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by clacy
Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:24 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: My Democtratic candidate grades!
Replies: 40
Views: 16119

Re: My Democtratic candidate grades!

Biden is imploding on his own. There's no way he can beat Trump from what I'm seeing.
by clacy
Sun Aug 11, 2019 9:02 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Epstein
Replies: 89
Views: 49884

Re: Epstein

You're right, Tyler-- Much of that dark underbelly has been right out there in plain view. However, what remains largely in the dark is how a ring of pedophiles could effectively come to own and control everything that matters, including Congress, a majority of federal judges, and the heads of virt...
by clacy
Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:23 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Scrap the Rigged Elections and Let the Market Decide
Replies: 7
Views: 3743

Re: Scrap the Rigged Elections and Let the Market Decide

My only beef with that article is that the bookies had it totally wrong on Trump v Hillary in 2016. And my gut says the current odds of re-election are far too low. It will be interesting to see how 2020 unfolds when there is an actual Dem nominee to run against. Trump is at his best (like most poli...
by clacy
Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:33 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: PP Inspired Leveraged Portfolios
Replies: 237
Views: 423285

Re: PP Inspired Leveraged Portfolios

On May 6th, the CME will be launching Micro E-mini futures contracts for S&P, Dow, Nasdaq and Russell 2000.

I think these will make holding a futures based PP (any type of portfolio really) much easier. They will be 1/10th the size of their standard Emini contracts.
by clacy
Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:31 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: PP Inspired Leveraged Portfolios
Replies: 237
Views: 423285

Re: PP Inspired Leveraged Portfolios

CME to launch Micro E-mini equity futures. This makes a futures based portfolio easier to swing due to matching notional values of contracts.

https://activetrader.cmegroup.com/micro ... relaunch_1
by clacy
Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:55 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Kavanaugh
Replies: 208
Views: 93706

Re: Kavanaugh

Oh boy.....

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/supreme ... -fall.html

Kavanaugh was bad enough, but if Trump replaces RBG it will get UGLY
by clacy
Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:59 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

So are the Koch's part of "the left?" Further, I don't think they hate him. Trump was actually right when he said that he gave them huge tax cuts and regulatory decreases. If they lose a bit on trade-wars they'll still be net-beneficiaries of the Trump presidency methinks. No, the Kochs are neo-con...
by clacy
Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:04 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Kbg wrote:
Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:40 pm
The Dems have Soros, the Pubs have the Koch's. What's the difference really?
Koch's hate Trump, and the Republican Party is now the Trump party. I predict that the Koch's will back Dems by 2020.

They want their corporatocracy and cheap labor.
by clacy
Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:10 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

McCain was a complex guy and like most humans who have lived he had his high points and low points. I think with any human life we should celebrate a person's good while not necessarily giving them a pass on the bad. High points - Courage, honor and grit as a POW - Bipartisanship...standing up for ...
by clacy
Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:42 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

A new NAFTA deal with Mexico will be announced this week. That's very exciting.

Renegotiated and more favorable to the US. It's weird to me how easy that was to do, and I wonder why our previous Presidents didn't even try?
by clacy
Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:12 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Lol saving the middle class by bringing back jobs isn’t a risk.

It’s gotta be getting hard to be anti Trump by now isn’t it?
by clacy
Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:08 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Manufacturing jobs growing at fastest pace in 23 years despite Obama telling us that they were "never coming back" and "Trump doesn't have a magic wand"... (or does he?) https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-why-manufacturing-jobs-growth-has-been-so-strong-2018-08-03?siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigcharts
by clacy
Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:12 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Another one I'm sort of dumbfounded by is the almost complete silence of national debt hawks and inflation hawks. You hardly ever hear about that stuff anymore. This issue is DOA for the time being. Who knows how the experiment ends, but there is going to be no serious budget reform for the foresee...
by clacy
Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:00 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

More winning!!!! Some people aren't comfortable with winning, but for those that are..... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/25/trump-juncker-trade-war-eu-zero-tariff-deal https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-eu-agree-to-resolve-trade-differences-1532524795 Winning is fine with me. The economy...
by clacy
Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:08 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

More winning!!!! Some people aren't comfortable with winning, but for those that are.....

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... ariff-deal

https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-eu-agre ... 1532524795
by clacy
Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:27 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: All Treasury Portfolio
Replies: 12
Views: 10736

Re: All Treasury Portfolio

I think a 15/15/70 portfolio would be much safer.

15% stocks / 15% gold / 70% bond ladder.
by clacy
Tue May 22, 2018 9:49 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Can you lay out for me how exactly you see the "deep state" as being a phenomenon that started under Bush I? To me, it's been firmly entrenched at the very least since the post-WWII period, if-not earlier. Yes I would agree, which is why I said "probably has much longer than that, back to at least ...
by clacy
Tue May 22, 2018 7:53 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Well, Putin is not only a strong leader (the Russian people LOVE strong leaders), but he's the epitome of a strong, NATIONALISTIC leader. And, more to the point, he's the only significant force pushing back against the western corporate oligarchy as it marches forward in its quest for western hegem...
by clacy
Mon May 21, 2018 10:09 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Re: is the retail bubble bursting?
Replies: 42
Views: 25575

Re: is the retail bubble bursting?

The REIT's and commercial real estate investors I work with have been getting out of retail for the last 12-18 months. The writing is on the wall and outside of some companies that swoop in and get some steals for pennies on the dollar (likely from banks at that point), there won't be a lot of appet...
by clacy
Fri May 11, 2018 8:58 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Wow, I don't even know what to say. The FBI has sunk to a new low. Zero credibility. They planted a spy in the Trump campaign. Weaponized politics should be scary for both sides, since either one can use it.... https://www.wsj.com/articles/about-that-fbi-source-1525992611 https://www.washingtonpost....
by clacy
Thu May 03, 2018 9:22 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

And yet the talk of impeachment continues unabated. The nation's so-called elite just can't get over the fact that somebody like Trump won the election. Frankly, I can't believe it either. It seems utterly surreal. And I'm one to believe he's not a monster, just another run-of-the-mill egomaniac, a...
by clacy
Wed May 02, 2018 4:46 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Chalk another one up for Trump.....

http://www.businessinsider.com/north-ko ... ers-2018-5
by clacy
Tue May 01, 2018 7:43 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Good point ... the list of candidates was spectacularly horrible. I knew when I found myself rooting for Ted Cruz, something was terribly wrong. What a shit show. We had a Bush, a Clinton, a Trump and a McAfee, all in one rotten campaign cycle. I hope to never hear any of those names again, in the ...
by clacy
Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:53 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 379917

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

dualstow wrote:
clacy wrote: Gary "Aleppo" Johnson O0
Everybody's a conspiracy theorist. If anything, he damaged Hilary's total.
I like the nickname, though.

Regardless, he ended up a non factor, because let’s face it, he is a clown.