@bogleheads Why would you ever want to worry about when to sell? Intel is a prime example. If you invested $1,000,000 into Intel in 97 you would have $1,000,000 today. Buy and hold an index and never worry about when to sell only when you’re ready to withdraw.
I truly hope that the totally unnecessary Iran war, that is not a war, is truly over and peace is achieved.
It’s been incredible that we beat Iran dozens of times and nearly made peace almost 40 times.
It’s only cost upwards of $50 billion, probably more, part of which was spent bombing a children’s school.
And now hundreds of billions more will be spent to build more weapons to replace all the weapons and ammunition we used in the Iran war that is not a war.
Americans should be grateful to have spent so much of their own money on high gas prices and inflation caused by the war that is not a war that we won dozens of times and almost have had a peace deal for the 40th time.
The noble purpose of this war that is not a war was to free the Iranian people, who have not been freed, from a regime that needed changed and still remains in place.
And most importantly of all things is Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon so that is why we will most likely not be removing the enriched uranium from the facilities buried deep underground that we bombed before and Iran rebuilt because they we bombed them again and it’s too hard to reach even though we are the best and the only ones who could do it.
And the world should be thankful that because this peace deal is almost done for the 40th time, the Strait of Hormuz will now be re-opened just as it was before the war that is not a war.
Most importantly, there will be a $300 billion dollar Iran rebuilding fund that certain super duper special people can donate to and most likely be awarded contracts so they can become even richer and more elite than they already are all to make Iran great again after we bombed them in the war that is not a war.
All of this would never be possible without the Peace President, whom established the Board of Peace and appointed himself the head of the board without term limits, right before he waged the Iran war that is not a war.
Now that he is on the verge of securing peace for the 40th time after defeating Iran dozens of times, he must be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize!
And of course special mention must be made for our greatest ally who never wants peace, continues bombing killing children daily, and is furious that there is now almost a peace deal.
Thankfully their fury at Trump’s audacity to almost make peace is being made known to the American people by their highly funded and most loyal foreign agents, I mean supporters, social media personalities, and Fox News hosts.
And even though they now vigorously criticize the President and disagree with him, they are not called traitors because you only get called a traitor if you go against him on the Epstein files because they are all totally ok with rapists and pedophiles.
But alas, our good friend and greatest ally, should not be too upset, as they are soon to be rewarded with a gift far greater than the nuclear material they stole from our country years ago.
Our very own elected leaders in Congress are going to fuse our own military intelligence and tech with theirs and throw in lots of other goodies that the American people will never be able to undo and do not support in the first place.
This will surely enable our greatest ally to be even more lethal than it already is as it kills countless innocent children and innocent people, imprisons them and rapes and tortures its prisoners, all with a free pass because AIPAC donations steadily flow and Genesis says that you will be cursed if you don’t go along with everything they do even though Genesis wasn’t really talking about our greatest ally.
In conclusion, congratulations to all for almost achieving peace to the war that is not a war, spending hundreds of billions of U.S. tax dollars again for another foreign war, special mention goes to the real insiders who have gamed the market with massive profits from inside information and shout out to friends and family landing highly coveted Gov contracts.
This is what winning looks like you losers!
Showing my wife our record high portfolio balance to reinforce why the past 12 years of living below our means to aggressively invest into the stock market was worth it (she responds "oh nice" and goes back about her day).
Thank you to all the voters who turned out to vote against this egregious power grab. The race was much closer than the left expected because Virginians know a 10-1 map is not Virginia. I urge the Virginia Supreme Court to rule against this unconstitutional process that will disenfranchise millions of Virginians.
Virginia just voted to redraw House district lines taking their state from 6D-5R to 10D-1R, eliminating 4 Republican seats just by redrawing the map.
A once red state is turning into one of the bluest states because people don’t want to support Republicans now.
Trump betraying the America First wing of MAGA is going to have devastating consequences in the midterms.
I’ve been warning of this all along.
No more foreign wars and regime change (he started war in Iran), lowering inflation and cost of living (his war is increasing inflation and gas and diesel and it’s just starting), release the Epstein files (he fought it and called it a hoax) are some of the top issues that has caused a revolt on the right and a mass exodus of America First Trump voters.
Add on the betrayals to the MAHA wing and it gets even worse.
But it’s not just Trump, it’s the Republicans in the House and Senate too. They love the donations and the parties and praise they get from the big donors and lobbyists representing the big corporations.
There wont be accountability.
They will not drain the swamp.
And Trump is not your retribution.
It’s a tough pill to swallow, but open your eyes and look at the facts and take note of their actions.
Stop lapping up their meaningless words.
Our loved military is once again fighting in the Middle East, your money is paying for Israel’s war, and once again people will suffer and die.
POTUS is laying out two courses of action—a negotiated settlement, or a major escalation.
There is a third option, and he should take it: recognize there is no way to force a positive outcome and simply leave.
The region is not ours to fix. President Reagan chose this path in Lebanon in ‘84, withdrawing U.S. forces after the Beirut barracks bombing once it became clear the mission’s stabilization goals could not be met, effectively ending direct American military involvement and avoiding a deeper quagmire and long-term entrenchment in the region.
A negotiated settlement is unlikely to work or be taken seriously by the Iranians unless we make concessions on the enrichment issue. As we saw yesterday in the SOH, the IRGC is empowered to act without the consent of the civilian leadership, so it’s likely they won’t honor any deal reached.
A major escalation will lead to a very destructive outcome for Iran, the region, and eventually the U.S. If POTUS chooses brute force and targets civilian infrastructure, we will create another generation of radicalized Iranians who will rally around the regime and escalate the war by any means possible.
If POTUS opts to strike the civilian infrastructure, declare victory, and then leave, we will only further erode our standing in the world, the petrodollar, and eventually our status as the world’s reserve currency holder. We need to get out now.
Don’t double down on failure. Avoid the sunken cost trap, leave now, and put America’s interests first.
Matt Fitzpatrick was asked about his reaction to the crowds down the stretch at the RBC Heritage:
"It didn't get out of line in terms of no one was shouting on backswings or anything like that, which was great. I'm all for it. I love the people -- they're supporting Scottie; that's great. You want golf to have an atmosphere in my opinion. I grew up watching football. I'm paid so much money to be out there in front of those crowds, having them chanting at you every week, it's great feeling.
"However, there's no better feeling than coming out on top against that. There isn't a better feeling."
Yay. The Strait that was open before we began bombing Iran open, is open again.
Everybody pretend this is a huge victory for Trump so he'll end this catastrophe.
It appears that a historic deal is within reach, and it will hold if President Trump is willing to enforce the restrictions he’s placed on Israel.
This post indicates a good start—but it must be followed by actually limiting U.S. military aide to Israel.