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I'm not sure if they're still around, but I remember back in the 1990s there was a family of mutual funds that aimed to do exactly what you're describing. They actually advertised …

https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/how-many-bitcoin-users/ >With one study suggesting ~25 million cryptocurrency traders outside the USA & Europe, it seems quite likely there are …

I would presume that as well. However, that doesn't negate the fact that 10% vs 55% is a considerable gap. In 1929 if the shoeshine guy was giving you stock tips, it signaled a ver…

>the default bubble is potentially a lurking time bomb Many things are potential lurking time bombs. I can't think of a single period during any bullish market where you could not …

Or, it could just be that far more people are investors today than there were in 1929. According to this site, only about 10% of Americans owned stock or speculated in the markets …

If bubbles were a concern for Navy SEALs they would use a rebreather which emits no bubbles. You cannot conceal bubbles while on SCUBA.

I’ll also add to my previous comment and say that the reason you’re taught slow, diaphragmatic breathing is because your lungs impact your buoyancy in the water. Breath in, you beg…

As a former SCUBA diving instructor and dive master, teaching students not to hold their breath is simply easier than teaching people a technique that would take a considerable amo…

While I also believe what you’d at to be true, I fail to see how this is any different than Tim Ferriss or many other people like him. If Tim says X works, how many Silicon Valley …

I'm not overly concerned about getting the best rate. If I wanted to make the maximum possible I would stay in management and ride things out until retirement. I have savings that …

Another 50+ guy here. I've been thinking about getting back into coding after a multi-decade hiatus. I taught myself to code in my early 20's. Coded through my early 30's and have …

I used to believe that as well. I have business and family in other countries and the traditional approaches were way too expensive ($50 for a bank wire, $X fee plus horrible excha…

Anybody who owns real estate isn't concerned with foreign buyers. They help keep prices for real estate higher which amongst real estate owners creates additional wealth. For peopl…

So true. As an American who has spent close to a decade living overseas, opening a bank account in a foreign country has become increasingly difficult. I'm not hiding money. I'm no…

>A third of people born today do not have government identification I think that number is closer to 100%. Most babies do not obtain government IDs on their date of birth. Do you m…

I've always considered myself a fiscal conservative. Not the "let's cut all welfare" type of fiscal conservative but the kind who says, "Ok, we just found out that the Pentagon can…

I don't think we're that far off. I didn't say we didn't need WL. I said, I don't necessarily trust Assange to be in charge of it. He's a self-promoter. A hypocrite. Opinionated. T…

I've always had mixed feelings about Assange going back to the beginning of WL. While I take my hat off to what he has claimed is the purpose of WL, I never quite trusted Assange t…

Who is to blame? Part of the original article is a lie (at least as how it pertains to the US). The social security system will eventually be unable to pay out at current rates. Bu…

I don't want to seem like an old-timer telling the young whipersnappers soda pop used to be a nickel but I was involved in the internet before there was a web. So, I've sort of see…

Way too many examples of this over the years. First one that I can remember off the top of my head was AOL buying Global Network Navigator (GNN). Great resource. AOL took their dia…

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. In Thailand the girls you see in the go-go bars in Nana and Cowboy or down in Pattaya have not been forced into anything. You know nothing about what you're…

Depends on the woman. Some don't mind as long as everyone knows their place. She's the wife. She's the one with the major assets coming to her. The mia noi is financially supported…

Okay, I'll bite. I've lived in Thailand and I speak okay Thai. I can't speak for all of SEA but I can tell you that the girls come looking for jobs in the sex industry in Thailand.…

If the best nights of your life were at Sukhumvit food stalls, you're doing something wrong. :-)