Anyone investing heavily this year??

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


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@Helico-pterFunk - Bond market vigilantes said yeah lets have a conversation buddy




“I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the President or the Pope or as a .400 baseball hitter. But now I would want to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.” – James Carville, 1994


No one controls the bond market. Not the Fed, not the Treasury.When the time comes for higher yields, Powell and Bessent cannot stop it.




Thanks for the info and Reuters link, DC.


Gonna check it out.
 
You were the one that put me on to Bond Vigilantes....It was a NPR article that opened my eyes to how they can always control whoever is in charge....




Thanks for the recall on that ^ - I need to check out more of their podcasts again.


Planet Money, and The Indicator from Planet Money.


Both good shows. They've got a good network of shows at NPR ... https://www.npr.org/podcasts-and-shows/
 
China is definitely feeling the tariff pain!

Please consider giving both videos a watch.

It's good to get the perspective directly from China and not USA media.




 

Trump's Tariffs & The Radical Remaking Of The Global Economy


April 9, 20254:31 PM ET




44-Minute Listen


President Trump's sweeping tariff policy has upended the global economy. Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, likens it to The Art of the Deal — on steroids.




 
Call me crazy but if you're within 3 to 5 years of retirement and the market is doing good, shouldn't you re-balance your portfolio to more conservative assets that are not easily affected by large market changes?

I got another 12 to 15 years before I can consider retiring but this sentiment of re-balancing to safer options was always my goal when that time gets closer.
 
@doe moe


Interesting. I was just talking to my friend about this yesterday evening. Looking to retire in 13 - 15 years myself (at 58 - 60), whereas my friend is looking at 7 years (when he's 60).

I'd love to retire in just under 10 years, but want to maximize my pension plan with additional years of contributions.

Friend said - "I wonder what it's like if you're on the verge of retirement, and have things tied up in a bunch of higher-risk choices? How much does that affect and delay your retirement plans? Ugh ..."
 
Call me crazy but if you're within 3 to 5 years of retirement and the market is doing good, shouldn't you re-balance your portfolio to more conservative assets that are not easily affected by large market changes?

I got another 12 to 15 years before I can consider retiring but this sentiment of re-balancing to safer options was always my goal when that time gets closer.
You don't think they know when you're about to dip? You don't think they sit up night and day thinking of ways to keep you tethered to the system?
 
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