Oh no, seeing He-Man/ Philosopher whooping up on Orville Redenbacher's grandson has changed my beliefs. Does she like latex hip boots?
Oh my ! Listening to Rush Limbaugh making cornbread with Crisco has altered my thinking. Does he like to wear Florence Henderson's dress ?
(this is -jeffB backing away from the keyboard because he just made an alarmed post based on reading data from the wrong column, sigh)
When. Is money worth more then life. Parents sspend their whole life trying to pass on lifes lessons to their children. Break their backs to give them a better life. Then a member says that at 65 their a burden on the economy cuz thre no longer economy useful. No great lose if they pass because of this virus. Sometimes being a realist make you lose your moral compass. Does that help?
Not a good thing to plot on an exponential graph for 2 more months. Many states are just getting started. Do it your self ventilators kit start-ups in the future
88,437 who got over it. 147,173 active cases of which 139,795 classified as mild https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
It's about time we started seeing THAT number coming up. For a really long time, the "recovered" and "died" numbers were very close -- because recovery takes quite a while, and death doesn't. Eventually the ratio of those two numbers should correspond to the mortality rate, which should be closer to 1-3%, and hopefully the lower end here in the US.
The USD has gone from the Bowery wino with the best breath to outright rock star. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/markets-by-sector/precious-metals/gold/europe-to-confiscate-gold/
Here is a little update on investments in 2020 versus the CPI: CPI was down 1.63% (end of February) Silver was down 29.4% (3-20-2020) S&P was down 28.7% (3-20-2020) Dow Jones was down 32.8% (3-20-2020) Nasdaq was down 23.3% (3-20-2020) Based on my Real Estate ETF, I'm losing 40% on those investments. The bond market has also been hit quite hard over the past couple of weeks but I don't have a number on it. My only positive investments in 2020 are I-bonds, MetLife Stable Value, and money market accounts. I think it may be a good time to buy equities but I thought that when it corrected by 10%.
Dollar cost average on the way down. Don't dump all available cash into the market at once. As the market continues to fall, systematically invest a percentage of your available funds into the market sector, individual stocks or mutual funds you deem appropriate for your portfolio.