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If America has a trade deficit with the world, but the items sold are owned by American companies, doesn't the wealth accrete in America?
Here’s the key: a trade deficit only tracks the flow of goods and services, not who owns the goods, who profits from them, or where the capital ultimately goes. If American companies outsource manufacturing abroad (say, to Vietnam or China), then import those goods into the U.S. to sell domestically …
Long-term hold for SPY/QQQ vs 2X vs 3X leveraged ETFs
Due to volatility drag, leveraged ETFs aren't considered optimal for holding long-term. While buying the dip with a 3X sounds great, it will take longer to recover than the underlying. For instance, if SPY recovers 100%, it might take the leveraged ETF several months longer... and only if SPY keeps …
Email your senator and house representative.
Alright...it's been an interesting couple of days. I'm not going to sit here and do nothing while the president and republican representatives dismantle the stock market and the economy. I emailed both my state senators and congressman and very clearly told them that I will not be voting for them …
Ready to invest in the Stock Market
I’m a low income homeowner sitting on about $20k in home equity, I have about $10k in cash savings I’ve built up over the years and a parcel of property I paid off now worth about $60k (I paid $15k). Should I sell my home and reinvest in building on …
Keep dooming and glooming, im fucking buying
I will buy, buy, buy, all the way to the bottom. The US might be significantly less relevant on the world economic stage thanks do Trump, but anyone who sees this as anything other than an opportunity should stick to their target funds.
Why is stock market so volatile these days?
So imma complete stock market rookie myself, so sorry if this is a dumb question. But if you look historically at the stock market, yes there were ups and downs of course and there was definitely some large ones. But *in general* this crazy volatility that we see in the …
Will history repeat itself with tariffs like before?
Will history repeat itself with tariffs like before? Is a great market crash coming, or will it bounce back? If history is repeating, then big short sellers and put holders must be turning into millionaires by now. I’ve already burned through my $12K hard-earned portfolio. Is there any way to …
How to calculate theta decay?
So say I have a weekly call, atm, if the stock does nothing for all five days, the call just gets lower and lower as my theta decreases over time. My question is, how do you know how much lower per day it's going to get. Like it loses x …
Trump supporters saying “we knew this was coming” to try and justify this …lmao
Ok am I just uninformed or is this a genuinely wild stance?!? People thought a market crash was coming this year because the market was up the last few years and we were due for a crash this significant?? I thought you guys said Biden was trash for the market?? …
Stock market just doing its normal thing
The stock market is cyclical. It's been that way forever , Bull markets followed by bear markets and repeat. Since 1928 the stock markets average bull market has been 992 days long or 2.7 years. In that same time frame the average bear market has been 286 days long or …