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Someone sent me this link: Remember the old adage ‘money talks and wealth whispers’? Not many do. Or so I think after a cursory scroll through TikTok. The social media platform is rife with get-rich gurus boasting about their bank balances, but an insidious subset of these are often the...

I have a laptop computer which I use for everything. And two portable drives I use for a rotating backup scheme. I see people here and elsewhere buying stationary desktop computers like iMacs or similar Microsoft variants. What do you use those for that you cannot do on a laptop computer...

I found this interview/chat with Jeremy Siegel to be very interesting: From the blurb: From The Great Depression and the two World Wars to now COVID and the escalation of the War in Ukraine, the world has had its fair share of economic downturns. However, the way we recover from it seems...

Those who did about 100 years ago got disrupted. Fast. Tony Seba shows which sectors are about to be disrupted now: I found this very enlightening. So many things changing at once.

This surfaced on Twitter: From: Guidance: META: "Our community continues to grow and I'm pleased with the strong engagement we're seeing driven by progress on our discovery engine and products like Reels," said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO. "While we face near-term...

Nancy Lazar, Piper Sandler's Chief Global Economist is talking about the Economy with Cathie Wood from ARK. "We are in a situation now where the economy is starting to slow and now the FEDs are starting to raise rates" One of the signs of this is that inventories at companies like Walmart...

I'm buying a new home soon and while it will be a little more expensive than my current it's main purpose is to relocate. So not a major new cost. Looking at my assets and wondering what to sell I can see that both my crypto coins (mostly BTC) and my TSLA shares have done much better than my...

In December I concluded I needed new glasses. But I procrastinate. And now it's out of the question to go to an optician and sit in front him/her while they do their thing. I could kick myself behind but here i am. :facepalm: And then there is my hair! When I was much younger I cut my hair...

I've read with great interest the current threads about personalities - and booze. Now I've had 3 beers and feel unusually creative. :rolleyes: So I just wondered - do you post with alcohol or similar in your veins? And does it affect your typing skills or which posts you reply to? I belive...

This thread is locked now but earlier I wrote: Dollar cost average a windfall? - Early Retirement & Financial Independence Community I ended up investing 1/3 immidiately and the rest over 6 months. Perfectly happy with the results. Knowing what I know at this moment in time I could have...

This headline from Bloomberg: Steve McQueen's New Electric Porsche Is as Fast as a Tesla People beeing exited when a prestigeous sports car is as fast as a nice family saloon. The World must be turned on it's head!

I've suddenly ended up spending a couple of weeks in Bayern/Bavaria in Germany - on my own - one week from now. Anyone got any good ideas about what to do and what to see?

I was driving along and not too fast or anything. Heard a strange noise and the steering started shaking. But before I could find anywhere to stop the rear wheel fell off my car. Got towed to the nearest garage and after a couple of days they got a new wheel fitted. I'll be back over the...

I am selling some old expensive funds and reinvesting into a handful of index funds. I already have money in these index funds. Some bought 5 years ago and others one year ago. And I want to rebalance. When I originally bought these index funds I did not have a plan. So the allocation is...

Hi all - I'm 48 and I have been reading posts here for a while and this seem to be a friendly and useful site. A few years back I had to stop working after I hurt my head and got disabled. It's been a really bumpy few years financially but now I've got my disability pension and also a monthly...