Recent content by Slarty

Good question ProspectiveBum. I had the option to retire, but I have to admit that I don't fit the definition of retirement. I'm still doing work but it's with start-up companies or other companies that I think have interesting technology to work with. If I don't like the people then I won't...

I forgot about starting this old thread. I did make big changes in my stock and bond investments, and I also made some real estate adjustments and changed jobs, which allowed me to use a relocation benefit to re-position my home real estate at no cost. I refinanced rental property as well as...

What's the chances of seeing other banks experience a "run" next week? Also, have you checked how much your investments are insured for if your brokerage goes under?

I have mostly large company experience, but I've seen am amazing number os stupid things, bad behavior, and political assasinations. It's a shark tank. So, large companies are no protection. I've seen people go from "golden buy" to "dirt" in minutes when they trip over the wrong thing or say...

Notmuchlonger, You have a cool pic. I need to come up with something cool for myself. Here is a good web link to read a summary of the coupe attempt and it has sources provided at the bottom of the web page if you want read more detail about it. It was JP Morgan and the DuPont's who tried to...

I think its hilarious to listen to the resons given on the news for market ups and downs. It's a lot of revisionist history in most cases. I can only imagine the room where everyone sits around and looks at where the market has gone and then looks at the news. If the market is down they find...

SoonToRetire and Midpack, thanks for those stories. I think we can learn a lot from people who have lived through it. My grandparents lived through the 1930's and none of them ever owned any stock. They had a small plot of land and I was always amazed at how they could feed the whole extended...

OK, here is a summary of what I've heard so far: - Make yourself as employable as possible (i.e. diverse experience and good networking). - Get into some long federal bonds but don't get too unbalanced or you'll be forced to wear a tin foil hat. - Remove all debt (Would you go so far as to...

This thread is to explore investment ideas for how to get through a Depression (Deflationary period) that could last a couple years, and then it is followed by no economic growth for years to come. The assumption is that we will go through a diffficult economic decade (somewhat like the 1930's)...

The problem with increasing immigration is that we will have high unemployment as soon as the LBYM baby boomers stop spending. We will probably be thrown into deflation for at least a couple years. I saw a news report saying that the democratic presidential candidates visiting Toledo recently...

If all these people decided to stop LBYM and to start saving then wouldn't our economy crash spectacularly from where it currently is? Wouldn't P/E ratios crash since they are based on future expected growth? Now that we've created such a personal debt bubble, spending is going to have to...

I think that the demographics of the US is going through a down cycle for a decade or so and the baby boomers will need to start hyper saving soon since they are so far behind on retirement equity. This puts us on a cliff edge where we could easily fall into a Japan scenario all too easily...

I too am a landlord and I agree that it is very difficult to make a good return. I like it because I do not have a pension so it's one of the most non-correlated assets to hold verses the equity markets, especially with how globalization has created higher correlation of global markets. If it...

hoping, I think you have a bit of a "good to great" problem. Rambler's comment made me think of this. You can indeed stay for 24 months to get that extra $40k a year, but in 24 months the same situation will still exist and you will be looking at staying yet another 24 months to add another...

hoping, Maybe you should look for a new job at the new location for a given time period and then move there anyway even if you haven't found a job you want. Maybe 9 months is a good time period. Ultimately, it sounds like its more important to move to where you want to settle. Let a new...