"I learned all about this the first time I thought I was going overseas. Every time they promised me an accompanied tour and a few days before travel orders are issued they change it to unaccompanied forcing me to back out." I had a buddy in the Army that had played in the NFL and his wife...

We had unlimited IFTs once but the TSP managers said that we were day trading and that cost other buy and hold people money. I think two was a severe over reaction.

Hey, at least in real life it did not happen.

I think the first $100K is the hardest.

fall into the 20 till retirement category. I watched 2000 bubble, indeed got too greedy with nonsense stocks like Nortel and listening to the grandeur of wireless application protocols. Made tons, lost tons. Yeah, having been in and out of Government I spent time in Telecom, which certain corporatio...

mjedlin66 wrote:My YTD net pay is about $5,000. I'm a full time GS-12 with locality pay.

Obviously an extreme example. But I never thought I'd do 6 months of work and pocket 5k.

Keep plugging away

Where I live is pretty cheap. We paid off the house, and have no debt. I do support a special needs child, but I am not taking money with me when I die.

That may be just the balance sheet we are allowed to see. Powell keep saying that they have "Tools." Which most people think means money creation. So my question is this.....when the dollar collapses is it worse to be in stocks, or treasuries? In the meantime I am stacking.

I just want to rip the face of this market. Help me do that.

After November the Fed won't need to pump the market regardless the election outcome.

There will be some give back, but as long as the 10 year TB goes higher.......

I like indexes because the risk is spread out. Individual stocks can be anyone's guess.

Keep an eye on the 10 year treasury. If it stays positive, I think that is good for the market.

Just the facts.....other than the usual courtesies ...the only thing I really care about on this board is making money. I see people ripping the face off of this market, and I want to be like them.

I thought about it, but then I saw the 10 Year treasury going up, and that tends to be market positive. The price of oil is too high, so if it gives back a little that is ok. I realize that with so much negativity, it is tough to stay positive. This might be a good year for stocks, until November of...