<snip> My personal take on the whole thing...not a good idea in the first place. But there were two good results. 1) Saddam gone 2) The whole invasion was in the context of the war on terrorism and I can attest to the fact that Iraq was a jihadi magnet for several years and we killed a butt load of...

I think that America can be foolish if it has no costs. But I am fearing for millions of people - famine - collapses of society with scarce energy. I think we are getting much closer to sacrificing our own loved ones or ourselves for Ukraine than we think. We made a mess. We installed a clown. This...

… I’m not OP, but Peter Zeihans take seems plausible — to paraphrase (probably badly), Russia wants a defensible border that is under their dominion Basically , all that was part of the Warsaw Pact. … I really need to read his Accidental Superpower. Haven’t seen his take on the current war. I need ...

I wish Biden would call up Zelinsky and tell him to end the war. 72 hours later it would be over (IMHO). But the US and Europe would have to eat some crow. Give up some regions, reverse sanctions, return seized stuff. Shake Putins hand, retract war criminal statements, remove Ukraine from considera...

So on the false flag idea.... I don't think the various atrocities are false flags by the Ukes. But when I apply the cui bono test, the Uke government benefits more than the Russian. Arguably it hurts the Russian efforts, although they might not think so. That's an important test. Heck it even has ...

I’ll look at things early May, but expect to stick with what LTT I’ve got

Not sure if I’ll have the stomach the rebalance into LTTs if needed though

Things are only going to get more interesting — energy and food supplies , but that’s a topic for a different thread

@JHogue - What is most efficient way to purchase IBonds? My goal is 5K to 10K per year, but I am not sure of the best timing - all at once - every six months - purchase at the end of a month or wait and purchase at the beginning of the month. I see the TD website offers a direct payroll deduction o...

I'd imagine that while China might not fight on the Russian "side", they might use this time to go after Taiwan while the West is distracted.

They would likely do at least some trade / co-ordination

jalanlong wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:21 pm Cullen Roche sums it up nicely:



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Possibly not the exact order I'd put it into (ha!), but, basically my sentiment. For the last few years.

what do I know?

Here is a topic for discussion. If you were President/Dictator for a day and could pass one piece of legislation to significantly change the country for what you believe is the better, what would that legislation be? I will go first. Mine would be legislation to alert people on how much they are pa...

Here is a topic for discussion. If you were President/Dictator for a day and could pass one piece of legislation to significantly change the country for what you believe is the better, what would that legislation be? I will go first. Mine would be legislation to alert people on how much they are pa...

Remove electoral college for presidential elections (one person, one. Ote) House seats proportional representation by total votes in state (So, Presidency by people, Senate equal by state, house a bit in the middle) Min voting age 25 Ranked choice voting where applicable Corporations are not people ...

According to Quicken, my gold is down 0.6% for trailing 12 months; down 6.2% YTD I rebalanced some into Gold in May of this year, which really hurt -- most expensive Gold I've bought to date! [Edit / Note: my overall retirement allocation to Gold targets ~15%; currently closer to 12%. Yeah, performa...

I do 34% VOO (S&P 500) and then 66% VXF (Extended Market Index). That gives me almost an equal weight of large, mid and small using Morningstar's ETF size tool. That seems like a nice, elegant approach. Do you have international as well or just use the U.S. funds? I do not use any international...

Congrats! Hoping this helps turn things around for you

And then LTT is goes up a we tad today (2.3% for Vanguards LTT Mutual Fund)

Bonds have nowhere to go but down?

Being a Friday, I get to appreciate the bounce in my LTT allocation for at LEAST the weekend.

buddtholomew wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:27 pm Sold down to 5% today.
I won’t bitch about it anymore now.
Liberating!

Even if a gold bull market begins today?

But, good that you've got your allocation to something that makes you comfortable.

whatchamacallit wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:51 am I guess just a dream as well but I want to hold out to see if there is a juicy fixed rate Nov 1st.

Not likely to be one but I can dream.

With "juicy" defined as > 0.

At least, that is one reason I'm waiting to put in a little more.

I figure my (state) college was paid about 1/3 by parents, 1/3 by my working, and 1/3 by loans and the occasional grant or scholarship. (Four years, away at in-state University) Late 80's Worked full time all breaks (basically minimum wage), plus work/study part time during the school year. Costs ha...

Yesterday I went to a park about 4 miles from my house. It has two softball fields, basketball court, field house, skate park, kids things to play on, picnic area, water thing, other things. I've been playing softball on the two softball fields since 1982. Yesterday they had three bands plays for f...

That number is surprisingly small considering it includes projected Social Security payments. Lifetime average for a single person is 570,000. For a couple, 1,113,000. So if you are going to include SS you could say that the average person is more than halfway there at birth and the average couple ...

Dumbbells vs barbells: A barbell is a fixed long single bar. It makes it easier to stabilize and focus on the main muscle you’re using. Which can be a bad thing for fitness, since with a dumbbell, you lack the inherent stabilization the bar provides and must recruit different accessory muscles to p...

<snip> No circuit training. It's always been difficult to keep my heart rate up as my normal heart rate is in the 40s to low 50s range when resting. This is one thing I found at the Starting Strength web site: "You can do strength training with dumb bells to a certain extant , however they are...

Would love for people to add to this list (if any additions are needed) so we can come up with our very own DIY Primary Care Guide! Doing regular free weight exercising (barbells and NOT dumb bells!). I just passed 10 years of consistently doing it and the quality of life enhancements continue. I r...

Would love for people to add to this list (if any additions are needed) so we can come up with our very own DIY Primary Care Guide! Doing regular free weight exercising (barbells and NOT dumb bells!). I just passed 10 years of consistently doing it and the quality of life enhancements continue. I r...