#best stocks to buy in market crash

[sharemarketinsider]

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[mostlysignssomeportents]

Too big to care

I'm on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in BOSTON with Randall "XKCD" Munroe (Apr 11), then PROVIDENCE (Apr 12), and beyond!

Remember the first time you used Google search? It was like magic. After years of progressively worsening search quality from Altavista and Yahoo, Google was literally stunning, a gateway to the very best things on the internet.

Today, Google has a 90% search market-share. They got it the hard way: they cheated. Google spends tens of billions of dollars on payola in order to ensure that they are the default search engine behind every search box you encounter on every device, every service and every website:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/03/not-feeling-lucky/#fundamental-laws-of-economics

Not coincidentally, Google's search is getting progressively, monotonically worse. It is a cesspool of botshit, spam, scams, and nonsense. Important resources that I never bothered to bookmark because I could find them with a quick Google search no longer show up in the first ten screens of results:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/21/im-feeling-unlucky/#not-up-to-the-task

Even after all that payola, Google is still absurdly profitable. They have so much money, they were able to do a $80 billion stock buyback. Just a few months later, Google fired 12,000 skilled technical workers. Essentially, Google is saying that they don't need to spend money on quality, because we're all locked into using Google search. It's cheaper to buy the default search box everywhere in the world than it is to make a product that is so good that even if we tried another search engine, we'd still prefer Google.

This is enshittification. Google is shifting value away from end users (searchers) and business customers (advertisers, publishers and merchants) to itself:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/05/the-map-is-not-the-territory/#apor-locksmith

And here's the thing: there are search engines out there that are so good that if you just try them, you'll get that same feeling you got the first time you tried Google.

When I was in Tucson last month on my book-tour for my new novel The Bezzle, I crashed with my pals Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden. I've know them since I was a teenager (Patrick is my editor).

We were sitting in his living room on our laptops – just like old times! – and Patrick asked me if I'd tried Kagi, a new search-engine.

Teresa chimed in, extolling the advanced search features, the "lenses" that surfaced specific kinds of resources on the web.

I hadn't even heard of Kagi, but the Nielsen Haydens are among the most effective researchers I know – both in their professional editorial lives and in their many obsessive hobbies. If it was good enough for them…

I tried it. It was magic.

No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and over again.

That was before I started playing with Kagi's lenses and other bells and whistles, which elevated the search experience from "magic" to sorcerous.

The catch is that Kagi costs money – after 100 queries, they want you to cough up $10/month ($14 for a couple or $20 for a family with up to six accounts, and some kid-specific features):

https://kagi.com/settings?p=billing_plan&plan=family

I immediately bought a family plan. I've been using it for a month. I've basically stopped using Google search altogether.

Kagi just let me get a lot more done, and I assumed that they were some kind of wildly capitalized startup that was running their own crawl and and their own data-centers. But this morning, I read Jason Koebler's 404 Media report on his own experiences using it:

https://www.404media.co/friendship-ended-with-google-now-kagi-is-my-best-friend/

Koebler's piece contained a key detail that I'd somehow missed:

When you search on Kagi, the service makes a series of “anonymized API calls to traditional search indexes like Google, Yandex, Mojeek, and Brave,” as well as a handful of other specialized search engines, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, etc. Kagi then combines this with its own web index and news index (for news searches) to build the results pages that you see. So, essentially, you are getting some mix of Google search results combined with results from other indexes.

In other words: Kagi is a heavily customized, anonymized front-end to Google.

The implications of this are stunning. It means that Google's enshittified search-results are a choice. Those ad-strewn, sub-Altavista, spam-drowned search pages are a feature, not a bug. Google prefers those results to Kagi, because Google makes more money out of shit than they would out of delivering a good product:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework

No wonder Google spends a whole-ass Twitter every year to make sure you never try a rival search engine. Bottom line: they ran the numbers and figured out their most profitable course of action is to enshittify their flagship product and bribe their "competitors" like Apple and Samsung so that you never try another search engine and have another one of those magic moments that sent all those Jeeves-askin' Yahooers to Google a quarter-century ago.

