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by Kriegsspiel
Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:50 am
Forum: Bonds
Topic: The Bond Dream Room
Replies: 554
Views: 359839

Re: The Bond Dream Room

jhogue wrote:
Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:53 am
Kriegsspiel,

If you don't mind my asking, what did you do with the proceeds? Buy 2050 dated T-bonds?? Buy beaten down stocks???
It's settling into cash; I'll end up buying stocks with some of it.
by Kriegsspiel
Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:24 am
Forum: Bonds
Topic: The Bond Dream Room
Replies: 554
Views: 359839

Re: The Bond Dream Room

I will go a bit against standard theory...in times like these active rebalancing can be quite fruitful assuming you are not in a taxable account and you have on OK system for when to rebalance. Yes this is market timing and you will have to actively follow the markets until things chill. When thing...
by Kriegsspiel
Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:03 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Stay cool...
Replies: 39
Views: 18668

Re: Stay cool...

Yes, thank you Craig for your insights - as always! This forum is a key piece of support for people interested in the PP or its variants, and it's important to keep it going. At least to me! I'm sure a lot of people will jump on the PP bandwagon, like lawyers chasing ambulances, but of course it's ...
by Kriegsspiel
Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:20 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Simple, Healthy, Delish Recipes
Replies: 111
Views: 34978

Re: Simple, Healthy, Delish Recipes

This is a good thing I've been making lately. Put a bunch of thawed boneless/skinless chicken thighs/breasts in the crockpost with some water for like 8 or 9 hours. Make some white rice. Bring it to a boil, then reduce it to a simmer for 5 mins. At 5 mins, stir in some BBQ sauce and sriracha. Adjus...
by Kriegsspiel
Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:18 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1777230

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Muslims chicks are probably looking pretty smug under there now.
by Kriegsspiel
Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:48 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: Negative interest rates
Replies: 57
Views: 24492

Re: Negative interest rates

I still don't see the point of intentionally lending people money and getting back less in return. Just don't lend them the money in the first place and you make a higher.... "return." I totally agree for small amounts of cash. But for larger amounts, like nest eggs and large businesses, physical c...
by Kriegsspiel
Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:59 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: Negative interest rates
Replies: 57
Views: 24492

Re: Negative interest rates

Negative interest rates aren’t so weird in a deflationary environment, in which the rate of inflation is negative. I still don't see the point of intentionally lending people money and getting back less in return. Just don't lend them the money in the first place and you make a higher.... "return."
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:17 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Hong Kong Experimenting With MMT
Replies: 24
Views: 10467

Re: Hong Kong Experimenting With MMT

Well, ok, maybe some people would still want to see a doctor like that. But I don't see why it should be REQUIRED. What if someone just wanted to do rhinoplasties? Or colonoscopies (weirdo)? They could open their Colon Technician shop. People could still go to a doctor with 15 years of higher level...
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:47 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Hong Kong Experimenting With MMT
Replies: 24
Views: 10467

Re: Hong Kong Experimenting With MMT

Well, ok, maybe some people would still want to see a doctor like that. But I don't see why it should be REQUIRED. What if someone just wanted to do rhinoplasties? Or colonoscopies (weirdo)? They could open their Colon Technician shop. People could still go to a doctor with 15 years of higher level ...
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:41 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Dealing With Setbacks in Life
Replies: 79
Views: 26407

Re: Dealing With Setbacks in Life

I'm thinking of that episode of It's Always Sunny where Dee dates the rapper. She thinks it's great but The Gang convinces her he's retarded, and at the end he figures it out and battle-raps them and drops the mic. For Smithers, she find out he doesn't drive and thinks there's something wrong with h...
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:34 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1777230

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Hah, our office had a Vinny. Rheumy eyes and other leaks, blowing her nose and hacking up gunk. I saw her going through the food table as well. Nearly the entire office was sick a week or two later. This was a couple months ago, I wonder if it was the Wuhan or just regular disease. It put me down fo...
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:40 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Dealing With Setbacks in Life
Replies: 79
Views: 26407

