Edman85 Posted March 17 Posted March 17 15 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: Staying primarily in US stocks has been a great move the last 15 years. It's hard to know what happens next. I am guessing there is going to be turbulence for a while. I have a feeling there will be lagging turbulence internationally, though.. Quote
Edman85 Posted March 17 Posted March 17 3 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said: Haha! Funny! EURL (EU ETF): purchased 400 sh's Jan 16, 2025 at avg cost of 21.60 today: $30.30 or after-hours at 30.80 if you wanted to use that. YINN (China ETF): purchased 400 sh's Jan 10, 2025 at avg cost of 23.50 today: $52.35 Wasn't really trying to make a joke. Except for the fun money I have to the side to save for a second house, I'm not touching anything I have invested for 17-20 years, so it will rebound. If I was pushing retirement age, I probably would have moved a bunch more into money markets than planned back in early January... Quote
1984Echoes Posted March 17 Posted March 17 I prefer dividends. Ok, yeah, sorry... I thought you were teasing or something like that... Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 25 minutes ago, Edman85 said: Wasn't really trying to make a joke. Except for the fun money I have to the side to save for a second house, I'm not touching anything I have invested for 17-20 years, so it will rebound. If I was pushing retirement age, I probably would have moved a bunch more into money markets than planned back in early January... I did that in January, and kind of I wish I moved more. I hate trying to time things, but at my age I need to invest more conservatively Quote
Edman85 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 https://slate.com/technology/2025/03/bogleheads-investing-strategy-reddit-stock-market-chaos.html Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 6 minutes ago, Edman85 said: https://slate.com/technology/2025/03/bogleheads-investing-strategy-reddit-stock-market-chaos.html That is basically what I have followed since I read it 16 years ago. At 62, I am now investing more conservatively. I should have a pretty good retirement in place if I stay reasonably healthy and I don't want to blow it. Quote
Screwball Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) Jack Bogle and Vanguard are a quality brokerage, with a solid plan and product for masses of people. That doesn't mean they are the holy grail. At the end of the day it's all about timing. Sometimes you are lucky enough to be born at the right time and hit the greatest bull market in history - example; starting after the depression until the dot-com bubble blew up in 2000. It took 8 years for the market to recover but the swine bankers blew up the world financial system in 2009. Those scheduled to retire shorty after that got ****ed after the S&P went from 1500 to 666 in March of 2009. And then swine pricks got bailed out to tune of trillions of dollars - thank you very much. Volatility is where the money is made. Wall Street owns that - they don't care if it goes up or down - they make money both ways. Welcome to the world of heads they win, tails you lose. Edited March 18 by Screwball Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 33 minutes ago, Screwball said: Jack Bogle and Vanguard are a quality brokerage, with a solid plan and product for masses of people. That doesn't mean they are the holy grail. At the end of the day it's all about timing. Sometimes you are lucky enough to be born at the right time and hit the greatest bull market in history - example; starting after the depression until the dot-com bubble blew up in 2000. It took 8 years for the market to recover but the swine bankers blew up the world financial system in 2009. Those scheduled to retire shorty after that got ****ed after the S&P went from 1500 to 666 in March of 2009. And then swine pricks got bailed out to tune of trillions of dollars - thank you very much. Volatility is where the money is made. Wall Street owns that - they don't care if it goes up or down - they make money both ways. Welcome to the world of heads they win, tails you lose. "They own this ****ing place. It's a big club and you aint in it. You and I are not in the big club." Quote
1776 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 We’ve been with VG since before I retired. We’ve always invested for dividends with reasonable yields within VG funds. Currently we own no individual stocks. I’m not sold on international fund options…yet. Advisors have touted international stocks/funds for years for diversification purposes. Bogle was not into international markets. Bogle repeatedly said that most of the larger US based companies already had a footprint overseas and that was all the international exposure he wanted. VTIAX is a good fund and I’lll admit, I’ve followed it on and off for years. If I were to move some money into international that would likely be the one. Quote
