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how elections will impact market after 2020
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/2020-election-impact-market-204614985.html
imho
get your beers/ favorite wines/kleenex and guns ready
many people will start taking zoloft
lots crying 11/10/20…
Hi sir @_catch22 happynew yr. My friend forward me the article....thought she made some good points if u expect a crash.... I don't fully agree w her views though. Probably need 80 /20 for us for at least another 15 20 yrs...if she changed the fo…
Hi sir Crash: Another question
Do you have any guidance how to live comfortably in Hawaii and worried free/free of debts? heard housing and living expenses there one of highest in world
Of course you cannot beat the scenery though
I always dream …
Hi sir crash
Please look at vanguard star vgstx (good balance fund) or vanguard prime cap core vppcx
We have held these and add to them frequently for quite long time
We have lsbrx Loomis bond fund, also happy w results
We also have Akrex and FLAAX …
Thank you sir
We added more to VDE VHT QQQ and vanguardlifecycle2040, schwablifecycle2040 yesterday well as X-steel corp bonds and [ytm 7.5% but rated B]
Currently maybe heavy weight in portfolio (upwards of 20s% on bonds) so prob buy more and eq…
Yes sir..will ask advisors next few days and let you know
.whether pay tax now or later it's always a question..just we can save money now for capital income and reinvest without worrying about tax maybe a good choice
@_mark hi sir...small business owner, tax reasons...save much more in tax long term since we contribute upward of 60s K [both of us] annually...we were looking at defined benefits bit it was not worth or unless you and woife contribute >200 300k …
We held Roth-IRA since 2014 after talking w our Edwards jones adviser..save so much capital gains income after taxations once retired..we've stopped the Roth few yrs ago and started sep-IRA
@_Gary1952
Hi sir..don't put all your eggs in one basket
Spread them out real estate bonds reits, corp Bond s, mini bonds ( (hospitals schools infrastructure airport etc) make sure have good ratings before buying
Easier said than done
.Or just sp…
@_stillers sorry sir thought I read it earlier just a glimmer
Basically author thought 2020 would be a big year for muni bonds since chance defaults still low
There are still risks w possible raised interest rates , 2020 elections and tax issues bu…
Did not expect a stellar return this yr, so many pundits from ... expect flat line and depressions discussions, stocking loosing 25%+ beginning 2019 and economy crashes down early 2019.
That why it's good have a plan and stay diversed and shut ou…
Hi art..thx congrats..
Can you pls share any lessons learnt past 15 yrs and also your largest 3 holdings [MFs etf stocketc] if you don't mind
Kind regards good luck
I am glad you retire now...in your field of work any split seconds of work could be…
Hi Sirs:
I do believe many financial advisors/firms get paid highly under the table for funds or stocks they do advise. Many do give maybe false data so investors may pick their MFs/ETFs or stocks.
Probably best do your diligence research before …
@_catch22
Hi sir ?~3.9 trillions since sept08 to oct14
https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/08/news/economy/central-banks-printed-nine-trillion/index.html
They did pump just a little in2007 before the major crash
https://www.frbsf.org/education/publica…
Hi sirs @_Simon &
@_CATCH22
08 09 cycles feds printing so much money market still dropped like a rock market lost more than 55%
If you have coupe of Billions in ur own portfolios (like Bloomberg trump obama) you can run as many round tables …
@_Old_Skeet
thankyou Sir
we don't really have a crystal balls. I do believe we maybe at near late cycles but recessions may not take place for at least another ?? 9-12 months according to several PUNDITS [whom are usualy 50% right at time]
We di…
Thx everyone...hope everyone and family have safe healthy prosperous 2020...may peace prevails
So quiet now no more fight and much less actions now since Ted is gone (hope old_joe at peace )
We do miss him
@MikeM ...hi sir maybe in 9 months feds may raise rate again, dows may reach 29k
when we find out 4q 2018 was indeed a large correct ion/ small recession stock pulled back -15%
n focus - Economics
How Q4 ranks among the worst 20 quarters of the …
Top upgraded stocks to buy for December:
CBRE Group (CBRE)CF Industries (CF)Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS)Zscaler (ZS)WestRock Co. (WRK)BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX)Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)
thankyou all
I did tell him to buy vanguard star, vanguard lifecycle funds/and vanguard primecap core, vanguard index vti, and brk.b - all these vehicles about 30s% of my core holdings
also got him couple of books to read to start investing
