The Next President is...

[disgruntledemployee]

Or his dad's influence, which is worth about....

[HeloDude]

On 3/17/2025 at 10:02 AM, disgruntledemployee said:

I'm asking how your/BODNers investments are doing (I'm not making an assessment) with the turmoil created by T2, dun dun da dunt.  If you predicted the downturn and shorted everything, congrats.  But I think most Trump voters expected him to make everything great and didn't short the market and when they checked their accts recently, went WTF.

Just wanted to check to see how this post was doing…

Oh, and here’s something else:  We’ll continue to see the market rise and fall, as it always does, regardless of who is President.  But to those who were cheering for it to lose for the whole sake of making Trump look bad, well, I guess your emotions got the better of you.

[disgruntledemployee]

You tell me/us.  That's the original question in my post.  Taking my post as cheering for economic ruin is retarded.  I was pissed at his carelessness with people's life savings.  See the difference?

[brabus]

1 hour ago, disgruntledemployee said:

You tell me/us.  That's the original question in my post.  Taking my post as cheering for economic ruin is retarded.  I was pissed at his carelessness with people's life savings.  See the difference?

Well my super lazy investing (index funds/target retirement IRAs) are up 12% in the last year and 4% since Trump took office. So yeah, only positive impact on my investments from Trump’s economic policies. And I’m sure people who are far more active/educated/“pros” in their investing are doing much better. 

Facts over emotions

[nunya]

1 hour ago, brabus said:

And I’m sure people who are far more active/educated/“pros” in their investing are doing much better. 

Eh, unlikely, at least in large caps. I tried the "active" route the first half of the year. The steep V recovery kicked my ass. I'll stay in my indexing lane from now on.

Edited 1 hour ago by nunya

[brabus]

@nunya I just know some guys who have beat my numbers decisively, but I’m not interested in going down that road personally. To do so, I think you have to be really into it, have a deep understanding, and some luck. I’m definitely 1/3 at best.