chasfh Posted March 18 Posted March 18 10 hours ago, 1776 said: We’ve been with VG since before I retired. We’ve always invested for dividends with reasonable yields within VG funds. Currently we own no individual stocks. I’m not sold on international fund options…yet. Advisors have touted international stocks/funds for years for diversification purposes. Bogle was not into international markets. Bogle repeatedly said that most of the larger US based companies already had a footprint overseas and that was all the international exposure he wanted. VTIAX is a good fund and I’lll admit, I’ve followed it on and off for years. If I were to move some money into international that would likely be the one. My advisor tells me to avoid moving any of my money out of current US funds into international like Europe and Japan because it would be like a knee-jerk reaction. Thinking strongly about overruling them. Their time horizon is probably longer than mine. Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 12 hours ago, Screwball said: Jack Bogle and Vanguard are a quality brokerage, with a solid plan and product for masses of people. That doesn't mean they are the holy grail. At the end of the day it's all about timing. Sometimes you are lucky enough to be born at the right time and hit the greatest bull market in history - example; starting after the depression until the dot-com bubble blew up in 2000. It took 8 years for the market to recover but the swine bankers blew up the world financial system in 2009. It's definitely about timing. I made pretty much all my money in the last 15 years and have very little to show prior to that. On the other hand, if you are a passive investor like most people including me for the most part, trying to time the market will proably hurt you. Quote
Deleterious Posted March 19 Posted March 19 CME has it at 99% the Fed will not change rates tomorrow. Quote
1776 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 7 hours ago, Deleterious said: CME has it at 99% the Fed will not change rates tomorrow. I’d be very surprised if expectations were otherwise. Quote
1984Echoes Posted March 19 Posted March 19 I'd be very surprised if they DID otherwise. It won't be the non-rate-change that is important... What will be important is what they SAY... 1 Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 2 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said: I'd be very surprised if they DID otherwise. It won't be the non-rate-change that is important... What will be important is what they SAY... I will only be important for a few hours though. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 19 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: I will only be important for a few hours though. You will always be important to us 1 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Powell did come out and say Tariffs were inflationary - though with a lot of hedging. So that much is on the record. What he didn't say is whether the FED will go ahead with cuts and allow Tariff inflation, or try to counter act Tariff inflation by tightening, increasing the likelihood of a slowdown/recession. What they decide is going to have a big impact on whether Trump-o-nomics is regarded as a success or failure, and no-one knows what they are going to decide. Quote
Screwball Posted March 24 Posted March 24 (edited) I found this interesting. From Feb 24, 2025; Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash Pile Swells To A Record $334 Billion - Yahoo Finance About a half hour ago from Barchart Twitter; Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.B is now outperforming the Magnificent 7 since the start of 2024! King Buffett does it again I'm no fan of Buffet, but it makes me wonder why so much in cash - if true. Edited March 24 by Screwball Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 24 Posted March 24 3 minutes ago, Screwball said: but it makes me wonder why so much in cash I suppose the simplest conclusion would be he thinks there are going to be undervalued assets available for purchase soon. Quote
Screwball Posted March 24 Posted March 24 50 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: I suppose the simplest conclusion would be he thinks there are going to be undervalued assets available for purchase soon. He doesn't play the game the way we do. Quote
Deleterious Posted March 24 Posted March 24 He recently added to some of his Japanese holdings. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Has Been Selling U.S. Stocks. Where It’s Buying Now. Quote Berkshire raised its holdings in Itochu, Sumitomo, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, and Mitsui, regulatory filings on Monday showed, upping its stakes to between 8.5% and 9.8%. Quote
Deleterious Posted March 25 Posted March 25 People cooled on SPACs so they are moving to this now? I would be concerned about a lack of available financial information. A hedge fund manager wanting to put a billion dollars in will be given access to that info. One of us putting $15,000 in won't get that access. Then again, I have a buddy that invested in Amazon. He had no clue what AWS is. AWS makes up about half of Amazon's profits. How could you invest in a company and not know where 50% of its profits come from? Want to Invest in a Private Company? All It Takes Is $5,000 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 29 Posted March 29 1 minute ago, Deleterious said: Hmmm. OK. With this admin I would guess her status as a young bleach blonde had more bearing on the disposition of her case than the facts, but what do I know?...... Quote
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