Lazarus

Surprise, surprise.

I ended up buying Spice and the book on Venice. I ended up reading both of them before my wife had a chance to do so - fun books. Thanks for the idea!

I'm now convinced that Blake is simply trolling the forum, posting nonsense and laughing as people respond seriously to try to set him straight. But you went too far with this one. Bravo... fooled me for a long time.

Egypt vs Iran is being designated by the world cup organizing committee as the Pride Day Match, coinciding with Seattle's Pride festival. They are encouraging LGBTQ+ visibility, with rainbow flags and drag queens. It's something straight out of a South Park episode.

That is a shocking graphic.

Why do you think anyone would actually listen to a COBF trained LLM? There is no shortage of information out there: gurufocus, seeking alpha, value walk, etc. If anything, there is too much information. Those of us on this site value it, but the outside world is oblivious and will remain so. IMHO.

Is this why you repeatedly make a point of claiming so many people are stupid?

I've tried the same - doesn't work. It would be a useful add on, to quickly get up to speed. It would be great to even isolate certain themes (e.g., the evolution of Viking's thesis on fairfax in a thousand page thread).

What's the company? That matters because that some software companies are more likely to bounce back than others. And is this in a taxable or non-taxable account? If taxable, can you use the loss to offset other gains?

That doesn't sound like overwhelming booing to me.

Sorry, I have to strongly disagree - at his age, and given his general pessimistic nature, he shouldn't hold large amounts of cash waiting for opportunities. He's young and has 30-plus years of investing ahead of him. He should be 100% invested - markets end up ahead over any sort of timeline like that, usually by a very large amount. At his age, waiting around for great opportunities is just a form of market timing, a notoriously bad idea. For him, it's much better to just get in the market 100% and continue to DCA. This is even more true given his pessimistic nature, which is a huge handicap in the long-term investing game. But I've seen enough of his posts to realize that he thinks he knows better, that everyone who tells him this exact same message are dumber than him, and he won't listen.

Yep, your money is safer hidden under your mattress. It's the only way.

Even when the crash comes he won't invest since the headlines are scary and "it will crash further". How much did he invest in the 2020 crash?

Does the info above show the USA share of global GDP has increased from 2008 to 2025?

It's not that simple, Sweet. The USA hasn't declined it's share of global GDP.