WiseOne wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:11 pm My niece for example is traveling around Italy right now and having a wonderful time. Good for her too.

How did she get in?

I have to slap myself but I actually took a look at GLD and SLV call options today. I have not looked at options for years. Looks like the beating is continuing tonight. If it continues through morning, I may have to risk a few hundred on a couple 1-2 month out calls. I know I shouldn't, but I need ...

Glad I rebalanced last week and took some profit, I don't think my PP has seen such a large one day swing %-wise ever?

PP67 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:43 am Cort, great charts! Could you provide a link? Thanks!

There are a bunch of tick boxes down this page to change the data shown.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covi ... deaths.htm

We've been told all along follow the science, follow the data. Here's a chart for Illinois excess deaths. Back to the normal range. But people are instead of saying we crushed this, are saying we need to keep on doing what we are doing to keep it low. So almost all schools are remote. Not even going...

Almost 30. Man, this keeps up, I will blow some money on some puts.

Gary, read this https://portfoliocharts.com/2019/05/27/high-profits-at-low-rates-the-benefits-of-bond-convexity/ Well, after I read that for the 3rd time I think I got it. I still think at some point (-2%, -3% maybe) there is no more upside to be had, even with convexity, unless you think rates can...

Gary, read this

https://portfoliocharts.com/2019/05/27/ ... convexity/

Damn, when silver gets going, it sure can go quick!

It is quite a grand experiment. The hardest thing to break seems the thinking a positive test = near certain death. And there will always be news stories showing this. I have faith it will end. Either herd immunity, vaccine, burns itself out or good theraputic, by the end of the year, and spring sem...

I still think this issue is what breaks us of the sky is falling everyone is gonna die mentality. A few weeks of remote school, basically nationwide, is going to change a lot of people who were scared. My opinion. Quite likely wrong. People have to decouple having the virus with going to die. Not t...

I still think this issue is what breaks us of the sky is falling everyone is gonna die mentality. A few weeks of remote school, basically nationwide, is going to change a lot of people who were scared. My opinion. Quite likely wrong. People have to decouple having the virus with going to die. Not th...

Our high school district just flipped to remote start. Sigh.... I am of the opinion most children will not see the inside of a classroom until after Christmas break at the earliest. We were told in March it was just a week off. Then it was extended until mid April. Then the rest of the school year ...

Our high school district just flipped to remote start. Sigh....

Cholesterol theory, anyone? Perfect example. But CV was so quick to happen, cholesterol theory has been entrenched for decades. CV knowledge is changing daily. I don’t see why another viewpoint couldn’t take hold, esp. after Aug and Sept when we see the shit show of online learning pushing a lot of ...

WiseOne wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 2:09 pm
In order to go against it, you have to be a certain kind of person who is relatively immune from group-think. ).

So if Trump can't swing it, seems like it isn't going to change. Too bad. Seriously.

I will try to watch those videos, but it still begs the question since the majority of people in Trump's admin and I assume most right leaning individuals would have this view, why is none of this concrete information making its way out to the public from the admin, in a clear fashion?

I took the easy way out, which hopefully makes sense. Took profits and rebalanced GLD and SLV to near their correct amounts without having to touch physical. It pushed cash to above my rebalance limit, but I had in 2016 dropped my cash % from 25 to 10. This will raise it back to about 15%. I can liv...

A good pickle -- I am within 0.2% of my silver band being hit. But if it does, my rebalance will have me also selling a decent amount of gold. ... Any thoughts of using an inverse gold ETF to rebalance negatively? Not a 2x or 3x, just a 1x so limited decay. ... Why not just get the hell out of silv...

tech, I know you got me on ignore, but that's a good list and I hope Vinny is up for the challenge.

A good pickle -- I am within 0.2% of my silver band being hit. But if it does, my rebalance will have me also selling a decent amount of gold. I don't have enough GLD to cover that, so I'd have to dip into physical, which I don't want to do. Any thoughts of using an inverse gold ETF to rebalance neg...

Trump's stream of subconsciousness becomes a torrent in car-crash interview John Crace https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/04/donald-trump-tv-interview-john-crace-sketch?CMP=share_btn_tw Have you come up with that list of actions that President Trump has taken that you find objectionable? ...

Capture.JPG You really think that out of all the countries in the world (including third-world countries), the U.S. has done the worst job of slowing the virus’s spread (“hardest-hit”)? Could the stats possibly have something to do with the fact that the U.S. is doing far more testing than most oth...

HCQ is a tough one to figure out. If it's been used for decades for malaria, are they saying all those people are at risk of heart issues? Or is the dose for Covid a lot higher, or longer? Not sure I understand this and I hate to use the word or go down the path of conspiracy, just because it is too...

Wow.