Sorry for being ignorant, but did not have time today to read the news for US - what's the current 'explanation' for the S&P/QQQ down days ? In EU we had the ECB announcement yesterday, which might serve as some explanation ... Inflation CPI higher than expected. So the freakout continues. Than...

Sorry for being ignorant, but did not have time today to read the news for US - what's the current 'explanation' for the S&P/QQQ down days ?

In EU we had the ECB announcement yesterday, which might serve as some explanation ...

Yeah, definitely 20% commodities held in the Ivy portfolio needs some strong conviction, given that in the short term you will buy at high price (the war in Ukraine is already taken into account, and what happens if it ends some time soon..? For markets I do not think that it will make any sort of d...

Lagarde on Cryptos here Breaking news! European Central banker doesn't believe in Crypto and thinks it should be regulated. Yes, some more breaking news coming .. As I was reading through the recent (couple days ago) Gates notes found this : Hey Bill, what do you think about Bitcoin and cryptocurre...

Lagarde on Cryptos here

The whole world is experiencing inflation, not just the US. Yes, you are definitely not alone. The euro area annual inflation rate was 7.4% in April 2022, a year earlier, the rate was 1.6%. European Union annual inflation was 8.1% in April 2022, up from 7.8% in March. A year earlier, the rate was 2...

And as completely opposite to a random observation - I am completely certain that new PP investors will get better prices. One could ask - better compared to what? Well, compared to me who did rebalancing/contribution at the beginning of this year ;D So, joypog , you may have good opportunities ahea...

Indeed, such posts might prove harmful, given Musk has shifted his focus from TWTR to GYRO (ISIN: 25252525)

In my US-PP (in USD) I have been using US7 for the bond allocation and it's combination of several durations averaging ~8 yr. Feel comfortable with it and do not plan to shift. As another random observation, I do think the sentiment will change to full blown bearish at some point as stock market doe...

Start to smell pinwheel-ish here... ;D you just miss some REIT .. For me its too much of slice & dice. Only piece of international stocks I found that is not that much corelated to US stock market is EU small caps (and in EU we are good in having the small caps really small ;-)). For REITs I ha...

Start to smell pinwheel-ish here... ;D you just miss some REIT .. For me its too much of slice & dice. Only piece of international stocks I found that is not that much corelated to US stock market is EU small caps (and in EU we are good in having the small caps really small ;-)). For REITs I hav...

I would assume the same, Vil. The only thing I knew for sure was that ppnewbie was not using Apmex. O0 Inconsequential: the 1/4 oz eagle I bought using bitcoin from this forum did feel good. Should have spent more. I do not have eagles at all, should buy some, some day. To be honest I rarely feel t...

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 7:36 am

ppnewbie wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 10:58 pm Personally, if I can get fractional coins for the same premium as 1 oz I go for those.

I might, too, but i buy from Apmex and the premium is way higher for fractional there.

Do not think its only Apmex that sell fractional at premium, think that's pretty much the case everywhere ..

Ugly_Bird wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 9:43 am I've personally seen situations when the stores were getting tired of changing price tags because they simply could not keep up. Then, they just closed the stores.

When/where was that ?

I just accidentally discovered that 48oz of gold = 88,888.88 USD. 60oz is 111,11 As mathematicians say - we are in the same basket of equivalence - I am also counting hours/days to return back home from Germany, not much to do here anymore ... ;D By the way - with regards to inflation - yesterday a...

Why not buy TIPWX/TIPRX (TIPWX is the instl share class and TIPRX is the investor share class; ... then something like this seems like a no-brainer. That sounds interesting. Apologies for my ignorance, but TIPRX being an interval fund (and as not traded on sec exchange) - how can it be purchased th...

Well, the truth is it's really hard to feed you/your family from farming. Even with the alluvial soil (and thanks to Danube being such an enormous river) we enjoy in Northern Bulgaria - its hard to feed a family without having to take extremely good care and work a lot on several acres. If you want ...

Yeah, nothing good ahead of us. Book shared by Vinny recently (the one about inflation) advices on going into property owning (but direct ownership, no REITs or alike) - as according to the author this is the only way to beat or at least negate the effects of inflation. Actually right wing supporter...

Well, you have high expectations from me, dear forum-mates. I'd rather say Belangp's book is just fine - and as the cliché goes- it's full of unconventional wisdom (saving rate is more important than rate of returns, gold is better stock diversifier for longer periods than bonds, etc.) and its nice ...

Thanks, downloaded. Just finished Belanger's, so will have a look at this one at some point.

My wife and I might not be great at investing, but we've been awfully good at saving. According to Paul Belanger's new book (which is discussed in another thread) savings rate is if not important, at least equally important to the investing strategy you choose. He provided some very simple, but ins...

Yup. Well, advertised price<menu price is still better than advertised price<menu price<bill price. So there is still room for 'improvement' ...

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:14 pmyep

Speaking of German inflation (and as I am here now) - has noticed the menu stickers (the kind of transparent ones glued to the entry glass doors of restaurants) having different prices than the paper menu prices. 10-15-20% (or alike) higher in the paper menus.

Xan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 12:09 pm All the hand-wringing about energy makes me sad that people don't see that modern nuclear reactors are the answer to pretty much everything.

Wholeheartedly agree. Pretty much assume the ratio of energy unit per waste generated makes the nuclear power an ultimate winner.

I am in Germany right now, its 16 degrees Celsius and they do not have (yet) issues with Russian gas. Happy people !
Though in order to replace the gas they will need quite some more of those annoying wind turbines (which in fact I can see even now from my room..)