Ambele

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by Ambele 6y ago
If the banks aren't paying interest on deposits anymore, does it now make sense to withdraw some of the money and store it under a mattress somewhere? Obviously there are theft, fire, and police confiscation risks that need to be overc
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by Ambele 6y ago
Yes, greenhouse gasses and lung effects aside, the sulphur mixes with carbon dioxide and other airborne oxides to becomes sulpher dioxide. This makes rain water acidic and causes the erosion on the Statue of Liberty.
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by Ambele 6y ago
Do you have a link to this article that you read about?
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by Ambele 7y ago
I can't help but think this glitch was a good thing and Robinhood investors would do better if they traded less anyhow. According to an OpenFolio correlational study, traders who trade more than 12 times per year make 0.5% less than tr
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by Ambele 7y ago
The divorce rate in Maine correlates with the per capita consumption of margarine. Also, the number of letters in the winning word of the U.S. Spelling bee correlates with the number of people killed by venomous spiders. Spurious Correlatio
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by Ambele 7y ago
Now's one of the best times to start evaluating long-term mutual fund managers based on performance. It's hard to tell who's swimming naked until the tide rolls out. Does anyone have any funds they personally use that they re
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by Ambele 7y ago
I put a small portion of my short-term portfolio into shorts on a basket of high-valued, money-losing, non-dividend paying, declining companies last friday. I can't predict how this will pan out but at least it will be a hedge. A full
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by Ambele 7y ago
Those statistics are crazy. I'm not sure how the world still functions.
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by Ambele 7y ago
It sounds like if someone invents or mass-deploys a controlled denitrification machine that turns nitrogen in the water into nitrogen gas, he could be made rich through government and state grants. The grants could be fully or partially fun
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by Ambele 7y ago
They're not going to want to piss people off because it's viewed as an inherently destructive act. Instead they'd look for more positive resolutions. I can only speak for one Big Japanese Car Company having worked in their co
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by Ambele 7y ago
Hey John, I was providing you with an opportunity to share some of your wisdom regarding correlations you have noticed. Presumably a number of intelligent readers are curious about wealth given they clicked on the title of this article. Cor
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by Ambele 7y ago
What correlation have you noticed?
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by Ambele 7y ago
Buying your first piece of real estate will provide you with a neutral stance on the housing market. Buying REITs like Camden, or another REIT from this REIT list also works if you don't overpay: https://www.reit.com/in
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by Ambele 7y ago
A study was done to pay people to build sand castles. In the experimental group, the people were told afterwards to knock down their sand castle (because the researchers said they wanted a different sand castle or something to that effect).
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by Ambele 7y ago
That sounds incredibly smart because crypto taxes are a huge headache to do yourself and crypto-tax preparers charge $500-$1000/year. Does having the LLC increase your tax complexity? If so, by how much?
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by Ambele 7y ago
Only if you're losing money on your cryptocurrency trades... in which case it's probably better to stay in the U.S. Dollar and tape off your trading finger. If your cryptocurrencies finally turn positive after you've harveste
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by Ambele 7y ago
Credit card interest rates typically range from 20 to 25%. Students have a thin credit file and wouldn't qualify for lower rates. Student loan interest rates range from 6.6% to 7.6%. If a percentage of student loans were allowed to def
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by Ambele 7y ago
I can't speak for others but I can share one anecdotal experience by sharing my story. I started investing in middle school when the social studies teacher enrolled all of his classrooms into a virtual stock market simulation. Everyone
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by Ambele 7y ago
People focus on the investment losses more because a loss is more than twice as negative to them as a gain is positive. You can gain an edge on the market if you view gains and losses for exactly what they are. The beautiful part about inve
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by Ambele 7y ago
> If emotions are a part of your decision, you're going to perform poorly. I agree. Hacker News readers are more logic based but the rest of the world is more emotional based. For most people, the emotional half of the brain domin
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by Ambele 7y ago
2/3rds of hedge fund managers underperform the S&P500 index so it's recommended for all investors to keep some index fund ETFs around (like VTI or VOO) as a benchmark to outperform.
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by Ambele 7y ago
Sometimes learning experiences are worth as much as the money. Also, it's easier to panic sell index funds you aren't attached to than individual stocks you're emotionally attached to. How do you perform a valuation on an ind
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by Ambele 7y ago
M1 Finance already has fractional shares too. They're newer than Robinhood but they're built to be more of a long-term investing platform. Robinhood's UI feels more like a gambling platform to trade hourly on IMO. M1's &
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by Ambele 7y ago
Many investors have been switching from Robinhood to M1 Finance but maybe this announcement is intended to slow the flow.
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by Ambele 7y ago
Do links or GPS coordinates exist for this on Google Maps, Google Earth, or other publically viewable GPS imagery?
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by Ambele 7y ago
I agree. I still scratch my head why China still accepts US Dollars and why we don't need to carry around Chinese Yuans yet.
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by Ambele 7y ago
I'd really rather use my 2% savings account than the 1.61% from short term treasuries, 1.65% from intermediate term treasuries, or 2.1% from long term treasuries.* Or maybe you're making snarky comment on how large banks were bail
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by Ambele 7y ago
> a house where rent is divided by individual pieces of furniture Where rent is divided by more than one bed in a single room or couches in a living room?
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by Ambele 7y ago
Nothing says you can't do both
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by Ambele 7y ago
My advice is to take a look at the Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio or the Harry Browne Performance Portfolio because they both backtest beautifully through previous recessions. Betterment and Wealthfront also create wonderful risk/retu

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