chkdsk

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by chkdsk 8y ago
Yahoo finance was the original finance site where your parents used to look up stock quotes for Nokia and Pets.com during the original tech bubble.
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by chkdsk 8y ago
So you believe taxi drivers never need to use taxis?
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by chkdsk 8y ago
Only when the outrage gets loud enough to affect their chances for reelection (which happens with a lot of issues, just not this one). Unfortunately, Hackernews seems to be the only place where security is taken seriously. Probably because
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by chkdsk 8y ago
This is the main issue that both the right wing gold bugs and left wing crypto anarchists don't seem to understand: Steady modest inflation is a good thing. If there was no inflation everyone would be incentivized to just hold cash und
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by chkdsk 8y ago
Certainly, the networking and prestige of being involved in that deal has value. But personally I'd still be disappointed having to stay up preparing a deck until 4am that ultimately led nowhere. But, again, I'm still a little con
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by chkdsk 8y ago
There literally are no similarities between what you described and the original topic. There was no exponential growth or betting or downsides here. The Jr. bankers billed a metric-ton of hours and made their firms truckloads in fees. The
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by chkdsk 8y ago
Those are both problems that have nothing to do with currency or the economic concept of 'currency devaluation.' Inflation has barely been present in the US for the last 10 years compared to historical levels. The reason your heal
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by chkdsk 8y ago
Odd you would think that, considering the US dollar is extremely strong right now relative to other global currencies and has been for the last 5 years (save for last year). I'd love to hear why you think this, and what information sou
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by chkdsk 8y ago
You absolutely can backtest VTI. We have reliable historical market data of the total US stock market (what VTI is) going back to the late-1800s. Also, please tell me 1 of those better options? The link you posted seems to take the opposi
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by chkdsk 8y ago
As of October last year Index Fund investors still represented less than 18% of the global stock market: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-blackrock-passive/l... I'd hardly call that "eating the w
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by chkdsk 8y ago
If you ever find yourself questioning the validity of all the studies indicating how terrible retail investors are at investing...read r/wallstreetbets and realize you and your index funds are still in the minority.
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by chkdsk 8y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted. None of these assertions are wrong. I have many family members who still have big company pensions from back in the day and also own target date funds in their 401ks so combined with social security
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by chkdsk 8y ago
The reason value works isn't just behavioral mispricing. Numerous academic studies have shown there is an inherent risk component driving the persistently larger returns found in "value" stocks. Behavioral mispricing can be a