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Low-Income Old Runner wrote:

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Marketwatch wrote:

Dow threatens to erase all of 2018's gains with Tuesday's potential tumble

Has a tit-for-tat tariff spat between China and the U.S. shifted from a skirmish to a full-blown trade war?

That is certainly how financial markets have been reacting. Tensions took a turn higher on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump late Monday threatened to impose tariffs on as much as $450 billion in Chinese goods, further ratcheting up tensions between the two largest economies in the world.

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What's a matter with that Trump? Is this what you get when you put a fvcking BILLIONAIRE in Office? Tariffs? Trade wars? Conflict with China? What the hell is wrong with him?

☝️My fvcking 401(k) is looking more like a 201(k)! I ain't rich like Trump. I've had to actually work for living and I need my retirement income last for awhile.

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Maserati wrote:

Hello all, haven't posted for a while. I have been busy implementing my bug-out strategy and am going overseas to close on some RE next week.

REAL diversification is having some financial instruments, some currency, some metals, some productive business, some livable RE, all preferably in various countries and denominations. And multiple passports/citizenships, maybe the most important thing.

By next week I will have expanded my international holdings meaningfully, giving real options. I now have options in 3 independent currencies and 4 different countries. I am still totally unconvinced that our current system will not meet with what amounts to disaster, either quickly by one mechanism or another, or slowly by inexorable and unreported inflation and currency devaluation.

Finally the public is getting a small taste of the real collusion and corruption that exists at the highest levels in the US, with the FBI and CIA being exposed. I know that it's the same in banking and finance. Those who don't believe in "conspiracies" among a few power brokers are childish fools. Yes the same mechanism exists everywhere, but nowhere else I have seen do members of the general public actually believe the cover-up lies that are told.

If you have the option, don't be on the wrong side of history. There are many better places in the world than the USA, by any measure you would care to use--economic, intellectual, artistic, environmental, ideological, social, practical, whatever. I am glad that I have actually ensured myself options that are quick and easy to implement. Yes it has cost me to do so, and I am glad that I am in a position to bear those costs.

US equity markets are still a joke, the currency has more power than you think, and world monetary policy is a shambles, especially in China.

Nobody wants to make a move, because any movement at all, of whatever sort, will result in detriment unless a vibrant new market sector opens, something on the order of a practical source of fusion power. Failing that, it is business as usual. We are in more than a stagflation, we are in the doldrums, where only traders are making money sloshing and banks are making money on fees, but where nothing economically growing is really happening.

I plan to follow the spread of civilization as I see it, in reverse. As I age, I will go from North America to Europe, progressing toward what used to be the fertile crescent. I might die in some place around the Mediterranean.

YMMV, but for me it is strange times, time to execute on some plans and start anew.

I wish you all well, just offering my 2 cents with some rambling and examples. Also, I hope Igy is doing OK.

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Karel wrote:

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Try to keep up wrote:

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Porsche wrote:

As of Tuesday June 19, 2018 considerably less return on all of the above.

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Not really.

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You need to check yur cyphering bucko. Like the other poster said at this rate they’ll all be negative on the year just like the Dow. Thems CDs lookin mighty swell.

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la gente ésta muy loca wrote:

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Maserati wrote:

Hello all, haven't posted for a while. I have been busy implementing my bug-out strategy and am going overseas to close on some RE next week.

REAL diversification is having some financial instruments, some currency, some metals, some productive business, some livable RE, all preferably in various countries and denominations. And multiple passports/citizenships, maybe the most important thing.

By next week I will have expanded my international holdings meaningfully, giving real options. I now have options in 3 independent currencies and 4 different countries. I am still totally unconvinced that our current system will not meet with what amounts to disaster, either quickly by one mechanism or another, or slowly by inexorable and unreported inflation and currency devaluation.

Finally the public is getting a small taste of the real collusion and corruption that exists at the highest levels in the US, with the FBI and CIA being exposed. I know that it's the same in banking and finance. Those who don't believe in "conspiracies" among a few power brokers are childish fools. Yes the same mechanism exists everywhere, but nowhere else I have seen do members of the general public actually believe the cover-up lies that are told.

If you have the option, don't be on the wrong side of history. There are many better places in the world than the USA, by any measure you would care to use--economic, intellectual, artistic, environmental, ideological, social, practical, whatever. I am glad that I have actually ensured myself options that are quick and easy to implement. Yes it has cost me to do so, and I am glad that I am in a position to bear those costs.

