Investing General Discussion

30% of them happened in the 90s.

My boyfriend has cancer and is ineligible for life insurance for a long time. So I was thinking about getting some whole life insurance. Anyone have strong opinions on this vs term life insurance?

Blazin said:

Sorry to hear that, what is the goal of the insurance? Whole Life rarely would outperform simply saving/investing.

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Yeah I guess that would make sense as they'd be doing the same thing with it I would.

Bye Trump

Down 1500 at one point.

I swear to fucking God, man. I've been sitting on the sidelines waiting for a correction for months and just recently said, 'fuck it', and bought some ETF shares. I KNEW this was going to happen as soon as I bought anything.

So, yeah, my fault. Sorry guys.

So try to figure out bottom and then dump share call into my 401k or finally open a vanguard eh?

Sludig said:

So try to figure out bottom

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Let me know if you figure that one out.

You know what I mean, like a week of fairly leveled out rather than in midst of free fall. Not perfect rock bottom. Going by the assumption that we arnt hitting a big recession, as an uninformed first timer I just wonder if drop is big enough to make it a good time to put money in.

www.cnbc.com/2018/02/05/xiv-exchange-traded-security-linked-to-volatility-plummets-80-percent.html

Shenanigans redux.

Market to me is too high. When it comes to investing now, I wait for a bubble pop or recession. They happen every 15 to 20 years without fail. Look at bank of America 5 years ago around 11 dollars and now close to 40. That made me 30k .I wait until the market takes a dive and really invest. Playing the market right now for me is foolish. I'll wait for another crisis.

The media is so disingenuous. Saw a teaser for the news about "the stock market (DJIA?) had the single biggest daily drop in history" ignoring the fact that as a percentage that's not even remotely close.

Tough to trade when you can't log in. Haha nothing has changed.

How forced liquidation of Short Volatility ETNs (XIV) could cascade into a Stock Market Crash - DIY Investing

Interesting if it plays out this way.