 2020, 02:11:58 PM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Agnostic007 on March 02, 2020, 09:37:05 PM
for those with some play money.. Sunpower.. Fluctuates between $7 and $14. mainly between 8 and 11. If you time these you can make some good money. Don't take my word for it. Just watch it for a few months.  I usually have my buy set at $7.50 and sell at $12 but anything between that is pretty safe
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 06, 2020, 04:24:27 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 07, 2020, 03:26:29 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Purge_WTF on March 07, 2020, 06:24:31 AM
for those with some play money.. Sunpower.. Fluctuates between $7 and $14. mainly between 8 and 11. If you time these you can make some good money. Don't take my word for it. Just watch it for a few months.  I usually have my buy set at $7.50 and sell at $12 but anything between that is pretty safe

 How much would you recommend investing as a minimum?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 11, 2020, 01:42:14 PM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: loco on March 12, 2020, 07:52:28 AM


Loco approved.  Like he said: Fucas (focus) on businesses, not stock price.   ;D
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on March 17, 2020, 02:08:04 PM
Stocks aren’t bargains yet...

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks-arent-bargains-yet-but-a-buying-opportunity-will-come-heres-how-youll-know-its-here-2020-03-16?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 26, 2020, 02:10:39 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on March 27, 2020, 07:54:46 AM
This might sound like a good idea but what happens when these folks retire?  Answer: no money.

Obviously, they could take the money anytime before but with the 10% penalty.  

Treat your 401k and IRA like a pension plan.  Don't touch it except to add to it until you retire.

Don't borrow from it.  Don't take money out. 

>

Coronavirus Bill Lets Struggling Americans Tap Retirement Money

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-bill-lets-struggling-americans-100000134.html

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on March 28, 2020, 03:07:18 AM
For a sense of perspective:

S&P Historical Prices

https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-historical-prices
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on March 28, 2020, 03:11:03 AM
Financial stats of all kinds:

https://www.multpl.com/sitemap
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 01, 2020, 02:21:40 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 01, 2020, 07:48:09 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 09, 2020, 01:01:03 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Agnostic007 on April 09, 2020, 01:35:28 AM
How much would you recommend investing as a minimum?

I don't think there is a minimum. It's what you can afford to play with. I just put $5K in it Friday morning for my wife. It's up 26% since then. That's not typical. I caught it at $4.65 It's getting close to $6 now. This virus has screwed up it's normal fluctuation so it's new to me on how high it will go before it starts coming down again. I'm going to retract my earlier post because I just don't have the confidence I did then. I don't mind gambling my money and especially the wife's money  :)  but I'd hate someone else to lose on something I suggested

Edit**up 42.07% as of today. 4/14 after 6 days. She got pretty lucky, Her $5K is now $7070
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Agnostic007 on April 09, 2020, 01:37:45 AM
This might sound like a good idea but what happens when these folks retire?  Answer: no money.

Obviously, they could take the money anytime before but with the 10% penalty.  

Treat your 401k and IRA like a pension plan.  Don't touch it except to add to it until you retire.

Don't borrow from it.  Don't take money out. 

>

Coronavirus Bill Lets Struggling Americans Tap Retirement Money

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-bill-lets-struggling-americans-100000134.html



That's good advise. I would exhaust every available option I had before I thought about touching it. I think I would have to be on the verge of being homeless
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 10, 2020, 12:58:27 AM
I don't think there is a minimum. It's what you can afford to play with. I just put $5K in it Friday morning for my wife. It's up 26% since then. That's not typical. I caught it at $4.65 It's getting close to $6 now. This virus has screwed up it's normal fluctuation so it's new to me on how high it will go before it starts coming down again. I'm going to retract my earlier post because I just don't have the confidence I did then. I don't mind gambling my money and especially the wife's money  :)  but I'd hate someone else to lose on something I suggested

what did you buy?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Agnostic007 on April 10, 2020, 12:21:50 PM
what did you buy?

Sunpower
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on April 11, 2020, 08:16:12 AM
That's good advise. I would exhaust every available option I had before I thought about touching it. I think I would have to be on the verge of being homeless




Ah, so....given all the money printing and Fed totally into the equity and capital markets as a buyer of last resort - you believe the current system is going to be in place in say 30 years?

No problem with the above - just do the same as you've always done even though it is all changing at a fundamental level?

You believe the company valuations are accurate then? You believe the risk is the same as well?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on April 11, 2020, 10:58:01 AM



Ah, so....given all the money printing and Fed totally into the equity and capital markets as a buyer of last resort - you believe the current system is going to be in place in say 30 years?

No problem with the above - just do the same as you've always done even though it is all changing at a fundamental level?

You believe the company valuations are accurate then? You believe the risk is the same as well?

Don't over-think.  Change is constant.  Adapt.

Save and invest using generally accepted principles.

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on April 11, 2020, 11:05:59 AM
Don't over-think.  Change is constant.  Adapt.

Save and invest using generally accepted principles.




Missed the point of the post and regurgitated the same thing 007 said.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Agnostic007 on April 11, 2020, 12:38:08 PM

Missed the point of the post and regurgitated the same thing 007 said.

If you want to tap into your 401K and take advantage of penalty free options, have at it. I stated my opinion on it. My philosophy worked for me. It might not be the case for every situation out there. During my career while I was building my retirement fund, I encountered situations where it was tempting to access my savings, one occasion was after a divorce. Starting over was a financial struggle and it would have been easy to dip into my retirement but I chose to struggle through it and discovered most "emergencies" are temporary and can be solved in other ways. Fast forward to 2016 and because I didn't draw from my account and it was allowed to grow exponentially, I could comfortably retire at 53. But again, I am no expert, I just know what worked for me and what the majority of financial advisers will say. If you disagree, no heartburn here.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on April 11, 2020, 02:23:16 PM

Missed the point of the post and regurgitated the same thing 007 said.

Because that's the answer.

Save your money and invest it using common sense using generally accepted principles.

Don't concern yourself with "what if's".

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 12, 2020, 03:15:48 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 19, 2020, 04:36:45 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 19, 2020, 11:11:26 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 22, 2020, 08:29:15 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Feth on April 30, 2020, 11:52:45 AM
Is it still worth investing in crypto?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on April 30, 2020, 02:01:48 PM
Is it still worth investing in crypto?



