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re: When was it acceptable to see your wealth shift

Posted on 4/21/25 at 1:34 pm to
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
24708 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 1:34 pm to
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Traders versus investors.


Traders probably love this level of volatility.
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
70747 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 2:49 pm to
The upside to all this is option premiums have been sky high with so much volatility.

Been making some $ selling options
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
5875 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 3:17 pm to
lol I once sold FRC puts and lost 30k so no more
Posted by skewbs
Member since Apr 2008
2135 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 3:44 pm to
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Were you in equities last July (2024)? Because you weren't making daily/weekly threads about that dip.

FFS, the S&P was at an ALL TIME HIGH on Valentine's day. Even with these dips, still up 2% over the past 12 months. It's only down as much as it is, on paper, because of (and folks were warned) this hugely overbought condition we found ourselves at the beginning of the year.

Average down or STFU, with all due respect.


This is about as good as it can be said. Bravo, sir!
Posted by scottydoesntknow
Member since Nov 2023
7255 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 5:47 pm to
OP is bad at trading stonks...blames Drumpf
Posted by TigerTatorTots
The Safeshore
Member since Jul 2009
81659 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 9:29 pm to
My net worth sometimes moves 10% daily if bitcoin has a wild (good or bad) day

I'm numb to the moves
Posted by Warfox
B.R. Native (now in MA)
Member since Apr 2017
3516 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 6:53 am to
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My brother, when the founders walked the earth, your investments would routinely turn to worthless paper overnight, yet you wouldn’t find out you were ruined for days or weeks


Ehhh not usually, especially with gold-backed paper as long as you didn’t get stuck in a bubble holding the paper.

Today it’s backed by nothing, but gold is up nicely.

Up 10x since 2001 thank you vey much.

Way better then stock market during that time, which is my time in the market.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
89380 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 6:58 am to
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Ehhh not usually, especially with gold-backed paper as long as you didn’t get stuck in a bubble holding the paper. Today it’s backed by nothing, but gold is up nicely.




Yes investments routinely went bankrupt in the 1700s. That has nothing to do with gold.
Posted by Fat Bastard
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Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:58 am to
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fareplay




Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
45005 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:06 am to
the haters are in shambles today
Posted by Fat Bastard
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Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:25 am to
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OP is bad at trading stonks...blames Drumpf


Posted by Fat Bastard
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Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:27 am to
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the haters are in shambles today


Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
38370 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 10:30 am to
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Up 10x since 2001 thank you vey much.

Way better then stock market during that time, which is my time in the market.
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Gold is up about 7.3x since the 2001 bottom. SP500 is up about 7x including dividends.
Posted by Art Blakey
Member since Aug 2023
278 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 11:22 am to
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if you cant handle it, then i suggest Treasury Direct

LINK

not being facetious, a lot of people cant/dont want to handle the stock market



123% debt/gdp
7% deficit/gdp (in peacetime, not in recession, unprecedented)
1T+ in interest expense>defense spending
SS/Medicare/Medicaid growing exponentially as boomers age and continue to retire.

If you lend that^ organization money and expect a positive return on a time frame exceeding a few months you either don't understand any of the above, are terrible at math or believe the govt is going to cut entitlement and defense spending by 30%, tomorrow, forever.

US sovereign debt of any duration exceeding 6 months are functionally certificates of confiscation. We are entering an era of financial repression last seen immediately following WW2.


Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
17304 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 11:25 am to
This post was edited on 4/22/25 at 11:39 am
Posted by Warfox
B.R. Native (now in MA)
Member since Apr 2017
3516 posts
Posted on 4/22/25 at 1:09 pm to
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Gold is up about 7.3x since the 2001 bottom. SP500 is up about 7x including dividends.


It was $271 in 2001, but I always just say $300 as avg.

It’s $3,400 now and climbing.

How many more times is 3400 than 300?

11.3.
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
16358 posts
Posted on 4/23/25 at 5:40 pm to
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if you cant handle it, then i suggest Treasury Direct

Warren Buffett agrees, at least for now.
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