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re: How do tariffs impact crypto?

Posted by oneg8rh8r on 4/15/25 at 12:25 am
There are no tariffs on crypto.

Right now is not the time to be sticking money in anything other than BTC if you put it anywhere in the crypto space.

Don't trade it, simply keep buying.

If you buy weekly for the next 9 months, especially if you can afford a few hundred dollars or more a week.
Fast Money followers are fodder for the real traders.
0% would be plenty and perfect for items built and assembled in Vietnam. If it is produced 99% of the way in China and effectively shipped through Vietnan to contribute or facilitate some small insignificant portion, then NO, it would get charged at China's rate.
I don't know if that was real, but I'd jump at that opportunity if it were.
doesn't matter, I pushed a lot in today.

re: What we buying on this nice dip?

Posted by oneg8rh8r on 4/3/25 at 8:27 pm
I bought leap call options on:

(5) CELH, (2) PLTR & (5) FBTC and moved 1/2 of my money market cash into the market into ETF's.

If tomorrow is another huge down day, I'm pushing the rest of my cash all in.

The recovery will be just as quick and brutal for those that jumped out or miss it.
2026 the market will be trashed and will make 2006 look like child's play.

Watch FL. They are always the leading indicator. Right now, they have 300 more houses in inventory then they should.

In 2006 the issue was bad loans. Period

2026 there will be a whole host of issues.

I'm stock piling cash for that opportunity.
DCA is always the best plan, but how you go about it differs. This was TSP advice. G/C/F/S/I funds

Lets say you put $904 / paycheck into your Roth 401k like clockwork (26 pay periods). You would do well.

I advise my people to 85% into C & S funds and 15% into G (Bonds). With the intention of having that G fund build up and when the market starts to get crazy or scary, then move it as well into the C/S at that time, effectively DCA with the ability to buy the dips.

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All "X" models with the exception of the X1 are built in SC, even the "M" models.
I retired about 9 years ago. We purchased a unique home and enjoyed it and did a whole house refurbish over the first 5 years. With my new consulting job, we do a lot of traveling, and I always had friends who asked why I didn't rent out my home. So, 2 years ago, we listed it on AIRBNB / VRBO, etc. and now the home basically pays for its own mortgage(55k), utilities(13K) and (~25K) extra.

We block it out the entire winter from Thanksgiving until April 1 & we simply block out any periods we want to stay in the house for ourselves. Otherwise, we are traveling or camping.

It's got to be a unique home and not just another rental just like all the others. We have 3 real comp for Seattle +/- 60 miles.
If I had 3MM net worth today, I'd get 2 BTC in my possession and then 4% rule the rest. That's still 113K a year with no debt other than a CC bill. You can travel, and enjoy the simple things.

If BTC does what it is supposed to do, you may have 99 problems, but money ain't 1. You will be able to do what you want when you want and couldn't spend it quick enough.

One of my biggest regrets is I have purchased a lot of stocks, for investments and not trading, that I thought were gang busters at the time and for whatever reason along the way I decided to part ways.

Looking back, had I simply held all of the stocks I had purchased, I would have retired a while ago.

Lesson, unless you figure that a stock you bought it shite; I'm anticipating that you bought it for a reason, HOLD IT, chances you were right, it just needed time.
One of my biggest regrets is I have purchased a lot of stocks, for investments and not trading, that I thought were gang busters at the time and for whatever reason along the way I decided to part ways.

Looking back, had I simply held all of the stocks I had purchased, I would have retired a while ago.

Lesson, unless you figure that a stock you bought it shite; I'm anticipating that you bought it for a reason, HOLD IT, chances you were right, it just needed time.

re: What is your #1 dividend stock?

Posted by oneg8rh8r on 3/21/25 at 12:53 am
Have any of you dividend chasers looked in strk? 8% dividend.
There is a reason they are referred to as shite coins.

There is Bitcoin and everything else.

You can definitely make money in the others short term, but most people simply use them to make money and shift it to BTC.

The only crypto that has real buy in, worldwide, is BTC. Sovereignties, countries, state pension funds and large investment firms are not buying shite coins.

Invest accordingly.
My rents collected cover the mortgage, enough to conduct upgrades every few years and show a little cash flow. My goal is to increase the values of the properties long term.

If you are already charging the right price, the only raises I'd apply would be to cover my tax increases.

re: Anybody buying?

Posted by oneg8rh8r on 3/14/25 at 9:06 pm
I'm feel this is the bottom of the short-term dip for now. I moved back in over the past 2 days. I'm hoping this budget approval gets things moving and I don't think the tariffs will be that big of a deal.
I still have more cash in the event I'm wrong and early.

re: Anybody buying?

Posted by oneg8rh8r on 3/13/25 at 6:37 pm
I've bought leap options on PLTR, AMD, CELH and CLF.

Still buying MSTR, BTC

What brokers are you using?

Charles Schwab, Principal and TSP for me,

I was told some have limits on movement in and out of funds at certain brokerages.

re: Timing a buy-in of 200K

Posted by oneg8rh8r on 3/11/25 at 11:19 pm
I'd say you probably got 3 weeks as well, so 33% of your total each Wed.

I'm a real BTC, QQQ, and a few other stock I personally track.

That's what I'm doing myself.