Did stocks from 1999-2002 + held+picked at them ’til 2014. Did very well. Beat the S&P and Dow by a decent margin and rose when they fell, even during the crashes. [smart long terms picks I did].
Market is pure emotion and like the purely emotional, predictable. Economic ‘news’ is mostly a farce and standard news reporting on stocks even more a farce.
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it’s fear + hope based. VERY human. It’s less self interest and more group-think. I was contrarian so I did well.
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I did DRiP style. I picked for long (life) but knew I’d pull out within 6 months. Got an extra 11.5 YEARS out of it which was awesome, so no complaints.
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Thought about doing it again but I’m expecting crash + panic, although if tax reform goes through with plans to 2027 built-in, might reconsider. It’s a shit set of plans (Senate better than House but only a little) but I’ve never been satisfied with the ass reaming govt does so what’s more of the same? I just hate how nakedly they’re favoring upper class vs normal class. 2-tier future and we’re not invited to the party. So, we turn into a 3rd world country. I guess it was our time to fail.
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If it goes through, the tax reform is the 1st significant piece of legislation under Trump’s admin and the 1st major work by Republicans in forever.
I never liked the Christian Coalition but I guess it’s their time now. Oh well.
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