Looks like a big rise in the after hours.

My concern with long-term treasury bonds in the PP has always been that their volatility and risk profile are not constant. They're both higher when rates are lower, and lower when rates are higher. Fortunately, I found a solution here in Canada. I'm sure similar solutions exist in the U.S. I found ...

A reminder to us all that anything can happen in markets.

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 2:15 pm

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:13 am Are you guys planning any trips/travel this year?

China. Bit of medical tourism (nothing serious, just testing). And a bit of regular tourism. Trying to iron out the dates right now, actually.

I like it. I just rebalanced into emerging markets earlier this month!

Agree with Mathjak

yankees60 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:56 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:13 am Are you guys planning any trips/travel this year?

I might leave my house / property.

LOL

Are you guys planning any trips/travel this year? Costco. Local grocery store. Church. Gas station. Friends. Restaurants. I’m going out on a limb here, but I might even take trips to the TV room and bedroom and bathroom. 😉 Hahahhaa! touche! I want to go to New York this year! But the missus doesn't...

I would personally make it intermediate-term treasury bonds instead of short-term, but this is a perfectly valid approach too.

Are you guys planning any trips/travel this year?

Yeah it was inevitable. In markets, I'm just along for the ride, and enjoying it!

Back to good ol' Breaking Bad memes. O0 bb meme.jpg I never understood the hate for Skyler. When the show was still putting out new episodes, Vince Gilligan even tried to shield actress Anna Gunn(sp?) from social media. I thought she was great, but maybe they did write a lot of angry lines for her....

lol also:

Back to good ol' Breaking Bad memes.

Xan: the best forum steward on the internet!

I feel like NotNiceParticularIdiot is a contra-indicator for precious metals.

The more badmouthing he does, the higher the price goes!!!!

I have always assumed that either Xan or Craig would be able to see our search queries too.

I'm guessing Craig R.?

the price today.. WOW.

I pretty much always assumed that they could, regardless of whatever they said in public.

how long till we hit $10,000 per ounce?

just a bit LOL

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 8:59 pm @Smithers

This is better than bananas and rice

I don't remember/get this reference.

As that thread is locked will we be able to count on gold coming to the rescue if we see a major collapse in the price of common stocks? No! At times both stocks and gold have down years. A case example is for Japan 2008. At the start of the year it took 111 Yen to buy a US dollar, by year end that...

I don't know why anyone even tries to argue in favour of gold with those fools.

You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Instead of Vinny, why don't they ban NotNiceParticularWoman?