Yes, and Tesla.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on May 02, 2020, 02:37:04 AM
can someone explain to me how the current bitcoin halvening works?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on May 08, 2020, 10:40:40 AM
Bullish for stocks!

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/worst-jobs-report-history-205-million-jobs-lost-unemployment-rate-hits-record-147
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on May 09, 2020, 01:29:44 AM
Bullish for stocks!

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/worst-jobs-report-history-205-million-jobs-lost-unemployment-rate-hits-record-147

this is completely crazy:


(https://i.postimg.cc/652VdJCt/EXgu0-CNUw-AEWd-U5.png)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on May 09, 2020, 04:50:12 AM
this is completely crazy:


(https://i.postimg.cc/652VdJCt/EXgu0-CNUw-AEWd-U5.png)

Corporate profits will be up now that all the deadwood employees have been cut.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on May 10, 2020, 07:06:09 AM
Corporate profits will be up now that all the deadwood employees have been cut.



Yeah, maybe...for some companies...for one quarter. Then what?

The demand destruction will be breathtaking when(if) they stop sending out this free money to people.

If the new normal is sending people a couple grand a month to sit in their apt and watch netflix that would be the biggest seizure of power by the govt and corps ever imagined. Middle class destroyed, totally.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Rambone on May 11, 2020, 07:44:17 AM
this is completely crazy:


(https://i.postimg.cc/652VdJCt/EXgu0-CNUw-AEWd-U5.png)

The market is always forward looking. The huge drop was the anticipation of the current jobs numbers and the rally is off improving health data and anticipating states reopening. Think of when companies report earnings and solidly beat their profit and revenue numbers, but the outlook isn’t positive. The stock usually sells off hard. It’s not as crazy as it looks.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on May 17, 2020, 03:16:47 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Onfayno on May 26, 2020, 12:27:44 PM
What about cryptocurrency?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on May 26, 2020, 12:58:08 PM
I didn't sell any of my index equity funds and now the S&P is back up to around 3,000.

If you dumped your stocks you blew it.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Rambone on May 27, 2020, 05:32:25 PM
I didn't sell any of my index equity funds and now the S&P is back up to around 3,000.

If you dumped your stocks you blew it.

Smart man. People act very irrationally when they’re fearful.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 14, 2020, 12:28:23 PM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 15, 2020, 10:04:52 AM
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Post by: IroNat on July 17, 2020, 04:12:57 PM
The hidden risk in your S&P 500 index fund

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-hidden-risk-hiding-in-your-sp-500-index-fund-2020-07-17?mod=home-page

How much of your retirement savings are you now gambling on the fortunes of just six companies?

If you’re holding them in an S&P 500 stock market index fund, the answer is: About a quarter.

Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google account for 21% of the index.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 19, 2020, 03:58:34 AM
The hidden risk in your S&P 500 index fund

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-hidden-risk-hiding-in-your-sp-500-index-fund-2020-07-17?mod=home-page

How much of your retirement savings are you now gambling on the fortunes of just six companies?

If you’re holding them in an S&P 500 stock market index fund, the answer is: About a quarter.

Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google account for 21% of the index.


Very interesting! Something related:


(https://i.postimg.cc/d0GMCqcP/Eco-Gj-TOXo-AAln-Ox.png)


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Post by: IroNat on July 19, 2020, 04:39:39 AM
That graph really shows it. ^
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Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 20, 2020, 09:51:23 AM




A ponzi works fine as long as there is new money coming in. Greater fool theory in action.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 25, 2020, 05:54:34 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 27, 2020, 03:54:22 AM
(https://i.postimg.cc/y6nfz9GW/image.png)
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 27, 2020, 03:55:25 AM
(https://i.postimg.cc/7Lv9NN5t/image.png)
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Post by: IroNat on July 27, 2020, 04:30:37 AM
Interesting graph about rents.^

San Fransisco!!!
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 29, 2020, 03:23:11 AM
I have a lot of graphs that I save, so I try to only post the best ones. This clip is also worth watching:  :)


Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on July 29, 2020, 03:50:01 AM
Bitwise 10 Index expense ratio = 2.5%.
$25,000 minimum investment.
3% early withdrawal fee first 12 months.

https://www.bitwiseinvestments.com/funds/Bitwise-10
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 31, 2020, 08:26:46 AM
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Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 31, 2020, 01:59:12 PM
They sent everybody home and sent them money and people are surprised that tech companies are up? People are sitting on their asses consuming mainly tech.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 04, 2020, 04:17:37 AM
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Post by: IroNat on August 04, 2020, 07:38:51 AM
They sent everybody home and sent them money and people are surprised that tech companies are up? People are sitting on their asses consuming mainly tech.

What happens when all the tech is used up?

(https://d2slcw3kip6qmk.cloudfront.net/marketing/pages/consideration-page/supply-and-demand/Supply-and-Demand-Graph-with-Smart-Table@2x.png)
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 07, 2020, 07:08:34 AM
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Post by: SOMEPARTS on August 07, 2020, 09:22:34 AM
What happens when all the tech is used up?

(https://d2slcw3kip6qmk.cloudfront.net/marketing/pages/consideration-page/supply-and-demand/Supply-and-Demand-Graph-with-Smart-Table@2x.png)


We are in the Cola Wars of information right now. Tech companies are fighting for eyeball time rather than selling sugar water though.

What is this overstimulated, overfed, underperforming population good for exactly?



(https://2fvqxa3fxpfi2sm7tt1oe5ln-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/the-matrix-pods.jpg)
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 09, 2020, 06:56:33 AM
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Post by: IroNat on August 12, 2020, 10:26:06 AM
Buffett Indicator: Ratio of total US stock market valuation to GDP

http://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/buffett-indicator.php

(http://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/images/2020-08-06-BI-5-Mkt-to-GDP-Detrended-Recent.png)
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Post by: ElPolloSalmonello on August 12, 2020, 07:25:11 PM
The relationship between price and value in the stock market has gone. That's why a lot of hedge fund managers bailed.

Survival of the fittest was long ago replaced with "bail outs of the shitest"

Stocks are up because there's too much money sloshing around with nowhere else to go.

