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What is your rationale, given your other post: I was reading this article about how the proposed tariffs under Trump could very well lead to the US dollar climbing higher. What are your guesses? Donald Trump’s policies risk making the US dollar a source of global instability https://www.chathamhouse...

Let me check my magic 8-ball...

I got "Don't count on it." And "Outlook good".

coulda woulda shoulda... 150,000,000%

Here is the effect of Trump's policy proposals.. I'll take my uncle jerry's POV--I'm not going to decide things based on what might happen, only what has happened. I'd agree that Trump's proposals are dangerous, or at least beyond the pale, and I wouldn't want his wish list to come true. But let's ...

When I first came in '85, for a couple years, the yen was over 200 to the dollar. By mid '88 when I was becoming 'stuck' here (married, and later kids, seishain, and so on) it was 120-130. But in '98 it was back up in the 140s, and people then (who insisted they were smart) were forecasting that it ...

EMPs aside it's the "crypto" part that worried me. Quantum computing is a huge threat to crypto, the A.I surge might help bring forward the timeline for quantum as well. Good point. You may know more than I do, I just googled if a cold wallet was immune to an EMP and parroted that. On 3/1...

Gold and cash would survive an EMP, even a slew of them. With crypto, you'd need your cold wallet to be in a faraday cage, but then many other electronics which you might need to access that wallet and use the money, would not be.

Wales4rugbyWC23 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:31 am... a three year braces' plan for my son's teeth up front and got it all as a deductable for one year. ...

TIL: the cost for braces is deductible. (the kid who had braces back when is now 32)

...You have 10 months to file the First Pass Inheritance Tax Return. If you miss the 10 month deadline, you will be subject to Penalties and Interest. ... In practical terms, what this means is you should file a(n initial) return within that time frame (to the best of your knowledge about the estat...

How about not paying the rent, which might then be settled up being taken from any deposit that might be returned to you. And even if that's already zeroed out or even negative, you're leaving that place and it's on the backside of everything. If you're late, then the realtor/owner will be unhappy, ...