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by shekels
Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:43 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 2155666

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

I didn't realize that Vancouver had become the Fourth Reich. Between your cell phone ticket and the $1000 above, it sounds like the Gestapo has taken over the metro police. Wtf? I KNOW. Holy s#$t. I'm just glad it wasn't me. A $1,000 ticket on top of what I'm already going through, and I don't know...
by shekels
Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:36 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 2155666

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

I didn't realize that Vancouver had become the Fourth Reich. Between your cell phone ticket and the $1000 above, it sounds like the Gestapo has taken over the metro police. Wtf? I KNOW. Holy s#$t. I'm just glad it wasn't me. A $1,000 ticket on top of what I'm already going through, and I don't know...
by shekels
Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:07 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Getting Into Linux
Replies: 34
Views: 11401

Re: Getting Into Linux

Just to summarize a multitude of posts from pre-Smith times: I tried Linux, but I'm not really smart enough to take advantage of it, even on a secondary computer. I started with system-on-a-stick and that Wubi website. Then, dual-boot with WinXP. Next, a $300 hp notebook that had Windows on it, whi...
by shekels
Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1231
Views: 650076

Re: YouTube Junkie

shekels wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:03 pm HA hah ha Ha Ha ha

Trust Us..
FDIC’s Ridiculous Ad to Stop Bank Runs Is Sending the Opposite Signal.

https://youtu.be/jdjzIaEDTnw
And it's gone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DT7bX-B1Mg
by shekels
Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:03 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1231
Views: 650076

Re: YouTube Junkie

HA hah ha Ha Ha ha

Trust Us..
FDIC’s Ridiculous Ad to Stop Bank Runs Is Sending the Opposite Signal.

https://youtu.be/jdjzIaEDTnw
by shekels
Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:51 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2317
Views: 1442017

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Tried Chocolate wine, Not bad reminded me of Chocolate milk and Irish Creme.

Cheers
by shekels
Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:46 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Fed Going Nuclear - Will the PP get radiation poisoning?
Replies: 37
Views: 12163

Re: Fed Going Nuclear - Will the PP get radiation poisoning?

From The Aleph Blog. Too Much Debt Posted on 24 March 2020 by David Merkel Photo Credit: Steve Rotman || As Simon and Garfunkel sang, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls…” Debt-based economies are unstable. Economies with a lot of short-term debt are more unstable. The Fed is ...
by shekels
Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:24 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Bitcoin in the PP?
Replies: 81
Views: 30047

Re: Bitcoin in the PP?

CLICKBAIT ?
by shekels
Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:36 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Fed Going Nuclear - Will the PP get radiation poisoning?
Replies: 37
Views: 12163

Re: Fed Going Nuclear - Will the PP get radiation poisoning?

And if the Treasury Department, at the time of settling up, were to simply say "Not this time. . ." Then what? I suspect that would just print more Federal Reserve Notes to cover their losses. Then without being tied to the Fed, they could print up all the money they wanted for themselves...
by shekels
Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:25 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Sophie, we may have a treatment
Replies: 26
Views: 7440

Re: Sophie, we may have a treatment

Well chloroquine and chlorine sound alike. . . https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/fake-news-hacks-claim-man-died-after-ingesting-chloroquine-because-of-trump-leaves-out-the-fact-he-actually-drank-fish-tank-cleaner/ Corona 1.Don't Drink Koi Pond Cleaner ✔️ 2. Ventilators do not work 95% of the...
by shekels
Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:11 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Fed announcement
Replies: 16
Views: 4523

Re: Fed announcement

I agree we have Dollar Shortage issue, that the tail is waging the dog on this mess also. So when was the approval given for the FED to be the Central Bank of the World, granted they may be the de facto Central Bank? WE KEEP getting into these messes for a reason. If a Hedge Fund or Zombie Company ...
by shekels
Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:43 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Fed announcement
Replies: 16
Views: 4523

Re: Fed announcement

Do keep in mind that for the last few years the Fed has been holding interest rates UP not down. The market has been dragging them lower by relentlessly buying bonds. The Fed has followed the market begrudgingly, not the other way around. The Fed were the ones that wanted to bring rates back up to ...
by shekels
Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:34 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Fed announcement
Replies: 16
Views: 4523