Gold and Silver is a terrible investment because 99% of people are not buying Gold and Silver but electronic contracts representing Gold and Silver. You can't actually get the Gold and Silver you 'own' - it's just a number on a computer screen.

At the moment - it's all shit and there needs to be a massive correction to sort all this stuff out.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 30, 2020, 06:53:13 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on August 31, 2020, 09:46:05 AM


Gold and Silver is a terrible investment because 99% of people are not buying Gold and Silver but electronic contracts representing Gold and Silver. You can't actually get the Gold and Silver you 'own' - it's just a number on a computer screen.



If you are a commodities trader...the first rule is...."Never take physical possession of the commodity."
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on September 03, 2020, 05:22:06 PM
Vanguard opposes a tax on Wall Street its founder John Bogle favored — and the reason may surprise you

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vanguard-opposes-this-wall-street-tax-its-founder-john-bogle-favored-and-that-says-a-lot-about-mutual-funds-today-2020-09-03?mod=home-page

"But why is Vanguard, in particular, joining this cavalcade of industry giants and lobbyists who are circling their wagons against the FTT? Vanguard, as far as I know, has little or nothing to lose from this tax, unlike many other financial industry firms. Vanguard doesn’t have outside shareholders who might push it to lobby against the tax. (Vanguard, unique among financial industry firms, is organized as a non-profit and thus doesn’t have outside shareholders.) Moreover, John Bogle, Vanguard’s hugely admired late founder, favored a FTT and he would never have allowed Vanguard to promulgate such a politicized document."
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on September 03, 2020, 05:27:23 PM
If you are a commodities trader...the first rule is...."Never take physical possession of the commodity."


As a trader(not a saver), yes it would just be added cost.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on September 03, 2020, 05:30:07 PM
Well, everything was down big today in the markets. The good news is, it's not really your money so why worry about the day to day?  ;D
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 04, 2020, 03:05:48 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 05, 2020, 12:38:22 AM
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Post by: IroNat on September 22, 2020, 03:31:27 AM
Some good ideas here:

Mr. Money Mustache

https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/
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Post by: ThisisOverload on September 22, 2020, 03:45:59 PM
Some good ideas here:

Mr. Money Mustache

https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/

Interesting read.  Not finished but i read a bit of it.  Some principles similar to Dave Ramsey.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 02, 2020, 10:55:22 PM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 03, 2020, 11:49:12 PM
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Post by: IroNat on October 20, 2020, 03:25:15 AM
Many stock investors are too young to remember Black Monday in October 1987

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/many-stock-investors-are-too-young-to-remember-the-october-1987-market-crash-why-thats-a-problem-2020-10-19?mod=home-page

"At some point over the next century, the stock market will lose more than 20% of its value in a single day. Maybe this doesn’t seem like useful advice, but the fact is that you’re kidding yourself if you think market crashes of such magnitude won’t happen again."
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Post by: SOMEPARTS on October 20, 2020, 08:43:55 AM
If Biden wins more like 40% in one day.
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Post by: IroNat on October 21, 2020, 03:59:35 AM
"Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach." --  Peter Lynch
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 23, 2020, 05:23:13 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 24, 2020, 06:13:36 AM
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Post by: IroNat on October 24, 2020, 03:39:21 PM
(https://booksjar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/PDF-EPUB-Poor-Charlies-Almanack-The-Wit-and-Wisdom-of-Charles-T.-Munger-Download.jpg.webp)

https://booksjar.com/pdf-epub-poor-charlies-almanack-the-wit-and-wisdom-of-charles-t-munger-download/
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on October 27, 2020, 07:31:44 AM
The inventor of the ‘4% rule’ just changed it.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-inventor-of-the-4-rule-just-changed-it-11603380557?mod=home-page

"That’s the principle that if you want to make sure your retirement savings last at least as long as you do, you should budget to spend no more than 4% of the balance in the first year—and then just adjust the amount each year in line with inflation."
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on October 27, 2020, 08:08:25 AM
S&P 500 Return Calculator, with Dividend Reinvestment

https://dqydj.com/sp-500-return-calculator/
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 30, 2020, 11:30:25 PM
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Post by: IroNat on November 24, 2020, 10:43:08 AM
Dow crosses 30,000 mark for the first time in history

https://nypost.com/2020/11/24/dow-jumps-433-points-to-break-30000-for-first-time-ever/

"The Dow Jones industrial average surged past the 30,000 mark for the first time in history on Tuesday as Wall Street welcomed good news on coronavirus vaccines and a key step toward a peaceful transfer of power in Washington."


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Post by: Gregzs on November 27, 2020, 07:13:51 PM
Joe Biden’s Ambitious Tax Plan Faces Reality

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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 03, 2020, 07:47:15 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 06, 2020, 01:21:41 PM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 18, 2020, 08:21:00 AM
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Post by: IroNat on December 18, 2020, 09:30:19 AM
I recently heard a comparison made between Amazon and the order-by-catalog titans of yesteryear....Montgomery Ward and Sears.

The platform (internet vs. mail order) is different but the concept is pretty similar.

Shop from home...we deliver to you.

I'm old enough to remember the thick Sears catalog (JC Penneys had one too).  The Sears catalog had everything...bikes, power tools, clothes, toys, furniture, you name it.

I remember as a kid (early 1960s pre-mall) ordering a toy plane from Sears and after a few weeks, picking it up at the Sears order department.
At one time you could even buy pre-fab houses from Sears.  Many of these houses are still around if you know what to look for.

At some point Sears went whole-hog on the Mall store and did away with the catalog.

Amazon has brought it back in electronic form.

Both Sears and Montgomery Ward were headquartered in Chicago.  MW had a huge warehouse there which still stands.

(https://www.cardcow.com/images/set593/card00991_fr.jpg)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: ThisisOverload on December 18, 2020, 11:29:44 AM
I remember my grandparents had that massive Sears catalog on their coffee table when i was really young.

Things have changed so much it's crazy.

