SquatchDawg
| Favorite team: | Georgia  |
| Location: | Cohutta Wilderness |
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| Number of Posts: | 20061 |
| Registered on: | 9/21/2012 |
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re: Nebius - NBIS - AI Infrastructure Company
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/12/26 at 9:30 am to igoringa
Not much discussion and down before earnings. I’m staying away but this is setting up to surprise to the upside.
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re: Retiring at 50 with $2MM in savings
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/12/26 at 8:16 am to Jax-Tiger
This my take.
I have one boy in college and one in HS. Given my moderate success and how tough the world is, I want to be able to give them a hand up if needed. It’s a fine line between having them earn their way vs. being there when something big is needed. The reality is there’s only so much a college aged kid can earn and still move forward with life/education etc.
That said, I plan on having $2M plus and no debt at 60. I just need to ramp my play money IRA returns over the next 5 years so I can afford some toys.
I have one boy in college and one in HS. Given my moderate success and how tough the world is, I want to be able to give them a hand up if needed. It’s a fine line between having them earn their way vs. being there when something big is needed. The reality is there’s only so much a college aged kid can earn and still move forward with life/education etc.
That said, I plan on having $2M plus and no debt at 60. I just need to ramp my play money IRA returns over the next 5 years so I can afford some toys.
re: Executive Order banning Big Wall Street from buying up single-family homes
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/12/26 at 8:06 am to SDVTiger
Great post.
Keep interest rates at a healthy amount. ZIRP got us into a number of these messes.
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I personally think they need to outlaw the securitization of loans all together. This would force banks to hold the loans they make and/or buy. Being able to offload loans in bulk is the definition of a morale risk.
Also need to phase out Section 8 as it’s taking otherwise livable properties and making the neighborhoods unlivable. Subsidizing payments to landlords is another catalyst for distortions.
This opens up the market rather than using govt to restrict trade.
Keep interest rates at a healthy amount. ZIRP got us into a number of these messes.
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Bulk GSE Securitization and HUD-guaranteed portfolio financing
I personally think they need to outlaw the securitization of loans all together. This would force banks to hold the loans they make and/or buy. Being able to offload loans in bulk is the definition of a morale risk.
Also need to phase out Section 8 as it’s taking otherwise livable properties and making the neighborhoods unlivable. Subsidizing payments to landlords is another catalyst for distortions.
This opens up the market rather than using govt to restrict trade.
re: Report that SC will take up redistricting tomorrow
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/11/26 at 6:09 pm to cajunangelle
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SC can get a true rep and not one that pays off AME Churches to vote 44 times each and get bused in to vote with snack
He’ll just start an NGO and get a Billion from USAID.
re: Horrific video shows factory worker being pulled to his death into giant industrial shredd
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/11/26 at 5:44 pm to Jim Rockford
I’d hate to be the clean up crew for that.
re: How smart is your dog?
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/11/26 at 3:28 pm to Ramblin Wreck
We have a female Labradoodle that is crazy smart. She knows all of our names, the names of her toys (will get them on demand), can play hide and seek with her toys and people, will NOT run out of her boundary in the yard and knows the sounds of all our vehicles.
We keep her milk bones in a container in the LR. If she wants one she’ll sit there and look at you, look at container, look at you, look at container….over and over. It’s like she can’t figure out why you’re too stupid to understand.
She can run and carch a soft frisbee like nobody’s business. That and getting some cheese when I make a sandwich are her two favorite things in the world.
I love that dog.
We keep her milk bones in a container in the LR. If she wants one she’ll sit there and look at you, look at container, look at you, look at container….over and over. It’s like she can’t figure out why you’re too stupid to understand.
She can run and carch a soft frisbee like nobody’s business. That and getting some cheese when I make a sandwich are her two favorite things in the world.
I love that dog.
re: Retiring at 50 with $2MM in savings
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/11/26 at 2:50 pm to notsince98
Did she address healthcare? Any retirement prior to Medicare needs to take this into account.
re: “What are you training for?”
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/11/26 at 8:06 am to pwejr88
I don’t want to be old and weak. I’ve seen too many of my older relatives lose muscle as they age, have trouble with basic every day tasks and I want to fight that while I still can.
re: Irony for the OT
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/11/26 at 8:02 am to DonJuanDaMiles
Anyone that gets a rescue Pitt Bill should be hyper vigilant. Who knows that that dog has been through.
re: Tracking New AI Memory ETF | Ticker: DRAM
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/11/26 at 7:09 am to iPad
Coming in hot on a Monday morning!
re: ‘Top Gun 3’ Officially in the Works
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/10/26 at 11:09 am to CBandits82
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Top Gun Maverick had no right being as good as it was. I walked out of the theatre blown away.
