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the market: stocks, bonds, options, whatever

streaM Freak said:
Or maybe even a couple full percentage points off for risk of species extinction.

What do we think?
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If 'the end of the world is really nigh' any time soon, then losing all your money in the markets is going to be the least of your worries, and not really going to matter one bit, at that stage.

Whether you own stocks in individual companies, or index funds of whatever type.

It reminds me of the situation of the Jews in the harrowing but awesome movie The Pianist, where some of them had manged to keep some of their money despite the Nazi raids, but there was insane profiteering among the refugees on their way to the death camps.

With kids charging many times the previous value for a bar of chocolate etc. The price was paid, along with saying something like 'what good is all that money going to do for you, considering where we're all going'. I know it was 'only a movie', but certainly based on true events, and it's not hard to imagine scenarios like that. Money would lose it's value, and bartering with useful goods and food would be the real currency.
 
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for long-term investing i mainly just want to be in dividend grower funds and tech.

with deglobalization, inflation, and unsustainable government deficits, what worries me most is the prospect of increase taxation and austerity.

in canada, taxes are already the biggest expense even with the high housing costs, and yet the government keeps growing the deficit to throw money around with dubious returns.

i think that stability is going to be more of a concern than investment returns over the next ten years. if market drops happen in tandem with deflation then that is manageable, the problem is if stagflation persists how bad will it get and how long will it last
 
thujone said:
for long-term investing i mainly just want to be in dividend grower funds and tech.

with deglobalization, inflation, and unsustainable government deficits, what worries me most is the prospect of increase taxation and austerity.

in canada, taxes are already the biggest expense even with the high housing costs, and yet the government keeps growing the deficit to throw money around with dubious returns.

i think that stability is going to be more of a concern than investment returns over the next ten years. if market drops happen in tandem with deflation then that is manageable, the problem is if stagflation persists how bad will it get and how long will it last
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I'm a big believer in alternative currencies. Precious metals, crypto, and even droogs.
Things that are a hedge against hyperinflation.
 
any store of wealth the government can't track seems like it's going to be worth holding, especially since there's a growing appetite for pushing taxes up past the laffer curve
 
I don't like name dropping, because I can't predict the future, but HUMA is set up very nice right now. And they are now in the commercial stage selling regenerative biotech that crushed the industry standard.

It's a risky move, but again the set up is just beautiful. Earnings is on Wednesday. To see how that product is selling. Basically they use it where there isn't an available vein in ER situations and the patients cells regenerate around the "off-the-shelf" catheter. They've already got department of defense contracts, and VA hospital contracts, which is always a good thing.

Last week they got approved for human studies on the heart. Which has huge implications if it goes well.
 
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It's the best one to play that sector compared to UEC and other smaller ones, and even other big ones
 
@Electrum1 honest question - if I wanted to invest 10k in something that will have good growth over the next year, what would you recommend?
 
Trying to add to my overall downpayment which we're looking to make sometime next summer. I already have 10k in a HSA at 8.5% if we apply for a mortgage through the same bank.
 
What would you say about buying Gold and Silver rn. They've been hanging in around $4200 and $60 for awhile. seem like they're on an upward trend.
 
i think gold will end up between $5k-$6 by next year then crash and stay lower for years.

$SMCI rallied 25% this week on hot earnings, $HPE sympathy rallying

energy still hot
 
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What would you say about buying Gold and Silver rn. They've been hanging in around $4200 and $60 for awhile. seem like they're on an upward trend.
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Or a good time to sell. And real estate. ;)
 
With some of the reports comparing these times to pre 2008 crash levels and the 29 crash. I want to protect my holdings with gold and silver.
 
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