My grandmother still to this day will not order anything online, she doesn't think it's safe. Then she gets upset when she calls the store and they tell her they don't take orders over the phone.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Kront0 on December 21, 2020, 08:30:28 AM
Now the situation is very difficult, and many were left without income, so there is nothing to invest. I'm not an exception. So I had a lot of free time and decided to try my luck at free online pokies (https://free-onlinepokies.com/) . I really liked that you can play for free and easy navigation on the site. At first I played just for fun, but now it has become my hobby, because the wide variety of games does not let you get bored. Try it.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on December 21, 2020, 09:34:57 AM


(https://www.cardcow.com/images/set593/card00991_fr.jpg)

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 24, 2020, 02:54:04 AM
MW and Sears had very strong businesses before online shopping.
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Post by: IroNat on December 24, 2020, 04:30:01 AM
MW and Sears had very strong businesses before online shopping.

Both companies went down the tubes before online shopping.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Ward

"Bankruptcy, restructuring, and liquidation

In 1997, the logo was changed to simply "Wards" which was used until the chain liquidated in 2001.

By the 1990s even its rivals began to lose ground to low-price competition from Kmart, Wal-Mart, and especially Target, which eroded even more of Montgomery Ward's traditional customer base. In 1997, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, emerging from protection by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois in August 1999 as a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Capital, which was by then its largest shareholder. As part of a last-ditch effort to remain competitive, the company closed over 100 retail locations[19] in 30 U.S. states (including all the Lechmere and Electric Avenue stores),[20] abandoned the specialty store strategy, renamed and rebranded the chain as simply Wards (although unrelated, Wards was the original name for the now-defunct Circuit City), and spent millions of dollars to renovate its remaining outlets to be flashier and more consumer-friendly. GE Capital reneged on promises of further financial support of Montgomery Ward's restructuring plans.[21]

On December 28, 2000, after lower-than-expected sales during the Christmas season, the company announced it would cease operating, close its remaining 250 retail outlets, and lay off its 37,000 employees. All stores closed within weeks of the announcement. The subsequent liquidation was at the time the largest retail Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in American history (this would be later surpassed by the 2009 and 2018 store closures of Circuit City and Toys 'R' Us). Roger Goddu, Montgomery Ward's CEO, received an offer from JCPenney to become CEO, but he declined under pressure from GE Capital. One of the last closing stores was Salem, Oregon, the location of its human resources division. Montgomery Ward was liquidated by the end of May 2001, ending a 129-year enterprise."
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 24, 2020, 08:29:08 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 25, 2020, 07:15:37 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 27, 2020, 03:48:27 AM
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Post by: IroNat on December 27, 2020, 05:07:17 AM
You have been warned.

>

"By our calculation that (stock market) is currently 75% higher than the historical average, suggesting that the market is Strongly Overvalued. It has not been around this level since the Internet Bubble of the early 2000's."

http://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/buffett-indicator.php

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 29, 2020, 02:39:33 AM
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Post by: IroNat on December 29, 2020, 03:09:01 AM
U.S. Income Tax Brackets – Inflation Updates for 2021

    Marginal Rates: For tax year 2021, the marginal tax rates will be:
        top tax rate remains 37% for individual single taxpayers with incomes greater than $523,600 ($628,300 for married couples filing jointly);
        35%, for incomes over $209,425 ($418,850 for married couples filing jointly);
        32% for incomes over $164,925 ($329,850 for married couples filing jointly);
        24% for incomes over $86,375 ($172,750 for married couples filing jointly);
        22% for incomes over $40,525 ($81,050 for married couples filing jointly);
        12% for incomes over $9,950 ($19,900 for married couples filing jointly).
        The lowest rate is 10% for incomes of single individuals with incomes of $9,950 or less ($19,900 for married couples filing jointly).

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on December 29, 2020, 03:09:32 AM
Federal Estate & Gift Tax Inflation Updates for 2021

    2021 Annual Gift Tax Exclusion will stay at $15,000. This means a person can give any other person at least $15,000 before it is subject to the federal gift tax. Also, a husband and wife may split a $30,000 gift for tax purposes before there is a gift tax.
    2021 Annual Gift Tax Exclusion for Gifts to Non-Citizen Spouses will be $159,000. This is the maximum amount a person may transfer to a non-citizen spouse before the gift is subject to a gift tax. In order for US law to apply, we will usually be talking about a gift being made to a permanent resident alien spouse. One place where this gets triggered unexpectedly by many is retitling of real estate. Give careful thought to adding a non-citizen spouse to a deed. This exemption is up from $157,000 in 2020.
    The 2021 Federal Estate Tax Exemption will be $11,700,000. This means that if you die in 2021, the federal government will not tax on the first $11,700,000 that you pass on (unless you have made large gifts in previous years). US Citizens and permanent resident aliens are entitled to the federal estate tax exemption.
    The 2021 Federal Lifetime Gift Tax Exemption will also be $11,700,000. This is in addition to the annual gifts that a person can make. Be careful that you do not gift highly appreciated assets!
    2021 Reporting Requirements for Large Gifts Received from Foreign Persons: If you receive a gift or an inheritance from a foreign person, you may be required to report it. Recipients of gifts from certain foreign persons are required to report gifts under §6039F if the aggregate value of gifts received in a taxable year exceeds $16,815.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 08, 2021, 04:50:14 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 16, 2021, 06:12:37 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 23, 2021, 03:41:57 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on January 27, 2021, 03:01:20 PM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on February 07, 2021, 09:45:28 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on February 12, 2021, 07:21:48 AM
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Post by: SOMEPARTS on February 15, 2021, 07:08:13 PM
Citi had to widen their Panic/Euphoria chart model to plot the current level of market euphoria(1.80 used to be the top).

I'm sure it's nothing.  ;)


(https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Citi%20euphoria%20feb%2015%202.jpg?itok=Nyqm316S)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on February 26, 2021, 08:01:38 AM
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Post by: IroNat on March 02, 2021, 07:57:18 AM
Do You Want to Be Rich or Wealthy? (And Why the Difference Matters)

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/podcast-659-the-psychology-of-money/
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 19, 2021, 03:37:01 AM
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Post by: IroNat on March 26, 2021, 11:48:11 AM
A Warning From The Late John Bogle

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2019/02/12/a-warning-from-the-late-john-bogle/
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on March 26, 2021, 08:37:15 PM
Peaks tied to stimulus. What happens when no stimmies?

BULLISH! Hahaha...


