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Citigroup said Wednesday after the market close that it is taking one-time charges related to exposures to geopolitical and economic risks in Argentina and Russia as well as the bank’s own restructuring plans. These charges affect its fourth quarter results, due to be reported this Friday. The stock fell about 2% in after hours trading Wednesday.

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Citigroup to Take Billions in Charges on Restructuring, Argentina, and Russia. Stock Slides After Hours.

The bank is adding $1.3 billion to its reserves and taking a $780 million charge due to severance and other costs related to its restructuring efforts.
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NoDopes said:
It may be a smart move.. once we Texit.
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The concrete Company I worked for sent me to Dallas in 1969 to learn a concrete coating process.. Sat right there and shared lunches with my Mexican crew every day. No English but they were there every day and put in a days labor. Every young person should have the opportunity to live in Dallas for a while. I never returned.
 
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I get it - ppl think gold is good. Rosalyn Capital and Willy Duvane..

But damn, who will be buying all of this gold - when things go awry gold prices will drop 30+%. Now you have a shiny brick
 
if that's your mindset - consider this. What will scared ppl with gold bars be looking for in a similar scenario - [security options] perhaps?

(now you get the gold at discount price - if you have the right stuff to sell)

 
Gold is nice. $2053.00 per oz right now so a 30% drop would hardly leave you broke, and that’s if you bought it at today’s price.

If you’ve been buying physical gold for a decent amount of time then you are definitely not overly concerned about a 30% drop in value from current prices.

Time, time, time.

It’s like when people say I’m nuts for still buying the S&P 500 in the $470’s. I have time. They also said I was nuts for buying S&P tops while working at Hardee’s in the early 90’s.

The companies and commodities I like I have bought consistently over time.

Time is your friend. If you’re over 40 and just now starting out, you are a long way behind the curve.

If you’re young, start now and reinvest dividends and enjoy swoll pockets in the future.
 
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Bigfatcock said:
Gold is nice. $2053.00 per oz right now so a 30% drop would hardly leave you broke, and that’s if you bought it at today’s price.

If you’ve been buying physical gold for a decent amount of time then you are definitely not overly concerned about a 30% drop in value from current prices.

Time, time, time.

It’s like when people say I’m nuts for still buying the S&P 500 in the $470’s. I have time. They also said I was nuts for buying S&P tops while working at Hardee’s in the early 90’s.

The companies and commodities I like I have bought consistently over time.

Time is your friend. If you’re over 40 and just now starting out, you are a long way behind the curve.

If you’re young, start now and reinvest dividends and enjoy swoll pockets in the future.
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Words of wisdom. Time proven.
One of my Dad's sayings. . . "It takes money to make money".. Always have a stash that no one knows about. Historically the killer deals appear when you are broke.
 
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Hobo Hilton said:
Words of wisdom. Time proven.
One of my Dad's sayings. . . "It takes money to make money".. Always have a stash that no one knows about. Historically the killer deals appear when you are broke.
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I will add to that one of my Dad's sayings, paraphrasing it, I never listened to him that closely ;)
Something like real wealth cannot be made solely from selling only your own labor hours

sum these two sayings up and it means, you either have to profit from buying and selling things (like real estate, stocks, etc) or you have to be in a position to profit off other peoples labor hours in mass. (ex. you own a company that employees 100's of people and you profit off each one)

Your income from selling your own labor hours alone will not bring real wealth, you have a limited amount of hours to sell.
 
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Diversification is how wealth managers secure their jobs and ensure a diminishing work load. Its like writing convoluted laws and rules for lawyers and accountants.

Gold is for millionaires and up for cling to your pearls 'security' or 'gotta jet'.

Why not buy palladium?

The level 1 answers on here are getting a bit draining. So basically there's this big fucking thread titled stock market that nobody talks about stocks in lol aight got it.
 
I asked 3 top stock picks '24.

Been out AWHILE just checked it last night and was surprised by the results...so I said hey lets see what other ppl are trending toward these days - doesn't mean Ill agree but it is data that can be used to search/collab for better ideas.

Im not going full SWOT analysis here just a few bread crumbs
 
my wisdom says don't ever enter an [agreement] without fully considering the worst outcome possible being a true reality - and plan accordingly for it.

could go armchair psy or could tell you like a portfolio manager and bore everybody to death either way
 
How much money (%) do you lose every year by simply putting it into a bank or even a bag under your bed...

How much money do insurance companies make every year (%) from the exact same mechanism that drains your liquid cash...

What is the mechanism; explain the feedback loop?

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TheOtherAndrew said:
The level 1 answers on here are getting a bit draining. So basically there's this big fucking thread titled stock market that nobody talks about stocks in lol aight got it.
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I recommend the following:

Vroom: VRM
AMC theaters: AMC
Sears: SHLDQ

****DO NOT INVEST IN THE ABOVE LISTED TURDS. IT WAS POSTED AS A JOKE!****
 
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lets go a different way - all the gold people out there. Anybody ever cashed in their gold for profit? tell me about the yr or 2 after that and the cap gains and how your 30% 10yr bump really equates to ~15% in real terms at that because of tax and inflation.

How did you secure your gold bars in the meantime? Bob Melendez's coat?! not too funny but relevant lol
 
Buffet gave an interview last year saying things will be down until the Fed "pivots" then you'll have around 18 months to make a ton of money, then things will shit the bed.
Now, I think the market anticipated the pivot a bit early and the rise has already started. China is currently fucked but nothing is moving yet. Top 2 real estate companies bankrupt and their $135B shadow bank just went bankrupt, but still nothing....
We may see a pull back before the FED seriously turns on the printers but the government debt spending is already spiraling up. So, we may continue directly into a melt up. Everything will probably go up. The real question is when the music stops, are you going to have a chair to sit in?
Place your bets and set trailing stops. I'd stay away from the top 7 driving the market last year and anything real estate related.
 
