[eyc234]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Speaking of take cheats, you know ones that pay less taxes than their secretary.

Just following the tax rules set by our congress. Change the tax laws just as he has said for a long time.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Speaking of take cheats, you know ones that pay less taxes than their secretary.

The problem is for a fairly small amount of money you can buy a congressman who will bury something in exchange that will allow a huge tax saving.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

The problem is for a fairly small amount of money you can buy a congressman who will bury something in exchange that will allow a huge tax saving.

Bought mine at ....?!&@$^*

OMG! What dummies.. both of us.
🤨😬🤐😵😵*💫😡🤬

[Kelevision]

Pulling my pension early I’ve decided.

[MorTech]

If you did not see this coming with the tariffs then you should not be in the stock market. This was done deliberately to push people from equities into treasuries to lower the yield. Many trillions of dollars of debt refinancing is coming due. It is all about the bond market...They don't care about the stock market.

[manaboutown]

For most of us this is not our first rodeo. I bought common stock shares while in high school and have since then owned some although stocks had until 2022 - 2023 not been a significant portion of my net worth. I have to admit I enjoyed the ride from 2022 -2023 until the reciprocal tariffs were initiated.

As I see it the market is still priced at about double its inherent value so I am sticking with what I know and continuing to hold income producing real estate assets as the majority of my investment portfolio.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by eyc234

Just following the tax rules set by our congress. Change the tax laws just as he has said for a long time.

And who makes those laws? Lawyers. Not going happen.

[Topspinmo]

IMO Funny thing all you stock holders had to do was sell when it was high. like the billionaire’s selling millions of shares when high on threat, rumor, or quart of oil split somewhere. Then market takes dump. Then they buy back at lower rate. This has repeated every few months/years since they figured out they can manipulate the market in their favor. It’s win win for them. it don’t take much hearsay to trigger it cause the greed and manipulation kicks in.

[Normal]

Dow was hit at about a 14% decline off its high. Time to stop those withdrawals and chill for a bit. The market will go back up eventually.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Bought mine at ....?!&@$^*

OMG! What dummies.. both of us.
🤨😬🤐😵😵*💫😡🤬

You can get a discount when purchasing 3.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

It all is very worrisome and probably very hard for the majority of Villagers to listen to the financial news.

And this was before the 2nd bad day 4/4. My very conservative stock broker
plainly stated that this drop had nothing to do with the market.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by MorTech

If you did not see this coming with the tariffs then you should not be in the stock market. This was done deliberately to push people from equities into treasuries to lower the yield. Many trillions of dollars of debt refinancing is coming due. It is all about the bond market...They don't care about the stock market.

Hope so, but doubt it

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Speaking of take cheats, you know ones that pay less taxes than their secretary.

If only that was true...

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

If only that was true...

Many people think that most rich people do not pay their fair share in taxes. They ignore that they generally invest in businesses supplying jobs to the rest of us.

The fact that the govt manages to spend inefficiently does not seem to matter

[Normal]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Many people think that most rich people do not pay their fair share in taxes. They ignore that they generally invest in businesses supplying jobs to the rest of us.

The fact that the govt manages to spend inefficiently does not seem to matter

It is bewildering to hear people who pay almost nothing in taxes or may even get returns, telling the rest of us to pay more in taxes. Hearing neighbors speak of their returns and how they are going on a cruise kind of seems off when your standing right next to them knowing you have to write a big check to your tax attorney guy.