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To: Rarebird who wrote (26065)	6/10/2025 1:30:04 PM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26251

Gold the metal outperformed SP500 this century, but one has the ability to choose gold related crap that actually goes down not up -g- I am less interested in gold these days because gold is no longer as undervalued as it was in year 2000. The only bull market I can see for USA is one like in Zimbabwe, and that would be catastrophic, because that kind of a “bull market” stops all productive economic activities.

To: Rarebird who wrote (26065)	6/10/2025 2:33:41 PM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26251

I have done OK cause I am not really a bear. I could have done much better though. Bonds get a bad rap. You keep looking for things that inflate faster than the market -g-

To: Rarebird who wrote (26065)	6/10/2025 2:38:17 PM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26251

The biggest mistake was the use of leverage. These 2x and 3x funds are very very dangerous to hold a longer time, need to know what you are doing. You learn, you move on. Also, trading is for the pros, the competition is cut throat. I’d like to learn about swing trading, the market could be profitable for swing traders as opposed to day traders. All the good money I ever made was by sitting on the right position, and not with a bear butt, long. -g-