Investing General Discussion
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what Suineg set it to
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TJT
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I was under the impression that you bought into a bond backed security. Not that you actually bought bonds.
Sell them when you feel the need to do so.
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Eh but my 401k isn’t my only nest egg. I have a good size taxable portfolio that I’d rather keep bonds in.
Gotcha.
No one here is really into international stonks huh. I get it. Didn’t International do well during a 5-10 year period around 2007?
edit - yes I know past doesn’t indicate future or whatever the saying is. It’s just curious so many here aren’t into having a portion of their portfolio in international while mainstream seems to think that is wise. Mainstream also told me to get vaxxed and boosted and this forum told me not to and that worked out well for me. So here we are.
Blazin
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Well developed European and Asian economies though? Looking at top 10 holdings of some of these international companies I’m seeing TSC, airbus, etc. I don’t think they’re going anywhere. Ok if china takes TSC then everyone is gonna feel that, even big tech. Not trying to argue btw. Just trying to understand. Ooga boogas would be more emerging markets right? There’s RERGX as an option which seems to target Europe and Asia pacific, for example.
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100% S&P 500 index. Just let it run.Yup I was eyeing that. What would you mix it with? The state street large cap value seems like it’s tracking Russel 1000 with more value stocks (heavy financial services/healthcare). On the flip side their growth version is more growth (heavy heavy on tech). The international offerings I need to look over.
Any suggestions? Maybe 80% s&p 500 and 20% international, fuck bonds?
Will pingBlazin or S sliverstorm too
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Blazin
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joking aside, the foundation behind my investments is my faith in the American people. I do not share those feelings internationally. Cracks are forming and growing wider even in my faith in our domestic system. This is not based on analysis or technical figures, as I have mentioned many times investing success is deeply rooted in your own emotions and controlling fear. At the worst moments for the market it's my belief in the strength of our nation that makes me hit buy. This same emotion is what stops me from overly worrying about a position going against me because I only invest in something I am more committed to.
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Thanks fellas. Changed future elections to 100% sp500 index and will sell target date and switch over as well.
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Pretty much every swinging dick here tells you to avoid international funds. But you do you friendo.
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I’m not arguing, I just wanted to hear more thought out reasoning than ooga booga gifs andPretty much every swinging dick here tells you to avoid international funds. But you do you friendo.
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I wasn't implying you were arguing. This is all about asking questions. I was just chuckling that it's one of the few positions that I think we are 100% in lockstep on and you kept askingI’m not arguing, I just wanted to hear more thought out reasoning than ooga booga gifs and
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It's all fun and games when the markets are at all time highs. Let's see how fun the hobby is when we enter the next bear marketAgain appreciate at the advice everyone’s been giving. This has become one of my new favorite hobbies even if I’m just doing boring long hold buys for now. Now I wanna try to pull aTJT and get over employed to get more greens to fund this hobby
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Blazin
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Being bearish for any sustained period is not going to work out very well. It easier in hindsight, but we still must ask why coming out of 2022 one of the worst years in the last 70 yrs were people still so negative? We are so good at imagining things being worse that it's often all we see. We convince ourselves with "Yeah but did they have a Fed doing..." "There was no...then"
History tells us we are likely in year 1 of several years of expansion in the markets. That's hard for us to accept as a possibility, the possibility of horrendous horribleness is much easier for us to see and always feels in the moment more plausible.
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