One of my favorite TV comedy bits is Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the AT&T operator; Tomlin would do these pitches for the Bell System and end every ad with "We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company":

https://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76aphonecompany.phtml

Speaking of TV comedy: this week saw FTC chair Lina Khan appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It was amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDTiWaYfcM

The coverage of Khan's appearance has focused on Stewart's revelation that when he was doing a show on Apple TV, the company prohibited him from interviewing her (presumably because of her hostility to tech monopolies):

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/apple-got-caught-censoring-its-own

But for me, the big moment came when Khan described tech monopolists as "too big to care."

What a phrase!

Since the subprime crisis, we're all familiar with businesses being "too big to fail" and "too big to jail." But "too big to care?" Oof, that got me right in the feels.

Because that's what it feels like to use enshittified Google. That's what it feels like to discover that Kagi – the good search engine – is mostly Google with the weights adjusted to serve users, not shareholders.

Google used to care. They cared because they were worried about competitors and regulators. They cared because their workers made them care:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/4/18295933/google-cancels-ai-ethics-board

Google doesn't care anymore. They don't have to. They're the search company.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/#kagi

[bitchesgetriches]

{ MASTERPOST } Everything You Need to Know about Investing for Beginners

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What’s the REAL Rate of Return on the Stock Market?

Do NOT Make This Disastrous Beginner Mistake With Your Retirement Funds

The Dark Magic of Financial Horcruxes: How and Why to Diversify Your Assets

Dafuq Is Interest? And How Does It Work for the Forces of Darkness?

Booms, Busts, Bubbles, and Beanie Babies: How Economic Cycles Work

When Money in the Bank Is a Bad Thing: Understanding Inflation and Depreciation

Investing Deathmatch series:

Investing Deathmatch: Managed Funds vs. Index Funds 

Investing Deathmatch: Traditional IRA vs. Roth IRA 

Investing Deathmatch: Investing in the Stock Market vs. Just… Not 

Investing Deathmatch: Stocks vs. Bonds 

Investing Deathmatch: Timing the Market vs. Time IN the Market

Investing Deathmatch: Paying off Debt vs. Investing in the Stock Market 

Investing Deathmatch: What Happens in a Bull Market vs. a Bear Market 

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Small Business Investing: A Kinder, Gentler Alternative to the Stock Market 

Bullshit Reasons Not to Buy a House: Refuted

Investing in Cryptocurrency is Bad and Stupid

So I Got Chickens, Part 1: Return on Investment

Twelve Reasons Senior Pets Are an Awesome Investment 

How To Save for Retirement When You Make Less Than $30,000 a Year

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Season 3, Episode 2: “I Inherited Money. Should I Pay Off Debt, Invest It, or Blow It All on a Car?” 

Money Is Fake and GameStop Is King: What Happened When Reddit and a Meme Stock Tanked Hedge Funds

Season 3, Episode 7: “I’m Finished With the Basic Shit. What Are the Advanced Financial Steps That Only Rich People Know?”

Wait… Did I Just Lose All My Money Investing in the Stock Market?

Season 4, Episode 1: “Index Funds Include Unethical Companies. Can I Still Invest in Them, or Does That Make Me a Monster?” 

Retirement plans:

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How to Painlessly Run the Gauntlet of a 401k Rollover

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Workplace Benefits and Other Cool Side Effects of Employment

You Need to Talk to Your Parents About Their Retirement Plan

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A Brief History of the 2008 Crash and Recession: We Were All So Fucked

Ask the Bitches Pandemic Lightning Round: “Is This the Right Time To Start Investing?”

[bomberqueen17]

farm life

Am at the farm. Just gonna witter on uninterestingly about that behind the cut because I"m too tired to be interesting.

Initially we were going to make chicken sausage this week but BIL decided not to, but then when I said I was coming anyway, he decided to cut up some chickens.

In past years they've always sold out of chicken parts way before they've sold out of whole chickens. But a couple of years ago a chef friend told him there was nothing really wrong with thawing a chicken, cutting it up, and refreezing the parts, and initially we were just thawing whole chickens to cut up to grind into sausage, but we did some tests and determined that actually, no, there's really no discernible loss of quality in the parts. So now we don't sell out of chicken breasts in December anymore, but can keep bringing them to market all winter.

