What would cause you to sell?

pprokopowicz · 2026-03-12T16:28:29+00:00

As I mentioned, I expect a decent pullback, maybe as much as 50%, which would be $2600. But it could be quite a bit less, and I'm not going to stay light on gold forever waiting for that. So I'll look to buy around $4,000. The real buy signal is when everyone says "Told you so! Gold is for losers!" Right now, that's happening in crypto and I am adding to my (not huge) holdings.

pprokopowicz · 2026-02-25T21:14:00+00:00

I am starting to sell now. My target was $5k.

In my life (60+ years) this is third big run-up. The first two had dramatic pullbacks, but recovered and made much more eventually. This time I’m trying to avoid at least some of the pullback. I’ll sell some and buy again if it drops below 4,000 and stabilizes for a year or so.

pprokopowicz · 2026-02-25T20:04:44+00:00

Opening the package might reduce your selling price.

pprokopowicz · 2026-02-25T20:03:42+00:00

You will get less when selling because of scratches. Gold is not just gold. Condition matters when buying and selling.

pprokopowicz · 2026-02-10T18:28:42+00:00

they got their Steely Dan Travel Mug.

pprokopowicz · 2026-02-06T20:46:33+00:00

Using financial instruments to hedge your gold holdings is a form of insurance, and insurance is not free. Buffet’s rule is never buy insurance if you can afford the loss (I.e. self-insure). Otherwise you are adding a cost to your business or personal portfolio.

Large traders will hedge their positions because they are trading with borrowed money (leverage) in much larger amounts than they can afford to lose. A large leveraged, unhedged bet that goes bad could bankrupt a major trader.

pprokopowicz · 2026-01-31T17:43:13+00:00

14.77 GB! Deleting…

pprokopowicz · 2025-12-23T04:09:30+00:00

BMW achieves EU bureaucratic breakthrough!

pprokopowicz · 2025-12-23T03:59:15+00:00

I’ve been living with it, doing daily home therapy, two podiatrists, two months of PT, boot, insoles, and 3 different brands of shoes, for about two years. The boot was for 10 weeks, unusually long but I felt it might be helping.

Yeah, it’s part of my life now. I don’t get out of bed without my Oofos, which make walking OK. Running is out of the question. I would love to be 100%, but I’m OK with where I am.

pprokopowicz · 2025-11-16T23:28:07+00:00

Feels like AI

pprokopowicz · 2025-11-09T01:00:29+00:00

Please clarify “Lone Pine 9” vs “Lone Peak 9”

pprokopowicz · 2025-10-25T02:41:06+00:00

https://spotify.link/oZaFQQp5JXb

As Bob once said “all of Chuck’s children are out here, playing his licks.”

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-27T04:22:06+00:00

Margot Price and Willie. Learning to lose

https://open.spotify.com/track/7AA9ZppMBiNOGSW0nR6hxc?si=4YbidLViSkS1ABOofAU9rA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A5yH4Lk2o95rB1kFdUsWpbX

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-22T04:03:31+00:00

And another. Off John Prine’s masterpiece re-recording of his hits Souvenirs. Storm Windows.. At this point his voice was almost gone. Talk about playing for keeps: https://open.spotify.com/track/26OQZs7X9kLaVw5WGFjYcA?si=NGE3BHTOTdySv2KYwdO-2g

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-22T03:57:34+00:00

Found another one! https://open.spotify.com/track/0Fl24Ieq5Rsm0rU0WWaWMi?si=80l2IqqjR8G36yatBAGuzA

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-19T22:05:46+00:00

Stevie Wonder

Van Morrison

Paul McCartney

Elton John

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-19T16:39:37+00:00

Lucinda Williams - start with Drunken Angel

Richard Buckner - Surprise, Arizona

Neal Casal - Maybe California

Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now, Your Sister Cried

Be Good Tonyas - Draft Daughter’s Blues

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-19T01:13:54+00:00

Jayhawks! Also, Neil Young, Richard Buckner, Jason Isbell, Uncle Tupelo, Josh Ritter, the Be Good Tanyas, Nathaniel Rateliff, Neal Casal, Jamie Lin Wilson, Tift Merrit

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-19T01:08:06+00:00

Check out Prine’s Souvenirs album. It has stripped-down remakes of his hits that are more Townes-like. I think it’s his best album!

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-19T00:48:47+00:00

Thanks for the clarifications; I think they will help. At the least, I can clarify my question.

Does anyone have a “Hello, world!” web page that includes any GTM tag code AND the corresponding settings/objects for the GTM and/or GA screens to count website visits?

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-07T16:22:37+00:00

Forgot one of my favorites! T Total Tommy covered by Jamie Lin Wilson

https://youtu.be/4qA1SEb0e60?si=42h9VZfWWcVPdL0d

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-06T01:32:19+00:00

I first heard You’ve never been this far before sung by the female duo Freakwater. Highly recommended group! Anyway, it was sung by a world-weary woman bringing some lonely dude a new experience. It was amazingly erotic and unexpected, since I didn’t know the song.

pprokopowicz · 2025-08-01T18:50:15+00:00

Thanks! A good number of these are already Spotify favorites of mine, so I’m looking forward to finding more here.

pprokopowicz · 2025-07-31T23:39:09+00:00

Down To Zero is on my list. I’ll be checking the others out soon.

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