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  1. CaliforniaMan

    Poll: How low will it go...

    Just for fun, how low will the current decline go before reaching the bottom. On my part, just a wild guess of course (I am usually wrong on my projections), but if the low interest rate environment that supported high multiples is coming to an end it means the high multiples will come to an...
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    Planning 5 weeks in Italy, need advice

    My wife and I are planning to spend 5 weeks in Italy from the early part of September until mid October. This will be my wife's first trip and my second, the first was decades ago and just a quick tour. We are looking to rent an apartment in Rome for around five weeks and then take side...
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    More Worried About Markets Now Than Any Time Since 2009

    Birinyi More Worried About Markets Now Than Any Time Since 2009 - Bloomberg Business So when he was the most worried last time was when we should have all been buying like crazy. Is this the buy signal we have been waiting for? :coolsmiley: “While we maintain a positive bias, we are more...
  4. CaliforniaMan

    Just joined Facebook, OMG The good, the bad, and the ugly

    Joined FB last week despite promising myself it is something I would never do. After all last week I heard that 1 billion people had logged on in a single day. How could 1 billion people be wrong. Anyway, I wanted to connect to some long lost relatives around the U.S. and elsewhere and...
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    What words of wisdom to son/daughter/younger self

    I am very curious what words of wisdom you would want to give your young adult son or daughter or your younger self if you had the chance. There is a lot of life experience on this forum, things we have done right, mistakes we made. Things we wish we had done or not done. The direction and...
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    Poll: How Many Years of Withdrawals in Bonds

    I used to be 100% stocks, then as my age increased started adding bonds, now 70/30. If you want the potential for wealth accumulation you want a higher stock allocation, if you want less volatility you need a higher bond allocation. My question is if it would be better to keep a certain...
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    Poll:Where is the US economy headed in the next 10-15 years?

    A big part of what we will be able to withdraw from our portfolio will be based on the big unknown of the future US economy. We can all probably agree that the 20th century was a relatively good one for the US compared to the other developed countries of the world. In spite of two world...
  8. CaliforniaMan

    Engineer winding down...What will I do now?

    Hello All! Been reading posts here for the past few months and been very impressed with the posting civility and depth of experience and expertise of the members. Decided to join so I could join in the fun, maybe post some questions and learn something new. I am getting ready to slow down, or...
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