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NareshBrd said:
What is the difference between rechargeable and Ni-Cad?
I always thought of Ni-Cad as a type of rechargeable.

Mr. 'Stuart', like all opinionated persons, changes his trajectory when confronted. There is a difference between 1.93 and 1.39 billion. That first would imply India has more people than China, which would make most people think what they were posting.

The point is that an economic crisis looms in the UK, welfare spending on the aged and unemployed will exceed the contribution by those employed in 2023, so the only real way for the regime is to increase taxes.
That will perhaps cause a loss in the elections, which all politicians fear.
So the situation will continue.

Also, bear in mind that strikes (politely called industrial action) were responsible for the closure of many industries in the UK, who ultimately ended up setting up production in the Far East.
The policy of welcoming migrants has had the consequence of making some ghettos impregnable to the police, who dare not enter such areas in London, Birmingham, Leicester, and other cities.
Toronto in Canada also has some issues, I believe, in these matters.

All of these point to a lack of strong governance, and fear of taking long term decisions, as all the coalition partners will have different views.

Long term, less potential, the population is aged, not well educated, and welfare has made them lazy.

There are better options, search them out, preferably locally.

Most of these are known topics, and putting them up here is not controversial.
Maybe the sequence of presentation is different.

A hydro power electric company, with less 'raw material' issues could be a long term investment , unless climate change spoils its water supply. Or politicians, of course.
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Any idiot could see I made a typo but not you.

Opinionated - Pot, kettle, black. Last time I will respond to you - adios.
 
#345
Ultima Thule said:
I can't say for sure what's a safe and good investment, but one of the worst investments is buying a new car.
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Buying a "new" boat is worse than a new car.

Fear Index -- the VIX -- not particularly elevated:
 

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#347
KaffiMann said:
Not extremely high, no.
But it almost seems to be stabilizing at a high-ish level (longer term hovering around 25+) rather than peaking suddenly.
Been thinking that it might be possible we will just see a sort of gentle prolonged high rather than some extreme thing.
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You are correct! The other one I use can be found at the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank's research arm, the option adjusted spread (OAS) of high yield bonds. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BAMLH0A0HYM2
 
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#349
NareshBrd said:
Does Nevada have such establishments for the pleasure of female clients, with male staff?
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In November 2005, former prostitute and madam Heidi Fleiss said that she would ... ... employ male prostitutes and cater exclusively to female customers, a first in Nevada. In 2009, however, she said that she had abandoned her plans to open such a brothel due to wishing to avoid having to "deal with all the nonsense in the sex business" and preferring to focus on renewable energy which would be "perfect for Nevada..that's the wave of the future."

On December 11, 2009, the Nevada State Board of Health unanimously agreed to add urethral examinations to the guidelines, thus allowing male sex workers to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.
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I suspect the economics are poor, and discourage a physical bull-house. The one I see confirmed actually uses a room at the Shady Lady Ranch cat-house.

Instead on-line "escorts" websites abound. For both she and he clients.
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jackinnj said:
You are correct! The other one I use can be found at the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank's research arm, the option adjusted spread (OAS) of high yield bonds. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BAMLH0A0HYM2
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Thank you, it does seem like there could be a good connection to the VIX.
The VIX might indicate similar conditions to around 1998-2000, and the "IOAS" seems to be lagging behind just like it did back then.
So a prolonged period of this stuff seems to be in order.
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Looking at the inflation chart it could be possible we are able to flatten the peak like around 1970, or if we are less fortunate this is just the beginning of a prolonged situation:
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It seems to me that the banks have a very firm grip on the numbers, they have nothing to gain from a very high inflation, I doubt we will see another 80's.

Looking at the unemployment rate we just had a really bad thing happening with the COVID which should have put a scare in the various governments, seriously doubt we will see another high rise like around 2010. If people do not have a job they can not pay taxes or pay loans, the banking industry at large wants people to struggle a bit but not lay down and die because that might trigger a worse scenario. And the various governments had to pay a huge amount of money for the various issues surrounding COVID and the ongoing situation in Ukraine a lot of money is still changing hands regarding both of those.
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Seems like the FED are increasing the interest at a record rate compared to previous times, they might stop very soon, perhaps even before or around 5% and just have a flat 1-2year peak before declining sharply again.
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In sum, I expect the situation to reach a sort of bottom in the near-ish future, it is not impossible we could get some improvement in the situation before march 23.
Some stocks at well managed and stable companies are seriously undervalued at the moment, this is not the worst time to buy, but it is likely things could drop a bit more.

The banks and the governments of the world are working hard to steer clear of another crisis because we just recently emerged from one, and we are not yet out of another heavy situation that came right after the first. Having three very different emergencies after each other will be way too much, they are making some very decisive moves and pushing hard to make sure it will be just the two we are still dealing with.
Everyone wants to go back to the (for most) relatively undramatic 2014-18 scenario as soon as possible.
 
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A few days ago my idea of plain buying some stuff (I gave eggs as an example) at "X" price and selling it at a higher price for profit was scoffed as not "Investing" but dreaded "Working" 😱
In theory "Investing" brings in profit effortlessly, without working.

WHAT do you call the elaborate mental gymnastics shown above, needed to get any reasonable profit at all?

Unless you are happy with tiny profit such as 5% A YEAR 🙄

Which I doubt even beats real Inflation that is.

Oh well.
 
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