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📉 Analyst Says Market Will Crash 30% in 2027
🐝 In today's Weekly Buzz I dove into the arguments published in Fortune and Yahoo Finance by Capital Economics analyst James Reilly who calls the AI trade a “late-stage bubble” and is projecting a 30% drop in the S&P 500 from its highs by 2027.
💡 His arguments include:
- 📈 S&P 500 earnings growth concentrated almost entirely in tech and chips, now matching dot-com era peaks
- 💸 Combined free cash flow of the four largest AI hyperscalers projected to turn negative in 2027 due to AI CapEx
- 🏦 Big Tech bond issuance more than doubling year-over-year to fund the cash flow gap
- 🚀 A fresh wave of AI IPOs, which Reilly calls the clearest late-bubble signal (most notably Anthropic’s IPO, which he called an ‘IPO of doom’ and compared to Pets.com, whose IPO was seen as the beginning of the end for the dot-com bubble)
💥 Obviously calls for a crash are nothing new, but I thought the argument was worth covering, so wanted to open up a discussion thread to hear everyone's thoughts on Blossom!
💬 One quote I liked in this context from Peter Lynch: ""Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves." Take last weekend for example when everyone thought the market was going to crash Monday due to the open letter from Anthropic 🤣
💡 That said, I think the risks are real and the '30% drop' prediction is a good thought experiment for us all to make sure your portfolio matches your goals and risk tolerence... if your investing for the long-term, statistically you WILL experience a crash eventually, the test is whether you can ride it out without panic selling 👀
🫡 My full write-up should be in your inbox! read more
💡 His arguments include:
- 📈 S&P 500 earnings growth concentrated almost entirely in tech and chips, now matching dot-com era peaks
- 💸 Combined free cash flow of the four largest AI hyperscalers projected to turn negative in 2027 due to AI CapEx
- 🏦 Big Tech bond issuance more than doubling year-over-year to fund the cash flow gap
- 🚀 A fresh wave of AI IPOs, which Reilly calls the clearest late-bubble signal (most notably Anthropic’s IPO, which he called an ‘IPO of doom’ and compared to Pets.com, whose IPO was seen as the beginning of the end for the dot-com bubble)
💥 Obviously calls for a crash are nothing new, but I thought the argument was worth covering, so wanted to open up a discussion thread to hear everyone's thoughts on Blossom!
💬 One quote I liked in this context from Peter Lynch: ""Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves." Take last weekend for example when everyone thought the market was going to crash Monday due to the open letter from Anthropic 🤣
💡 That said, I think the risks are real and the '30% drop' prediction is a good thought experiment for us all to make sure your portfolio matches your goals and risk tolerence... if your investing for the long-term, statistically you WILL experience a crash eventually, the test is whether you can ride it out without panic selling 👀
🫡 My full write-up should be in your inbox! read more
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Complete ETF/Sector/Asset Investment List
Since so many people ask how to invest in this sector, or this country, or this asset, I’ve decided to make a comprehensive guide on how you can invest in specific areas. This is NOT portfolio advice, simply information about tickers that you can research yourself. Save this for later so you have a list of ETFs to come back to!
Canada:
$XIU $XIC $ZCN All expose you to the TSX in Canada. These ETFs consist of all top Canadian companies and access to our national stock exchange.
$VCB $VGV $VLB $VAB $VSB $VSC $XBB $XCB Expose you to Canadian bonds; whether it be long-term, short-term, corporate, government, etc.
