Money & Economics

[MikeLud1]

Next stop: Mars!

 

[bigredfish]

So really the question is, will you remember all of us little people when you become filthy rich?

 

[bigredfish]

Todays winners

#SCHD
#XLV
#XLP

The 3 most boring (usually) ETF's on the planet!

 

[MikeLud1]

So really the question is, will you remember all of us little people when you become filthy rich?

Since you loss tomorrows lunch money with GLD, I will buy you lunch.

 

[bigredfish]

Thank you Sir!

 

[MikeLud1]

Thank you Sir!

Anytime, the all the members on IPCamTalk are the best!!!

 

[MikeLud1]

My portfolio worked amazing today thanks to SCHD, green at the end of the day

 

[bigredfish]

Yep! Thats ideal on a day like today

Still like my XLV pick, maybe in place of SPMO?

 

[bigredfish]

Average US family health insurance premium...

1999: $6k
2002: $8k
2005: $11k
2008: $13k
2011: $15k
2014: $17k
2017: $19k
2020: $21k
2023: $24k
2026: $28k


That's a 387% increase since 1999 (6.0% per year).

(Note: US CPI inflation has increased 2.6%/year)

 

[MikeLud1]

Yep! Thats ideal on a day like today

Still like my XLV pick, maybe in place of SPMO?

SPMO out outperforms XLV

 

[bigredfish]

Well, by a BUNCH I see...

 

[MikeLud1]

Well, by a BUNCH I see...

Testfol.io is what I use to test ETFs and portfolios, it has a lot of good free tools

Portfolio Backtester for ETFs and Asset Allocation | testfolio

Backtest portfolios, compare asset allocations, model rebalancing and cashflows, and analyze historical risk and return with testfolio.

testfol.io

 

[bigredfish]

Recent year very different

 

[bigredfish]

Trump just invoked the Defense Production Act for oil

A presidential memo signed Thursday declares US petroleum production, refining, pipelines, storage and marine terminals "essential to the national defense," per the White House

It directs the Secretary of War to make purchases, commitments and financial support to expand that capacity, and waives the usual DPA requirements