What years was he there? Before or after RAF Upper Heyford was closed?
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now itās all about private markets. PE, PC, Infrastructure, etc. There is a big push to get private markets in 401ks. The initial implementation of this is allowing target date funds to allocate a percentage to privates. Usually about 10%. All the big private market companies are all over it, because even at 10% theres a trillion+ dollar opportunity.
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He was there after it closed. There in 2000-2004.
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I was there 2004 - 2007ā¦ i bet i just missed him.
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He was 3P tsgt I believe or ssgt. Guarded the satellites we had
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Yepā¦ i was the deputy squadron commander for the comm squadron there.. he wouldve been in the security forces squadronā¦
Funny story when i was thereā¦ we had to give an LOR to a SrA for wrecking a police car ā¦ she claimed to be swerving to avoid killing a rabbit. There were a million rabbits.
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Security forces always in trouble lol.
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Enjoying this thread, I like to dabble with stocks, trade using account on investment brokers IBKR. I probably would be just as well off putting it all in VOO/SPY, but more fun this way.
Have about 65 stocks, but set up small recurring purchases for 25-30.
AAPL ABT ADI AMZN APD CMCSA COST CSCO GOOG HD JNJ KO LLY LMT MA MCD MSFT NEE NVS PEP RTX SNY TSM UNH UNP V VZ WMT
Anyone have favorite stocks they love for long haul? Any of my recurring ones Iām an idiot for continuing to buy?
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I think LLY just upped their dividend maybe? I could be wrong
Good mix and if you dig it its great. SPY gets all that as noted
Ever sell calls against stuff since you are active?
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FWIW - I was an equity analyst for ~15 years (Citi, DB, Wells) and left to start my own shop 6 years ago - and havenāt made a PA trade in at least a decade.
Real estate and private credit baby. Public equities have been a shitty way to express a trade for at least the past 15-20 years.
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We had to have been at Citi together. I was 2000-2003 then 2011-2015 on the boomerang
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I donāt know much about stocks. I did purchase spy a couple weeks ago. Should i sell and buy more when it goes down?
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Just stay long it in my opinion (non professional advice)
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NOT STOCK ADVICE
Conventional wisdom is that timing the market is extremely difficult, if not impossible and no one can do it with any regularity that would indicate a skill rather than luck.
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Iām holding while preparing to buy on the coming dipā¦gotta happen eventually right? September is historically the worst month of the year for the market, so around then is the consensus opinion. I think it would have happened by now if not for the sour employment numbers a couple weeks agoā¦it raised the odds of an interest rate cut next month to near certainty and sent the market higher. Itās all a blip on the radar long term anyway, should be a good rest of the year.
Iām with @Jwhelan33 on VOO over SPYā¦same thing just a slightly lower expense ratio or whatever itās called. I think SPY is more for active traders, VOO for holders.
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Same with @HoozGotNext on VOO.
Dip coming, donāt try to buy it. Tariffs + unreliable gov economic data that private capital is underplaying at their own peril + we popping an AI bubble in the next 2-3 years. book it.
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Dragon Checks thread immediately goes back outside to dig a second hole in the yard. Gotta diversify your assets.
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Come for the basketball discussion. Stay for the amateur investment advice and Arbyās coupon reminders.
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Brother, I got holes in clay, holes in mulch, holes in shale rock. You name it. Assets are as diverse as they get.
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different area codes
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