Official Investing Thread

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Joe Louis, Jul 12, 2010.

  1. The Hebrew Husker

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  2. brolift

    brolift 2sweet
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    Anyone carrying SPLG in lieu of a bogle fund? thx
     
  3. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    Odds that Trump goes to Fort Knox and puts the world in a panic saying there’s no gold there?
     
  4. zachary

    zachary 32/m/colorado
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    100%
     
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  5. jcb-r

    jcb-r Well-Known Member
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    Hoping you took some of those gains off the table.
     
  6. teel

    teel Schiano Man
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    Nope bought more last week, maybe in 2030

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  7. Super Vegeta

    Super Vegeta I'm starting to feel like I'm entering my slut era
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    These last 2 weeks have been real ball crushers for me.
     
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  8. pearl

    pearl Fan of: White wimmens feet
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    Me, going around and buying stocks during the crash.

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  9. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    Moments like this I’m happy to have like 15% of my portfolio in SCHD. Now the other 95% of the time I’m cursing it for lagging so far behind QQQ.
     
  10. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    been managing my parents money for 3 years now. finally liquidating their last annuity

    good time to buy vti
     
  11. —

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    zachary

    SCHD
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    Maybe a lil brk.b if you think Warren’s eternal spirit will live on forever
     
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  12. WC

    WC Bad Company, ‘til the day I die.
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    Anybody looking to get out of individual stocks with this latest predicted GDP number?


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  13. Bo Pelinis

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    Don’t fuck with individual stocks regardless imo
     
  14. WC

    WC Bad Company, ‘til the day I die.
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    Yea, figured that would be the prevailing response itt.

    So what you’re saying is sell sell sell got it thanks
     
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  15. Josey Wales

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    I have a managed fund that’s about 50% stocks and the other half bonds. They asked if I’d like to dump X amount of liquid dollars in provided I don’t need a portion over the next 12-24 months.

    I know you can’t time the market but it sure seems the next 4-6 weeks may be a bad time to buy anything. No?
     
  16. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    im 30 years from needing retirement money in all likelihood

    just chillin' and operating as normal
     
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  17. —

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    Yay time to avg down is more of my response because I don’t foresee needing to sell any of my brokerage assets for like 30 years as Lyrtch said
     
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  18. kinghill

    kinghill Cool American Flavour
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    always be buying
     
  19. Goose

    Goose Hi
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    Scared money don’t make no money
     
  20. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    I was hoping to be 12 years from FIRE/retiring, but who knows now.
     
  21. Joystick Izzy

    Joystick Izzy Well-Known Member
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    You answered your own question.
     
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  22. —

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    Although you can time the market if you are an elected official or “buddies” with one
     
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  23. Bo Pelinis

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    I will have invested 60k into retirement by April 15th. I just invest in ETFs because individual stocks are largely losers comparatively in a retirement time horizon.
     
  24. kinghill

    kinghill Cool American Flavour
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  25. kinghill

    kinghill Cool American Flavour
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  26. Jimmy the Saint

    Jimmy the Saint The future is a benevolent black hole
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    I have Apple I bought when I started investing in a Roth almost ten years ago. Otherwise I’ve gotten out of individual entirely other than my 401(k) match that is paid out in company stock.
     
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  27. The Hebrew Husker

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    Just curious what ETFs do you hold? Most of my retirement right now is either in a Target Date from my old job, or an S&P type index fund. With the future or demise of the country I’ve been thinking I should diversify if possible.

    Or maybe just start spending the money while I can because I might not see it in 30 years lol
     
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  28. Bo Pelinis

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    SCHG/SCHB/SCHD, ITOT, VTSAX/VIGAX/VDIGX because of retirement account offerings. Largely am ~60% growth ETFs, ~30% broad market, ~10% dividend yield
     
  29. TDintheCorner

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    Noticeable lack of international there. I've been on that train but am in the process of moving to 15% intl
     
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  30. Bo Pelinis

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    I was in a Schwab international fund for ~5 years maybe 10-15 years ago and it just always lagged behind these others so I divested.
     
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  31. TDintheCorner

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    Same experience for me. I've moved all intl over to VT and VXUS. I'm not expecting much, really just trying to hedge my bets to a small degree.
     
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  32. Mr. Bean

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    So this is a bloodbath
     
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  33. Bo Pelinis

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    President Business and his autist sidekick very good at the stonks indeed
     
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  34. construxboy

    construxboy xenForo is the new TMB
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    I would have guessed you were older. Must be the avatar.
     
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  35. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    I got a nice commission check Friday and didn’t buy shit so now it’s effectively like 1.5% larger. #lifehack
     
  36. construxboy

    construxboy xenForo is the new TMB
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    I enjoy putting some of my money in individual stocks. Makes for a fun hobby. Got about 15% of my invested money in stocks. Totally understand people avoiding that though. It takes more time to manage than ETFs/Funds.
     
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  37. gordon bombay

    gordon bombay magician's alliance enthusiast
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    Thank god my entire portfolio is PM
     
  38. texasraider

    texasraider thanks
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    So much goddamn winning from orange daddy
     
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  39. Paddy Murphy

    Paddy Murphy Well-Known Member
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    Fucking wooooooof
     
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  40. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    We learned he isn't kicking the can on tariffs again

    Wall Street positioned itself as if they wouldn't happen so has to unwind that risk
     
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  41. The Hebrew Husker

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    4 more years! 4 more years! Oh wait…
     
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  42. ohbluefan

    ohbluefan Well-Known Member
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    I know they say not to guess the markets but I rolled all my 401k into a 2020 fund last week which should be more heavy in bonds then the market, hopefully it pays off :fingerscrossed:
     
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  43. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    As against this in theory I am I will admit I thought about it
     
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  44. ohbluefan

    ohbluefan Well-Known Member
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    I also did it about a month before the pandemic but missed some of the bounce back so it was probably a wash. The bad part is I have no idea when to get back in this time either so you’re probably making the right call.
     
  45. Walter Melon

    Walter Melon I watch you sleep.
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    Bought SPY puts Friday for weekend news. Sold before the plunge when nothing happened. r u srs rite now
     
  46. AptosDuck

    AptosDuck Pedantic Hausfrau
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    Rice and bullets are always useful
     
  47. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    what happens when he defaults on our debt?
     
  48. ohbluefan

    ohbluefan Well-Known Member
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    Yeah I thought about that too, it’s not a well thought out plan
     
  49. Lip

    Lip Well-Known Member
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    explain this more. You’re moving them out of annuities and into what?

    How old are they?
     
  50. NFM

    NFM Well-Known Member
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    Managing your parents’ finances, unless they’re completely incapacitated, seems like a disaster.
     
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