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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

That poor fool.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I keep wondering if the incoming tech oligarchy administration will boost stock prices (because that's how they compound the billions) and that will be enough to keep us in this rut longer than we would be otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The US stock market always performs well during Democratic presidents terms and does not do well during republicans

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

Simple starting and ending prices don’t prove this point. Performance isn’t a simple number that you can put over 4 years because not everyone is investing in 4 year periods.

Trump had the worst crash we’ve ever had under him. Bush was also awful. Might as well ignore everything before that for being decades out of date.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago

Don't worry, the 401(k) will be rug pulled as well even if the future exists.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol .... I'm indigenous Canadian and I thought the headline said 'Native Man'

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago

Me too! I mean the reading the headline part, I'm not indigenous Canadian haha

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

RDRR.

But seriously, invest for retirement. It's all on you.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm "investing" by learning self sustainability.

I wanted to be more proactive, but school systems don't like hearing about kids who worry about climate change.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Money helps a lot with resiliency. Like a lot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That assumes the banks survive. Cash would probably still be useful, but that assumes Trump wont go full Nazi Germany and just print more money eventually to the point of hyperinflation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

if banks fail you might as well eat a bullet you aint sustaining shit

if you’re trying to prepare for nazi america, then invest in beans rice smokes and bullets, then you’ll at least have that bullet

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cash won't hold its value. Investments, on balance, will. Retirement right before the start of World War I would suck. It would suck more to have no broad based investments.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is why one of my "divestments" is non-cash valuable currency, items such as weapons / tool stockpiles, and training / knowledge. Seriously on that last one is so important if you have a day off learn how to use basic hand and power tools. Learn to cook something. Learn how basic gardening works. Take a CPR and Stop the bleed course, how to do basic electrical work, etc. You don't have to be professional at them but learn how to do them.

Best case scenario, you can be cheaper and look sexy knowing how to cook clean and repair. Worst case scenario, those are going to be worth more than Benjamins in a true SHTF scenario.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

I’m always amused at the people that think they can make it through a collapse

first good infection you’re dead

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

You need to invest money. My recommendation is get a job and start investing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wouldn't investing at this point basically means betting for even larger tesla & nvidia? Since these companies comprises huge part of nasdaq.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

What an idiot.

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