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8trackdisco Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Feb 22 2018, 9:03 PM EST
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Posts: 60,055
Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, T-Bills?

Whatchu Buying?

Whatchu Selling?

Standing on the sidelines?

Bull?

Bear?

Got a broker? Or, after the recent slide, are you broker?

Discount online trading? Use a full service financial planner?
RobertHively Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Feb 22 2018, 9:18 PM EST
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Posts: 1,812
Tangible commodities.
jjanecka Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Feb 22 2018, 9:40 PM EST
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Posts: 4,334
I invested in POGs and baseball cards. Never managed to get that Hank Aaron Rookie car though.
rfenst Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Feb 22 2018, 9:56 PM EST
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Posts: 39,233
Bonds and t-bills will be dropping in value as interest rates rise in the coming weeks, months and years
ZRX1200 Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Feb 22 2018, 10:13 PM EST
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,558
Brass
Lead
Gunpowder
Non GMO plant seeds.
DrafterX Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Feb 22 2018, 10:33 PM EST
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Posts: 98,534
Assault weapons.. Mellow
frankj1 Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Feb 22 2018, 10:37 PM EST
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Posts: 44,211
sold all my bump stocks
bs_kwaj Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Feb 22 2018, 11:03 PM EST
Joined: 02-13-2006
Posts: 5,214

I just use cigar boxes under the bed. Nobody would ever think to look there with my stash!

BigGrin

Beer
teedubbya Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Feb 22 2018, 11:10 PM EST
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Posts: 95,637
Hookers and booze
bgz Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 8:49 AM EST
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Posts: 13,023
*wrong buzzer sound*

I'm sorry sir, the correct answer is Hookers and Blow... Hookers 'n Blow is what we were looking for.
dstieger Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 9:26 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
sold all my bump stocks


Applause

frankj1 Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 9:49 AM EST
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dstieger wrote:
Applause


I keep telling you how smaht you are
dstieger Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 9:51 AM EST
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its going to my head
DrafterX Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 10:01 AM EST
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I think I'm gonna buy one before it's too late.. just cause... Mellow
teedubbya Offline
#15 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 10:07 AM EST
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Hookers or blow?
danmdevries Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 10:15 AM EST
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Posts: 17,291
teedubbya wrote:
Hookers or blow?


Por que no los dos?

w:d/
dstieger Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 11:13 AM EST
Joined: 06-22-2007
Posts: 10,889
slow and steady indexes - never owned individual shares....unless you count Educational Savings Bonds :)

Varies a little, but generally around -
20% bond
15% small cap
15% international
30% large cap
20% mid cap

I see no reason to mess with it at the moment...based on recent/current events...but, I know that being less than 10 yrs from retirement, I should cut the risk a bunch
cacman Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 11:33 AM EST
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Fidelity - Apple, Micron, Vail Resorts, and many others. Made 25% in a few weeks on the recent Equifax dip.
Mutual Funds
401(B) in large cap
deadeyedick Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Feb 23 2018, 1:07 PM EST
Joined: 03-13-2003
Posts: 17,052
Commodities (cigars/beer/wine)

The old rule of thumb used to be that you should subtract your age from 100 - and that's the percentage of your portfolio that you should keep in stocks. My thinking is that people are living longer and more active in retirement and I reverse the allocation.

IE: 100-65=35% bonds
jespear Offline
#20 Posted: Sat, Feb 24 2018, 12:17 AM EST
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GE is gonna make a comeback ! d'oh!
Cathcam13 Offline
#21 Posted: Sat, Feb 24 2018, 12:23 AM EST
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Precious Metals, including Brass and lead, but mostly Gold and Silver
Ewok126 Offline
#22 Posted: Sat, Feb 24 2018, 1:47 AM EST
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Dirt and water Anxious
shaun341 Offline
#23 Posted: Sat, Feb 24 2018, 7:17 AM EST
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jespear wrote:
GE is gonna make a comeback ! d'oh!



