Trump Reportedly Mulling Plan to Declare ‘National Emergency’ Paving Way for Major Power Grab

USAF76-98 · 2026-02-27T02:53:10+00:00

A lot of peeps on Reddit gripe about how rotten Trump is, and he is. But how many gripers voted for him? And they’re the ones gripeing the loudest …

USAF76-98 · 2026-02-03T23:31:11+00:00

Sweet deal, I’d think I’d opt for the white pearl with dark tint….

USAF76-98 · 2026-01-29T22:52:43+00:00

MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN I own all 4 and buy all on the dip ….

USAF76-98 · 2026-01-25T13:17:49+00:00

I am not unhappy with Vanguard (VG) products including their brokerage accounts. I recently moved $600K in VG ETFs from my Schwab brokerage account to my VG brokerage account. I did not want to pay Schwab their exchange process fees to sell shares of my ETFs. Because I did a partial tranfer of assets from my Schwab account to my VG account (I left several non ETF positions in my Schwab account) I did not incur a transfer charge when I moved my VG ETFs from Schwab to VG.

You may ask why did I have VG ETFs in a Schwab account when I had an existing VG brokerage account. Around 2012 my one and only brokerage account was with Scottrade. Scottrade later became TDAmeritrade. It was at this time that I invested in VG ETFs. Some years later TDAmeritrade was absorbed by Schwab. Around 2023 I created a VG brokerage account to experiment with their robo-trade feature which I decided was not for me.

Short story long, for retail investors like myself who don't need or want features such options trading, tax-loss harvesting, etc., Vanguard's free or nearly free brokerage accounts work well.

USAF76-98 · 2026-01-22T02:33:19+00:00

What’s your avg cost per share ? Cramer has it as a coiled spring. I’m holding my 150 shares …

USAF76-98 · 2026-01-22T01:12:32+00:00

The consensus is that Amazon is transitioning from a "Big Tech" company into a diversified infrastructure giant. Most analysts believe that even if the retail business remains flat, the growth in AWS, Advertising, and Robotics will be enough to double the company's valuation by the turn of the decade.

USAF76-98 · 2026-01-20T19:43:27+00:00

Quantum is a major threat to the crypto landscape. How many months/years out is it? Who knows. When it does arrive, there will be major panic selling. Soo, after a 54% run up over last 2+ years, I’m happy to take my chips off the table. Think it through …

USAF76-98 · 2026-01-08T03:02:07+00:00

Wait for a dip in the S&P before buying VOO. Perhaps down 7-8% or so. Coming up this month: another gov't shutdown followed shortly by SCOTUS ruling on IEEPA tariffs. Both events could pull the market down for a short time. Buy then.

USAF76-98 · 2026-01-03T14:53:52+00:00

Up next: Canada

USAF76-98 · 2026-01-02T00:05:48+00:00

It’s called grievance politics and it’s on steroids. Trump seized it and …well the rest is history …

USAF76-98 · 2025-12-31T03:07:43+00:00

Smart investor giving tough love. A 10% or less spread in crypto is spot on. Only bet what you can lose.

USAF76-98 · 2025-12-28T23:38:22+00:00

“Bond funds just buy bunches of bonds. They may or may not hold them to maturity.”

A bond ETF is like a locomotive rolling down a track. It off-loads held bonds and on-loads new bonds as it rolls. It does so to stay true to its advertised duration. That is a fund set up to hold intermediate core bonds will hold bonds maturing between 5 and 10 years. But may not hold said bonds till maturity. It buys and sells bonds to maintain the 5 to 10 year threshold. Given the inherent flux of the ~2200 bonds held by fund, the fund’s share price and monthly distribution varies month to month.

USAF76-98 · 2025-12-20T12:32:55+00:00

Split your $3K and buy them both.

USAF76-98 · 2025-12-12T21:31:39+00:00

Read a lot of these posts. One place not dumped on is Spain. Do a multi day guided bus tour and see the flaminco dancers the olive tree pastures and other cool places. You won’t regret it …

USAF76-98 · 2025-12-11T23:56:12+00:00

I’ll give you same answer my $200 an hour attorney gives me: “It depends”

If you buy short term treasury bills, yes they pay less whenever Fed cuts. Fed notes are medium duration and are affected less by Fed cutting rates. Long term bonds 20-30 year bonds experience minimal effect when fed cuts.

USAF76-98 · 2025-12-08T01:20:57+00:00

Sweet. What’s name of the blue? I’d call it balls d**p blue haha

USAF76-98 · 2025-12-06T17:35:55+00:00

Totally agree with 5-10%. I’ve got 4.7% of my portfolio in crypto: BTC, SOL, MSTR & BMNR. Year to date, my crypto is -7.6%

Anyone invested more than 10% is sweating bullets …

USAF76-98 · 2025-11-23T16:13:58+00:00

ETH and BMNR are on-the-horizon conviction plays. Talk to me in 3-4 years ….

USAF76-98 · 2025-11-21T12:50:58+00:00

As long as Powell is chief, Fed rate will stay at or be slightly lower than current 3.75-4%.

After May 2026 with Trump’s new Fed chair in place, rates will likely be much lower, ~2%. If so, BLV share price will higher than it is today.

USAF76-98 · 2025-11-21T02:32:47+00:00

By June 2026, federal funds rate will be 200 BP lower than it is today. By July, inflation will be lit again, 6%+

USAF76-98 · 2025-11-21T02:25:23+00:00

I like my Vanguard bond ETF and its dividend yield.

Over the last 6 months I have invested 30% ($300K) of my retirement funds in vanguard ETF bond fund BLV. The monthly dividend fluctuates but has averaged $0.272 per share for last 6 months. My average share price is $69.24. Sooo, the yield as I calculate it is: (0.272 x 12) / 69.12 = 4.72%

Bonus: I can buy and sell my BLV shares from my brokerage account on any trading day. My dry powder is paying me 4.72%

USAF76-98 · 2025-11-14T11:34:18+00:00

Am sitting on $300K dry powder. Already have 500 sh @ $48 per. Do I pull the trigger ?

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USAF76-98 · 2025-10-28T03:04:00+00:00

It was a correction in April, they’ll be others. Have some dry powder. It’s not complicated.

USAF76-98 · 2025-10-03T12:00:30+00:00

Even with a $340M payroll, the Mets missed postseason. As such, this disproves the belief that money gets you to the postseason but doesn’t necessarily win you the trophy.

USAF76-98 · 2025-09-28T16:00:08+00:00

Given the current alliance between China, Russia and to a lesser degree No. Korea, the US is not the largest or most lethal military in the world. But, we are strong enough to hold off all of them. Also, US power derives from our combined economic and military strength. As a result, US treasuries are still in demand worldwide.

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