US equity markets are still a joke, the currency has more power than you think, and world monetary policy is a shambles, especially in China.

Nobody wants to make a move, because any movement at all, of whatever sort, will result in detriment unless a vibrant new market sector opens, something on the order of a practical source of fusion power. Failing that, it is business as usual. We are in more than a stagflation, we are in the doldrums, where only traders are making money sloshing and banks are making money on fees, but where nothing economically growing is really happening.

I plan to follow the spread of civilization as I see it, in reverse. As I age, I will go from North America to Europe, progressing toward what used to be the fertile crescent. I might die in some place around the Mediterranean.

YMMV, but for me it is strange times, time to execute on some plans and start anew.

I wish you all well, just offering my 2 cents with some rambling and examples. Also, I hope Igy is doing OK.

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See you're still listening to Alex Jones . Plus ça change !

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Try to keep up wrote:

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Karel wrote:

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Try to keep up wrote:

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Porsche wrote:

As of Tuesday June 19, 2018 considerably less return on all of the above.

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Not really.

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You need to check yur cyphering bucko. Like the other poster said at this rate they’ll all be negative on the year just like the Dow. Thems CDs lookin mighty swell.

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What rate? The one day rate, or the more meaningful YTD rate?

You can’t be stupid enough to think the former is important. Or are you Igy?

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Igy here wrote:

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Try to keep up wrote:

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Karel wrote:

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Try to keep up wrote:

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Porsche wrote:

As of Tuesday June 19, 2018 considerably less return on all of the above.

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Not really.

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You need to check yur cyphering bucko. Like the other poster said at this rate they’ll all be negative on the year just like the Dow. Thems CDs lookin mighty swell.

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What rate? The one day rate, or the more meaningful YTD rate?

You can’t be stupid enough to think the former is important. Or are you Igy?

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Watch it. I don’t write like a hillbilly.

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dunnot follow wrote:

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seattle prattle wrote:

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Duz that mean wrote:

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seattle prattle wrote:

let the stocks fall where they may. I am positioned to buy on a massive dip, should one come.

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What does that mean?

You are out of the market? Or shorting it?

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i don't have nearly enough balls to take out anything but the smallest of short positions.
No, it means i am in a bit more cash than usual in case there's better entry points below. In my brokerage accounts, that means about 8% in cash. I know that's not much but it's more than than i normally do.
But come to think of it, if you take into account the triple leveraged ETFs i have significant holdings of, i guess i'm a lot more than 100% in.

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So if the market goes south, you go down with it. How is that being "positioned to buy on a massive dip."? Why would that prompt you to say "let the stocks fall where they may"?

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seattle prattle wrote:

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dunnot follow wrote:

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seattle prattle wrote:

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Duz that mean wrote:

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seattle prattle wrote:

let the stocks fall where they may. I am positioned to buy on a massive dip, should one come.

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What does that mean?

You are out of the market? Or shorting it?

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i don't have nearly enough balls to take out anything but the smallest of short positions.
No, it means i am in a bit more cash than usual in case there's better entry points below. In my brokerage accounts, that means about 8% in cash. I know that's not much but it's more than than i normally do.
But come to think of it, if you take into account the triple leveraged ETFs i have significant holdings of, i guess i'm a lot more than 100% in.

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So if the market goes south, you go down with it. How is that being "positioned to buy on a massive dip."? Why would that prompt you to say "let the stocks fall where they may"?

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buying the dip. And if done right, i come out on the other side in even better standing.
Took a nibble this morning on S&P 500 triple leveraged and i'm up a little over a percent on the day.

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Big Dog Investments wrote:

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Ghost of Igloi wrote:

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Big Dog Investments wrote:

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Ghost of Igloi wrote:

How are your buy on the dips working?

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My FB buy is up over 3% in less than a week. Thanks for the “tip.”

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Sure, let’s keep an eye on it over the next month and report back.

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One month later it’s up almost 18%. Thanks for asking.

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Big Dog Investments wrote:

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Big Dog Investments wrote:

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Ghost of Igloi wrote:

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Big Dog Investments wrote:

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Ghost of Igloi wrote:

How are your buy on the dips working?

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My FB buy is up over 3% in less than a week. Thanks for the “tip.”

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Sure, let’s keep an eye on it over the next month and report back.

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One month later it’s up almost 18%. Thanks for asking.

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Now nearing 28%. Not bad for less than three months. Igy did it again.