So this year we took the whole chickens out of the store, stopped bringing them to market, and are *only* selling the parts, and are saving the whole chickens to thaw and cut up and refreeze as parts. It's working great. It's more work, but it's more profit, and also more sales. People just don't buy whole chickens that much.

So anyway we cut up 88 chickens, and saved like 60 of the carcasses into a pair of huge stock pots. Packaged all the parts up, labeled and weighed them, then put the stock pots on to boil. Today we packaged 89 quarts of chicken stock. I was going to deep-clean the commercial kitchen, but it's not ready for the full spring treatment: we're still washing eggs in there, which means baskets full of chicken-shitty eggs are coming in and getting set on the floor. So I just cleaned and sanitized the heck out of the stuff we were using, and also the floor drain, but have held off. In April when the temps don't go below freezing at night anymore, when the vegetable washing station can move out of the eviscerating room so the egg washing can move back in there, *then* I will haul all the big equipment out and wash the whole room from the ceiling to the walls to the floors to the back of the grinder, under the mixer, under the fridge, under the freezer, all of it is getting powerwashed within an inch of its life.

But not this trip.

Next week we're making pork sausage.

I have been taking my dose of adderall at 8am immediately before I go out to work. It's hard to judge the efficacy, actually, because I'm so busy and so rarely totally self-directed. The real test would be to have me have a day of idleness and half a dozen things I need to accomplish. But I can concretely observe that I don't get a sort of dizzy head rush when it kicks in anymore, and I don't crash around 3 or 4 pm anymore. No, instead I'm just physically exhausted at that time, but it's understandable that I would be, because despite my best efforts to work out all winter, I am in no way prepared for the amounts of heavy lifting, repetitive movements, and sheer mileage you have to walk around here.

Today I finished cleaning the kitchen and then spent a couple of hours with my trusty old pruners, helping Farmsister and Veg Man harvest pussy willows to sell at market in decorative bundles. They just chainsawed the trees off a couple inches above the ground, and then we went at them with pruners and only took the nice branches, and the rest are going through the woodchipper to be mulch. VegMan pointed out the line they'd cut back to last year: this is how you coppice willows, and you can harvest them like this every year. They were fifteen feet tall, all new growth.

Soon we'll have daffodils. Mom had too many at her house, and a couple years ago she and Dad dug up buckets and buckets of them and brought them over and we dug a trench in the hillside and tipped them in. And now they're about ready to be divided again, LOL.

We have pullet eggs too. The chickens are laying pretty well, manageable amounts. We've started packing the eggs by weight, which is a little time-consuming.

OK that's enough wittering. Have I got any photos? Hmm.

the view from the little creek down into the Quackenkill, alongside the back of the old granary. Morning, sun coming through the trees and lighting up the red-stained old siding, the neighbor's house visible at the other end of the cut.

2. A pig friend, muddy snoot questing toward the camera in the sunshine of the winter livestock barn, which has a plastic south-facing roof to let in all the light it can.

3. Farmsister, in her chainsaw chaps and safety gear, chainsawing down the pussy willows in front of the solar panels. (They measured, before they planted the little trees; they'd have to be 40 feet tall to block the light on the solar panels in any season, which I don't think a pussy willow would do, but it's still important to prune them back whether we harvest them for the catkins or not.)

That's all, happy spring. I'm so tired.

[andmaybegayer]

I think most americans look at a house as a primary store of wealth because there isn't really anything else available to store wealth in.

If you keep your money in a bank, you are losing single digit percentages of value every year (or double digit last year depending on how you do the math). Stock market investments are dubious on the best of days if you don't already possess the vast quantities of wealth needed to mitigate risk effectively, and most americans alive today have lived through multiple major recessions now, they know exactly how bad those can get. Motor vehicles don't typically last longer than a decade and a half even with the best maintenance possible, and other big ticket items that hold onto value well like businesses or resource rich property are inaccessible to someone who isn't interested in dedicating themselves to maintaining them.

By contrast, a house is something you benefit from very directly by owning, will maintain by virtue of needing to live in it, and are offered a variety of legal protections and insurance options to mitigate much of the risk of ownership. It may not make for an ideal society, but it does make sense from the perspective of someone who would like to try and actually accumulate wealth during their lifetime.

