exercise, keep moving. enjoy liberation. theoretically all the saving of money is so's we can have time. it's like buying time. it does and can compound.
i got completely out in '99. i thought the market might react badly to y2k. so i looked like a wizard. but, i became guilty of fomo in 1/01 with a small part of the total and about half of that is just back to ok a couple years back...20+ years......i agree about emotions. i suppose if you can get yourself in a position where you can afford to wait....you should be ok.
maybe a different author talked more about inflation. but there's a comment on here about 130+-%/30 yrs inflation. i've long thought that if i think i've got enuf now, if inflation eats half of it in 20 yrs, i'd be ok w/that. it'd still be plenty.
another way of sayin' it is if the number stays the same. say a million bucks. if i still have a million bucks in 20 yrs, i'll be happy, even if it's value is half.
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exercise, keep moving. enjoy liberation. theoretically all the saving of money is so's we can have time. it's like buying time. it does and can compound.
Post: Fear of the Unknown…
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discipline is essential.
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i got completely out in '99. i thought the market might react badly to y2k. so i looked like a wizard. but, i became guilty of fomo in 1/01 with a small part of the total and about half of that is just back to ok a couple years back...20+ years......i agree about emotions. i suppose if you can get yourself in a position where you can afford to wait....you should be ok.
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i meant martin, not william
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wm, can you explain "price compression?"
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it's a pretty silly question isn't it? t bills would easily accomplish almost triple what they're seeking.
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i like not having to be in a hurry.
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maybe a different author talked more about inflation. but there's a comment on here about 130+-%/30 yrs inflation. i've long thought that if i think i've got enuf now, if inflation eats half of it in 20 yrs, i'd be ok w/that. it'd still be plenty. another way of sayin' it is if the number stays the same. say a million bucks. if i still have a million bucks in 20 yrs, i'll be happy, even if it's value is half.
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i remember, a few yrs ago, j bezos said amazon will work until it won't. it amazes me how similar amazon is to the old sears catalog
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