Re: Dealing With Setbacks in Life

Libertarian666 wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:31 am
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:27 am
Girls drool over guys with suspended licenses.
It depends on why they were suspended...
One would do well to replace the phrase "clerical error" with "illegal street-racing."
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:27 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Dealing With Setbacks in Life
Replies: 79
Views: 26407

Re: Dealing With Setbacks in Life

Girls drool over guys with suspended licenses.
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:22 am
Forum: Bonds
Topic: Negative interest rates
Replies: 57
Views: 24492

Re: Negative interest rates

In the discussion so far, we have considered the world economy as a single unit. The dynamics between net safe asset producers and safe asset absorbers adds substantial richness to the picture. In an open economy, the scarcity of safe assets in one country spreads to others via capital outflows, un...
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Mar 06, 2020 6:28 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Hong Kong Experimenting With MMT
Replies: 24
Views: 10467

Re: Hong Kong Experimenting With MMT

Back to one of boglerdude's earlier points though, about needing MORE doctors for all the old and sick people we have.. why do they need to be actual DOCTORS? Nurses and physician assistants can do a ton of stuff and it doesn't cost as much to train them. Continuing in this vein, let's talk about s...
by Kriegsspiel
Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:20 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
Replies: 845
Views: 425055

Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

#nottheonion Liberal white women are spending thousands of dollars to be lectured about how racist they are. "Race to dinner", organized by Saira Rao. This is Race to Dinner. A white woman volunteers to host a dinner in her home for seven other white women – often strangers, perhaps acquaintances. ...
by Kriegsspiel
Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:45 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1777230

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Why, with the greatest healthcare system in the world, can the US not have testing kits readily available yet after watching this go on for weeks now in China, S Korea and Italy? I keep reading it was tried to be made more complicated, there was lab contamination, and agencies can't seem to work to...
by Kriegsspiel
Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:16 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: My "Super Tuesday" voting experience
Replies: 17
Views: 6661

Re: My "Super Tuesday" voting experience

Initially I had been having a problem I'd never prior had. Who to vote for! In the past I'd always been certain. This time I did not know who to chose among Pete B, Bloomberg, or Amy K. There was no way I'd be voting for Warren, Biden, or Sanders. . . . I filled in my oval for Bloomberg, put in my ...
by Kriegsspiel
Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:00 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Mom and Pop Are On Epic Stock Buying Spree Fueled by Free Trades
Replies: 12
Views: 8383

Re: Mom and Pop Are On Epic Stock Buying Spree Fueled by Free Trades

If memory serves, European economies improved when they didn't have to rely solely on Jewish lenders or quasi-loans.

I think it goes without saying that nobody should be trying to emulate the Muslim world.
by Kriegsspiel
Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:55 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1230
Views: 589112

Re: YouTube Junkie

This one is pretty good too; Neo takes the blue pill.
by Kriegsspiel
Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:53 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: San Francisco
Replies: 7
Views: 3434

Re: San Francisco

[My friend] had been living with rent control and various tenant protections for years in a huge flat for very little money. Then her elderly landlady died and the new owners carefully threaded the needle of legal procedures. The simplest option was to pay people to leave. It was a three unit build...
by Kriegsspiel
Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:22 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1777230

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

Why don't we all take a minute and consider which forumite's current avatar appears to be the most prepared to deal with coronavirus.
by Kriegsspiel
Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1777230

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

It would be a trip if this was an engineered virus that mutated quickly, like in The Stand. The first stage is not too lethal, but infects everyone, including pets now. Then the virus mutates to a really lethal type.
by Kriegsspiel
Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:21 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Hong Kong Experimenting With MMT
Replies: 24
Views: 10467

Re: Hong Kong Experimenting With MMT

Back to one of boglerdude's earlier points though, about needing MORE doctors for all the old and sick people we have.. why do they need to be actual DOCTORS? Nurses and physician assistants can do a ton of stuff and it doesn't cost as much to train them. Just catching up with this thread! The answ...