| 1. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Thu, 2/22/2018, 9:03PM EST | |
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?
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| 2. Author: RobertHively | Date: Thu, 2/22/2018, 9:18PM EST | |
Tangible commodities. |
| 3. Author: jjanecka | Date: Thu, 2/22/2018, 9:40PM EST | |
I invested in POGs and baseball cards. Never managed to get that Hank Aaron Rookie car though. |
| 4. Author: rfenst | Date: Thu, 2/22/2018, 9:56PM EST | |
Bonds and t-bills will be dropping in value as interest rates rise in the coming weeks, months and years |
| 5. Author: ZRX1200 | Date: Thu, 2/22/2018, 10:13PM EST | |
Brass
Lead
Gunpowder
Non GMO plant seeds. |
| 6. Author: DrafterX | Date: Thu, 2/22/2018, 10:33PM EST | |
Assault weapons..  |
| 7. Author: frankj1 | Date: Thu, 2/22/2018, 10:37PM EST | |
sold all my bump stocks |
| 8. Author: bs_kwaj | Date: Thu, 2/22/2018, 11:03PM EST | |
I just use cigar boxes under the bed. Nobody would ever think to look there with my stash!   |
| 9. Author: teedubbya | Date: Thu, 2/22/2018, 11:10PM EST | |
Hookers and booze |
| 10. Author: bgz | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 8:49AM EST | |
*wrong buzzer sound*
I'm sorry sir, the correct answer is Hookers and Blow... Hookers 'n Blow is what we were looking for. |
| 11. Author: dstieger | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 9:26AM EST | |
frankj1 wrote:sold all my bump stocks  |
| 12. Author: frankj1 | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 9:49AM EST | |
I keep telling you how smaht you are |
| 13. Author: dstieger | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 9:51AM EST | |
its going to my head |
| 14. Author: DrafterX | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 10:01AM EST | |
I think I'm gonna buy one before it's too late.. just cause... |
| 15. Author: teedubbya | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 10:07AM EST | |
Hookers or blow? |
| 16. Author: danmdevries | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 10:15AM EST | |
teedubbya wrote:Hookers or blow? Por que no los dos? w:d/ |
| 17. Author: dstieger | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 11:13AM EST | |
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
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| 18. Author: cacman | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 11:33AM EST | |
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 |
| 19. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Fri, 2/23/2018, 1:07PM EST | |
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 |
| 20. Author: jespear | Date: Sat, 2/24/2018, 12:17AM EST | |
GE is gonna make a comeback !  |
| 21. Author: Cathcam13 | Date: Sat, 2/24/2018, 12:23AM EST | |
Precious Metals, including Brass and lead, but mostly Gold and Silver |
| 22. Author: Ewok126 | Date: Sat, 2/24/2018, 1:47AM EST | |
Dirt and water  |
| 23. Author: shaun341 | Date: Sat, 2/24/2018, 7:17AM EST | |
jespear wrote:GE is gonna make a comeback ! 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. |
| 24. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Sun, 2/25/2018, 9:49AM EST | |
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. |
| 25. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Sun, 2/25/2018, 9:54AM EST | |
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. |
| 26. Author: NapalmMan67 | Date: Sun, 2/25/2018, 10:28AM EST | |
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. |
| 27. Author: Cathcam13 | Date: Sun, 2/25/2018, 12:42PM EST | |
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. |
| 28. Author: 8trackdisco | Date: Sun, 2/25/2018, 6:47PM EST | |
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? |
| 29. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Sun, 2/25/2018, 7:19PM EST | |
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. |
| 30. Author: Abrignac | Date: Sun, 2/25/2018, 8:09PM EST | |
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. |
| 31. Author: shaun341 | Date: Mon, 2/26/2018, 1:44PM EST | |
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. |
| 32. Author: shaun341 | Date: Mon, 2/26/2018, 1:50PM EST | |
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. |
| 33. Author: frankj1 | Date: Mon, 2/26/2018, 1:56PM EST | |
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. |
