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Every time I plant a seed, He said kill it before it grow
If I were younger, I would probably put the stocks/etfs/funds with the highest expected return in a Roth. I'm at what is often considered traditional retirement age, so I keep bonds and other tax-inefficient assets in qualified accounts, and tax efficient stock strategies in non-qualified accounts. Since I continue to work, I don't want assets being taxed at ordinary income tax rates.

re: Springsteen? Do you still like him?

Posted by Bdiddy on 3/30/26 at 7:32 pm to
I liked his early music before he became so sanctimonious. Before his cover of "War", he would say "blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed." I agreed. Then, he decided to blindly follow leftist politicians, refusing to find any fault, thus became exactly the person about whom we were warned. A pig, hosting a party for the farmers.

re: Stocks or ETFs

Posted by Bdiddy on 3/29/26 at 8:05 am to
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You can say its a mutual fund, but they are a more concentrated one. An ETF may have 50 stocks while a mutual fund may have 500. Its a little more interesting.


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ETF's are more safe but to me they are boring. Not that it is a bad thing. I have them along with individual stock.


There are high conviction mutual funds and the Vanguard Total World Stock ETF has 3,500 stocks. There are leveraged or inverse ETFs, which hardly qualify as boring. Your post makes no sense.
Look under the hood, open the cabinet, get into the weeds are all fine, but more cliches serve to make one look more intelligent. Could have added lots to unback, deep dive, see how the sausage is made and so many others.
If you can't pile up NCAA tournament wins at McNeese, you probably should not even be a coach. (I will add that it's sarcasm as I'm pretty sure someone is that dumb)
I thought this was a pretty interesting article regarding Aaru, which has a $1billion valuation, and was started by teens. The technology chief was 15.

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Aaru recently reached a $1 billion valuation, making it one of a growing crop of hot companies led by people who have barely cracked their 20s and want to shake up entire industries in lieu of attending college.

Co-founders Cameron Fink and Ned Koh started the company two years ago when they were 18 and 19 years old, respectively, along with technology chief John Kessler, then 15.
If California's rule would have been upheld, it would be logical to assume that the school would not be required to notify the parents if the child had an abortion, was on drugs, thought they were a rabbit, expressed suicidal intentions, etc.

re: Gone With the Wind

Posted by Bdiddy on 2/22/26 at 8:03 am to
I thought Gerald was drunk and fell while jumping his horse.
It's just too easy now. Forty years ago, I had to call in and do a performance, faking a scratchy throat, congestion, etc. We earned our day off.
I distinctly remember the Salt Lake City Olympics Opening Ceremony featuring Aaron Copland's "Hoedown". Unapologetically American, and they threw in the Dixie Chicks, one year before the short, fat one claimed to be embarrassed to be from the same state as GWB.
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This is the beach where we occasionally swam in LC.

re: Australian Open 2026

Posted by Bdiddy on 1/31/26 at 7:03 pm to
I would call a hindrance on 80% of Sabalenka's shots. She is continuing her shrieking long after her ball crosses the net.
I agree with him. You can't penalize the 10% of good citizens for the crimes of the 90% that are bilking the U.S. taxpayer.
Good day yesterday. Haircut was on point, and went to restaurant with locally sourced ingredients.

re: She takes her voting seriously

Posted by Bdiddy on 12/16/25 at 11:55 am to
I have finally learned not to be naive enough to have any hope that anyone in the democrat political class will face serious consequences for their illegal acts. It's a defeatist attitude, but to think otherwise is to set oneself up for disappointment.

re: I hate the overuse of the word curated

Posted by Bdiddy on 12/14/25 at 11:05 am to
Not sure about that, but going out now to source the ingredients of my lunch.

re: CFP tomorrow better be

Posted by Bdiddy on 12/6/25 at 11:14 pm to
Notre Dame had the 42nd most difficult schedule, and does not have a signature win. If I were in a major conference, Nicholls would be the most difficult out-of-conference game that I would ever schedule.