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- Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:08 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
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=big...
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:12 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
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...
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:00 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
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...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:08 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
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
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... ariff-deal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-eu-agre ... 1532524795
- Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:27 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: All Treasury Portfolio
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11020
Re: All Treasury Portfolio
I think a 15/15/70 portfolio would be much safer.
15% stocks / 15% gold / 70% bond ladder.
15% stocks / 15% gold / 70% bond ladder.
- Tue May 22, 2018 9:49 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
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, ba...
- Tue May 22, 2018 7:53 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
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...
- Mon May 21, 2018 10:09 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Re: is the retail bubble bursting?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 26076
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...
- Fri May 11, 2018 8:58 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
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....
- Thu May 03, 2018 9:22 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
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...
- Wed May 02, 2018 4:46 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
- Tue May 01, 2018 7:43 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
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 ...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:53 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
Re: Trump as tragicomedy
dualstow wrote:Everybody's a conspiracy theorist. If anything, he damaged Hilary's total.clacy wrote: Gary "Aleppo" Johnson
I like the nickname, though.
Regardless, he ended up a non factor, because let’s face it, he is a clown.
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:56 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
Re: Trump as tragicomedy
Neo-con? Me? Omg no. Much more of a Ron Paul guy. If it was Ron Paul vs Hillary (or fill in the blank Democratic Socialist), I would vote for him in a second. At the moment, the Libertarian movement is on life support and not politically viable. I'm about 90% convinced that in the last election, Ga...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:03 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
Re: Trump as tragicomedy
Hopefully better spelling. Is this what the anti-Trump argument has come to? In a way, this is what the anti-Trump argument has been about all along. As you know, the election represented a clash between, on the one hand, those Whites and Asians who have tended to go to college (allied with Blacks,...
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 3:22 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
Re: Trump as tragicomedy
Is this what the anti-Trump argument has come to?ochotona wrote:Hopefully better spelling.clacy wrote:Trump freed North Korea and defeated Isis in his first 18 month. I’m excited to see what the next two years bring.
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:36 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 389166
Re: Trump as tragicomedy
Trump freed North Korea and defeated Isis in his first 18 month. I’m excited to see what the next two years bring.
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:52 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Inspired Leveraged Portfolios
- Replies: 237
- Views: 534532
Re: PP Inspired Leveraged Portfolios
So with the blow up I’m retooling what I was going to track/post on here. I’m thinking 20% st vol was a bit much. :-) I’m looking at something Golden Butterflyish. Selling vol will still be a part of it but looking at different forms. Could be just a switch to SVXY. Kbg, you probably covered this i...
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:36 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Is the PP going to hold up?
- Replies: 114
- Views: 59484
Re: Is the PP going to hold up?
My personal opinion is that gold is going to explode up soon. Of course timing is never easy and I'm talking over the next 5-7 years, I see gold out-performing stocks significantly. In my business, I see costs skyrocketing. -Construction costs on commercial projects are 20-25% higher than they were ...
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:44 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Inspired Leveraged Portfolios
- Replies: 237
- Views: 534532
Re: PP Inspired Leveraged Portfolios
Looks like XIV is trading again. It could be a good time to buy some additional shares at a 90% discount??
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:08 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Wow, Just Like Old Times! (VIX +72%)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7765
Re: Wow, Just Like Old Times! (VIX +72%)
Did XIV liquidate?
I pulled up their data to see what kind of carnage ensued recently and it looks like it may have stopped trading!
I pulled up their data to see what kind of carnage ensued recently and it looks like it may have stopped trading!
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:10 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Attention early retirees in Kentucky
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10495
Re: Attention early retirees in Kentucky
Citizens dividends may actually work some day if the AI/robotic revolution fully takes form.
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:24 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Attention early retirees in Kentucky
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10495
Re: Attention early retirees in Kentucky
Early retirees who use welfare to fund their early retirement during prime working years, are just that..... welfare recipients. You have to have a pretty low amount of pride to do that IMHO.
- Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:56 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: 20 Years Old Hits the Mega Millions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5810
Re: 20 Years Old Hits the Mega Millions
For practicality's sake, I would probably have no more than $1m in physical gold and use ETF's for the rest. I would also have no problem replacing half of the "gold portion" with REIT's and/or NNN properties.
- Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:14 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: 20 Years Old Hits the Mega Millions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5810
Re: 20 Years Old Hits the Mega Millions
Would you advise him to put it all in the Permanent Portfolio? Just jump in? I sure would. I might tell him to tweak it slightly by increasing the cash amount, so maybe 20% Gold, 20% stocks 20% LTT and 40% cash. Real growth to his portfolio is pointless (in my humble opinion). As long as he can pac...