The economy

[GDead_Tiger]

so you know already that being on the upper end of the "k" is better. I don't know what everybody doesn't want to be there.

Being on the upper end is easier said than done. A lot of it can be out of your own control.

 

[baltimorened]

Being on the upper end is easier said than done. A lot of it can be out of your own control.

true to a point...that's why I bring up investing...a little here, a little there and, if invested wisely over time, your money makes more money than you do.
And, depending on your individual pension situation, unless you have a defined benefit plan, at some point in your life you're going to need very hardworking money.

 

[dpic73]

 

[baltimorened]

IMO, that's because there is a direct link of the Iran war to higher gas prices and therefore to trump. A direct cause and effect.

Most don't see the war as as being worth higher gas prices because Iran hasn't yet dropped a nuclear weapon on top of NYC, or hasn't used the threat of doing so to blackmail the rest of the world.

I'd bet (figuratively) that if you asked the vast majority of those included in the poll "how much bomb grade enriched uranium did Iran tell US negotiators they had" most would have no idea what you were talking about. And most of those polled would have never thought about the implications for the free world of a rogue state having a nuclear bomb. And, with this generation few would understand the concept of MAD and why nuclear weapons have not been used since WW eleven.

Now having said that, in spite of all these factors, the numbers do not bode well for either Trump or republicans

 

[dpic73]

IMO, that's because there is a direct link of the Iran war to higher gas prices and therefore to trump. A direct cause and effect.

Most don't see the war as as being worth higher gas prices because Iran hasn't yet dropped a nuclear weapon on top of NYC, or hasn't used the threat of doing so to blackmail the rest of the world.

I'd bet (figuratively) that if you asked the vast majority of those included in the poll "how much bomb grade enriched uranium did Iran tell US negotiators they had" most would have no idea what you were talking about. And most of those polled would have never thought about the implications for the free world of a rogue state having a nuclear bomb. And, with this generation few would understand the concept of MAD and why nuclear weapons have not been used since WW eleven.

Now having said that, in spite of all these factors, the numbers do not bode well for either Trump or republicans

Of course, Trump created the reason that he feels like the war is necessary now.

 

[baltimorened]

Of course, Trump created the reason that he feels like the war is necessary now.

see, all the more reason why something needed to be done about Iran's enriched uranium..That dumb president in 2018 cancelled the agreement and the dumb 46th president apparently ignored the enrichment that was going on.

 

[Dadar]

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[Dadar]

Being on the upper end is easier said than done. A lot of it can be out of your own control.

My biggest concern is the national debt and imminent devaluation of the USD

The ramp up in crude oil in combination with treasury yields has put a temporary net under the USD with petrodollar demand for US gas supplies.

 

[Dadar]

The UAE abrupt withdrawal from OPEC may end up putting much of the needed supply into the market while also putting a strangle on Iran's ability to export through the strait

It would also seem to offer more opportunities away from the petrodollar tether