I do get the appeal of homeownership from a flexibility and personal benefit thing, not having to wait for some asshole to tell you you can't hang pictures is great, but I think for every person who values control over their home, there's someone else who just wants a place to live for the next two years.

The faulty instinct is that the house is the valuable part, as noted by that article. Buying a house as a store of value only works if the land it's on goes up in value. Buying land in bumfuck nowhere because you want to buy a house isn't a good idea, and buying land in a valuable area is probably beyond most people who are worried about where to direct their very limited funds.

I'm not as convinced as you about the idea that a modern diversified index fund is worse than landownership (especially for the non-ultra-wealthy) for your median American living in suburbs outside of high-demand city centers. I'm also not sure land is much less resilient to financial crashes, especially if you're still paying off your mortgage on pre-crash pricing.

Any idiot can invest in your basic Vanguard mutual fund without having to save up $25+k on a downpayment, versus what, like $2000 minimum initial investment for Vanguard? I don't know what S&P500 minimums are like. And they strongly tend to beat inflation year on year without the ongoing costs of home maintenance, bubble risk, and risk of just getting a crap location that doesn't improve.

That's to say nothing of significant transaction fees, land and property taxes, and overhead if you ever need to move homes. It's also much easier to continuously siphon off a little money to put into a mutual fund than it is to add money to a house.

Of course, stock prices crash, but that tends to coincide with housing price crashes, and it's harder to weather out a housing price crash with a huge mortgage to pay off than it is to weather leaving your investments to recover, especially if you're dealing with them in the long view. There's definitely certain situations where a house is a sensible investment but I think that's rarely the best reason to buy a house.

[lcrnasdane]

How to Invest in Gold Coins - Keeping away from the Errors of the New Investor

Gold isn't just the traditional fence against inflation and the devaluation of currencies, however over the course of the past ten years it has demonstrated to be a sound and developing investment. Yet, buying gold isn't tied in with buying institutional visit site here bullion blocks. Gold coins are the most transferrable vehicle for investing in gold. This article makes sense of a portion of the intricate details of investing in gold coins.

The Dow is hitting pre-crash highs, companies are detailing positive profit, and the financial media is saying that we seeing could be the beginning of another buyer market. Sounds perfect, right?

What's the worst that could happen?

Indeed, as indicated by certain specialists, there is overpowering proof that the following stock market slump could strike any day now and its scale could be memorable. That sounds desperate. What is required is a wealth protection of some sort or another yet what might that be?

Gold.

Furthermore, it's not only the stock market: If you're concerned with sovereign gamble, like the breakdown of the U.S. dollar, runaway inflations, or one more interruption of the world's financial framework, gold is likewise your go-to. Specialists concur that diversification is your best portfolio assurance. In any case, gold is more than a fence against financial shakiness, gold has likewise experienced noteworthy development. While the facts really confirm that gold has taken a cost break in 2013, in the past 12 years gold costs rose consistently. No other product, in the set of experiences in the U.S., has at any point gone up for 12 consecutive years. Gold's cost is as of now showing indications of one more blast in 2014.

Is It Worth Investing in Gold Coins?

Numerous specialists recommend that a great many people ought to most likely designate around 5%-15% of their portfolios to gold, so the straightforward response is without a doubt "yes." Present day bullion coins permit investors to claim investment-grade gold legitimate delicate coins at a little premium to the spot cost of gold as cited on the markets. The value of bullion coins and bars is resolved exclusively by the cost of gold, and accordingly follows the bullion cost.

What Is Bullion?

To clear up a few normal false impressions about what bullion is, there is a typical discernment that the rectangular pieces of gold ("bars") are the most cost compelling, and maybe the just accessible, type of gold bullion. There is additionally the discernment that round pieces of gold ("coins") are not really gold bullion and that these "coins" are in restricted supply, costly, and are just traded as gatherers' things: this is all wrong.

Since gold coins come in more modest values, they are easier to buy and sell. Coins can likewise have an extra numismatic value past the spot cost of their gold or other valuable metal content. This isn't only valid for gatherers' coins however for investment grade coins too.

What Are Investment Grade Coins?

