Macroeconomics / Stock Market Thread

[Bob Sugar]

I am not the most financially savvy person there is, so I am asking those in this thread who may be more savy: I currently put 10% of my income into 401k, max out my Roth IRA every month ($500), and put 10% into my brokerage account which is mostly Index Funds and ETFs. So 25% of my income each month is going into the market. Should I keep doing this as a recession/market downturn is on the horizon?

Depending on you age, yes. That said, you could be pissing it away depending on your timeframe. But you'd be sizing down your average entry, such that the chart below is not a true "break even timeline."

 

[FrogUltimate]

I am not the most financially savvy person there is, so I am asking those in this thread who may be more savy: I currently put 10% of my income into 401k, max out my Roth IRA every month ($500), and put 10% into my brokerage account which is mostly Index Funds and ETFs. So 25% of my income each month is going into the market. Should I keep doing this as a recession/market downturn is on the horizon?

I currently put 12% into 401k, 10% into brokerage account and theoretically another 10% into brokerage but we blow that every month/year. And have blown some of that first 10% brokerage on house stuff.

I’ve lost a lot of money this year (relatively)

 

[KillerFrog InD KitchenSink]

You don't want to time the market, but you do want to time retirement.

 

[LSU Game Attendee]

I am not the most financially savvy person there is, so I am asking those in this thread who may be more savy: I currently put 10% of my income into 401k, max out my Roth IRA every month ($500), and put 10% into my brokerage account which is mostly Index Funds and ETFs. So 25% of my income each month is going into the market. Should I keep doing this as a recession/market downturn is on the horizon?

Not big money, but google “Series I Savings Bonds” as potentially an attractive place to park up to $10k.

 

[FrogUltimate]

 

[Eight]

I am not the most financially savvy person there is, so I am asking those in this thread who may be more savy: I currently put 10% of my income into 401k, max out my Roth IRA every month ($500), and put 10% into my brokerage account which is mostly Index Funds and ETFs. So 25% of my income each month is going into the market. Should I keep doing this as a recession/market downturn is on the horizon?

how much gold do you hide each month?

 

[Paul in uhh]

how much gold do you hide each month?

I swing by the drive thru at Fort Knox once a month for a couple bars and a side of silver McIngots

 

[An-Cap Frog]

I just got an 8-year auto loan at 19.5%, was that a good deal?

 

[Dogfrog]

I swing by the drive thru at Fort Knox once a month for a couple bars and a side of silver McIngots

My drive thru

5518 W Vickery Blvd · 5518 W Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107

5518 W Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107

www.google.com

 

[Eight]

how much gold do you hide each month?

so, so, so disappointed in this board. i suggest lvh hide gold and not one person stressed the importance of decoy gold

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[Frog-in-law1995]

so, so, so disappointed in this board. i suggest lvh hide gold and not one person stressed the importance of decoy gold

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To some of us you just looked like a weirdo having a conversation with yourself.

 

[Eight]

To some of us you just looked like a weirdo having a conversation with yourself.

which is different from when i am on a thread in which others aren't blocked?

 

[Paul in uhh]

My drive thru

5518 W Vickery Blvd · 5518 W Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107

5518 W Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107

www.google.com

No love for mas ramblas?

 

[LVH]

so, so, so disappointed in this board. i suggest lvh hide gold and not one person stressed the importance of decoy gold

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To be honest I have nothing invested in gold or other precious metals. I hate how these gold companies make you jump through hoops to buy from them.

 

[What Up Toad]

how much gold do you hide each month?

I just learned the other day that the guy who hosts Alex Jones' show owns a precious metals company. He wanted to get people to buy more gold, so he hired Alex Jones to convince everyone that the world was ending.

 

[froginmn]

I just learned the other day that the guy who hosts Alex Jones' show owns a precious metals company. He wanted to get people to buy more gold, so he hired Alex Jones to convince everyone that the world was ending.

Wait, it isn't?

 

[TxFrog1999]

I just learned the other day that the guy who hosts Alex Jones' show owns a precious metals company. He wanted to get people to buy more gold, so he hired Alex Jones to convince everyone that the world was ending.

Now, hold on a second, are you saying there's a chance I won't be getting to see the inter-dimensional elves?

 

[TxFrog1999]

Since we still consider college an "investment" I think this is the right place to post this:

TaxProf Blog: Private College Tuition Discount Rate Hits All-Time High Of 54.5%

NACUBO, Tuition Discount Rates at Private Colleges and Universities Hit All-Time Highs: In the 2021 NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study, 359 private, nonprofit colleges and universities reported an estimated 54.5 percent average institutional tuition discount rate for first-time, full-time...

taxprof.typepad.com

When this bubble finally bursts we're going to see A LOT of higher ed institutions closing their doors for good.

 

[Paul in uhh]

I just learned the other day that the guy who hosts Alex Jones' show owns a precious metals company. He wanted to get people to buy more gold, so he hired Alex Jones to convince everyone that the world was ending.

I’m no Jones defender but inflation is at 40 year highs..

 

[Paul in uhh]

Interesting movement in the indexes today as they each form a V after plunging well below 52-week lows.. then close in the green!

Market action is a circus show.