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2025 Investment Thread

A country would likely never use nukes unless they felt there was a substantial existential risk to not using them. From a foreign policy mag article I read awhile ago:
  1. With a full complement of US weaponry, Ukraine could likely retake Crimea and seize Russian territory adjacent to their borders
  2. The Putin regime would lose all credibility and likely face a coup d'état if that were to happen
  3. The regime, facing the prospect of decapitation, would be inclined to use all tools at their disposal to save themselves from this military outcome, including use of nukes
Hence, the fear of Russian nukes due to "weakness".
 
I don't recognize that 253 character ticker, but that's trying way too hard to manufacture a connection to weakness that's not at all in the minds of people that are worried about ww3 with russia. None of them are worried about ww3 with russia because they're weak. It's because they're perceived as strong and equally capable as the usa in destruction.
 
byke said:
Not sure I like O's trend over the last six years
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Ya, It got destroyed by the interest rates but if bought cheap and pays a 5.5% dividend. Pays monthly dividends so reinvesting dividends has kinda become a fun monthly hobby. ADC has done better than O. I think O is just so big it's hard to move the needle.
 
Ever try out any of the more ridiculous red flag dividend stocks like ZIM?
 
900ss said:
WHAT?
P/E ratio0.71
Div yield56.67%
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ZIM is a shipping-container company that pays large dividends but is subject to high volatility due to it's industry and current market conditions
 
We had an all-hands meeting at work this morning with our soon to be former 401(k) firm, Voya Retirement.

If anyone is interested, Nationwide is apparently offering an annuity that pays a 30% signup bonus at a guaranteed, fixed 8.5%, with a 1.1% management fee. The rep threw this out there for consideration.
 
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Does anyone have a good idea for a S&P500 fund like VOO, but that excludes Tesla. Low expense ratio, of course.

Asking for a friend. :twofinger
 
Doesn't exist, to my knowledge. You could pick an equal-weight 500 fund like RSP, which owns an equal amount of all 500 stocks, which would reduce (but not eliminate) your Tesla holdings. Or you could buy a dividend aristocrat fund like DGRO that excludes non-dividend payers like Tesla. Only problem is, it would exclude a lot of other tech companies too.
 
Killroy1999 said:
Does anyone have a good idea for a S&P500 fund like VOO, but that excludes Tesla. Low expense ratio, of course.

Asking for a friend. :twofinger
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You could look at the top holdings and pick a few of those to buy directly. Zero expense ratio!
 
byke said:
@Caddywumpus Rooting for you on days like today!
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Im still up. Holding half my puts (sold a week ago or so for a 110% gain so these 5 left are free-ride. They are doing quite well and propping my YTD performance up!

Sold EUAD and DXJ calls KTOS has been treating me well as well. Sold some 19 strike puts on ASTS for friday netting .50 premium.

As the wheel wheels.
 
Jun 20 250 TSLA puts down to $13 (from the $45 I quoted a few pages ago) and continuing to decline as volatility moves lower. Good thing you sold half at the peak!

This is why I stay away from TSLA even though I share your opinion on the company, they have a huge stinker of a quarter but the stock recovers because of the Musk fanboys who take him at his word. Meme stocks cannot be trusted.
 
rodr said:
You could look at the top holdings and pick a few of those to buy directly. Zero expense ratio!
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rodr, I ended up doing this exactly.



I probably dumped ~$6000 worth of Tesla that was in the indexes that I had.




I found that Fidelity has a feature called "Basket Portfolio" that helps do what I wanted to do -- a custom S&P500 without Tesla

I ended up making a "basket" with the top 50 of the S&P500, minus Tesla and Meta.


The Basket Portfolio has a couple of features I like, like being able to set the % in your Basket or set to equal %

So, you can rebalance periodically without a spreadsheet.

Also, you can go "smart buys" and buys the stocks that are a lower than intended % in your Basket.


Review

Any other dogs I should exclude?
 
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