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Speaking of Mark Hamill Also Gary Oldman https://robertsspaceindustries.com/squadron42 Game should be out next year maybe hopefully for PC.

Bitcoins have been used for purchases. Steam a digital media company (they sell video games and software digitally) accepted Bitcoins as a payment option until recently I think it was last month they stopped accepting Bitcoins as a payment. The problem with Bitcoins as a payment right now is the rapid fluctuation of the price for a Bitcoin. Unlike notes (dollars, euros, etc.) that don't normally change all that much and if they do it is a fraction of what they are worth Bitcoin can change by $1 to $100 in a second or two. This causes a lot of issues with using Bitcoin as a legal tender. I don't think Bitcoin is going to be the cryptocurrency that changes the world into a cryptocurrency but it is coming. The way that technology is moving now it is only a matter of time before paper and coin based currency goes away. The way that banks are setting themselves up lately is to take advantage of the cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency does has its advantages but right now the disadvantages just out weigh them. Sweden and South Korea have started to move towards a cryptocurrency it is still unknown if this is going to work but the cryptocurrency revolution is going to happen maybe not in its current state but one way or another cryptocurrency is going to be how you pay for things in the future.

Their is always going to be a risk associated to investing. It doesn't matter if you are investing in future commodities, precious medals, stocks, currency or bonds there is always going to be some kind of risk. Timing a market is always going to be something that you have to do no matter what you are investing in. For Bitcoins if you invested say last year and you are comfortable with your gains that you have received so far I would definitely cash in right now. Yes the price could go higher but it can also go much much much lower than what you originally invested for. The biggest mistake most investors make is always waiting on an investment to turn it around when it starts to fall. It may turn it around but you might be looking at 10-15 years in the future for an investment to turn itself around to get back to the value you once had. Basically what you need to do is set a point at where you will be happy with your return on investment. So say you invested in Amazon lets say 5-years ago at about $250 for 1-share of stock in Amazon. Now today Amazon is selling at about $1150 per share. At any point that an investment grows to where you are happy with the return you should be selling or at least putting a stop limit order in. Lets say you put in a stop limit order today for Amazon at $1000 and that is where you are comfortable in taking your gains from this purchase. This will allow to keep the stock but if it does fall you can limit your losses. Now Bitcoin you can't really do this as there is no stop limit order you can put in. You have to watch the market carefully and plan carefully for it. If you got into something like Bitcoin and you already have gains that you are comfortable with you should definitely be looking at the risk factors and then determining if you should sell or not. If you are comfortable with taking on the risk of your investment disappearing then keep on holding onto those Bitcoins but if you are not comfortable with the risk definitely cash out now.

Loyalty is for fools especially in the corporate world. It is very common for people to jump from job to job in the corporate world especially for people under the senior level management. For the banking industry if you want to get paid but don't want to climb the corporate ladder jumping from one bank to the next is actually a very good move financially. For example the current company I work for if I want a real raise I will need to leave and then come back otherwise just moving up is a "lateral move" according to HR. So no pay increase and if you do get a pay increase it is less than what they would pay someone outside of the bank. So where does loyalty get you in corporate America? The answer is absolutely no where.

Bitcoin is now over $7000. Yikes!

I picked up stock in Western Union about a month or so ago at $19. If I would have waited one more day I would have gotten it at about .50 cents less oh well still have a small modest gain of about 5%.

I think I have watched Deadpool about 10 times now.

Super Troopers is one of my favorite movies. One of my favorite recent documentaries is Straight Outta Compton. Not everyone is going to like it because it is about gangster rap but the story is very much the American dream going from having nothing to having basically everything.

Kelly's Heroes is always a must watch for me. The new Alien movie was disappointing definitely not a must see especially if you are an Alien fan.

Dunkirk is one movie other than star wars and the new alien movie that are on my must see list this year.

ETF's are better than mutual funds. Here is a good article on ETF vs Mutual Funds. https://www.forbes.com/sites/feeonlyplanner/2013/07/18/whats-the-difference-mutual-funds-and-exchange-traded-funds-explained/#3b42a5ac18ac SPDR "spider" ETF's are also a good investment.

For the most part paper money is going to be worth very little. The coins on the other hand can be more valuable depending on how rare they are. You might want to just keep the coins as they could become more valuable as they age.

For me I own physical gold as there are ways around paying taxes with physical gold versus ETF. All legal btw.

I didn't think gold or silver bars carried much of a premium above spot price? I thought small denomination coins were the easiest to unload? Coins are good for coin collectors not much beyond that. Bars are easier to unload because they have the stamp on them and can be cut up into smaller pieces and melted. You can't really cut up a coin and if you do you are destroying some of its value coin collection.

Well it isn't regulated but it is more secure than any paper currency.

Another investment idea is BitCoin. https://bitcoin.org/en/

For stocks this is basically what I use. The Elliot Wave Theory is what I use when I am investing though I do use triggers for my sales once I lock in a gain that I am comfortable with. I also know some very successful traders who bring in about $75k-100k a year just doing this but they are on the market all day. Apple is a pretty good stock in terms of the Wave Theory. Apple is currently in wave 5. I have lost some using this strategy but overall I have come ahead. I don't do long term investing that is what my 401k is for and my gold and silver investments. Everything that I do with my own money is all short-term and I think the longest I have owned a stock personally is for about 12 months and that was Amazon in 2015 which was a nice return on investment even if it was only 10 shares stupid car repairs.

If you can get into real estate now or are already in it then yes. If the Fed does increase the interest rates to where they should be rental properties will be even better as there will be less and less people who will be able to afford to buy a house. If you are going into real estate to flip houses I would hold back until there is more information about what the Fed is going to do in terms of interest rates. Having less buyers if the interest rates do go up will put a hurt on home sales but rentals should see an increase.

If you are going the real estate route what kind of real estate are we talking about? Business or housing? Real estate can be more riskier than the market and can be harder to sell or lease. Gold and silver can still get you nice returns just don't buy coins they are harder to sell ie. melt value is not worth it get bars instead and cut them up and sell when above market.

Yep.you are right haven't looked at the market map in awhile and actually all of Wisconsin is considered part of the Minnesota Wilds market now.

Milwaukee falls under the Blackhawks market according to the NHL. The Milwaukee market includes all of South eastern Wisconsin. The Ducks had to pay the Kings $25m when they became a franchise. I would expect at least $35-40m going to the Blackhawks in any deal that would bring an NHL franchise to Milwaukee if not more.

It's simple really why Milwaukee won't ever have an NHL franchise. The Blackhawks are never going to give up the market area at least not without a rather high price tag. The NHL franchise price is already rather ridiculous and when you add in paying off Chicago there would be very little money left for the owner to invest in the team and for an arena. Unless you see the city of Milwaukee paying 100% for the arena for an NHL team I don't see how a team will ever be in Milwaukee in the NHL.

I buy all of my games from either Amazon, Green Man Gaming, GOG or Steam.

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HAH! How was that name not taken already?