Seriously, Dualstow is a great guy and his absence has me kind of worried. Praying that you're okay, my friend.

He might just be enjoying his bitcoin profits.

There's an old adage for the stock market that says
"Sell in May and walk away."

Has anyone actually researched this to see if it's good advice?


If it is, this might be a good time to rebalance the portfolio away from stocks.

Take from cash first to avoid tax implications. Then rebalance when cash reaches the bottom of the band.

Doesn't it feel grand?

I see stocks as the overwhelming winning asset up ahead. Bogleheads must be laughing at us.

I just purchased a fairly sizable amount of GBTC to supplement my gold holding. It's sure looking like bitcoin is replacing gold as an inflation hedge.

Note: This will probably be the absolute top of bitcoin's rise. Lol.

Teachers don't want to teach anymore. They're spoiled leftists who just want their paychecks sent to them at their last vacation spot.

I believe a better question is are the Covid numbers over inflated? Why are there virtually no cases of the flu? These are fair questions.

Cuomo is being driven out by progressives because they want to have control of the tens of billions of dollars that will be incoming from Washington. It's a bonanza for them and they want to use it for their social experiments.

I got my 2nd Pfizer shot 2 days ago. Arm is still sore but diminishing. I definitely felt weak, kind of like flu symptoms and I'll take it easy for another day or two. I can still feel the effects from the shot.

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:46 pm Heh, you’re a bit late, Don. But, there’s a happy ending.

I'm glad it ended well for you, dualstow.

@ Maddy: The risk of using a Treasury money market fund that employs repos is very small. I use FDLXX, Fidelity's Treasury money market fund specifically because it does not invest in Treasury repos. However, kevin K is correct: FDLXX has a 0.29% net expense ration, or slightly more expensive than ...

As a long-time registered Democrat, I’ve been disheartened by the scourge of alt right extremism we’ve had on this otherwise mostly common sense centrist forum. Although no surprise since the PP was invented by a lunatic who didn’t want car companies to install airbags or seatbelts because he wante...

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 2:04 pm I have a lot of research to do first, but the idea keeps nagging at me to buy an airline stock and hold it for a year or 2, or 5. Like Southwest.
Is that nutty? Or does it make sense.
I'd probably buy it 2 to 4 weeks from now.

Don't buy airline stocks. Ever.

vnatale wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:51 pm

Don wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:12 pm I hear that the Mavs are shopping Porzingis. My Knicks don't want that prima donna back.

He has some kind of injury as he was in street clothes on the bench for last night's game.

KP always has some kind of injury.

I hear that the Mavs are shopping Porzingis. My Knicks don't want that prima donna back.

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:55 am

Don wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:12 am I believe that 1.5% on the ten year is a major résistance level.

mathjak107 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:49 am I also think 1.50% on the ten and 2.25-2.50 on the 30 may take a breather

Why?

Because I heard it mentioned on TV. Lol.

I believe that 1.5% on the ten year is a major résistance level.

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FWIW, bitcoin fell $6500 today.

I've been hearing a lot about competitors for Bitcoin springing up (I think I read about China starting a crypto currency), so that's enough to make me avoid it for now. At least with gold you know there is only one source for it - that which already exists or can be mined from the earth's scarce n...

Mofo's are the best.

vnatale wrote: ↑Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:09 pm My friend lives a mile down the street from me. He is 70 and has cancer. He told me that when he recently checked he is not in the top category in Massachusetts to get the vaccine. The top category is those over 75 plus others.

That's just horrible. And in a Blue state too.