Over the past couple weeks I've watched the market bounce back and forth, some days they are big bounces and some days they aren't. The one constant though no matter what the DOW is doing is GE stock declining. Every stock I have on my watch list will close up except for GE. Not good, but the analyst are saying GE will not break the company up but rather wait out this rough patch.
8trackdisco Offline
#24 Posted: Sun, Feb 25 2018, 9:49 AM EST
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dstieger wrote:
slow and steady indexes - never owned individual shares....unless you count Educational Savings Bonds :)

Varies a little, but generally around -
20% bond
15% small cap
15% international
30% large cap
20% mid cap

I see no reason to mess with it at the moment...based on recent/current events...but, I know that being less than 10 yrs from retirement, I should cut the risk a bunch



I should be more into bonds as well. Hard to get the portfolio up to 30-40% bonds when there is so much space for capital appreciation. I should really invest based on my age, not my level of juvenile sensibilities. Or lack of.
8trackdisco Offline
#25 Posted: Sun, Feb 25 2018, 9:54 AM EST
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shaun341 wrote:
Over the past couple weeks I've watched the market bounce back and forth, some days they are big bounces and some days they aren't. The one constant though no matter what the DOW is doing is GE stock declining. Every stock I have on my watch list will close up except for GE. Not good, but the analyst are saying GE will not break the company up but rather wait out this rough patch.


GE simply got into too many different things. Wasn't their market cap at 200 billion dollars not to long ago and are now around 130 billion?

Serious shrinkage.
NapalmMan67 Offline
#26 Posted: Sun, Feb 25 2018, 10:28 AM EST
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I've been investing in cigars, but keep burning through my portfolio.

Otherwise,I use the investment advice of my financial adviser based off the risk factor I'm willing to take. Almost getting back to the balance I had before the '07/08 debacle where I lost about 2/3 of my investment.
Cathcam13 Offline
#27 Posted: Sun, Feb 25 2018, 12:42 PM EST
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I know that feeling, 2007 took my portfolio and thrashed it. I went in with 15K, and came out of 2007 with 3.5K I never really recovered that lost stock. Thus I learned a very hard lesson. I now put my retirement into Gold and silver. I do it after taxes so the government can’t whine about getting their portion. By the time I retire, I should be able to do whatever I want.
8trackdisco Offline
#28 Posted: Sun, Feb 25 2018, 6:47 PM EST
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Posts: 60,055
Cathcam13 wrote:
I know that feeling, 2007 took my portfolio and thrashed it. I went in with 15K, and came out of 2007 with 3.5K I never really recovered that lost stock. Thus I learned a very hard lesson. I now put my retirement into Gold and silver. I do it after taxes so the government can’t whine about getting their portion. By the time I retire, I should be able to do whatever I want.


Gold and silver are both good hedges against inflation. With the lack of inflation, silver has been down for quite a few years. I recall it being at around $25 an ounce at one time. Now it labors around in the mid teens.

Never hear of anybody ever buying Palladium. Wonder why that is?
deadeyedick Offline
#29 Posted: Sun, Feb 25 2018, 7:19 PM EST
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Over the past 30 years, the price of gold has increased by 335%. Over the same period the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has gained 1,255% and the Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund (FBNDX) has returned 672%.

Just depends on what time frame you look at as to how good an investment gold is compared to stocks.
Abrignac Offline
#30 Posted: Sun, Feb 25 2018, 8:09 PM EST
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Cathcam13 wrote:
I know that feeling, 2007 took my portfolio and thrashed it. I went in with 15K, and came out of 2007 with 3.5K I never really recovered that lost stock. Thus I learned a very hard lesson. I now put my retirement into Gold and silver. I do it after taxes so the government can’t whine about getting their portion. By the time I retire, I should be able to do whatever I want.



Hate to say it, but you are the prime example of someone who may want to consider mason jars buried in the yard. It sounds as though you have absolutely no idea how markets work, but at least William Devane would be happy.
shaun341 Offline
#31 Posted: Mon, Feb 26 2018, 1:44 PM EST
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Gold has been on a steady decline now for some time. I couldn't imagine there would be a change in that any time soon.
shaun341 Offline
#32 Posted: Mon, Feb 26 2018, 1:50 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
GE simply got into too many different things. Wasn't their market cap at 200 billion dollars not to long ago and are now around 130 billion?

Serious shrinkage.



Not sure what there cap was, but yeah it's at 125b now. I am not even sure what part of GE makes money anymore? They recently announced some huge insurance debt they have to pay and I thought I saw their energy department was failing to make money. I think they might make something in aviation but hard to say anymore. You're right, they had their hands in a lot of different areas.
frankj1 Offline
#33 Posted: Mon, Feb 26 2018, 1:56 PM EST
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shaun341 wrote:
Not sure what there cap was, but yeah it's at 125b now. I am not even sure what part of GE makes money anymore? They recently announced some huge insurance debt they have to pay and I thought I saw their energy department was failing to make money. I think they might make something in aviation but hard to say anymore. You're right, they had their hands in a lot of different areas.

the part that makes money is the department that cashed the check from Gov. Charlie Baker of MA.
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