Investment grade coins have beated stocks and bonds throughout the course of recent years, with investors realizing more than a 300% profit from investment in the last 10 years. The best gold coins for investment are government-stamped bullion coins with low charges and high liquidity. Totally unrelated to "gatherer's coins," investment grade coins are of the greatest grade and extraordinariness and are bought principally as an investment. Then again, a gold bar is of a scale that is considerably more difficult and tedious to sell. Coins are essentially more convenient and tradable in their sizes and value.

[deadenedmind]

The Problem with Index Funds

If you've spent time looking into the financial side of social media, you've likely heard the term "Index fund." The vast majority of financial influencers who aren't actively trying to sell you a scam will tell you that you need to buy these things, but what are they exactly?

Well, in case you don't know, an index fund is a publicly traded investment fund (be it a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund) which invests almost exclusively in securities listed on a particular market index like the S&P 500. And, in case you don't know what a market index is, it is a list of publicly securities meant to measure economic performance. One such example that you may have heard of would be the Dow Jones Industrial average, an index that's meant to benchmark how well the American heavy industrial market is doing.

Historically, stock indexes have seen steady and consistently solid growth which means that index funds typically are a safe and profitable long-term investment.

Now, if you are a savvy investor who has the balls to dedicate to a long-term position and understands dollar-cost-averaging, index funds are generally a decent investment. However, if you are not a savvy investor and are easily disturbed by short-term market movements, index funds may not be the best choice. Rather than seeing the big picture, many, more casual investors tend panic sell index funds when there is a major dip. This is where index funds are especially problematic.

Due to the nature of their structure (or lack thereof), index funds possess zero risk management. Stock market indexes are not designed to make money or gauge an investor's risk tolerance; they are benchmarks meant to measure economic performance. The stocks on indexes aren't there because they are good investments; they are there because they represent certain sections of the business world. In other words, index funds are not an actual investment strategy.

This is bad because the economy can go any which way and ultimately doesn't care if your investments do good or bad. As a result, if a specific industry or the economy as a whole does poorly -which they often do- a corresponding index fund provides zero protection from market downturn. This means that the amount of money you can lose on trading an index fund is disproportionate to other, more carefully chosen investments during market crashes.

Generally speaking, investors should diversify their assets and purchase securities in a way that factors how much risk they want to assume in their portfolio. While you might not necessarily see as big of a return by being more deliberate and thought out in selecting what you keep in your portfolio relative to going all-in on an index, you will be far better insulated from economic upheaval.

All-in-all, index funds are like the junk food of investing; they're not the worst thing in the world provided that you realize what you're buying, but you shouldn't rely on it as your key method of building wealth. If you're willing to do research, you can find plenty of mutual funds and ETFs that provide similar returns to index funds with lower risk profiles. Consequently, you can find plenty mutual funds and ETFs that have a similar risk profile that yield higher returns than index funds.

TL;DR:

Index funds are not bad investments, but people have begun over-relying on them to an unhealthy degree.

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[rhetoricandlogic]

You can't 'Trust' this novel. And that's a very good thing

May 12, 202211:27 AM ET Heard on Fresh Air Maureen Corrigan

Trust by Hernan Diaz is one of those novels that's always pulling a fast one on a reader. Take the opening section: You settle in, become absorbed in the story and, then, 100 pages or so later — Boom! — the novel lurches into another narrative that upends the truth of everything that came before.

When a work of fiction reminds me that it is a work of fiction simply to show me how gullible I am, well, thanks, I knew that already. But sometimes these metadramatic maneuvers serve a novel's larger themes. Susan Choi's 2019 novel, Trust Exercise, about the misleading powers of art and memory, is one recent instance; now, Diaz's Trust is another. That word "trust" in both their titles is a tip-off that that's exactly what we readers shouldn't do upon entering these slippery fictional worlds.

Trust is all about money, particularly, the flimflam force of money in the stock market, and its potential, as a character says, "to bend and align reality" to its own purposes. The opening section is imagined as a novel-within-a novel, entitled Bonds, a 1937 best-seller about the rise of a Wall Street tycoon named Benjamin Rask. Think of figures like J.P. Morgan and Charles Schwab, men whose DNA was made of strands of ticker tape. We learn that Rask is that rarest of creatures, a wealthy man without appetites. Our narrator tells us Rask is fascinated by only one thing:

If asked, Benjamin would probably have found it hard to explain what drew him to the world of finance. It was the complexity of it, yes, but also the fact that he viewed capital as an antiseptically living thing. ... There was no need for him to touch a single banknote or engage with the things and people his transactions affected. All he had to do was think, speak, and, perhaps, write. And the living creature would be set in motion ...

