Ray Dalio on Tariffs

[james.hendrickson]

UA_Guy - Are you saying production made in the US WON"T increase jobs and manufacturing here? If so, can you explain why not?...

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All,

I'm posting this article by Ray Dalio on tariffs. The general public really seems not to understand them very well. So, I hope this...

[james.hendrickson]

This is, in fact, a very good question....

[james.hendrickson]

Whats wrong with bringing up older topics? If people want to talk about something, they can....

[james.hendrickson]

I am getting the impression that there are lots of high net worth people here on the forums.

Have you managed to achieve Financial Independence...

[james.hendrickson]

All - I got up this morning and checked my stock accounts. I saw I had nice dividend payments from Coca Cola hit my balances (I'm holding coke in almost...

[james.hendrickson]

Saw this site in an email from an investor/influencer I follow. Thought it looked cool and wanted to share with the forums:

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[james.hendrickson]

Random saver, thanks for the encouragement, I really, really appreciate it....

[james.hendrickson]

All - posting another update here. I made another payment on my mortgage on Tuesday of this week, bringing the total down to $284,905.33....

[james.hendrickson]

Some of the people on the forums are going to hate this comment, BUT I read in the economist yesterday that roughly 10% of the increase in housing prices...

[james.hendrickson]

Guys - I miss being able to pick up the phone and actually talk with a real person. All these AI driven menus are just one more small reduction in daily...

[james.hendrickson]

Oh and to follow on your point Disneysteve, the value of Temu is it sells the SAME item as amazon, just for a lower price....

[james.hendrickson]

This is an age old question - it applies to all sorts of cheap products, not just one ones sold on Temu.

I used by buy "fast fashion"...

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Complaining about the rich is a common pastime, a lot of people are doing it these days....

[james.hendrickson]

QMM - why not take a plain multivitamin, eat a balanced meal and work out regularly?...

[james.hendrickson]

My win is...my dividend income is starting to accelerate. I've been working pretty steadily at getting dividend income for the past few years and I'm...

[james.hendrickson]

Why not buy some treasuries with the cash in the account? Its about as safe as you can be while still remaining liquid....

[james.hendrickson]

Buy gold and treasuries....

[james.hendrickson]

All - pulsed my smart money friends on this topic.

You could always buy gold or short term treasuries if you need a place to stash your cash...

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Also UA_Guy - your note may show an edit by me. Sorry that was accidental....