I have been distracted a lot the last few weeks and not following anything closely. Just looked today and saw my accounts were very close to where I projected thwm to be by the end of the year and thats with only 1/3 of the contributions i was planing to make made so far. Its very unlikely I will hit my investing goals for the year being im only at 1/3rd and its already May and im will probably make nearly 1/3 less tahn i did last year if not even less.

Once again I have little idea what driving the markets. Inflation is higher than expected and got to continue to climb with high energy cost. Seems like markets would be cooling down and valuations geting more reasonable. Maybe im missing something or its fear of missing out.

Possibly just figuring the government will.put more money and stimulus into the economy and inflation prices further maybe so best to invest and stay in and ride the wave thinking maybe?

Its a toss up for me on taking some profits and buying back in after a correction that seems impossible not to be coming. But I waited 4 years thinking the same thing before.

I figured maybe some financial talking may be a better way to kill time compared to some complaining about maga and a school system.

My investments have been outstanding these past few months. I havent made any contributions for several years, havent needed too.

Doing well

A correction is inevitable but who knows when?

Futures are down now, and with tomorrow being an option expiration day you may see a bit of pull back tomorrow, although in recent weeks we've been rallying on Fridays so again, who knows?

I'll ride this for as long as I can, but I am not long many shares at all...if I was I would be mighty tempted to be taking some profits now. A lot of unknowns right now..... the war, a new fed chair, uncertainty about the direction of future fed moves, an election cycle coming up........

I just looked under the mattress and nothing has changed.

Incorrect. Your money will most certainly buy less light bulbs than it did this time last year. Just ask Rex.

Nope, pretty certain I'm right here ....still no money there.

LOL

I'm leaning more into a trend where market continues to be fueled by irrational government spending and the masses think its great as they miss the great devaluation that exceeds those gains. those with crypto may be the proverbial last man standing in this government manipulated shell game

We got us a thinker!

It’s bitcoin,,,, not crypto

Gold

My 401 is looking good

But I have heard multiple predictions that there will be a drop before the end of the year, hopefully it will bounce back before I plan to retire in 10 or so years

As my friend always tells me---theres bitcoin and then theres all the other **itcoins

This is my thinking as well and stopping me from taking the profits I have been thinking about. Im just a newish armature investor but the markets and valuations seem to have been out of touch for a long time. That said if I had sat out I would have missed some very nice growth

So far I haven't had faith in crypto. I dont understand it. It makes nothing and produces nothing. I understand how xom, target, pfe and Nvidia make money. They produce products and innovation. I can understand that. Crypto not so much.

Should never stop learning

Bitcoin is the fastest growing asset

Spend an honest 10 hours learning about bitcoin

You’ll never look back,,,,

Bitcoin is awesome!!

Now do the 2,5,10 year

When I first hear of it it was at 5k. It looked like a good way to loose money to me back then and I was not in a position to have bought any if i wanted to back then. Trap set your confusing short term volatility not looking long term. Personally im a long term investor and think in decades. I see pull back as opportunity to buy on sale. I would see it as more speculation if I were going to buy any but like said before. I know there is money to be made in it but don't see why it has any value. Like the dollar it produces nothing. Seems unlike the dollar its gone up in value vs loosing purchasing power.

,,,spend 10 honest hours learning


You can almost see it,,,,

Almost

I saw it until MSTR dominated the space. Not so sure anymore.

I'm not sure what to make of MSTR in recent days

I don’t mind saylor,fink and all the others competing for it

But self custody should be everyones ultimate goal

Sovereign individual,,,,

my neighbor finally convinced me to set up one of the trezors.

But why? Are the fundamentals there for real growth, or is it the only place to park money?
I'm a little leary.

That’s a good question for AI

Save me typing an essay with my thumb

used to think we still had a good 20-30-40 years of fiat currency ahead of us,,,,

Now, with this whole Iran thing

Debt/gdp % well over 100% in many countries, with potential higher interest rates coming down the pipe = disaster!!!

That time frame is rapidly accelerating

Eventually,,,The only way they can keep things rolling is with easy credit and increasing the money supply

Do the research

And my reasoning to buy assets thet increase in value . Im geting more interested in cash flowing assets with some appreciation over faster pure growth growth now due to declining health. I thought I had at least another 10 years before I would be reitiing at 56. At this point that seem like a dream. Finger s
Crossed I get another mostly recovery for several more years. But since around January symptoms have become worse and more frequent/constant. Even though scans show no new dammage. Its not making since but I have to pivot game plan.

Reading is
Tougher right now my left eye is having problems blurry center vision colors are off and its darker . Closing one eye is tiring. So have not spent the time looking up bitcoin yet.

PF--there's a number of youtube videos that might be a worthwhile starting point

What is more important to trappers is that the FUR market is rockin.

Some fur prices are up,,,

The purchasing power of ALL dollars is down,,,,and going down further/faster

It should concern all trappers

Most can’t see it