For the sake of posterity, Rask does eventually marry — an equally self-contained woman named Helen. Throughout the Roaring '20s, Rask accrues wealth and Helen finds her place as a patron of the arts. Then, comes the Crash of 1929. Because Rask profits from other speculators' losses, rumors circulate that he rigged the Crash and he and Helen are ostracized. The final chapters of this saga detail Helen's ordeal as a patient at a psychiatric institute in Switzerland; her mania and her eczema, described as a "merciless red flat monster gnawing on her skin," are reminiscent of the real life torments of Zelda Fitzgerald.

The opening section of Trust, as I've said, is so sharply realized, it's disorienting to begin the novel's next section, composed of notes on a story that sounds like the one we've just read. But, then, Diaz lures us readers into once again suspending our disbelief when we reach the captivating third section of his novel, which mostly takes place during the Great Depression. There, a young woman from Brooklyn named Ida Partenza becomes the secretary — and ghostwriter — for a financial mogul named Andrew Bevel. Bevel's life is the source for that best-selling novel, Bonds, and he's so infuriated by that novel, he's had all copies removed from the New York public library system. Bevel hires Ida to help him write a memoir that will set the record straight. Sure. The fourth and final section of Trust is wired with booby traps, blowing the whole artifice up before our wide-open eyes.Trust is an ingeniously constructed historical novel with a postmodern point. Throughout, Diaz makes a connection between the realms of fiction and finance. As Ida's father, an Italian anarchist, says:

Money is a fantastic commodity. You can't eat or wear money, but it represents all the food and clothes in the world. This is why it's a fiction. … Stocks, shares, bonds. Do you think any of these things those bandits across the river buy and sell represent any real, concrete value? No. … That's what all these criminals trade in: fictions.

Literary fiction, too, is a fantastic commodity in which our best writers become criminals of the imagination, stealing our attention and our very desires. Diaz, whose last novel, In the Distance, reworked the myths of masculine individualism in the American West, makes an artistic fortune in Trust. And we readers make out like bandits, too.

[weaselle]

listen. the lump sum gives you more options. Even if you just want daily money, if you invest it in a diversified mutual fund you can expect a 5% return on that investment which is 500,000 a year which comes out to 1,370 per day. So the REAL question becomes: is the interest earned on the investment ALSO tax free? But even if it isn't, at 30% income tax on your 1,370 dividend pay out, you're making 950 dollars a day AND you have 10 mil in the bank

and since the actual ROI in a stock portfolio can be as high as 15% some years, you're lowballing at 5% and rolling any extra back in to increase the 10 mil, which allows your daily income to grow and let your buying power keep up with inflation.

what you want to do is keep your job for a couple years while you put about a million in a nice safe high interest CD savings account that the stock market doesn't effect, so that if the stock market takes a dive you've got some money set aside so you can not touch your principle investment while it builds back up, but diversifying your stock portfolio and prioritizing low-risk investments, while keeping your ROI down closer to 5% (you'll probably never see any 15% years doing that) basically protects you against everything but a full economy crash, so that million (which is also earning like a 2% interest and growing) is just there as a personal insurance policy.

To review: You take the 10 mil, you invest it, you earn 500k a year on it (when 1k a day = 365k a year) while also keeping your entire 10 mil, which actually grows because many years you'll actually earn more like 9% on it, which means after ten years your 500k a year will turn into something more like 700k a year

Additionally, you can do things like borrow against your 10 mil, or whatever. The bank that handles your accounts will love that you have so much money and will offer you crazy deals, lines of credit, waive banking fees, etc. If you have a lot of money, you can use it to make a lot of money without necessarily having to spend much of it.

And if you, idk, discover you've only got 5 years to live, you've got your entire 10 million to spend wildly or leave to family or whatever, whereas 5 years at 1k a day is only about 2 million. Even if you live a long life, this allows you to spend more than 1k a day AND leave many millions of dollars to your family.