Cruise knew exactly what the fans wanted and gave it to them. Some of it was silly but WGAF.
The only thing I thought about afterwards was if there truly was a Maverick that was still burning and still a captain he’d have God status amongst the pilot community and everyone would know him immediately.
re: The most dishonest profession
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/10/26 at 9:34 am to Timeoday
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Aren't most politicians lawyers?
Never forget lawyers are trained and take pride in arguing and litigating for whoever is paying them despite of the position or moral implications.
re: Nick Shirley's Entire Cuba Video
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/10/26 at 9:11 am to TigerLicks
I had the chance to go to Cuba a few years ago.
It doesn’t take long to see that outside of the tourist part of Havana and the govt buildings the country is totally impoverished. A lot of the old architecture is beautiful and basically crumbling.
My take away was that central govt is not capable of taking care of everything efficiently. It’s too much. You need individuals working to succeed and profit to grow and thrive at a real scale Ie capitalism.
Cuba would absolutely explode with success if given the chance. It’s a beautiful island.
It doesn’t take long to see that outside of the tourist part of Havana and the govt buildings the country is totally impoverished. A lot of the old architecture is beautiful and basically crumbling.
My take away was that central govt is not capable of taking care of everything efficiently. It’s too much. You need individuals working to succeed and profit to grow and thrive at a real scale Ie capitalism.
Cuba would absolutely explode with success if given the chance. It’s a beautiful island.
re: Where to park $20-30k for max 2 years?
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/10/26 at 8:49 am to BobABooey
60% SPAXX
20% VUG
20% VTV
I’d dollar cost in monthly to the ETFs to avoid timing risk. I’m at around 9% annually and have a rule to start paying close attention if the ETF’s have a 15% trailing loss.
This is the rainy day fund and it’s where all of the cash goes and comes from if we need it.
20% VUG
20% VTV
I’d dollar cost in monthly to the ETFs to avoid timing risk. I’m at around 9% annually and have a rule to start paying close attention if the ETF’s have a 15% trailing loss.
This is the rainy day fund and it’s where all of the cash goes and comes from if we need it.
re: Frontier Airlines Denver - Entering Coulter Rule Territory?
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/10/26 at 8:46 am to Zgeo
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Those are at a minimum 8 foot chain link with 4 strands of barbed or razor wire on an angled support at the top.
You’re assuming the Denver airport is maintaining this fencing along miles of access points.
I’m going with a pothead that wanted to see some airplanes up close.
re: This Good
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/9/26 at 5:18 pm to deeprig9
You belong to the City was another Frey song with heavy sax.
re: Hantavirus Thread
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/9/26 at 10:18 am to Wwarmouth
If anything COVID proved the NIH, CDC and WHO don’t have a fricking clue of what to do if there’s an outbreak. Which is kind of their whole purpose for existing.
It’s one of the latest and biggest examples of governmental agencies/orgs failing in performing their core function. Another is the SEC allowing all of the MBS bullshite that collapsed the markets in 2008.
It’s one of the latest and biggest examples of governmental agencies/orgs failing in performing their core function. Another is the SEC allowing all of the MBS bullshite that collapsed the markets in 2008.
re: Multiple musical artists cancelling summer tour dates because ticket sales are so bad
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/9/26 at 10:02 am to Kinderman
I wouldn’t go see any of those acts for free.
re: Why are we not arresting all these Democrats inciting violence?
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/9/26 at 9:47 am to FLBooGoTigs1
Don’t arrest the individuals. Freeze the assets of the organizations funding it pending an IRS investigation into their nonprofit status. That will put a stop to this nonsense.
re: Nebius - NBIS - AI Infrastructure Company
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/9/26 at 9:38 am to AUTimbo
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Pretty sure I'm a lock for "Investor of the year/ worst timing category"
Trust me. There’s a LOT of competition for that trophy.
re: Strategy (MSTR) planning to sell BTC to fund dividend
Posted by SquatchDawg on 5/9/26 at 9:34 am to UltimaParadox
This sounds Ike a debt fueled ponzi scheme. What am I missing?
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