(https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm7B37.jpg?itok=YL5P0azJ)
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on April 18, 2021, 12:29:56 PM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Taffin on July 13, 2021, 09:34:51 AM
You have been warned.

>

"By our calculation that (stock market) is currently 75% higher than the historical average, suggesting that the market is Strongly Overvalued. It has not been around this level since the Internet Bubble of the early 2000's."

http://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/buffett-indicator.php


Holy Christ! 87%  :o

(https://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/images/2021-07-08-BI-5-Mkt-to-GDP-Detrended-Recent-890@1x.png)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on July 13, 2021, 10:27:26 AM

Holy Christ! 87%  :o

(https://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/images/2021-07-08-BI-5-Mkt-to-GDP-Detrended-Recent-890@1x.png)

What goes up must come down. 

Intelligently allocate your investment portfolio NOW!

Avoid triggering taxable events.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 24, 2021, 11:08:47 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on July 25, 2021, 07:00:04 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 29, 2021, 07:30:41 AM
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Post by: IroNat on September 07, 2021, 04:08:59 AM
Where is the next financial disaster brewing?

>

George Soros says BlackRock’s China investments ‘tragic mistake’

 https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/9/7/george-soros-says-blackrocks-china-investments-tragic-mistake

'George Soros criticized BlackRock Inc.’s China push as a risk to clients’ money and U.S. security interests, in the billionaire financier and philanthropist’s latest broadside against investment in the world’s second-largest economy.

“Pouring billions of dollars into China now is a tragic mistake,” Soros wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. “It is likely to lose money for BlackRock’s clients and, more important, will damage the national security interests of the U.S. and other democracies.”'

   
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 12, 2021, 02:20:42 AM
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 18, 2021, 12:47:37 AM
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Post by: IroNat on September 18, 2021, 04:47:00 AM
Tip: Never take investing advices from people whose net worth is less than yours.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on September 19, 2021, 01:20:40 AM
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Post by: IroNat on September 21, 2021, 04:14:54 AM
Warren Buffett says these are the top companies to own.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-says-top-companies-200100252.html

Nike
Starbucks
Alphabet
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on September 21, 2021, 04:20:51 AM


What will bring the financial world to its knees.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on September 21, 2021, 09:03:28 AM
Warren Buffett says these are the top companies to own.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-says-top-companies-200100252.html

Nike
Starbucks
Alphabet


Three companies that epitomize what is wrong with the world? Haha.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on October 09, 2021, 12:56:45 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on October 09, 2021, 04:46:52 AM
When your barber gives you stock tips it's time to bail.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on October 15, 2021, 05:26:04 AM
Stagflation Investing: How to position your portfolio

https://newacademyoffinance.com/stagflation-investing/

"There has been increasing chatter that stagflation is upon us. Stagflation is a term that is used to describe the phenomenon of increasing inflation and declining growth. The last time that stagflation reared its ugly head was back in the 1970s and that decade was marked by runaway inflationary pressures and stagnating economies (with high unemployment rates) for many developed economies, triggered by an oil shock.

Of late, we are increasingly reading reports that the risk of stagflation is once again upon us, this time triggered by a worsening COVID-19 situation despite global economies looking to ramp up their vaccination rates.

Hence, I thought it will be useful to highlight the notion of stagflation investing and how to position one’s portfolio to combat the rising risk of stagflation."
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Post by: Herness on November 05, 2021, 03:50:56 PM
What will bring the financial world to its knees.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. I am very interested in financial market lately and even decided to do some courses. Checking RE Mentor reviews and two other similar companies here (https://re-mentor.pissedconsumer.com/review.html) and will make my choice soon. Maybe someone has experience with them? Good or bad?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 07, 2021, 05:55:49 AM
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Post by: SOMEPARTS on November 07, 2021, 06:49:56 AM
When your barber gives you stock tips it's time to bail.


My cousin is a plumber...he just bought 100k worth of bitcoin. I fear for his health. :D
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on November 07, 2021, 07:11:27 AM

My cousin is a plumber...he just bought 100k worth of bitcoin. I fear for his health. :D

Plumbers know their sh*t.

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on November 07, 2021, 11:07:03 AM
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Post by: Gregzs on November 21, 2021, 08:18:37 PM
New Estate and Gift Tax Laws for 2022

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Gregzs on November 22, 2021, 07:33:08 PM
Buying prescription glasses online: What they don't tell you

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on November 23, 2021, 04:02:58 AM
Buying prescription glasses online: What they don't tell you



I've bought eyeglasses online many times with no problems, saving big $$.  Eyeglass frames and lenses are way overpriced from local shops.

One thing to note is that you need your pupillary distance measurement (PD), the distance between your pupils.

This is difficult to get as your ophthalmologist or local optician will often refuse to supply it since they also sell eyeglasses and know you will go online and cut them out.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Herness on November 29, 2021, 03:12:31 PM
Not proud about that but i never invested money in anything. Few years ago i bought an apartment which i rent out, that's the only case (if i can call it an investment really).  Only few days ago i contacted stripe customer service on this site (https://stripe.pissedconsumer.com/customer-service.html) and asked them about some financial advices. I want to start next year differently and manage my money more wisely.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on November 29, 2021, 03:28:03 PM
Not proud about that but i never invested money in anything. Few years ago i bought an apartment which i rent out, that's the only case (if i can call it an investment really).

Interesting.  How do you plan for retirement?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on January 09, 2022, 09:21:23 AM
Not proud about that but i never invested money in anything. Few years ago i bought an apartment which i rent out, that's the only case (if i can call it an investment really).  Only few days ago i contacted stripe customer service on this site (https://stripe.pissedconsumer.com/customer-service.html) and asked them about some financial advices. I want to start next year differently and manage my money more wisely.

Two Things I recommend

all right...Ok...Three..


Since I stopped using ATMs, my cash at the end of the month is 3 to 4 times more than before...The idea is to slow the movement of your money.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on January 09, 2022, 09:22:32 AM
Interesting.  How do you plan for retirement?

Getbiggers are 300lbs with abs forever and don't live to retirement.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on January 09, 2022, 09:24:47 AM
I've bought eyeglasses online many times with no problems, saving big $$.  Eyeglass frames and lenses are way overpriced from local shops.

One thing to note is that you need your pupillary distance measurement (PD), the distance between your pupils.

