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Smart Bird: “Radical Socialist Democrat Agenda”
What I learned today is that when we hear the word “socialism” from conservatives, it is as much against decentralized shared democracy as it is about spending and definitely not about shared ownership.
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TSP Funds 201
A quick discussion on the TSP Funds today. A little more than the basics.
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TSP Funds and Socialism
The war on socialism’s impact on TSP funds.
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TSP Investing: In a Mania
The central banks have no idea how to get out of the mess and distortions they have created. Which makes it real hard to predict what they will do next. So all I can do is point out the distortions and tell you that in the long run (10-12 years), the purchasing power of the stock market will be much, much lower than today.
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TSP Funds: April 2021 Quicklook
It does not have to reset to the historical average for another large round of losses to hit your retirement funds. This is why determining the difference between normal pullbacks and larger corrections and bear markets is critical.
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TSP Funds: Situational Awareness
A mental exercise of where the market and our funds are today.
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Quick Look: TSP Funds Today
China’s National Team stepped in overnight to buy their stock market. Global markets bounced overnight. The central banks are getting nervous again.
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Smart Bird: Fix It Rant
Social Security is a transfer tax from the current generation to the retired generation. It is a generational tax, not an investment account, so the rich in our generation should NOT get off the hook…
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Smart Bird: “You have to wipe these people out”
Gamestop is blowback to wall street. Wall Street wants protection. Two minutes of truth.
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Smart Bird: Millennials are Screwed
Millennials own less than 5% of all US wealth today compared to baby boomers at the same age who owned 21%. The economy and financial system have been rigged against them.