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Last-minute analysis from an ignorant anonymous
I am an ignorant anonymous, I surely know less than you, but I am here to offer my analysis of what happened today. **What happened today?** Everything went to shit: gold, silver, major ETFs went down and US bonds rose a bit. **What does this mean?** The market received a …
January just gave us the buy signal
Per Ryan Detrick on twitter: "When the S&P 500 is higher in January, the full year is up 16.9%, but when it is lower the full year is down 1.8%." "Is this the sweet spot? When Jan is up between 0-2% the next 11 months have been lower only once …
What do you consider an acceptable use for margin or a pledged asset line?
Ultimately credit is a way to either boost returns and allow for flexibility without just selling or a way to increase risk and open the door for ruin. What do you consider acceptable uses for credit with your shares as collateral? Is it part of your strategy, a way to …
Don't have date of acquisition for deceased husband's stocks. Problem?
When my husband died a few years ago, I became sole owner of his brokerage account. He was pretty casual about his stocks and didn't have the date of acquisition for many of them. He was a "buy and hold" guy, or "inherit and hold." Upon my death, the account …
ACWX alternatives as UCITs on IBKR ?? How to buy Gold?
I am from India and want to invest globally via IBKR. I am looking for non-US domiciled accumulating UCITs only for easier tax purposes. I researched and made this PF for me: 70% ACWX - Developed Markets ex usa + Emerging markets 30% CSPX - Similar to S&P500. With this …
Trust investment claims outperformance vs indexes, looking for advice
I’m looking for some objective feedback on an investment structure I’m currently in and whether the claims being made actually make sense. Background: I have assets held in a trust that must remain in place for at least the next \~3 years. The trust is administered by a large, reputable …
Dollar Crashing. My Criticism of Public Perception
Allow me to preface my analysis by saying this: The dollar has always been crashing, but it really depends on what frame of view by which you're looking at it to determine how much it really should matter to you. That's where we can have a debate. As you know, …
I predicted that yesterday was the peak - Why this is just the beginning
I predicted that gold and silver would peak as a result of the market finally realizing the dividends of Trump's economic success and today, silver lost over a third of its value in the span of a few hours. Most people in the comment section were laughing at me and …
The biggest financial swing!
🚨 THIS IS NOT NORMAL In the last 24 hours: Gold: -12.5% Silver: -34% Trillions of dollars in losses. We’re getting close to a sigma-8 event. Something that has NEVER happened in the history of finance. Do you understand how INSANE that is??? That’s more than the GDP of 99% …
Portfolio strategy - 1 year into investing
ETF - % allocation of portfolio VTI - 30% SPY - 15% VXUS - 21% NLR - 18% BND - 12% IAU - 4% Hey All, Im 27 year old male that started investing on Robinhood. I have a separate Roth IRA managed by an advisor friend of the family, …