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Anyone investing heavily this year??

How much money did you lose/gain this past week?

  • I have been looking at the payout on my wife's life insurance policy...do I still need her?

    Votes: 2 6.7%

  • I guess I will postpone paying off the mortgage for a few more years

    Votes: 19 63.3%

  • I knew this day would come and was shorting the hell outta the market

    Votes: 9 30.0%
  • Total voters
    30
  • Poll closed .
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Madrox said:
Yea it was. I remember those Orange accounts offered some crazy interest rate at the time (mid 2000s?). I'm not sure why I stuck with Cap1 after the switch, but honestly the ease of opening up the savings accounts def helped me get my shit together.
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I was saying in the Bubble Bursting (real estate) thread the other day one of the best feelings from the mid- to late-2000s was having a bunch of money set aside for a large downpayment (in 2009) and basically living off the interest (high interest) for a number of years (covering most of my bills / food).

That was a great feeling hardly needing to touch take-home pay.

Was I stressed and anxious when I transferred the money back over to my powerchecking account, and got the certified check at the bank and handed it over to my realtor?

100%.

My mindset thereafter was "Rebuild your savings / emergency funds accts promptly ..."
 
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Random:

Qualified dividends are taxed at 0%, 15% or 20% (SCHD, SCHG are qualified)
Non-qualified dividends are taxed at 25% (Many REITs are)

Qualified: The investor must hold the stock for a certain amount of time, usually 60 days for common stock and 90 days for preferred stock.
 
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:idea:

Edit: This year I am backing off of some of my moral resistance to investing. Some of the companies I deemed unethical will be possibilities in order to grow my portfolios. Except TSLA, even though @TIMEISMONEY smashed with it.
 
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Madrox

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HellBoy said:
Edit: This year I am backing off of some of my moral resistance to investing. Some of the companies I deemed unethical will be possibilities in order to grow my portfolios.
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Ceenote said:
Sometimes we gotta do something different in order to get the gains we are looking to see.. !
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Same, I hear you man. While I'm a true believer in slow and steady DCAing into the market, I also want to be more willing to act on good ideas if they present themselves.
 
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I hate to be a wet blanket...really I do...

but has anyone thought of the (very likely) repercussions the change of power in the federal government will have on the currency market, and more specifically, the value of the U.S. dollar? That said, all the aforementioned investment opportunities should, theoretically, be looked at in the context of an increasing likelihood the U.S. dollar will no longer be the world currency in the very near future.

BRICS is real. It won't go away. As matter of fact, an overabundance of tariffs will only serve to strengthen it.

That combined with whatever the dollar might be worth after the felon and his boys wreck the economy, can make all the difference in the world.
 
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notreally said:
I hate to be a wet blanket...really I do...

but has anyone thought of the (very likely) repercussions the change of power in the federal government will have on the currency market, and more specifically, the value of the U.S. dollar? That said, all the aforementioned investment opportunities should, theoretically, be looked at in the context of an increasing likelihood the U.S. dollar will no longer be the world currency in the very near future.

BRICS is real. It won't go away. As matter of fact, an overabundance of tariffs will only serve to strengthen it.

That combined with whatever the dollar might be worth after the felon and his boys wreck the economy, can make all the difference in the world.
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*Puts on tinfoil hat*

I feel like - The incoming administration can fuck up people, small businesses, health, environment, retirement accounts, ozone layer, etc - but if their choices start to affect the dollar on the world stage - The man behind the curtain will make sure changes are made.

**I've been watching a lot of spy shows lately.
 

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