This is difficult to get as your ophthalmologist or local optician will often refuse to supply it since they also sell eyeglasses and know you will go online and cut them out.


Once you get all the info you can photoshop the prescription card date/script and any of those online places will take it.  ;D
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on January 10, 2022, 08:56:40 AM
Plumbers know their sh*t.


Apparently not...he bought BTC at 65k now at 41k.  8)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on January 10, 2022, 11:36:33 AM
Not proud about that but i never invested money in anything. Few years ago i bought an apartment which i rent out, that's the only case (if i can call it an investment really).  Only few days ago i contacted stripe customer service on this site (https://stripe.pissedconsumer.com/customer-service.html) and asked them about some financial advices. I want to start next year differently and manage my money more wisely.

I just figured out you live in Norway...Even so...Don't use a thing like "Stripe"...Use a real bank.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on January 10, 2022, 01:04:59 PM
I just figured out you live in Norway...Even so...Don't use a thing like "Stripe"...Use a real bank.


I'd invest in fine blonde snatch if I lived in Norway.  8)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: sync pulse on January 10, 2022, 03:21:13 PM
Even so...use a real bank.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on February 02, 2022, 03:51:51 AM

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on March 26, 2022, 07:40:39 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on June 20, 2022, 02:00:28 PM
Stocks Historically Don’t Bottom Out Until the Fed Eases

https://www.wsj.com/articles/stocks-historically-dont-bottom-out-until-the-fed-eases-11655594823?siteid=yhoof2

Another week of whipsaw stock trading has many investors wondering how much farther markets will fall.

If history is any guide, the selloff might still be in its early stages.

Investors have often blamed the Federal Reserve for market routs. It turns out the Fed has often had a hand in market turnarounds, too. Going back to 1950, the S&P 500 has sold off at least 15% on 17 occasions, according to research from Vickie Chang, a global markets strategist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. On 11 of those 17 occasions, the stock market managed to bottom out only around the time the Fed shifted toward loosening monetary policy again.

Getting to that point may be painful. The S&P 500 has fallen 23% in 2022, marking its worst start to a year since 1932. The index declined 5.8% last week, its biggest decline since the pandemic-fueled selloff of March 2020.

And the Fed has only just gotten started. After approving its largest interest-rate increase since 1994 on Wednesday, the central bank signaled that it intends to raise rates several more times this year so it can tamp down inflation.

Tightening monetary policy, combined with inflation running at a four-decade high, has many investors fearful that the economy might go into a downturn. Data on retail sales, consumer sentiment, home construction and factory activity have all shown significant weakening in recent weeks. And while corporate earnings are strong now, analysts expect they will come under pressure in the second half of the year. A total of 417 S&P 500 companies mentioned inflation on their earnings calls for the first quarter, the highest number going back to 2010, according to

In the coming week, investors will be parsing data including existing-home sales, consumer sentiment and new-home sales to gauge the economy’s trajectory. U.S. markets are closed Monday in observance of Juneteenth.

“I don’t think the rate of the decline in the market will continue at this pace, but the idea that we’re approaching the bottom—that’s really hard to come up with,” said David Donabedian, chief investment officer of CIBC Private Wealth US.

Mr. Donabedian said he has discouraged clients from trying to “buy the dip,” or to buy shares on discount with the expectation that the market will turn around soon. Even after a punishing selloff, stocks still don’t look cheap, he said. And earnings forecasts still look too optimistic about the future, he added.


The Dow and the S&P 500 index had their worst 100 days to start a year in more than 50 years. And the Nasdaq had its worst start to a year in the history of the index. But if history is a guide, the selling may have only just begun. WSJ’s Dion Rabouin explains.

Other investors say they are staying wary of the possibility that the Fed might have to act even more aggressively, should policy makers be surprised by another unexpectedly high inflation reading. The University of Michigan’s consumer-sentiment survey, released earlier in the month, showed that households expect inflation to run at a 3.3% pace five years from now, up from 3% in May. That marked the first increase since January. Separately, the Labor Department’s consumer-price index rose 8.6% in May from the same month a year ago, the fastest increase since 1981.

“Our feeling is that if the next inflation figure is very high again, the Fed could [raise rates] even more sharply,” said Charles-Henry Monchau, chief investment officer at Syz Bank, in emailed comments. That could put further pressure on risky assets such as stocks, he added.

When the Fed began raising interest rates again this year, it said it was hoping to pull off a soft landing, a scenario in which it slows the economy enough to rein in inflation but not so much that it triggers a recession.

What further steps do you think the Fed will take to address inflation? Join the conversation below.

Within recent weeks, many investors and analysts have become increasingly pessimistic that the Fed will be able to pull that off. Data have already shown signs of economic activity cooling. As rate increases further raise the cost of borrowing for consumers and businesses, it is difficult to envision a way in which the Fed is able to avoid a downturn, many analysts say.

The Fed’s moves “raise the risk of a recession starting this year or early next year and raises the risk frankly that they’re not going to be able to keep raising rates that long,” David Kelly, chief global strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, said on a conference call with reporters Wednesday.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if within a year, we’re having a meeting where the Fed is considering cutting rates,” he added.


Unsurprisingly, stocks typically don’t do well during recessions. The S&P 500 has fallen a median of 24% during recessions going back to 1946, according to research from Deutsche Bank.

“If we don’t get a recession, we are getting close to extreme territory,” Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid wrote in a note.

The silver lining for investors is that, when the Fed begins to shift toward easing monetary policy, markets have historically responded positively and quickly—especially if the primary cause of their slide was related to central-bank policy, according to Goldman Sachs’s analysis.

What no one is sure of is when exactly the Fed will shift gears, and how much more pressure the economy might come under in the meantime.

“I expect the summer to be very choppy,” said Nancy Tengler, chief investment officer at Laffer Tengler Investments.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on August 08, 2022, 03:47:02 AM
Buffett Indicator

https://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/buffett-indicator.php

"(market) currently 40% (or about 1.1 standard deviations) above the historical average, suggesting that the market is Overvalued."


