I use the parking lot at Home Depo as my economic advisor.

Time to Sell.....

A financial wreck is coming. Everyone should plan accordingly--I made some more moves on Friday that should at least soften the impact. More to come Monday.

I agree on the Home Depot comment. I don't see how most people can afford to keep spending.

I am going to ride it out.

I think snowy's idea of just holding is probably the best bet for investors that have neither the time and/or inclination to follow markets closely. But I think a blanket statement like "selling and buying back in isn't a path to wealth" isn't necessarily factual. I think an actively managed account in the hands of a skilled trader will usually outperform a passively managed account. If that weren't true, would wealth advisors and hedge fund managers even exist?

I think there is certainly a case to be made for "taking your profits" in a booming market, especially if you have reason to believe that the equity you are invested in may be overvalued. For example, in the past year or two we have seen some insane runs on certain tech stocks. Look, for example, at MU, which has posted gains of nearly 600% in the past year alone. Or how about SNDK, with their yearly gain of 3,542%? I think if I had bought a chunk of SNDK when it was going for around $100/share this past September, I would be looking to take my profits on it now that it is sitting at $1187 a share. Why? Because how much room does SNDK really have to grow right now? It's possible there is a bit more upside for it in this AI craze, but I would feel much more comfortable taking that guaranteed gain and reinvesting it a security that I believe is undervalued and has more room for growth.

To be clear, I'm not advocating taking the gains and then sitting on the money with it uninvested waiting for SNDK to drop... I'm suggesting reinvesting the gains in a company with more room for growth.....

Or the actor Zelenskyy.. but agreed

Be interesting to bring this thread back up in Dec. 2026. Everything I have seen or read as of late the future for 2026 won't be a sprint but a marathon with ~+7% year end growth. Again these are people predicting and following the science of futures and data that come up with their prediction's. Maybe they are right maybe they are wrong.

I know I'm not worried about the sky is fallen will stay in and ride it and add if things get down to 20% lower. A few months ago there was a thread on here of TM predicting's to cash in the world is ready to crash. Today the markets DJIA is up about 6% since Jan. 2026. It is all about risk that you have and or if you need the money.

Having fun and make the decisions that your comfortable with.

Be nice to go back in time when substantial tangible wealth could be aquired, if you had some bold tolerance for risk, and a strong back.

Land, fur, crops, mining all flourished without as much government greed & control.


Nowadays, the politicians get mega-rich, and the masses are left playing the stock market casino, and their dollars ain't worth squat.

'Merica!

Why do feel something bad is coming?

All part of the plan. They want no middle class.

Respectfully disagree that “substantial tangible wealth” can’t be acquired in today’s world

It may not be easy,,,not going to happen overnight,,,,and not everyone will achieve it

But the opportunity certainly still exists

Capitalism still exists

^^ x 10000.

We shall never know.....

We need a new oracle then.