Posts by shadowpilot8

darkmaker94, what did you do to offend this person? 😁

redmarlin3, will you be sending a PM? 😁

Go ahead. 😁

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Edit: He deleted the post, user Joseph Wilson5

Exactly. If you type in your password while a friend has a Keylogger installed, they’re sitting on it, making them the prime suspect. 😉

Frank, we all understood the question; there is no need to repeat yourself. If the answer isn't in this thread, wait for someone with actual knowledge to chime in. If nobody knows, you'll have to head down to Chase.

Go ahead and read this entire thread from the top; you'll find the answers there. For anything specific, you'll still need to check with Bank of America

Please stop using bold; there’s absolutely no need for it.
They aren't going to take anything from those $1667, just the account maintenance fees that vary from one bank to another, as people have already pointed out to you.

Here is

blueridge32 said:Look, I know my stuff,😁 I just haven't had the energy to write out anything useful lately.😁 In my book, an investment life insurance policy is a killer product—way better than basic term life. The only catch is they're a nightmare to sell, so agents don't push them much. Doing the math on the fly is tough, and most folks aren't educated enough to feel confident selling it. Honestly? I'd take it over standard life insurance any day. It’s just way better.🤷

If something happens and you can't keep up with payments, it's a lifesaver—especially if you hit some snag during the year. Plus, the investment portfolio is totally different. I said "different," not necessarily "better."😉 I think you could see something like a 28% return over 4 years,🤔 but hey, that's just me shooting from the hip.

Personally, that's a sweet return. But look, if you actually know how to handle mutual funds and stocks yourself, you're better off doing it solo and just getting a cheap term policy.

You know I have zero interest in life, but I do love stocks and mutual funds. 😁 Try harder to pique my interest. 😛
Fine. If that's the case, just make the payment. $33 Monthly. Put 50% into a standard savings account with a decent APY, then dump the other 50% into whatever stock or index fund you prefer. Or what's your plan?

Be specific. 😉

blueridge32, do you have any specifics? I mean, actual details.
Speak up.

Is this thread just for clones?
It’s a bit suspicious how these brand-new users seem to know all the dirty little secrets already. 😁

I am not pitching gold; I am simply outlining the available options. I lack the expertise to make definitive claims about precious metals—just as I lacked knowledge regarding mutual funds and stocks back in 2007, which led me to follow every Turk blindly. I learned through my own mistakes. Now, I prefer to educate myself before committing capital. My motivation is precisely what you mentioned: the fear that hyperinflation could render my entire portfolio worthless, whereas gold might retain its value.
I do not have any such investments because that level of illiquidity does not suit me. I cannot tolerate the idea of being unable to access my cash on a whim. For that reason, I haven't even contributed to a 401(k). There are other reasons, but those are private. 🙂

On the contrary, analysts like Warren Buffett and Ray Dalio have been sounding the alarm on real estate and stock bubbles since 2006. They’ve long maintained that gold is a sound hedge. It is simple logic: if hyperinflation hits global currencies, paper money becomes worthless.
I find their track record more convincing than yours, especially since you haven't posted a single thing regarding gold yet. 😉
To be clear, I don't own any gold 😬. My portfolio consists of stocks, mutual funds, and CDs—nothing else. No life insurance, no 401(k).
People ask for my take, so I am simply repeating what sounds logical to me.
Regardless, shadowpilot8 already dismissed this idea, so discussing gold here will likely be a waste of time. 🙂

brisknomad6 said:I didn't really know about that, and honestly, I'm not so sure about it... I don't know

but, uh, that actually gave me another idea

gold bullion 😳

can you buy those? and where?

Try asking over here; I have no idea.

You could also look through this:

Taylor Swift, I am aware of that chart. In fact, I recently noted on a gold thread that it looks like a bubble. However, people with more expertise than us dismissed my claim, insisting that gold is undervalued. 🤷

It is difficult to determine the most logical way to save when global inflation is being forecasted everywhere, especially since governments keep intervening by printing money constantly. At this stage, whether you hold dollars or euros doesn't matter much because our exchange rate remains steady, though the euro has dropped significantly against the dollar and is incredibly volatile right now; there is even chatter about the potential collapse of the EU and the end of the euro.

I mentioned stocks mostly as an aside, because you truly can never be certain you will protect your principal investment, let alone 😉. However, you don't need a massive amount of capital since brokers have largely eliminated minimum deposit requirements, charging only a commission of 0.25% to 0.5% per trade.

What is your take on this http://www.jpmorganchase.com/Default.aspx?sec=1443. Buy a gold or silver coin every month and put it in a piggy bank? I am serious; their value won't drop 🙂—and it doesn't lock you in for years like a life insurance policy does
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Life 🙂
If you sign up for a thirty-year term, you’ll still be relatively young when it matures—trust me, 😁—and you'll have a massive amount of capital
. You will inevitably raid any other savings account to spend that cash.
Housing funds will be useless once the Democratic Party dismantles them, which could happen any day now.
Option B is a fixed-term account with contributions at your own pace.
Alternatively, you could start playing the stock market. 😁

Here is a perfect demonstration of how those emojis can be used without any consequences at all 🙂

Free gets heated over a single stock quite often, though that is irrelevant to the topic at hand 😁
My point is, unless it is directed at a specific user, an emoji is perfectly acceptable expression

Matthew Anderson4 said:yeah, a heads-up about staying on topic

Picture this: someone rolls in, totally clueless about how things work here, reads the opening post, replies to it, and immediately gets banned. Just because they responded to the intro. Kind of a weird paradox, honestly.

That isn't the point, and you know it. Everyone here has been following this thread from the start. You simply dug your heels in because you wanted things your way. It looked childish, and this continued pursuit of "justice" feels just as strange.
The protests in Warsaw deserve their own dedicated thread without drawing comparisons to past events.

As I recall, granitefox16 posted a warning about this.

Wait, why can't you fans just accept that neither the politics moderators nor the admins wanted or allowed the thread to go where the author intended? It is their prerogative, and you should have accepted it.