Sagarin wrote:
agip wrote:This is true, unfortunately. Men suck at creating lasting relationships. When they do not have something useful (a job) to occupy themselves they are generally lost. It is easy to see why they die off so much more quickly than women.
yeh - I've always thought that when you really, truly, completely understand that young women are never, ever going to be interested in you in an honest way...that's when you start dying.
I'm happily married and never been tempted, but one of the best pieces of marriage advice I've ever heard was to keep saying 'I'm going to be unfaithful...just not today'
cynical, but we are human beings.
Man, do you really feel this way Agip? Makes me really appreciate my wife (younger than me and looks great for her age). She still works because she wants to, not because she has to. I hope you didn't get that advice from a "counselor." I'm pretty dang cynical, but I vehemently disagree with you here.
Anyway, as for the thread, yes, it was a stunningly bad call by K5 thus far. 2014 will be interesting, because, historically, we tend to get decent returns following years like the one we just had. However, housing appears to be getting sluggish again and their will be some fiscal drag. We are more than ripe for a correction, but I suspect we go higher still as I have said on this entire thread. But, we are most definitely on a melt-up trajectory, and those rarely end well.[/quote]
how did you manage to foil the massively awesome lrc double quote system?
anyway. Yeah, I guess I do believe that about men and sex and dying. Maybe I'm off base for most people, but I think it makes sense for me. I'm certainly not proud of it, but don't we all have rich fantasy lives? Lord knows I do.
As for the market - I just can't believe valuations will get much higher in the US - the only way I see another big year is:
1) another stock bubble
2) big profit surge
lord I am hoping for the second.
I am selling some US and buying emerging markets and cheap global countries - Ireland, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Russia, China, Israel. I can't get excited about the US at these valuations. I would guess a 6% return for 2014, but that is worth nothing.
And with my own money I bought a 5% position in TBF - I have to believe long term interest rates will rise.