Trump approval plummets to levels seen in midterm wipeout

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

If you have a broker, it’s because you’re not smart enough to handle your own money.

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Ooooh! Ouch!

Oh, wait.

Nope. That didn't hurt.




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[Marener]

Playing the market is not the same as trying to beat it.

the person you responded to talked about dividends, people who play the market for the ups and downs, the closest you can come to trying to "beat it" don't care about dividends.

They deal in daily to weekly changes, shorting, and other strategies Soley based on market value and changes in that value.

Why would you play the market if you don’t intend to beat the market?

Retail investors almost always lose, eventually.

 

[martybegan]

It’s an extremely expensive way to save “time” since those 1% management fees will add up over time and will result in a 20-30% lower portfolio at retirement.

It takes almost no time to buy index funds and rebalance to bonds.

I pay for people to do things for me. And I am well ahead of the earning curve at my age.

 

[Marener]

I pay for people to do things for me. And I am well ahead of the earning curve at my age.

lol. How much do you pay them? The normal 1%?

 

[Meister]

Sure you do. A 5-7% rate of return and a 4-7% dividend rate is beyond credibility. Especially over any appreciable amount of time.

There you go. 5-7% increase in principal is average year over year. Sometimes it's more, and
sometimes it's less. the dividend is steady and increases.
I don't appreciate your juvenile insult, but I do consider the source.

 

[Meister]

lol. How much do you pay them? The normal 1%?

I repeat, if you have a fund, somebody is managing your fund, and not for free.
How much do you pay them, or should I say deduct from your fund?

 

[martybegan]

lol. How much do you pay them? The normal 1%?

Don't care. it keeps gaining in shares overall, and in value enough for me to be comfortable in retirement.

 

[Meister]

Why would you play the market if you don’t intend to beat the market?

Retail investors almost always lose, eventually.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Trump made his tariff move early enough to cause a boom in less, way less, than a year.

Degenerate democrats have to pray for failure. Anything else and they are done.

 

[Meister]

Retail investors almost always lose, eventually.

Day traders certainly do, really fast.

 

[martybegan]

Day traders certainly do, really fast.

I am not very market savvy, which is why I let others handle my investments, but what is the big difference between day trading and gambling?

Personally I don't see much of a difference.

 

[Mac-7]

Rightwing organization, Newsweek, is reporting that Trump's approval has plummeted to the levels that saw the republicans wiped out in 2018. Cites the vastly unpopular tariffs and sky high recession fears.

Looks like Trump will only have another year and a half to totally trash this place.

Donald Trump's strong disapproval rating surges

Trump's approval rating has taken a notable hit, with disapproval numbers now mirroring levels seen during the 2018 midterm elections.

www.newsweek.com

According to pollster Harry Enten, Trump's disapproval rating is currently at a similar level to November 2018, when the Republicans lost the House in the midterms and the Democrats gained 41 seats. At the time, 42 percent disapproved of Trump's job performance, according to Enten's analysis.

Now, that number stands at 43 percent. According to Enten, that could be a bad sign for Trump, who is still more than a year away from the next round of midterm elections.

Trump may fall below 43%

But he is doing the right thing in spite of the cost to him by falling approval numbers

 

[Marener]

There you go. 5-7% increase in principal is average year over year. Sometimes it's more, and
sometimes it's less. the dividend is steady and increases.
I don't appreciate your juvenile insult, but I do consider the source.

Sorry if I’m skeptical of people on the internet making big claims about their investment brilliance when those claims are pretty outlandish.

Making a 4-7% dividend return annually, especially in bad years, it’s not realistic. It’s even less realistic to claim you’re making average 5-7% returns.

Your claims are just not very believable.

 

[Marener]

Don't care. it keeps gaining in shares overall, and in value enough for me to be comfortable in retirement.

You should care. It’s your money.

 

[martybegan]

You should care. It’s your money.

And I keep getting more and more of it.

They are doing the job I am paying them for.

 

[Meister]

I am not very market savvy, which is why I let others handle my investments, but what is the big difference between day trading and gambling?

Personally I don't see much of a difference.

Fully agree, At one time I heard that day traders only win 5% over a week.
and 1% over a month.
I think a person has a better chance at gambling than day trading.

I knew 2 people who day traded, one got lucky for three days and lost it all on the forth.
The other one lost it all the first day and was going to have to figure it out with telling
her husband. I just had to laugh.

 

[Marener]

And I keep getting more and more of it.

They are doing the job I am paying them for.

You don’t know what they’re doing or what you’re paying them for.

That’s scary.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Fully agree, At one time I heard that day traders only win 5% over a week.
and 1% over a month.
I think a person has a better chance at gambling than day trading.

I knew 2 people who day traded, one got lucky for three days and lost it all on the forth.
The other one lost it all the first day and was going to have to figure it out with telling
her husband. I just had to laugh.

I swing trade it's funny how "experts" don't know the difference between the two

 

[martybegan]

You don’t know what they’re doing or what you’re paying them for.

That’s scary.

I read the annual reports. and I check everything quarterly to make sure the funds are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

 

[Marener]

I read the annual reports. and I check everything quarterly to make sure the funds are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

You have no idea what you’re missing.

Ignorance is bliss.