This guy says futures are a failure

Discussion in 'Crypto Assets' started by SoesWasBetter, Jan 1, 2018.

  1. In your post...try replacing the word "crypto" and "new coins" with ".com's". I remember many people in the late 1990's with similar thinking and we know how that turned out...they rode the bubble all the way up and the decline all the way down.

    The thing is...all the euphoric investors were correct, the internet was and is a world changing event, but don't forget how the markets play their own game! Just sayin'. :)
     
    #61     Jan 15, 2018
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  2. sle

    sle

    Well, the ones that did ride the bubble all the way through now have done pretty well, don’t you say? I wonder what stocks were in vogue at the time so we can create a representative basket
     
    #62     Jan 15, 2018
  3. Overnight

    Overnight

    What about .coin as a top-level domain? @Baron, get on that stat.
     
    #63     Jan 15, 2018
  4. johnarb

    johnarb

    Bull markets have a tendency to produce a lot of geniuses :sneaky:

    Unlike dotcoms (which by the way I lived through the experiences of trading that market as I'm old), crypto traders/holders like me get to enjoy the fruits of our successes during this full blown mania, spending on foods, travels, consumer products, luxury items, etc, etc. unlike holding stock certificates that you can't spend on nothing.

    You know what sucks ballz right now, though? Being a no-coiner :cool:

     
    #64     Jan 15, 2018
  5. sss12

    sss12

    This is ridiculous. Any investment gain in any asset class can be monetized to make it transferable/spendable. Actually many with less cost and hassles than the your beloved coins.
     
    #65     Jan 15, 2018
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  6. 13k and dropping faster than a $5 ho's pants

    I c dead people, and 10k soon
     
    #66     Jan 15, 2018
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  7. johnarb

    johnarb

    Let's take an example, you own 1000 shares of AAPL, and you wish to purchase $250 worth of groceries from WholeFoods in the next half hour. Care to let me know what your exact process is? While you're thinking about it, the Balenciaga shoes just became available from Bloomingdales online and it's been sold out for a few weeks, the wife wants to buy it...
     
    #67     Jan 15, 2018
  8. sss12

    sss12

    Honestly, if you don't know how to tie securities to a cash management account you need to do a little homework.
     
    #68     Jan 15, 2018
  9. Bitcoin at 10K is still a 100% gain in 3 months. I will take that and keep holding.
     
    #69     Jan 15, 2018
  10. johnarb

    johnarb

    Honestly, I asked you for a step-by-step, because holding 1000 shares of AAPL is not the same as spending it on the items I mentioned. What if AAPL got bombed by NK and your shares tumbled to $10? It's ok, just don't talk like you know when you don't know.
     
    #70     Jan 15, 2018