New threat to 2nd A?

[Bonasababy]

Agree. The problem lies in how much better it could be doing if not for tariffs and other market depressing actions.

Look at the performance of US total stock market indexes vs total international market indexes over the last year to see how Trump has hurt us.

Went into Fidelity to check this. Their total international index in the last year to date returned 36%...their total us stock market index--a bit over 15%.

 

[44hunter45]

How? Anyone in the broader US based stock market should be up since Trump's inauguration. I wouldn't give Trump much credit but the market is still up considerably.

I'm up, but the volatility makes me crazy.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I'm up, but the volatility makes me crazy.

Ha, I've been in crypto since '16. Stock volatility feels... not volatile. But i'm not really into anything for short term.

 

[Treeshark]

Look at the performance of US total stock market indexes vs total international market indexes over the last year to see how Trump has hurt us.

I’m not sure that is a fair conclusion- the international market has been kind of a dog over the past decade, there was a lot of catching up to be done.

 

[Exhausted]

My wife and I caught a girl's varsity basketball game last night, and the warm ups for a boy's game. Our granddaughter plays the trombone in the pep band, so that was the reason.

There were a couple of girls who had good ball handling skills. One was very good, handled without ever looking down at the ball, behind the back, what ever she wanted to do. The game was played entirely below the rim. The players struggled to get good looks, since the game was very two dimensional.

When the boys came out, multiple players on each team were dunking with as much creativity as their talent allowed. It was pretty obvious that the worst boy on either team would have been the best player on the court, in the girl's game.

Watching the girls play was enjoyable. They should be able to compete with their peers.

I've long said that all it takes to realize the inherent absurdity of it is to watch girls and boys play the same game back to back. My daughter plays basketball and we often stay after to watch the boys play. Even when she was in middle school, it's almost two different games in term of speed, ability, and aggression. At the high school that is even more pronounced. I imagine there are very few sports where that isn't true.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Cross dressing men that want to compete against girls in sports… odd that it’s even a topic worthy of discussion.

 

[brymoore]

Girls outshoot boys consistently in rifle clubs. The difference starts to get closer around 18.

I coached an NRA air club for years as my kids went through it. Daughter was easily the best of my three kids. Club sent a handful of participants to college on scholarships from the University while I was there. All were girls except one.

 

[Treeshark]

Girls outshoot boys consistently in rifle clubs. The difference starts to get closer around 18.

Girls state cut times for swimming are quite a bit faster up until 12 years old or so.

 

[406dn]

I’m not sure that is a fair conclusion- the international market has been kind of a dog over the past decade, there was a lot of catching up to be done.

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What we can't know is how much catching up occurred because the US markets did not inspire confidence from foreign investors.

On any given day the market is volatile and not entirely rational. It takes a good run of time for a consensus value to emerge.

Something I have learned about myself is the market volatility does not rattle me very much. When covid first hit, my retirement funds took a good hit. There was another hit when Trump first rolled out the tariffs. Both of those look like small dips in the rear view mirror.