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Post by mathjak107 » Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:25 am

so just an update …..

bought back 170k in gld , 21k in uso (oil) 10k in bitcoin GBTC ….. all the rest is in the 25% equity fidelity insight income model …. right now I am holding off on tlt unless it moves down quite a bit …

I much prefer to use the short term bond and intermediate term bond funds in the fidelity model with some gold and oil coverage ….

i think we can see rates climb a bit so i don't want so much interest rate risk as gold and long term treasuries really are a bet on low rates with that kind of heft .
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Post by HappyMan » Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:32 am

When did you sell oil?
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Post by mathjak107 » Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:35 am

i just bought uso ........ i have not owned it in a while
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Post by HappyMan » Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:53 am

mathjak107 wrote:
Mon Jan 13, 2020 3:23 pm
added to uso (oil ) and gld today
Did you add to your limit order at 12.33 from 1/9 ?
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Post by mathjak107 » Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:57 am

Yes added to it yesterday
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Post by mathjak107 » Fri Jan 17, 2020 2:36 pm

Bitcoin. Gbtc sold off today. Nice run up
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Post by mathjak107 » Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:20 pm

ought ung again , it got hammered today
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Post by amdda01 » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:26 am

MJ,

USO down 3% today - u makin a move?
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Post by mathjak107 » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:43 am

already in ... waiting for the next event in the mideast .... i have ung natural gas which i am up on but not enough yet ... i don't mind sitting with commodities .. even gold i am still holding
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Post by mathjak107 » Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:16 pm

Put together a little portfolio of unloved assets ...I tried to pick the assets being cast a side .

Oil which I have uso and added more today ..

I split the stock budget with half in eem emerging market and half in mchi China .....and TIPS since I think inflation expectations are under estimated and tips are frowned upon right now ......I will add up to 50% more if it falls enough and then let it ride .

I will hold the whole thing to no more than 100k
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Post by Ad Orientem » Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:18 pm

mathjak107 wrote:
Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:43 am
i haven't traded silver since 1987 when i got burned . but i have thought about slv below 17 dollars a share . just never done it ...there is always something else like gbtc or uso that seems to distract me away . right now i am in uso and gld
I bought around 70 lbs of silver a couple years ago, not all at once, on a speculative basis. Everything I picked up was in the $14 oz range (under $15). And I still have it in a safe deposit box that I hate even looking at because its so damned heavy. If I ever do anything like that again, I'm definitely going to use SLV. That said, I'm ahead on that speculation... so yeah. I thought, and still believe, that silver is cheap relative to gold. But the silver/gold price ratio has remained quite high. Hmmm...
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Post by mathjak107 » Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:45 am

i held off on silver . i am trying to run with what is out of favor totally right now
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Post by dualstow » Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:40 am

Ad Orientem wrote:
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I bought around 70 lbs of silver a couple years ago, not all at once, on a speculative basis.
For weightlifters like Smithers and Kriegsspiel, I’m imagining kettlebells or other weights made of gold and silver. Like what thief is going to run off with those.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:28 pm

I'm thinking more like a Húsafell Stone of silver.

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Post by dualstow » Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:51 pm

Perfect!
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Post by mathjak107 » Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:53 am

tips and china fund both sold at profits .. only eem is left
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Post by mathjak107 » Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:14 pm

eem now sold too
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Post by amdda01 » Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:35 am

mathjak107 wrote:
Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:53 am
tips and china fund both sold at profits .. only eem is left
MJ,

Looks like MCHI took off right after you sold.

Were ya just looking for the quick grab?
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Post by mathjak107 » Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:48 am

Only quick grabs ..this stuff is way to volatile ......I am eying Tesla today after the lunge
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Post by amdda01 » Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:59 pm

MJ,

where u at?
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Post by mathjak107 » Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:55 pm

here i am ....

only trades i have are i added more money to my regular portfolio and small positions in TLT and gld again .. i got stopped out of oil .. of course it rally's for the last 2 days . but that is how it goes .


i did get a pretty nice offer from citi bank which i took advantage of the other day .

we got 700 bucks for opening an account , plus my wife opened an account so she got a few hundred dollars too , plus i got another 100 dollars as a referral fee for referring my wife .. we got about 1100 bucks or so ....

my son did it too so he got another 100 dollar referral fee for him too .

just been busy drumming .... the work load is hours a day now i have ..... good thing i am retired lol
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Post by amdda01 » Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:26 pm

MJ,

Why u so quiet today?

Everything spinnin' outta control.
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Post by mathjak107 » Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:58 pm

My total portfolio was down a mere .79% today .....

When the growth and income model falls about 10% below my income model I will shift some money back in ...overall I have been about 25% stocks since nov or so .....I had no intention of letting the over 362k in gains from last year slip away .....we were due for a correction
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Post by amdda01 » Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:11 am

MJ,

You are way too quiet.

Whatcha thinkin' now?
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Post by mathjak107 » Fri Feb 28, 2020 1:35 pm

i have not done anything much .... i am waiting for the spread to go wider between the fidelity insight income model i have been in for the last few mnths to get bigger so i can go back to my growth and income model .

another 4% or so and i can buy just what i had back a few months ago and pocket a few hundred thousand dollars difference
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