I watched Options Action on CNBC and they all sounded confident that 112-114 will be the low in TLT, at least short term. That's about a 9% further loss.

I make a comfortable salary and have low living expenses, and seem to have an excess of 1k-2k/month. I don't really want to invest this money, as there are some medium term goals I want to save for (3-5 years), but I"m not sure where to put the money in the interim. The tricky part is that I m...

Fed policy has a significant impact on the economy and business which is why so much attention is given to what they do. The Fed can have a huge impact on the stock market but it's not like someone at the Fed is waving a wand or rubbing a lamp and saying "Stock Market go down" and poof it...

Fed policy has a significant impact on the economy and business which is why so much attention is given to what they do. The Fed can have a huge impact on the stock market but it's not like someone at the Fed is waving a wand or rubbing a lamp and saying "Stock Market go down" and poof it...

It's probably not worth it for tax purposes.

I'm looking at a market crash ahead. Which asset in the PP will save us? Also, any non PP assets, possibly like TBT?

The new normal for bonds is that they become more and more about simply guessing at central bank moves, and less about real-world fundamentals because investors will turn elsewhere to express such views -- precious metals, various equity sectors, commodity baskets and so on. I don't know that we ne...

Up 40% in a year. I'm happy. I like old, wise managers.

It's been doing well. Extremely tax efficient in a non-retirement account.

"I visit my box at least once per year just so the bank knows it's "active."

I need to do this too.

I bought PHYS years ago and dislike it but I don't want to pay taxes to switch out of it. I guess I'm stuck. PHYS is a Trust & therefore isn't taxed at the Collectibles rate: it is taxed like any other ETF. This is only true if you filed the proper paperwork with the IRS in the first year that ...

Wellesley works best in a tax deferred account.

Totally forgot to report a 2021 purchase I made with bitcoin given to me by Marc on this site once upon a time. Oops. I don't do my own taxes, but I happened to see it on the extra copy of my completed tax return. "Virtual currency." Oops. I'll need to fix that. I wish that I had your pro...

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:29 am Gold back below 2000 per oz. Driving myself nuts over whether I should buy.

Is gold just about the worst performing commodity of them all over the past 12 months? It could be.

With skyrocketing fuel prices and an economy in deep stress, this is starting to remind me of 2008, with differences, of course. This should be where the PP earns it's keep. What do you think?

Biden's weakness and his abysmal performance in Afghanistan brought this on.

Haha! We watched that Sony Trinitron for many, many good years.

It was forever ago and I was a kid. Don't remember.

Big yawn until they start giving out Sony Trinitons again. I must be older than you are. Until inflation set in during the late 1960s, I recall that toasters and coffee pots were the "free" bank giveaway of choice. My folks got a Sony Trinitron TV from Crossland Savings Bank. It was very ...

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:25 am I took a lot of vp profits in individal stocks right after New Year’s, but I have sold zero index fund shares.
Bought some dividend payers - of course AT&T slashed their dividend by 50% after I bought in.

Is this part of your PP or is it VP money?

Big yawn until they start giving out Sony Trinitons again.

Yeah, my IAU is in a retirement account. That's why I hadn't noticed it before. And my PHYS is PHYS so this doesn't apply.

I own GLDM and just received my tax forms for 2021. Under "Proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions" GLDM is giving off some kind of "Undetermined Term Transactions for Noncovered Tax Lots." They are listed as "Principal payments." I'm guessing that I have ...

mining stocks are so unpredictable. You could have a great mine that's functioning well and then the gov't slaps on some environmental taxes. Or you could have a junk mine that's lying about potential reserves. It's all a big mess and in no way an alternative to owning gold. The miners are one of t...

Question. When someone requests to have themselves removed .... I know that removes any posts that they originate. However, I'm assuming that any replies that they made to someone else's original posts would still remain? Clive was actively deleting his own posts even before he thought of leaving (...