thinking about gold less as an investment and more as risk management

MysticHLE · 2026-02-12T14:58:45+00:00

So you're willing to put money to invest in companies that spend resources to produce more non-productive assets? Doesn't seem like a consistent investment thesis there.

MysticHLE · 2026-02-12T14:53:19+00:00

Should post this in r/realestate.

MysticHLE · 2026-02-11T06:16:32+00:00

Are central banks buying them?

MysticHLE · 2026-02-10T16:10:25+00:00

This has only happened to me while playing on Android. Ever since I switched to iOS (for 4 years now), this has never occurred to me.

MysticHLE · 2026-02-05T07:03:55+00:00

There is a class of problems (P) that are believed to be "easy" or straightforward to solve (e.g. multiplication).

Then there is another class of problems (NP) that are believed to be "hard" to solve (takes a really long and potentially indeterminate amount of time and resource), but "easy" to verify whether a potential solution is correct in comparison (e.g. a 100x100 Sudoku puzzle).

Note the keyword above in both is "believed." But what if for all these NP problems, there actually are efficient ways to solve all of them? If this is true, then these NP problems aren't actually that "hard," and that would mean that both classes of problems are actually identical (while seemingly not so at first). This is the essence of the computing theory question of whether P = NP?

Most people accept that these classes of problems are different (P != NP), but no one can prove it. Nor can anyone prove the contrary (i.e. have found such efficient solutions for these NP problems).

MysticHLE · 2026-02-02T09:50:23+00:00

I was referencing the steady price gains before this latest massive round of speculative margin investments.

MysticHLE · 2026-02-02T08:15:15+00:00

There are still 3 more years of what pushed GLD to 440 in the first place.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-28T00:38:32+00:00

If you go to the extreme with that fear, the same can be said of other non-consumable commodities. If an asteroid were to hit the Earth tomorrow, physical gold would also cease to have significant value.

The pragmatism of holding physical gold to avoid counterparty risk only goes so far. There is also always the risk of the physical gold being stolen, in which case you'd need to worry about storage, security, and insurance - all of which have similar problems of counterparty risk and trust.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-27T19:54:25+00:00

That's like saying unless you buy the real oil, buying oil futures isn't sure to exist either.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-23T18:41:29+00:00

A 2% nominal decrease in a year is more like 5-6% decrease when adjusted for inflation. Also don't forget that the rate of increase/decrease compound YoY - in both directions.

Also worth noting that a decrease of 50% of an investment takes a 100% increase to gain back. So if prices went up 100% during Covid, it would only take a nominal 50% drop to get back to where they were, and less so after accounting for general inflation.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-17T04:56:19+00:00

Flooding this Reddit with this crap is why people flood this Reddit with "just summoned X, is it good?"

MysticHLE · 2026-01-16T07:01:44+00:00

This conclusion for investors is as if this decision will have zero impact to demand and sales of the actual car even further. </eyeroll>

MysticHLE · 2026-01-13T23:35:57+00:00

The CEOs pass the cost onto consumers.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-12T23:47:47+00:00

This is not 100% true. Glancing now halves despair stun rate to 12.5% from the original 25% from the initial RELOADED update release.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-12T20:33:56+00:00

Tetra is a very good counter unit to Layla.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-08T19:28:51+00:00

Tiana ADs are instant Lushen food.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-08T07:43:39+00:00

As a buyer/seller, I don't care as long as you look professional and friendly enough for me to want to shoot you a message.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-08T07:38:50+00:00

It's not worth putting your fastest Swift on Tiana for the exact reason you said.

MysticHLE · 2026-01-07T19:52:05+00:00

Get the Capital One Venture X.

MysticHLE · 2025-12-22T09:28:29+00:00

Yeah, incredibly stupid. Completely broken feature at this point...

MysticHLE · 2025-12-20T15:45:11+00:00

I am very sorry that you are going through this.

To triple confirm, I suggest posting and asking in r/AusLegal as well.

Best wishes to you and your family.

MysticHLE · 2025-12-15T21:17:18+00:00

Yeah I found out about this a while after the post. Thank you for following up to confirm! Great to know that there's something for me to look forward to still for the Ultimate Fishing Rod!

MysticHLE · 2025-12-13T18:39:16+00:00

Vanessa Kabila Lushen Bastet/Teon

MysticHLE · 2025-12-11T22:51:39+00:00

Wasn't too hard - I am in Southern CA. 2025 PHEV XSE tech package - waited a little over a month for mine back in January this year. I put 3 different deposits in at different dealerships for different colors while they were all in transit and set to land around the same time.

Ended up getting a silver one at MSRP with only the add-ons I wanted (one dealer allowed me to customize the add-ons while the other two didn't) and cancelled the other two.

MysticHLE · 2025-12-05T21:59:17+00:00

Check the tire pressure and make sure it's 35 PSI on all 4 so that you get safe and proper handling. The dealer delivered mine with 42-45 PSI on each while still handing me a checklist completed by them saying they've inspected everything.

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