High transaction costs,dealer risk,insurance,storage,etc.,etc.,etc.

No wonder some folks think an ETF is no greater risk..

Not again.
Freakin gold....

I show these max drawdowns for VWINX:

1987--down 14.2
2008--down 18.3
2009--down 12.9

You'll need some bigger inflation numbers.
That's the key.
And your best day will be the day you sell.
Keep us posted..

Nice move Pointedstick.Took some courage I know.
Good for you !

When I was coming up,work was more enjoyable.Life was more enjoyable.
Now everything seems mean.Gotta watch your back on everything.
Lots more stress.
Too bad....

Interesting reading.Thanks .

Enjoy,my friend !

Yep,Budd is living the dream.Enjoy!

We've all guessed at the timing but you wouldn't want to trade our best ideas.
How about just average in over some period of time?

Those are indeed great charts.
Tells the story.
Thanks.

Flat for two years sucks.
PP needs to get it on.
It's like a dark cloud following me,lol...

I would guess the FED has bought these in the past to halt a
big decline.

Perhaps we'll have a single payer system sooner than we thought.

I think that is right.Most of these people have limited prospects.
They get an understanding of the system and make the best choices
for them.It's the system,man...

Citizen dividend,$15 min. wage,ACA medical.
Nothing works....

portart wrote: I took a 100k haircut today...

Hope you lived thru this.
That's like heart attack city !

Oh my!!

No problems here...

And I'm happy I started with just 40% of my PP funds at the start of 2013.
But,I agree that no one knows.

Army veteran,college quarterback,multi-million dollar business builder,Christian,
TV star,redneck duck killer.

Hell,it don't get any better than that !

My bride says his name is Phil,not Willie.
Now we have another victim.

We're all victims at some point. It's just Willie's turn... another comment from the news coverage Despite all the rhetoric you’ll hear, this is not a free speech issue. Robertson is entitled to say whatever he wants, as he did in the GQ interview, and A&E is entitled to pull him off the air if ...

Good thing he has four hands.

Good call on the overnight selling.

Stoopid gold1