The coronavirus has started infecting people in the US (and by "people" I mean "one person"), so the official response has begun. So far, we got an email from our hospital about procedures to follow for people suspected of being sick. And, one of our division members cancelled a medical volunteer tr...

Bronsucheki (sp?) who started this thread was an employee of the Perth Mint at the time. Having him following the board was priceless. He doesn't work there anymore but it would be so nice if he dropped in again and commented on this! If you are in the US I don't know that you need long US treasurie...

Out of my area, but...congrats!

Still not sure it's the poop-filled streets...convention centers are booked for major events many years in advance and generally by people looking only at the bottom line and who aren't physically in the city. However, Ad's message is the real point. San Francisco is a major tourist attraction - whe...

I don't know any more than you do. Sounds like it could be a new SARS. I do get regular notices from NYS DOH and will pass on any relevant info.

I doubt the city will do anything, regardless of how bad it gets. Bureaucratic organizations are fundamentally unable to admit that they made a mistake. They may "tweak" policies but they will never, ever roll them back. Also, conventions pulling out of San Francisco may be simply due to higher tota...

I also think a citizen's dividend instead of a minimum wage is a great idea. Unfortunately, it can only happen if paired with removal of birthright citizenship. Otherwise, look out for planeloads and caravans of pregnant women heading here to have their babies on U.S. soil. The attractions are bad e...

The problem with these predictions is that they may be accurate given an unlimited time horizon (i.e. yes, the stock market will go through a correction sometime in the future), but they can't predict the timing of the event. Because of that, they're a terrible guide to use for investment actions. W...

I figured that big banks and governments would eventually jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon after I heard about JP Morgan Chase's new digital currency. It'll be very interesting to watch, for sure. I also would predict that Bitcoin will become marginalized by these well funded and powerful effort...

I've also found that taxes come in to play "bigly" when you have to fund a higher lifestyle expense. If you can keep your lifestyle expenses below the 22% federal bracket, only a small fraction of your post-FI income needs will go to taxes. To the degree your lifestyle creeps above that threshold, ...

It's a good feeling knowing you don't have to do anything you don't want to do , because you have your spending and desires under control. And you can choose to do work without really considering how much it pays. Or just not do anything and read books and workout a lot. It's all good. Personally, ...

The premium went up last year for a couple weeks in January, so I've been keeping an eye on it, hoping for something similar this year. I still have no idea why that would be. Do people like to transact gold in January for some reason? Just wanted to thank you guys for alerting me that the PHYS dis...