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08-15-2019, 03:32 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Dollar cost averaging into index fund, per usual.
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08-15-2019, 05:01 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by mamadogmamacat
, and then confirm, that I have a high tolerance for such events.
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+1 For better or worse, 2008 and it's subsequent recovery has made me pretty fearless.
Despite yesterday's drop, I'm still up 12% YTD.
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Panicked and sold all my socks yesterday
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08-15-2019, 05:30 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Panicked and sold all my socks yesterday
Could not stand it any longer and sold / gave away all my socks accumulated during the working years. Hated to part with them - but I am retired now and rebalancing my wardrobe.
Hat tip to Shane.
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08-15-2019, 06:47 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
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WMT up 6.5% on premarket news that they smashed ecom +37% growth lol.
I'm dialed into this madness, probably at an unhealthy level but hey. What's the best Video forecast to watch on the markets?
I listen to PBS newshour, Yahoo Finance The Final Call etc. but maybe again this is probably unhealthy.
People talk change to business cycle and recession and you better believe my butt is right there next to the cameraman shooting the reporter trying to get a gauge.
One day I want to sell it all, the next I want to fire off the dry powder. So far, this week I had my 3rd largest drop % wise in the year, so it has been worse for me earlier this year.
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08-15-2019, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by atmsmshr
Could not stand it any longer and sold / gave away all my socks accumulated during the working years. Hated to part with them - but I am retired now and rebalancing my wardrobe.
Hat tip to Shane.
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So you just rockin flippy floppies, or straight barefoot you rebel? 
I still have my favorite socks, MMM, CASY, and of course... AAPL!
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08-15-2019, 07:05 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Originally Posted by kgtest
So you just rockin flippy floppies, or straight barefoot you rebel?
I still have my favorite socks, MMM, CASY, and of course... AAPL! |
I am confused. what do your favorite socks have to do with this conversation?
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08-15-2019, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by kgtest
What's the best Video forecast to watch on the markets?
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Nightly Business Report is on PBS and posts the broadcast to Youtube every evening. It is the unbiased general business/finance/investment news of the day. It's been on for probably 40 years, now produced by CNBC, so it does have their slant on it.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvO...L0_pN5F_qgRjFw
Now, this is the one guy who tells it like it is:
https://www.youtube.com/user/GregVegas5909
He will generally post once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
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08-15-2019, 08:40 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by HadEnuff
I am confused. what do your favorite socks have to do with this conversation?
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They foot the bills?
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08-15-2019, 12:14 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by Nemo2
They foot the bills?
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I'm trying to decide when to dip my toe in the water.
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08-15-2019, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by HadEnuff
... The 2nd time I checked I was up about 78 Million.
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08-16-2019, 03:04 PM
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So, for the week the S&P 500 is down .... drumroll.... -1.48%.
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08-16-2019, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by pb4uski
So, for the week the S&P 500 is down .... drumroll.... -1.48%.
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Yeah. Funny how the big drop 2 days ago got unending attention (the sky is falling) from the talking heads. Today, almost half of it is back, and nothing but crickets. Yawn 
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08-16-2019, 03:48 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by atmsmshr
Could not stand it any longer and sold / gave away all my socks accumulated during the working years. Hated to part with them - but I am retired now and rebalancing my wardrobe.
Hat tip to Shane.
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Eh, are your socks beyond redemption anyway? Like dis?
I keep mine. They are salvageable. Like dis.
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08-19-2019, 12:20 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Cincinnati
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I'm still socking mine away. So far I don't have cold feet!
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08-19-2019, 03:33 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Socking or stocking? 
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08-20-2019, 06:43 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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All I know is I checked my balances Monday, and I was up about 60K from the last time I checked, two months ago. So much for a recession. The media sure seemed to be excited about the possibility.
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08-20-2019, 07:54 AM
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Let me know when the P/E 10 gets to about 20 or so. Otherwise, the AA will remain the same.
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