Since 1926, the stock market has crashed:
📉 1929: -86%
📉 1973: -48%
📉 2000: -49%
📉 2008: -57%
📉 2020: -34%
AND YET, it increased by 10.3% per year, or +1,400,000% over 99 years.
Ignore the noise. Invest.
The crash that’s coming is going to make 2008 look like nothing and it is going to be devastating for so many recent buyers.
If you know someone who bought recently(since 2020-2021), just pray for them. They are gonna need it.
- You: "The house costs 5 million."
- Bank: "With interest, you'll pay 9 million."
- You: "So the bank earns more than the builder?"
- Bank: "Correct."
- You: "For doing what?"
- Bank: "Creating the money."
- You: "Creating it from what?"
- Bank: "Your signature."
HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD:
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are FACTS.
Up until the 1980's, Social Security cards expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes.
Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message was removed.
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. His promises are in black, with updates in brackets.
1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary [No longer voluntary],
2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program [Now 7.65% on the first $90,000, and 15% on the first $90,000 if you’re self-employed],
3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year [No longer tax deductible],
4.) That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program [Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and spent], and
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income [Under Clinton & Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed].
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following:
Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.
Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.
Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US
AND MY FAVORITE:
Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?
A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!
Now, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, though. Some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn’t so — but it’s worth a try.
How many people can YOU send this to?
🚨LA TRAMPA DE SPACEX EMPIEZA EL 11 DE AGOSTO
Más del 95% de las acciones de SpaceX siguen bloqueadas en manos de insiders.
Eso significa que la inmensa mayoría de las acciones todavía no pueden venderse.
Pero eso está a punto de cambiar.
Mientras el mercado está obsesionado con los resultados del 4 de agosto, yo estoy mirando el inicio de los lock-ups.
El 11 de agosto comienza el primer gran desbloqueo de acciones.
Desde el IPO, $SPCX ya ha caído cerca de un 50%.
Muchos creen que lo peor ya pasó.
Yo creo que la verdadera prueba está a punto de empezar.
A partir de ese momento, el número de acciones que podrán negociarse aumentará de forma escalonada:
→ HOY: ~5%
→ 11 AGO: ~25%
→ 21 AGO: ~32%
→ 10 SEP: ~39%
→ 25 SEP: ~46%
→ 10 OCT: ~53%
→ 25 OCT: ~60%
→ 9 NOV: ~60%
→ 9 DIC: ~58–60%
→ 13 JUN 2027: ~100%
Cada desbloqueo aumenta la cantidad de acciones que podrían llegar al mercado.
Si una parte relevante de esos accionistas decide vender, la presión sobre el precio también podría aumentar.
La mayoría está mirando los earnings.
Yo estoy mirando el calendario.
Porque muchas IPO con mucho hype no hacen suelo el primer día.
Empiezan a encontrarlo cuando vencen los lock-ups y aumenta la oferta disponible.
El 11 de agosto podría ser una de las fechas más importantes para $SPCX desde su salida a bolsa.
*First* actively managed multi-crypto asset ETF launched today...
T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF (TKNZ)
Also first crypto ETF from the nearly $2tril asset manager.
Crypto bear market not scaring away blue-blooded, old guard firm from entering space.
Might be perfect timing.