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- Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:33 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
- Replies: 1386
- Views: 1477365
Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II
A terrorist/pariah state having a permanent seat in the United Nations that can veto UN decisions pretty much invalidates the UN's purpose. Yup...whether that's good or bad is a little more difficult question in my mind. I think it's a good thing to have international forums where countries can com...
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:29 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
- Replies: 1386
- Views: 1477365
Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II
It's incredibly sad on a human level as all wars are. However, other than 9/11 (from an American standpoint) I can't think of a more worthy war to support in recent times. Russian political culture is something else. I often wonder what it might become when A) Soviet era thugs and the populace dies ...
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:18 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: A history lesson for our crypto trolls
- Replies: 24
- Views: 21099
Re: A history lesson for our crypto trolls
I'm of the opinion that Bitcoin is our only hope at taking power back from the elites in Washington. Control of the money is too much power. Bitcoin is an engineering solution to the political ills of our times. We need more engineers in politics. The world is too complex for the usual sorts of con...
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:27 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Bond barbell vs. other options
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5061
Re: Bond barbell vs. other options
I'm interested in revisiting the classic long-term Treasury/money market barbell. I don't mean to incur the wrath of any "stay the course no matter what" purists but I'm under the impression that many of us "fudge" these allocations to some degree anyway. Way back when the permi...
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:05 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Treasury Notes (Auction vs Secondary - basically a wash?)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8826
Re: Treasury Notes (Auction vs Secondary - basically a wash?)
Here's a good article on taxation when bonds are bought at a discount or premium. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/tax/08/bond-tax.asp A bond bought at issue and held to maturity will have no tax effects other than the interest portion. Secondary market purchases are when the more complicated t...
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:56 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Optimisation - A waste of time?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2152
Re: Optimisation - A waste of time?
No kidding...and kinda demonstrates the point! I normally use some form of averaging with segmented data to arrive upon potential allocations (or values for trading systems). Dual Momentum isn't talked about much anymore, but an application example is to not use a single 12 mo lookback but use 3-12 ...
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 4:56 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: How did YOU vote???!!
- Replies: 62
- Views: 18739
Re: How did YOU vote???!!
It appears to me political polling is no longer that useful as it is pretty inaccurate. I'm not a conspiracy guy, but I like j's comment on the red wave was made up. The news cycle was getting stale, let's throw some excitement into the story. If your job is to sell news based advertising a blow out...
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 4:51 pm
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: Single-bond ETFs
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13049
Re: Single-bond ETFs
Thanks for the heads up on CLTL. Was not aware of it.
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:51 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: US Legislative Majority after November 8
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3523
Re: US Legislative Majority after November 8
I like divided government. Reigns in the crazies on both sides. Effectively adding more reams of paper to existing state and federal code and regulations isn't necessarily a good thing.
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 8:19 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: How did YOU vote???!!
- Replies: 62
- Views: 18739
Re: How did YOU vote???!!
Not a great night for the R party.
Thoughts on my thoughts?
- If you want to win a competitive Republican primary in a deep red state, go for the Trump endorsement
- If you want to win a competitive general election, having his endorsement is close to political suicide
Thoughts on my thoughts?
- If you want to win a competitive Republican primary in a deep red state, go for the Trump endorsement
- If you want to win a competitive general election, having his endorsement is close to political suicide
- Tue Nov 08, 2022 6:24 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: US Legislative Majority after November 8
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3523
Re: US Legislative Majority after November 8
You left out the most probable outcome as a choice of the Rs don't sweep it.
House = R
Senate remains D
Hence a non-vote from me
House = R
Senate remains D
Hence a non-vote from me
- Tue Nov 08, 2022 6:16 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: How did YOU vote???!!
- Replies: 62
- Views: 18739
Re: How did YOU vote???!!
My state is highly red. Multiple local offices had a single candidate that was from the R party...not the same I know, but seemed very communist like.
I wish there was more competition. I think there should always be at least two candidates, even if they are from the same party.
I wish there was more competition. I think there should always be at least two candidates, even if they are from the same party.
