Ukraine/Inflation Poet Impacts

[W2R]

Warren Buffet: "Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. ... Lethargy bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style."

Oh, I LIKE it!

 

[Fermion]

Warren Buffet: "Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. ... Lethargy bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style."

Doesn't always work though. If you stuck with Seadrill and never sold, you got drilled.

 

[marko]

I think he will invade, the west will impose sanctions, Russia will counter with cyber attacks. This won't be a cakewalk.

The market will continue down, IMHO for about 6 months, until the Ukraine dispute is settled.

What concerns me is China giving Taiwan grief this year. Russia and China cozied up earlier so it wouldn't surprise me that they move (remember Germany and Japan).

With that scenario, the market will drop further.

Note that Turkey, another nation on the Black Sea, is bankrupt. That whole area is unstable.

I truly hope you're wrong and I'm sure you do too.

But maybe I'm just getting old, but over my lifetime I've been warned about Communists, nuclear war, over population, running out of oil, running out of food, nuclear power plants, global cooling, global warming, acid rain, the Japanese buying up all of the US, the Saudis buying up all the US, Y2K and several global financial collapses among just a few "end of the world as we know it" apocalypses. (oh! and the end of SS)

I just can't get worked up about this stuff anymore. Things just never seem to live up to the hype.

 

[MichaelB]

The misspelling got my attention.

There once was a year with inflation,
whose year caused much great consternation,
A poet came in,
and said with a grin,
Oh this is just a dagnab conflation.
​

Well done, very good indeed.

Here’s another

There once was a lass named Carnation
Her dance moves were quite the sensation
her red rosy lips
and that swing of her hips
made the boys have embarrassing inflation

The rare limerick that doesn’t rhyme with Nantucket.

Here’s a try

Chairman Powell was hiding in Nantucket
For inflation he had said just to suck it
But it wouldn’t go away
And got worse day by day
So he threw up his hands and said “eff it”

 

[braumeister]

There once was a girl from Nantucket
Whose accounting was based on three buckets
When inflation was high
Her cash stash ran dry
Which she blamed on a hole in that bucket.

 

[Car-Guy]

^^^^ Now that one is pretty good.

 

[Chuckanut]

if there is an invasion, I suspect defense related stocks will rise. If they already haven't. I don't follow them. More NATO members might even pay their aspirational 2% towards defense. Who knows?

Sorry, I'm not a poet. But, maybe I will give it a try if inflation sticks around.

 

[street]

^^^^Now those a great!! Lol

 

[Fermion]

Inflation
In
flat
ion
Makes things cost more
Makes you feel poor
Nowhere to hide
Can't hop off this ride
Markets don't stop
Stocks ready to drop
What can we do
Decided by you

 

[Pellice]

Ukraine, not inflation, poet

Serhiy Zhadan, a present and current voice for Ukraine:

They buried their son last winter.
Strange weather for winter—rain, thunder.
They buried him quietly—everybody’s busy.
Who did he fight for? I asked. We don’t know, they say.
He fought for someone, they say, but who—who knows?
Will it change anything, they say, what’s the point now?
I would have asked him myself, but now—there’s no need.



“They buried their son last winter” Serhiy Zhadan

 

[aja8888]

Doesn't always work though. If you stuck with Seadrill and never sold, you got drilled.

Try RIG on for size (Transocean).

 

[big-papa]

The misspelling got my attention.

There once was a year with inflation,
whose year caused much great consternation,
A poet came in,
and said with a grin,
Oh this is just a dagnab conflation.
​

Hilarious!!!!

 

[Chuckanut]

I fear the high cost of living
It's really not very forgiving
Today I was robbed by thieves clever as a fox
$100 worth of hamburger from my car's glove box

 

[marko]

With apologies to M&M:

All this talk about inflation
is running across this nation
and gives us such frustration
because we can't afford vacation
'cause a trip to the gas station
took away our motivation
and it's such a desecration
I let out an exclamation
for more communication
that we need more exploration
and less of exportation
and less hyperventilation
just a better operation
and some more synchronization
and more participation
and a reactivation
and a firm resuscitation
of nationalization
to combat our suffocation
and complete our validation
that our victimization
from inflation
is our cause of trepidation
PEACE! [mic drop]
(dj marko)

 

[Bamaman]

In down times, I try not to pay so much attention to my portfolio. And I just try to maintain the status quo--investing in the more successful equities of the past.

At this time, there's not much else I can do. It's an attitude thing. I remember the 2008 debacle in the market, and I'm up 300% since then. Rome was built over 2500 years ago, and it's still there.

And life goes on.

 

[pacergal]

Only the clever folks on the forum will cause me to laugh about inflation and a down market
Thanks!

 

[Out-to-Lunch]

I find that doggerel looks least like doggerel when it is set in terza rima:

We feel the pinch of inflation
and the shrinkage of a dollar
and while some may feel consternation

It sure won’t make me holler
Although it may sound funny
I am sure I won’t live in squalor

I’d rather cavort with my honey
Than fret about my pocket
And obsess about my money

No matter what is on the docket
Which will be here in a trice
Take what you have and hock it

Don’t worry about the price
So tap into your mutual fund
To avoid a steady diet of rice.

While rising prices have you stunned
A happy life must not be shunned.

 

[Winemaker]

There is a rascal named Putin,
Who's supposed to do future shootin'.
I think it's some of hot air,
And is trying to get us in a scare.

Western capital he would lose,
No one would buy his caviar and booze.
So he threatens to light the fuse,
His new pipeline, we'll never use.

The markets were on a tear,
And now the market's a bear.
Inflation is no longer news,
Discretionary money's on a whirlpool cruise.

We'll pay him to go away,
But he'll come back another day.
And get involved in another fray.
He comes and goes as he may.

 

[aja8888]

There is a rascal named Putin,
Who's supposed to do future shootin'.
I think it's some of hot air,
And is trying to get us in a scare.

Western capital he would lose,
No one would buy his caviar and booze.
So he threatens to light the fuse,
His new pipeline, we'll never use.

The markets were on a tear,
And now the market's a bear.
Inflation is no longer news,
Discretionary money's on a whirlpool cruise.

We'll pay him to go away,
But he'll come back another day.
And get involved in another fray.
He comes and goes as he may.

Very good!!!

 

[Gumby]

I find that doggerel looks least like doggerel when it is set in terza rima:

We feel the pinch of inflation
and the shrinkage of a dollar
and while some may feel consternation

It sure won’t make me holler
Although it may sound funny
I am sure I won’t live in squalor

I’d rather cavort with my honey
Than fret about my pocket
And obsess about my money

No matter what is on the docket
Which will be here in a trice
Take what you have and hock it

Don’t worry about the price
So tap into your mutual fund
To avoid a steady diet of rice.

While rising prices have you stunned
A happy life must not be shunned.

Dante would be proud.

 

[Out-to-Lunch]

Dante would be proud.

Thank you, kind sir!

 

[JoeWras]

To get back to the actual topic, it appears Putin continues to slip to aggression overnight. Futures seem pretty much unfazed at this time.

 

[frayne]

Need to rename this thread, the future dead poets society.

As for the OP's question, lets all hope this event is just minor geopolitical bump in the road and the supply of dryer sheets will not be impacted.

 

[Winemaker]

Need to rename this thread, the future dead poets society.

As for the OP's question, lets all hope this event is just minor geopolitical bump in the road and the supply of dryer sheets will not be impacted.

Has potential!

 

[Foghorn Leghorn]

" The markets go up. The markets go down. Over the long run the markets go up."

Lather, rinse, repeat.

( you either believe or you dont)