Re: Fed announcement

Also, what happens when policy is too "tight", and the demand for dollars outstrips money supply? Debt has to increase to make up for the gap. Debt is money after all. The Fed buying the debt in the secondary markets now is essentially providing the dollars that were needed and not in exi...
by shekels
Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:00 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Fed announcement
Replies: 16
Views: 4523

Re: Fed announcement

CC39982_hi.jpg https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20200323b.htm And even in Europe we got Stoxx rocketing from negative to above the zero point, starting from what is 08:00 am EDT .. ;D Interesting part (was not aware of it): The SMCCF will purchase in the secondary mar...
by shekels
Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:36 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Fed announcement
Replies: 16
Views: 4523

Re: Fed announcement

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20200323b.htm And even in Europe we got Stoxx rocketing from negative to above the zero point, starting from what is 08:00 am EDT .. ;D Interesting part (was not aware of it): The SMCCF will purchase in the secondary market corporate b...
by shekels
Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:22 am
Forum: Bonds
Topic: The Less Pretty Bond Thread
Replies: 58
Views: 18352

Re: The Bond Dream Room

The Fed just announced unlimited bond buying for all types of bonds (including corporate). Bonds were going no-bid at times last week. This unprecedented move should grease the bond markets gears again and get things moving (not to mention get bond ETF's back to NAV). Bond markets were basically br...
by shekels
Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:23 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Combining GB with spread trend
Replies: 121
Views: 43746

Re: Combining GB with spread trend

This might be of interest to you for your stock allocation . On the Tactical Asset Allocation + HBPP thread is an idea ochotona was following from Paul Novell's newsletter. Taking the 200 SMA for the SPY. I looked at the website and it seems interesting. Just not to many indicators to form fit what ...
by shekels
Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:04 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
Replies: 60
Views: 17535

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

There's another plan that would fix this issue in no time. 1. No federal guarantees for student loans 2. Allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy after a waiting period, say 7 years. (The waiting period is to prevent doctors and the like from graduating from their professional schools and...
by shekels
Sun Mar 22, 2020 1:55 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Combining GB with spread trend
Replies: 121
Views: 43746

Re: Combining GB with spread trend

Ok, so this last couple weeks has been interesting. In some ways I've grown a greater respect for the PP/GB. In other ways, my skills in technical analysis could have allowed me to do better if I had some flexibility built into my rules. The damage is now done, but coming out of a bear market there...
by shekels
Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:43 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
Replies: 60
Views: 17535

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

There's another plan that would fix this issue in no time. 1. No federal guarantees for student loans 2. Allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy after a waiting period, say 7 years. (The waiting period is to prevent doctors and the like from graduating from their professional schools and...
by shekels
Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:34 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Signatures
Replies: 194
Views: 265613

Re: Signatures

Shekels’ sig says gold 1300. I see 1500 —? ??? Maybe that’s part of your desired Buy Price, but you’ve got a period there. Within a Year is my guess But I have no clue on timing. I would like to see it drop to 1000, But my buy order is in at 1325. 1325 is not a price I would buy at. That is just be...
by shekels
Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Signatures
Replies: 194
Views: 265613

Re: Signatures

dualstow wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:03 am Shekels’ sig says gold 1300. I see 1500 —? ???
Maybe that’s part of your desired Buy Price, but you’ve got a period there.
Within a Year is my guess
But I have no clue on timing.
I would like to see it drop to 1000, But my buy order is in at 1325.
by shekels
Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:11 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?
Replies: 60
Views: 17535

Re: Is Denninger right about the coronavirus?

There's another plan that would fix this issue in no time. 1. No federal guarantees for student loans 2. Allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy after a waiting period, say 7 years. (The waiting period is to prevent doctors and the like from graduating from their professional schools and...
by shekels
Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:52 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 389928

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Why do we continually need a cadre of apologists telling us, "That's not what he meant!" "This is what he was trying to say." "He was just joking! Are you an idiot that you could not tell that?" "He just used the wrong word." I somehow don't remember reading ...
by shekels
Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:46 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
Replies: 958
Views: 389928

Re: Trump as tragicomedy

Pug, sorry about your pug. Thanks, Corto Like him or not, for us in IL, I have found Pritzker to be a good speaker. He may be a good speaker, but has proven himself to be a hack beholden to the public sector unions. Nearly everything he has done since taking office has been a net negative for the s...