Investing

[Edman85]

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..

[Edman85]

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...

[1984Echoes]

I prefer dividends.

Ok, yeah, sorry... I thought you were teasing or something like that...

[Tiger337]

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

[Edman85]

https://slate.com/technology/2025/03/bogleheads-investing-strategy-reddit-stock-market-chaos.html

[Tiger337]

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.  

[Screwball]

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 4 hours ago by Screwball

[Tiger337]

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."  

[1776]

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.