- Tue Nov 08, 2022 1:50 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: 4.3% SWR for 30 years
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6885
Re: 4.3% SWR for 30 years
A very interesting proposal in your second to the last paragraph. I find it amazing how often I get exposed to an idea that completely never occurred to me. A definite benefit of being exposed and open to many ideas.
- Tue Nov 08, 2022 1:46 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3953
- Views: 2631475
- Tue Nov 08, 2022 1:40 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Treasury Notes (Auction vs Secondary - basically a wash?)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8826
Re: Treasury Notes (Auction vs Secondary - basically a wash?)
So your return will be whatever your broker states it will be for the ask price but there may be tax implications in terms of interest vs. cap gains.
See last line of previous post. :-)
See last line of previous post. :-)
- Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:24 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Treasury Notes (Auction vs Secondary - basically a wash?)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8826
Re: Treasury Bonds (Auction vs Secondary - basically a wash?)
Depends. Municipal, USG or commercial? Your post slightly points to USG bonds. Assuming that is a yes (or no), there may be some tax implications. Let's assume you bought a bond during ZIRP days which was yielding .25%. It is most definitely selling at a discount to par now. https://msrb.org/sites/d...
- Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:33 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: White House Deletes Tweet After Context Note
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2814
Re: White House Deletes Tweet After Context Note
The whole Twitter thing is bizarre. I started using it for info on the UKR/RUS war. It just does not seem as important as people make it out to be though. I’m not understanding the uproar. I will however say that in a short time the advertisements have gone WAY down in quality. Rather than getting a...
- Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:39 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Peanut Butter
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28832
Re: Peanut Butter
Breakfast, all three meals were comped! Must admit we were Whataburgered out by dinner. LOL
- Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:35 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Non-ESG ETFs
- Replies: 53
- Views: 63182
Re: Non-ESG ETFs
I think they saw the writing on the wall legally and are probably deciding they don’t need the hassle of the potential law suits.
You don’t get to be a shareholder and defacto board member without taking on liability for your decisions/actions.
Regardless, it is a good trend.
You don’t get to be a shareholder and defacto board member without taking on liability for your decisions/actions.
Regardless, it is a good trend.
- Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:32 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3953
- Views: 2631475
Re: The GOLD scream room
How many times do we get to say gold is up nicely today!?
There, it was said.
There, it was said.

- Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:56 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Peanut Butter
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28832
Re: Peanut Butter
And of course the other Texas institution of tastiness…Whataburger! True story, the Mrs. and I had joked for 4-5 years about flying to a city that had a Whataburger. Last fall about this time I noticed some round trip tickets for $99 and bought them. Short flight, got there for breakfast and also at...
- Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:55 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Peanut Butter
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28832
Re: Peanut Butter
I miss HEB, that's a good chain of stores. They really are very good at what they do. During the various crises lately (mainly I'm thinking of the snowstorm), they were able to quickly redirect a lot of their capacity to the basics and never ran short. Here are some articles: https://www.nytimes.co...
- Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:48 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: GDE from WisdomTree is new to me
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1648
Re: GDE from WisdomTree is new to me
Interesting fund, good fee for what it's offering.
Last time I checked the volume was pretty minimal...so it might not survive. (It has been a while since I checked volume, so perhaps it gaining traction IDK.)
Last time I checked the volume was pretty minimal...so it might not survive. (It has been a while since I checked volume, so perhaps it gaining traction IDK.)
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:38 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Peanut Butter
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28832
Re: Peanut Butter
Ok folks...convince me that (on Amazon) a $28.55 16oz jar of Teddie peanut butter is THAT good.
I can get 12 16.3 oz jars of Skippy Super Chunk for $31.44 (on Amazon)
12x better???
I can get 12 16.3 oz jars of Skippy Super Chunk for $31.44 (on Amazon)
12x better???
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:31 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Fourth Branch of Government
- Replies: 42
- Views: 18489
Re: The Fourth Branch of Government
'Anger on their minds': NBC News poll finds sky-high interest and polarization ahead of midterms 80% of Democrats and Republicans believe the political opposition poses a threat that, if not stopped, will destroy America as we know it. https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read/anger-minds-nb...