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Still makes no sense at all wrote:

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seattle prattle wrote:

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dunnot follow wrote:

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seattle prattle wrote:

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Duz that mean wrote:

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seattle prattle wrote:

let the stocks fall where they may. I am positioned to buy on a massive dip, should one come.

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What does that mean?

You are out of the market? Or shorting it?

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i don't have nearly enough balls to take out anything but the smallest of short positions.
No, it means i am in a bit more cash than usual in case there's better entry points below. In my brokerage accounts, that means about 8% in cash. I know that's not much but it's more than than i normally do.
But come to think of it, if you take into account the triple leveraged ETFs i have significant holdings of, i guess i'm a lot more than 100% in.

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So if the market goes south, you go down with it. How is that being "positioned to buy on a massive dip."? Why would that prompt you to say "let the stocks fall where they may"?

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buying the dip. And if done right, i come out on the other side in even better standing.
Took a nibble this morning on S&P 500 triple leveraged and i'm up a little over a percent on the day.

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Makes zero sense. If you are heavily invested in the market -- which I think is what you are saying -- "if you take into account the triple leveraged ETFs i have significant holdings of, i guess i'm a lot more than 100% in -- whatever the Hell that means -- then "let the stocks fall where they may" is not the appropriate sentiment.

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Schlogel wrote:

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Big Dog Investments wrote:

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Big Dog Investments wrote:

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Ghost of Igloi wrote:

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Big Dog Investments wrote:

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Ghost of Igloi wrote:

How are your buy on the dips working?

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My FB buy is up over 3% in less than a week. Thanks for the “tip.”

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Sure, let’s keep an eye on it over the next month and report back.

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One month later it’s up almost 18%. Thanks for asking.

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Now nearing 28%. Not bad for less than three months. Igy did it again.

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The pure genius of following what everybody else does.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-20/greatest-short-squeeze-history

For now.

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Igy here wrote:

Maserati,

Love your post and thanks for the shout out. I just hope I don’t have to follow civilization in reverse and cross the Siberian land bridge in mid-winter. Hah!

I completed immuno therapy/chemo therapy regimen earlier this month. I am back to exercising and working on a regular schedule albiet at a reduced rate. Prognosis looks good statistically but I will know more next month after PET scan and oncologist consultation.

Have a good trip.

Igy

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Never gets old baby wrote:

401k looking like a 201k ... boy, that NEVER gets old even after the 5,000th time I’ve heard it!

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Igy here wrote:

Maserati,

Love your post and thanks for the shout out. I just hope I don’t have to follow civilization in reverse and cross the Siberian land bridge in mid-winter. Hah!

I completed immuno therapy/chemo therapy regimen earlier this month. I am back to exercising and working on a regular schedule albiet at a reduced rate. Prognosis looks good statistically but I will know more next month after PET scan and oncologist consultation.

Have a good trip.

Igy

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What's The Deal? wrote:

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Igy here wrote:

Maserati,

Love your post and thanks for the shout out. I just hope I don’t have to follow civilization in reverse and cross the Siberian land bridge in mid-winter. Hah!

I completed immuno therapy/chemo therapy regimen earlier this month. I am back to exercising and working on a regular schedule albiet at a reduced rate. Prognosis looks good statistically but I will know more next month after PET scan and oncologist consultation.

Have a good trip.

Igy

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That's all you do is talk about your cancer. Did the sick care system actually cure you of the cancer or put in remission? Treating the symptoms with toxic drugs doesn't solve the problem as to why you got cancer in first place. I'd try to find out why your immune system (i.e. cancer killer cells) didn't recognize the mutating WBCs of the lymphatic system and initiate cell death.

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What's The Deal? wrote:

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Igy here wrote:

Maserati,

Love your post and thanks for the shout out. I just hope I don’t have to follow civilization in reverse and cross the Siberian land bridge in mid-winter. Hah!

I completed immuno therapy/chemo therapy regimen earlier this month. I am back to exercising and working on a regular schedule albiet at a reduced rate. Prognosis looks good statistically but I will know more next month after PET scan and oncologist consultation.

Have a good trip.

Igy

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That's all you do is talk about your cancer. Did the sick care system actually cure you of the cancer or put in remission? Treating the symptoms with toxic drugs doesn't solve the problem as to why you got cancer in first place. I'd try to find out why your immune system (i.e. cancer killer cells) didn't recognize the mutating WBCs of the lymphatic system and initiate cell death.

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