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lets go a different way - all the gold people out there. Anybody ever cashed in their gold for profit? tell me about the yr or 2 after that and the cap gains and how your 30% 10yr bump really equates to ~15% in real terms at that because of tax and inflation.

How did you secure your gold bars in the meantime? Bob Melendez's coat?! not too funny but relevant lol
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LOL... Obviously you don't deal in gold or you would not ask those questions.
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TheOtherAndrew said:
lets go a different way - all the gold people out there. Anybody ever cashed in their gold for profit? tell me about the yr or 2 after that and the cap gains and how your 30% 10yr bump really equates to ~15% in real terms at that because of tax and inflation.

How did you secure your gold bars in the meantime? Bob Melendez's coat?! not too funny but relevant lol
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Sell for cash to private buyers if you want to sell it.

I keep all of my gold in my prison wallet.
 
fair enough - I hadn't really been talking about that small a scale. Bars not coins. not a knock - just telling you where the disconnect happened
 
Grammarly IPO (date unknown) - I want in on that when it's doing the limbo.
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I truly am scared of this company. The way they describe how simple it will be to write not just papers but thesis and scientific journals with a click of AI. its not plagiarism, but nobody reading can tell where the original thought from the author came in and what is the AI - how would you cite such a thing? CLICK A BUTTON! lol they just add a final citation saying this was made using Grammarly AI. and everyones fine with it!

Do we not recall the statues being torn down? nobody on the "seperate them from their traditions and culture and [control is imminent]." I can see this thing getting way out of hand - but its guns make some money too regardless of me so hey
 
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My opinion is that many people, being accustomed to assigning value in dollars, have a skewed view of this. Gold is not worth more dollars, it takes more dollars to buy the same gold. The dollar is not a constant.

Thank you,
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NoDopes said:
Buffet gave an interview last year saying things will be down until the Fed "pivots" then you'll have around 18 months to make a ton of money, then things will shit the bed.
Now, I think the market anticipated the pivot a bit early and the rise has already started. China is currently fucked but nothing is moving yet. Top 2 real estate companies bankrupt and their $135B shadow bank just went bankrupt, but still nothing....
We may see a pull back before the FED seriously turns on the printers but the government debt spending is already spiraling up. So, we may continue directly into a melt up. Everything will probably go up. The real question is when the music stops, are you going to have a chair to sit in?
Place your bets and set trailing stops. I'd stay away from the top 7 driving the market last year and anything real estate related.
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Buffet has already made his money. Factor in inflation on his money and he looks great on paper.
The FED is politicized and will never raise the interest rate above the inflation rate. No Paul Volcker, only J Powell.
The FED can not print enough USD's to pay just the interest on the National Debt
Johnson has no plans to avoid a shutdown.
 
MrSmith said:
My opinion is that many people, being accustomed to assigning value in dollars, have a skewed view of this. Gold is not worth more dollars, it takes more dollars to buy the same gold. The dollar is not a constant.

Thank you,
MrSmith
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Correct. The only way to make the USD constant is to back it with gold.
 
TheOtherAndrew said:
Diversification is how wealth managers secure their jobs and ensure a diminishing work load. Its like writing convoluted laws and rules for lawyers and accountants.

Gold is for millionaires and up for cling to your pearls 'security' or 'gotta jet'.

Why not buy palladium?

The level 1 answers on here are getting a bit draining. So basically there's this big fucking thread titled stock market that nobody talks about stocks in lol aight got it.
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Dude… sit back and buy TSLA and sell covered calls. In Elon We Trust here.
 
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And that is kinda what my point on gold was - I CONFESS yes gold is a safe place to put your money. two fold - that's relative to the other options available and WHEN you got in (1970 may not apply to most ppl anymore...). So it's a conservative approach. 30% gain over a 10 yr period is only 3%APY (yea I have a TI-89 too). Id rather do a TSLA move of some kind, get really involved and detailed and risk it with a backup strategy if things aren't perfect which they won't be. Kenny Rodgers gotta know when to ride the rollercoaster and when to bail and hit up another [hold em fold em].

But shit - gold aint got that cowbell ring to it. just don't reverse mortgage your house to ring that cowbell
 
or sell half and run somewhere else - like GOOOOOLD! I'll be waiting until next yr to make any real moves. when I break down my yearly APY you can clearly see a 4yr cycle from Obama to Trump to Biden.
 
My gut says if Trump wins - buy airlines DAL, LUV, ALK, AAL. Fuel pricing and reinvigorated travel into economy + bottom prices now. there are other plays but this is my moonshot for now - been wrong before but can easily fix buying into some PXD, DVN et al.

If Biden - UNH, MS,

Leary on any high end defense companies - they produce great stuff but they aren't about the money game the same way - they only really care about the RD&D because the rest just keeps flowing naturally for them no matter what essentially.

Uncertain if I missed the boat at this point on chips....

May look into Meta or whatever they call it now for future AI stuff?

Patiently waiting for Grammarly to IPO
 
who is their closest competitor would you say?
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Currently - yes

Im betting they get bought in ~4yrs by Google, Microsoft, Oracle or even Meta.

it is an over reaction on my part but Im interested....
 
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