SO. YOU TAKE THE 10 MILLION. That's how you get access to the most money and have the best life.

Explain your reasoning plzzz

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Daily Force Index: The Hidden Indicator You Need to Master Forex Your Daily Timeframe Secret Weapon Welcome to the wonderful world of the Force Index on the daily timeframe. Now, before you ask, no, this isn’t some Jedi-level Star Wars mumbo jumbo. It’s actually a powerful indicator that, when used correctly, can help you master the Forex markets and level up your trading game. Imagine it like having a crystal ball, except this one actually works (and isn’t sold by someone with a dubious address and suspicious return policy). Why the Force Index? And Why the Daily Timeframe? Let’s face it: trading can feel like trying to herd cats—it’s chaotic, unpredictable, and no one’s ever sure which way it's all going to end up. The Force Index, however, has been designed specifically to cut through the madness and offer clarity. Developed by Alexander Elder, the Force Index helps to quantify the buying and selling power behind price movements, giving you a clearer picture of market momentum. 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Picture this: the Force Index is like the detective in a mystery novel who knows exactly who did it and why, whereas other indicators are the confused constable who’s just there for comedic relief. You don’t want to be the constable; you want to be Sherlock. Advanced Insights: Using the Force Index to Predict Market Moves So how do you actually use the Force Index on the daily timeframe? Well, the key is to understand that this indicator tracks three important components: volume, direction, and price movement. It’s like the holy trinity of market analysis, wrapped into a neat little package. Here’s how to put it to work: - Divergence Detection: This is the most potent weapon in your trading arsenal. If the price of a currency pair is making higher highs, but the Force Index is making lower highs, it’s telling you that the momentum behind those price moves is fading—like a party that everyone is starting to leave. It's a strong sign that the trend could reverse. - Zero Line Crosses: If the Force Index crosses above the zero line, it means that buying pressure is gaining traction. Think of it as the market throwing a house party—buyers are flooding in, and it’s time to ride the wave. A drop below zero? Sellers are crashing the party and it’s best to grab your coat and head for the door. - Spike Recognition: Watch for sudden spikes on the Force Index, which often indicate a climax in buying or selling pressure. Picture it like a rollercoaster—once you reach that peak, there’s a good chance that gravity (or market fundamentals) will bring you back down again. Ninja Tactics: Using the Force Index to Outsmart the Crowd Most retail traders are too busy focusing on what everyone else is looking at—the latest news headline, their favorite influencer's take on Twitter, or some trending meme stock. But the Force Index? It’s like having access to the backstage pass where you get the real story. It gives you an edge because it’s not just about direction; it’s about the force behind the moves (pun totally intended). One killer tactic is to use the Force Index to confirm breakouts. For example, if price action is breaking out of a key resistance level, check to see if the Force Index is also spiking upward. If it is, then you’re looking at a confirmed breakout. But if the Force Index is lagging behind, you might want to sit this one out—it could be a fakeout, and trust me, no one likes those. A Personal Story: The Time Force Saved My Trade I’ll never forget a trade I made on GBP/USD a while back. Everyone on the forums was yelling about a potential breakout, but something felt off. The price was breaking higher, but the Force Index was flat—like really flat, as in, the kind of flat where you know a tire is about to blow. I decided not to jump in, and sure enough, the price tanked not long after. It felt like that moment when you realize you didn’t step on the Lego piece everyone else did. From that day on, I learned to trust the Force (Index), and it has helped me dodge countless pitfalls since. The Forgotten Strategy That Outsmarted the Pros Want a tactic that’s straight out of the advanced playbook? Use the Force Index on the daily timeframe to measure exhaustion points in strong trends. Here’s what I mean: Imagine the market’s been trending upwards for a while, and you’re thinking about getting in, but you’re late to the party. By using the Force Index, you can gauge whether the move is running out of steam. If the Force Index starts to diverge or even drop while price continues upwards, it’s often a sign that the trend is on its last legs. The pros know this, but they don’t always tell you—it’s like that secret family recipe they keep to themselves. How to Incorporate Force Index in Your Daily Routine - Set Up Your Chart: Open a daily chart of your favorite currency pair and add the Force Index indicator. Most platforms have it ready for you—just make sure it’s set to a period of 13 (as per Elder's original recommendation). - Look for Divergences: Identify points where price and Force Index are diverging. These are your golden opportunities. Take note of these divergences, as they could be signaling an upcoming reversal. - Watch the Zero Line: Keep an eye on crosses above or below the zero line. A move above zero means buying pressure, while a drop below zero signifies selling pressure. This is your confirmation signal. - Plan Your Entry/Exit: Use the information from the Force Index to make informed decisions about entering or exiting trades. For example, if you see divergence forming, it might be a great time to take profits or consider a reversal trade. The Force Index isn’t just another flashy oscillator. It’s a secret weapon that, when used on the daily timeframe, can help you uncover hidden opportunities and sidestep common pitfalls. By understanding the dynamics behind price movements, you can move from simply reacting to actually anticipating market changes. It’s not about predicting the future; it’s about preparing for it better than the next trader. —————– Image Credits: Cover image at the top is AI-generated Read the full article

