Official Investing Thread

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

  1. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    I have a degree in Economics, but sure!
     
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  2. Frankie Carbone

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    Your degree is worthless since we’re not discussing the implications of the tariffs on the economy. Good job though, we’re proud of you!
     
  3. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    lol ok bud.
     
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  4. BWC

    BWC It was the BOAT times, it was the WOAT times
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    Some are trying to. Seems like a useful and pertinent discussion to have!
     
  5. Frankie Carbone

    Frankie Carbone eh che se dice
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    Sure and I’m not saying otherwise.

    People got into a tizzy for mentioning what makes trump tick regarding tariffs. The responses were nothing but projecting and claiming I’m a trump voter.
     
  6. portlandspartan

    portlandspartan Well-Known Member
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    I liked this thread better when we were all unified in lamenting the state of the world instead of being unified against one smug know it all who speaks in riddles
     
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  7. NothingIsOT

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    So we all buying puts? Someone post their positions
     
  8. kinghill

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    money market king right here
     
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  9. The Banks

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    Taxing pharmaceuticals, thoughts Mr. Carbone?
     
  10. fish

    fish Impossible, Germany
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    I'm looking to buy tomorrow.
     
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  11. NothingIsOT

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    You’d get much better bang for your buck on r/conservative honestly
     
  12. NothingIsOT

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    Anyone think this busts through $400 on SPY? The puts are 6.06 on 45 DTE. I’m tempted to sell
     
  13. One Two

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    I moved 20% of my old 401k into a growth capital fund that was tanking today. I really don’t care about anything anymore.
     
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  14. kinghill

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    what’s the expense ratio on that growth fund
     
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  15. The Banks

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    Nikkei 225 down 3% so far today.
     
  16. FelipeG

    FelipeG Well-Known Member

    These Trump cultists are anti..... corporations, deep state, military industrial complex, foreign aid, foreign intervention, big government, Democrats, Republicans, so on and so. They do not realize what has made this county great. They want the whole system to collapse and replace it with what??? A supreme leader and total chaos??? Lots of them want to go "live off the land". They don't realize how stable our economy and way of life has been for decades now. They don't realize how well everyone has it made these days and just how prosperous we all are not just the ultra wealthy. I watched Fareed Zakaria's Attack on Government the other day. He put up a chart that showed poverty rates in the US were around 75% in 1940, 60% in 1950, 35% in 1960, 25% in 1970, 15% in 1980 and in the 10-15% since 1990 to now. The GDP per Capita for Mississippi is +$51k. While the UK is -$50k, France is -$45k and Japan is -$34k. The GDP per Capita for the US is +$82k. We are the global economic power and these idiots think we have it bad and are being taken advantage by the rest of the world.
     
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  17. FelipeG

    FelipeG Well-Known Member

    I was doing a little homework on growth and tech funds for the kids Roth a few weeks ago.
    These are some that I had jotted down.

    SCHG = .04%
    VOOG = .6%
    FBCG = .59%
    FELG = .18%
    FFLG = .38%

    Looking at the 1, 3 and 5 year avg returns, there really wasn't any huge differences when averaging or comparing those.

    I decided to go with SCHG beccause of the low ER while FBCG had the better returns in the 1 & 5 years.
     
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  18. One Two

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    It’s not great but it’s not bad considering historical performance
     
  19. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    Im not a buyer until my portfolio gets to 75/25 then I’ll rebalance it back up to 80/20 or 85/15. If it never gets to 75/25 that means stocks rebounded and I’ll get to the 85/15 I desire that way.

    I should note I’ve gone from 92/8 to 80/20 by just buying a small amount of VGT and mainly treasuries since Dec along with the market dumping.
     
  20. Bert Handsome

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    This is not great



     
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  21. Goose

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    I thought we were refinancing the debt
     
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  22. afb

    afb Spoiler Alert: Pawnee, IN may not be on a map.
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    trump definitely knows what he's doing

    :dubioustrump:
     
  23. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    This motherfucker has no idea what he is doing
     
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  24. The Banks

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    Trump either:

    A. Is mentally stable and doesn’t know how tariffs work

    B. Is not mentally stable and doesn’t know how tariffs work

    C. Knows how tariffs works, but pretends not to
     
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  25. afb

    afb Spoiler Alert: Pawnee, IN may not be on a map.
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    Your honor, I rest my case

     
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  26. Jay Jay Okocha

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    The bond vigilantes turning on the dollar would be seismic and very very scary.
     
  27. Bruce Wayne

    Bruce Wayne Billionaire Playboy
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  28. The Blackfish

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    You just made poor Bogle roll over in his grave
     
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  29. TDintheCorner

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    Is anybody moving cash out of MMF into HYSA? I haven't made the move yet but a few Bogleheads posts got me thinking about it. It's hard to trust anything right now.
     
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  30. Sportfan

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    I’m also buying CDs but I’ve never heard of most of the banks offering decent rates and even more well known ones seem to all be callable.
     
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  31. letan

    letan Just looking for the gator board
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    Good lord at the market thanks to the 90 day pause. Hope no one sold earlier. What a dumb rollercoaster
     
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  32. Gallant Knight

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    Thank you President t
     
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  33. Gallant Knight

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    I might high key sell now lol
     
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  34. portlandspartan

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    It’s always been simple market manipulation
     
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  35. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    Dump and pump scheme. Would love to see Trumps circles investments
     
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  36. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    Can we just give this dude like $3 billion just to go the fuck away forever?
     
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  37. texasraider

    texasraider thanks
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    Thank you president T for letting me cash out before the next shitshow
     
  38. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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  39. The Blackfish

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    Bought today but doesn’t go into affect until the market closes. FUCK.

    still time for it to crash again
     
  40. CaneKnight

    CaneKnight FSU Private Board's Fav Poster
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    Learned that lesson the hard way a long time ago
     
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  41. Gallant Knight

    Gallant Knight Fat Neck
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    I sold some ten minutes ago
     
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  42. bricktop

    bricktop Well-Known Member

    My puts :(
     
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  43. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    luckily I used my boglehead rosary and didn't do anything stupid
     
  44. DuffandMuff

    DuffandMuff Well-Known Member
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    And that folks is why we stay in the market.
     
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  45. TDintheCorner

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    This isn't the end of this bullshit
     
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  46. The Blackfish

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    No panic selling, stick to your plan, buy high buy low.
     
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  47. The Blackfish

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    oh no, we have 4 years of it, which is why no panic selling is so important.
     
  48. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    most definitely

    but Donald going to love the big green candle he got out of this
     
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  49. One Two

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    :leo:
     
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