(https://cmv.imgix.net/2022-08-04-BI-5-Mkt-to-GDP-Detrended-Recent.png?w=841&fm=webp&q=30)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 12, 2022, 03:23:49 AM
look at the price of stocks compared to how low bond yields are. Then, stocks look interesting.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on August 25, 2022, 04:05:36 AM
https://www.multpl.com/2-year-treasury-rate

Fed raising rates to build a cushion for the next recession.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on August 27, 2022, 04:14:24 AM
How the Fed Impacts Your Investments

https://retirementresearcher.com/how-the-fed-impacts-your-investments/
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on August 27, 2022, 04:14:57 AM
Should You Own Bonds in a Rising Rate Environment?

https://retirementresearcher.com/should-you-own-bonds-in-a-rising-rate-environment/
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on November 21, 2022, 04:27:29 AM
'The bear market is not over,' according to Goldman Sachs

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-bear-market-goldman-sachs-104046106.html

The feel good vibes in the markets this holiday season may be coming to an end, warns Goldman Sachs.

"The bear market is not over, in our view," closely followed Goldman Sachs strategist Peter Oppenheimer wrote in a new note. "The conditions that are typically consistent with an equity trough have not yet been reached. We would expect lower valuations (consistent with recessionary outcomes), a trough in the momentum of growth deterioration, and a peak in interest rates before a sustained recovery begins."
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on November 21, 2022, 04:28:34 AM
Home flippers getting burned by the US housing downturn

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-time-greedy-home-flippers-110000999.html

'Not the time to get greedy': Home flippers getting burned by the US housing downturn are now slashing prices to cut losses.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on November 25, 2022, 08:26:11 AM
Stocks will lag behind bonds and even decline over the next 10 years

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks-will-lag-behind-bonds-and-even-decline-over-the-next-10-years-says-a-valuation-model-based-on-eight-indicators-11669383397?siteid=yhoof2

While stocks have fallen hard in 2022, they’re still not undervalued compared with years past
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on November 28, 2022, 06:02:40 PM
We see major stock markets plunging 25%...

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/a07952c8-4066-33f5-ab04-64102515137f/%E2%80%98we-see-major-stock-markets.html
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Humble Narcissist on December 09, 2022, 01:18:02 AM
We see major stock markets plunging 25%...

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/a07952c8-4066-33f5-ab04-64102515137f/%E2%80%98we-see-major-stock-markets.html
Now may be the time to invest.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on December 09, 2022, 05:55:11 AM
Now may be the time to invest.

Invest in what?
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Humble Narcissist on December 10, 2022, 01:12:09 AM
Invest in what?
The stock market. If the higher ups are discouraging it that probably means they are buying up stocks.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on December 15, 2022, 03:57:12 AM
The Impact of an Inverted Yield Curve

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/06/invertedyieldcurve.asp

"Historically, an inverted yield curve has been viewed as an indicator of a pending economic recession..."
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Gregzs on December 15, 2022, 04:44:25 PM
The one thing that scares American expats the MOST

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Humble Narcissist on December 16, 2022, 12:27:34 AM
The one thing that scares American expats the MOST


Our tax system is the craziest in the world for it's citizens living overseas. Land of the free. ::)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on January 20, 2023, 07:20:24 AM
Forget inflation, Jefferies says to watch out for a ‘disinflation era’ like the early 1980s

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/forget-inflation-jefferies-says-watch-175517331.html

Jefferies believes that Americans—and particularly American investors—shouldn’t be worried about inflation at all. Disinflation like what was seen in the early 1980s is the real threat, and it’s likely to come with falling corporate earnings and a U.S. recession by the second half of 2023.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on February 03, 2023, 08:22:10 AM
Yield Curve Inverts To Depths Not Seen Since 1980s, Raising Recession Fears

12/08/22

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmoore/2022/12/08/yield-curve-inverts-to-depths-not-seen-since-1980s-raising-recession-fears/?sh=1beec4045022

After trending lower throughout 2022, the yield curve is now deeply inverted. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield less the 2-year yield now stands at levels not seen since the 1980s. This is a concern because this is a well-regarded indicator of a coming U.S. recession. The yield curve has a strong track-record in predicting recessions with very few false positives over recent decades.

(https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6391375600362fc6d08465da/zPUw9---1-/960x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=960)

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: loco on February 03, 2023, 04:05:56 PM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: loco on February 03, 2023, 04:08:05 PM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Humble Narcissist on February 04, 2023, 02:00:18 AM
Both classic videos Loco.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: loco on February 04, 2023, 04:51:40 PM
Both classic videos Loco.

Glad you think so.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SF1900 on February 07, 2023, 04:16:56 AM
All of these posts prove one thing:

These so called expert investors know absolutely nothing about trends.

It’s all guess work.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: loco on February 07, 2023, 02:44:45 PM
All of these posts prove one thing:

These so called expert investors know absolutely nothing about trends.

It’s all guess work.

Eggxactly!

(https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F451631%2Fnest-egg_gettyimages-453947423.jpg)


Wall Street’s dirty secret: It’s terrible at forecasting stocks

December 28, 2022

"Last year, Goldman Sachs analysts predicted that the S&P 500 would close out 2022 at 5,100 points. Morgan Stanley predicted a more bearish 4,400. The S&P 500 closed on Tuesday at 3,829.

No major analysts predicted last December that this year would (likely) be the worst for US stocks since 2008, that oil prices would shoot from $70 to $130 and then careen back to $70, and that the Federal Reserve would announce four straight historic three-quarter point interest rate hikes.

This year, forecasters are set to miss the mark by their widest margin in about 15 years, according to FactSet data. They’re on track to have overestimated the performance of the S&P 500 in 2022 by nearly 40%.