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Warren Buffett’s Best Investment Advice For Building Wealth Over Time – Achieve Financial Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5MnAm9198 Warren Buffett’s Advice for Stress-Free Investing and Building Wealth #investing Learn Warren Buffett’s top tips for long-term investing and achieving financial freedom with a stress-free approach. In this video, Buffett shares the key moments that shaped his journey, his value investing strategies, and why long-term thinking is essential for building wealth. From the stock market strategies that helped him navigate downturns, including the anticipated stock market crash 2024, to identifying stocks to buy now, this video is a must-watch for anyone interested in financial education. Discover insights into Buffett's investment philosophy that has stood the test of time, and learn how concepts like intrinsic value, dividend investing, and the teachings of Benjamin Graham and Charlie Munger can empower your investment decisions. Whether you're considering stocks like Apple or Nvidia or looking into ETFs and the S&P 500, Warren Buffett's wisdom can guide you in making informed choices. Join us as we explore the principles of investing that can lead to financial freedom and stability, especially during recessions. With motivation and practical advice, this video will inspire you to take charge of your financial future and navigate the complexities of the share market with confidence. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn from one of the greatest investors of all time! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Transition from Stock Picking to Business Ownership 00:01:08 Understanding Stock Investment Mindset 00:02:19 Investing in American Business: A Lifetime Commitment 00:03:28 Why I Prefer Buying Stocks When Markets Are Down 00:04:35 Wealth Increase in America 00:05:48 Technological Progress and the American Dream 00:07:05 Future Predictions in 1789: Imagining Modern Society 00:08:13 The Evolution of Capitalism and Government Collaboration 00:09:19 Historical Resilience and Progress Perfect for beginners and experienced investors alike, these insights reveal why patience pays off. Don’t forget to subscribe for more investing tips, and share your thoughts on Buffett’s approach in the comments! This video is about Warren Buffett’s Best Investment Advice For Building Wealth Over Time – Achieve Financial Freedom. But It also covers the following topics: Warren Buffett’s Financial Freedom Tips Building Wealth With Stocks Investment Advice For Beginners 🔔 Want to master your finances and live worry-free? Subscribe for proven tips, expert advice, and powerful tools to build wealth and invest smartly! https://www.youtube.com/@FinancialDignity/?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Stay Connected With Us. 👉 Facebook: https://ift.tt/5zN3Kvt 👉 Instagram: https://ift.tt/aRv4qls 📩 For Business Inquiries: ContrarianPerspectives@gmail.com ============================= 🎬 WATCH OUR OTHER VIDEOS: 👉 Why Investing Early Is Key To Beating Inflation – Protect Your Money Now! | Money Management https://youtu.be/U3akPi9tYq0 👉 No More Financial Anxiety – Say Goodbye To Money Stress And Worry | Financial Freedom https://youtu.be/xQM7aqsZtG4 👉 Can AI Help You Build Wealth? The Role Of AI In Financial Freedom https://youtu.be/6sA37l612sk ============================= #investing #warrenbuffett #financialfreedom #stockmarket #wealthbuilding #valueinvesting via Contrarian Perspectives https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8j1vtxBoUVRmJ-G2at4-bA November 13, 2024 at 02:00AM

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