You own part of a company in Germany. The Mark doubles in value, company intakes Marks, you convert your dividend to twice as many dollars. German consumers slowly catch on and buy more American stuff, raising the price of those products. Purchase Power Parity gets restored. This isnt an investing f...

iBond new rate 3.38%

Are all prices up 30% yet? Cuz thats how much they printed.

https://tipswatch.com/2023/04/12/march- ... e-at-3-38/

Some of those 15k/month places will take your estate, then keep you after you've burned through it at 15k/month rate, so it works out to less 15k/month. Also avg life span in nursing home is 2 years. > the view among ordinary Americans that the lives of elderly people don't have much value But of co...

He leaked American intel but much less on Russia and China. His release isnt high on my list of concerns

Juries love sob stories. whats the reason victims would be under-compensated. Insurance company donations to judges? Car accident victims seem well compensated, even when fault isnt totally clear. Like gun violence, elder abuse cant be cured. And the cure could be worse than the disease. In the case...

And the house? Every day I come here for the house update.

Didnt work as well as expected. I should post this on Bogleheads. "50% gold is a good portfolio"

The only portfolio ever posted here that was arguably stupid was techno's 50%+ gold allocation

Re: bonds, what is the person you are loaning to going to do with it. The only free lunch is population growth. New home, car, education loans. On top of that, there's more rich people than ever handing out those loans

Tilt toward inflation protection, as the Fed's legal authority to print is 5x. And the public's tolerance for nominal deflation is lower. ie spoiled children (a subset of the communists) have more political influence thanks to social media narratives and government handing billions to universities t...

^ https://www.seniorly.com/assisted-livin ... agher-home

For those in the NY area. My grandparents spent their last years there.

Dont trust anyone who doesnt use dark skins on websites.

Flu used to be called the Angel of Mercy for the moribund. Hmm. Was going to say, why dont we build huge facilities on cheap land in the midwest, staff with immigrants. But I suppose surprise visits from family go a long way toward preventing abuse. Gonna start running 5Ks, hopefully my heart will e...

If thats simple id hate to see complicated

True, inflation is most likely. But some of us want to be able to liquidate the entire portfolio at any time for cancer treatment, gold/bitcoin to change countries, or other disaster.

> maps look like diseased cells.

@19minutes

And a random youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uOeTcGjRDA

Fidelity and Vanguard are too big to fail, just save your statements. Are you as worried about your health. Hit the gym =)

yeah I'm considering Florida. But why am I partially agreeing with joypog. Is this a trap

+ the news is infotainment and propaganda, and tech will continue making that worse.

Fed raised rates and defended the dollar, 30 year at 3.64%. There will be some pain but not hyperinflation. In the next flight to safety ima dump it all @1.5%

> China owning so much of our treasuries certainly implies that they are interested in the welfare of the United States The US especially is not culturally homogeneous. China is buying Canadian and American land and politicians. And exporting their methods for handling disobedient sub-cultures. Vinn...

Now you panic, after martial law was lifted? We've done inflationary defaults before. Nixon shock, 2009 bailouts. It is concerning that they're bailing out banks again before the "covid emergency" is even over. Anywho, the Fed defended the dollar, 30 year is 3.6%. PP holds up in theory unt...

Thank you Commander Data