Market analysts are great at explaining what drives stocks in the short-term, but predictions clearly haven’t been their cup of tea – nor should they really matter to investors. The S&P 500 has good years and bad years, but long-term investors know that it typically works out in the end: The return averages out to about 10% per year for nearly the last century."


https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/28/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on February 12, 2023, 04:53:16 AM
The Buffett Indicator suggests that the US stock market is Overvalued

The current ratio of 170% is approximately 32% (or about 1.0 standard deviations) above the historical trend line, suggesting that the stock market is Overvalued relative to GDP.

https://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/buffett-indicator.php
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on February 12, 2023, 04:56:15 AM
S&P 500 PE Ratio

https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-pe-ratio
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Gregzs on April 24, 2023, 12:19:22 AM
How to Avoid Common Home Buying Mistakes

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on May 21, 2023, 08:20:37 AM
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on June 04, 2023, 03:39:00 AM
Inversion Curve:

             2yr   10yr     Diff      30yr
06-02   4.50   3.69   -0.81   3.88
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Gregzs on June 04, 2023, 05:48:11 PM
Why Wealthy Americans Love UBS, The Secretive Swiss Banking Giant

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on June 14, 2023, 03:58:55 AM
Here Are 2 Big Defense Stocks Poised To Pop.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-just-announced-2-1-162053135.html

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Raytheon Technologies Corp.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 15, 2023, 01:45:05 AM
Here Are 2 Big Defense Stocks Poised To Pop.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-just-announced-2-1-162053135.html

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

They are praying for a war with China or Russia. Military industrial complex.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on June 15, 2023, 04:43:49 AM
They are praying for a war with China or Russia. Military industrial complex.

Don't need a war, just a threat to spur more spending.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 16, 2023, 12:51:17 AM
Don't need a war, just a threat to spur more spending.
Yep, also leaving military gear in countries like Afghanistan.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Gregzs on July 08, 2023, 06:31:49 PM
DESTROYING The American Dream With Build To Rent Homes

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 09, 2023, 07:24:57 AM
DESTROYING The American Dream With Build To Rent Homes




This is the future and it's already in the works. To be honest a majority of the population do not add enough value to the economy to own a home. Automation and AI will further streamline and make this worse. They have been preparing younger people for a lower standard of living through "equity" and "climate" messaging.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on July 09, 2023, 07:40:20 AM
A young single mom with two kids, unless she has a very well-paying job, should not be able to afford a suburban home with amenities.

My first house in 1984 was a 2-family in the city for $50k.  Even at that I could barely qualify to buy it at then interest rates of 17%.

That same house 40 years later goes for maybe $110-$120k tops.

Young people today expect to start out with a house that their parents could only afford after 20 years that is $500k.

My first house 1984 $50k
2nd house 1989 $75k
3rd house 1997 $114k
Current house 1998 $200k
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 09, 2023, 08:28:58 AM
A young single mom with two kids, unless she has a very well-paying job, should not be able to afford a suburban home with amenities.

My first house in 1984 was a 2-family in the city for $50k.  Even at that I could barely qualify to buy it at then interest rates of 17%.

That same house 40 years later goes for maybe $110-$120k tops.

Young people today expect to start out with a house that their parents could only afford after 20 years that is $500k.

My first house 1984 $50k
2nd house 1989 $75k
3rd house 1997 $114k
Current house 1998 $200k


No disagreement but a 1984 dollar is about $3 in today's money..1998 is around $1.87 today. The problem is not just expectations but again earning potential at limited value in the global labor market. This is the reason for the minimum basic income argument. I don't see a time when those that provide value just hand it over to useless eaters to sit around in air conditioning. Certainly not when times get tough, which they will as the money printing continues and creates more and more lower class.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: ThisisOverload on July 11, 2023, 08:40:03 PM
A young single mom with two kids, unless she has a very well-paying job, should not be able to afford a suburban home with amenities.

My first house in 1984 was a 2-family in the city for $50k.  Even at that I could barely qualify to buy it at then interest rates of 17%.

That same house 40 years later goes for maybe $110-$120k tops.

Young people today expect to start out with a house that their parents could only afford after 20 years that is $500k.

My first house 1984 $50k
2nd house 1989 $75k
3rd house 1997 $114k
Current house 1998 $200k

Depends on where you live.

A 1200 SF starter home where i live is $480K
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: ThisisOverload on July 11, 2023, 08:43:59 PM
DESTROYING The American Dream With Build To Rent Homes



They are creating homes that are way above what the average person can buy and renting them. There is a good side since a lot of American's don't understand credit and savings.

Both of the builders i develop subdivisions for are getting rich on BTR (build to rent).

But all the renters are people who can't qualify to buy a $300k home, but can rent. Plus there are not many homes less than that price, so it's BTR homes or shit apartments for the same price.
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: IroNat on July 31, 2023, 08:51:55 AM
Jim Rickards sounds the alarm and explains that you need to prepare for what's coming next. Jim explains that we have never seen this before and a severe recession is coming.


Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 06, 2023, 12:49:30 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2hg_BFXUAAq30L?format=jpg&name=medium)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on August 06, 2023, 07:25:07 PM
S&P 500 PE Ratio

https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-pe-ratio


Shiller PE Ratio is 30.89. Lookiing at history not good.


https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe

Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: SOMEPARTS on August 19, 2023, 06:13:25 PM
https://www.dailychartbook.com/p/daily-chartbook-262


(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3zmIjNWcAAC3pV?format=jpg&name=medium)
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: loco on August 24, 2023, 04:02:48 PM
"The conventional wisdom among bestselling financial writers of the seventies and eighties was that unemployment and recession would get so bad that the fiscal and monetary floodgates would be thrown open to avert depression, bringing on inflation.

To fight it, the Fed would slam on the brakes and throw the country into an even greater slump requiring even more stimulus, causing even worse inflation, requiring even tougher brake slamming...and around and around it would go, inflation, recession, inflation, recession, getting ever worse.

The "malarial economy," Howard Ruff and others dubbed it, alternating chills and fever and, eventually, collapse.  Ruff wrote How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years and (when they didn't come) Survive and Win in the Inflationary Eighties (which proved to be highly desinflamatory).

Douglas Casey cashed in with Crisis Investing.  Ravi Batra hit #1 in 1987 with The Great Depression of 1990 (unemployment was 5.6% in 1990), the same year James Dale Davison and William Rees-Mogg weighed in with The Great Reckoning: Protecting Yourself in the Coming Depression followed by Blood in the Streets: Investment Profits in a World Gone Mad."

- Andrew Tobias, The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need
Title: Re: Investing and personal finance
Post by: Humble Narcissist on August 25, 2023, 01:20:23 AM

This is the future and it's already in the works. To be honest a majority of the population do not add enough value to the economy to own a home. Automation and AI will further streamline and make this worse. They have been preparing younger people for a lower standard of living through "equity" and "climate" messaging.
Yep, The Great Reset.