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Grabbit Allworth
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I don't often visit this thread but, obviously, the recent happenings are major -- so I popped in to read the room.
My 401k is down ~85k (from a ~820k balance) but I'm genuinely not concerned and I have invested another ~15k in the dip over the last couple days. I could get punished, but history says I won't.
My 401k is down ~85k (from a ~820k balance) but I'm genuinely not concerned and I have invested another ~15k in the dip over the last couple days. I could get punished, but history says I won't.
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Haus
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If you're not retiring right now and needing to live off that money just keep investing... As the song goes....
We're playing the same game... as our psychopathic elected elites! That's right, it's the LONG game. So zoom out, and have fantastic day....
Arden
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Rangoth
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Bought a put when S&P was up like 20$, ended up making 18% but my trailing stop got hit when it was still up ~= 10$...now its down 10$. Had I held I would have doubled my money. Not that I am complaining or anything, but I have not quite mastered the trailing stop buffer to allow me to run without it going from up 5% to right back down to break even
These are short term options(1 week out) so I really don't want to hold them, but if they have legs I do want to try and let them run. I've been burned so many times over the years though of being up 5-10% and thinking it will keep soaring only to be down the same amount a few days later. I pretty much take profit once up these days. I'll keep working on the balance
These are short term options(1 week out) so I really don't want to hold them, but if they have legs I do want to try and let them run. I've been burned so many times over the years though of being up 5-10% and thinking it will keep soaring only to be down the same amount a few days later. I pretty much take profit once up these days. I'll keep working on the balance
Cad
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I don't know that I've ever seen such wild swings both up and down as we've seen this week. Absolutely insane.
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fris
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i can be naively optimistic, but my thought remains that as soon as 1 country comes out and is really aligned w/ Trump and Trump says that country now gets 0 tariffs, the flood gates will open and countries to scramble else work will move to said country. too optimistic?
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Flobee
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fris
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are they really a sizeable trading partner? outside of buying our military equip?
fris
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i'm no expert, but i'm hearing 2 things w/ Vietnam
1. most of their tech exports are really China exports
2. they've said they'd do this, but because of #1, no action has really taken place yet
Lambourne
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It's not really printing to maintain inflation, it sets the interest rate to maintain it. Inflation is inherent in the system because money is created when loans are made and destroyed when the loan is repaid but the interest charged is not and must be paid with more money creation. Inflation isn't optional, it's required in fiat money systems.
If this sounds like a bunch of nonsense, I recommend watching this. It has a funky animation style but it shows how fiat money works. If you've ever wondered how banks can loan out hundreds of thousands in mortgages when the average savings account in the bank has far less money in it, also watch this.
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Cybsled
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A lot of the low cost/complication manufacturing began to migrate from China to Vietnam many years back to take advantage of lower wages, as wages in China began to increase
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