Wrong. Again. Lots of you on here seem to have pretty fragile egos. I don't b.s.:
"Well, the aggregate indexes that I follow have bested me this year.
Incredible! Even though I had faith, and even posted about where the markets would go and why, I had yet more faith in my ability to generate a good return, with a ton more work but with far less risk.
I knew the markets would rise, but I didn't foresee by how much. I also knew BTC would rise and I bought and sold, but like with equities I'm thinking about buying again. I posted about bubbles before, and about my opinion that they can go sky-high depending on who's doing the inflating. I lived through the Vancouver housing rise, and my entire family lived through the Toronto housing rise.
IMO both cryptos (some of them) and US equities (and equities in select other markets) can still go significantly higher. I was looking at some fancy property somewhere, but the liquidity and transaction fees afforded by the equity markets are unmatched in my experience.
So there you have it. One of the few years in which I have been beaten by the markets. Great for you guys if you were in. I am now looking for long-term parking places for money, and I must say that certain markets are still looking attractive."
11/22/2017
Just because I do things that you either don't understand, or that you don't have access to, and do not disclose them, is not cause for you to doubt the things I say. Think about it this way: if I was a self-aggrandizing liar, what benefit would there be to doing it on an anonymous and impersonal internet forum? The assumption would be some sort of distorted personality...also unwarranted on the facts, but definitely telling about your individual psychology.