$VDY $XEI $CDZ Expose you to Canadian dividend companies
$XRE $ZRE $VRE Give access to Canadian REITs
$ZEB $XFN $RBNK Lets you buy the Canadian banks
USA:
$VFV $ZSP $XSP $XUS $HXS Lets you buy the S&P 500 (learn about hedged vs. unhedged in my other post)
$XQQ $HXQ $ZQQ All give you access to the NASDAQ 100
$IWR $VO $VOE $VOT $IJH $SCHM Lets you buy US Midcaps
$IJR $IWM $VB $VBR $VBK $SCHA Lets you buy US Smallcaps
$DIV $SPYD $RDIV $DHS $VIG $SCHD $VYM $DGRO $SDY Give access from small to high dividend US companies
$VTI $ITOT Lets you buy the whole US market
$TLT $IEF $VGIT $GOVT $SHY $VGLT Give access to US bonds
$XLC $XLY $XLP $XLE $XLF $XLV $XLI $XLB $XLRE $XLK $XLU All give you access to each sector in the S&P such as financials, energy, healthcare, etc.
International:
$XEQT $FEQT $VEQT $ZEQT Give you an all-in-one exposure to Canada, US, emerging and global markets.
$VEA $IEFA $SCHF $SPDW $EFV $EFA Give access to general international exposure
$EWJ $EWU $EWC Gives direct access to developed international countries
$INDA $MCHI $EWT $EWY $EWZ $EWW $EIDO $EWM Gives direct access to emerging international countries
Assets:
$KILO $PHYS $CGL Let’s you buy gold directly through ETFs
$SVR $HUZ Let you buy silver through ETFs
Savings/Interest:
$CASH $HISA $PSA $HSAV Access to Canadian savings and interest payments
$HSUV-U $PSU-U $HISU-U Access to US savings and interest payments
There’s so many ETFs I didn’t go into with dozens of categories, but this should give you some basic starting point to look into your ETF investments. This is simply the starting point, when choosing your investments always research the ETFs, what they provide to you, their fees, your goals, your risk, and what you’re looking to get out of investing.
As always do your research and happy investing!
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Canada:
$XIU $XIC $ZCN All expose you to the TSX in Canada. These ETFs consist of all top Canadian companies and access to our national stock exchange.
$VCB $VGV $VLB $VAB $VSB $VSC $XBB $XCB Expose you to Canadian bonds; whether it be long-term, short-term, corporate, government, etc.
$VDY $XEI $CDZ Expose you to Canadian dividend companies
$XRE $ZRE $VRE Give access to Canadian REITs
$ZEB $XFN $RBNK Lets you buy the Canadian banks
USA:
$VFV $ZSP $XSP $XUS $HXS Lets you buy the S&P 500 (learn about hedged vs. unhedged in my other post)
$XQQ $HXQ $ZQQ All give you access to the NASDAQ 100
$IWR $VO $VOE $VOT $IJH $SCHM Lets you buy US Midcaps
$IJR $IWM $VB $VBR $VBK $SCHA Lets you buy US Smallcaps
$DIV $SPYD $RDIV $DHS $VIG $SCHD $VYM $DGRO $SDY Give access from small to high dividend US companies
$VTI $ITOT Lets you buy the whole US market
$TLT $IEF $VGIT $GOVT $SHY $VGLT Give access to US bonds
$XLC $XLY $XLP $XLE $XLF $XLV $XLI $XLB $XLRE $XLK $XLU All give you access to each sector in the S&P such as financials, energy, healthcare, etc.
International:
$XEQT $FEQT $VEQT $ZEQT Give you an all-in-one exposure to Canada, US, emerging and global markets.
$VEA $IEFA $SCHF $SPDW $EFV $EFA Give access to general international exposure
$EWJ $EWU $EWC Gives direct access to developed international countries
$INDA $MCHI $EWT $EWY $EWZ $EWW $EIDO $EWM Gives direct access to emerging international countries
Assets:
$KILO $PHYS $CGL Let’s you buy gold directly through ETFs
$SVR $HUZ Let you buy silver through ETFs
Savings/Interest:
$CASH $HISA $PSA $HSAV Access to Canadian savings and interest payments
$HSUV-U $PSU-U $HISU-U Access to US savings and interest payments
There’s so many ETFs I didn’t go into with dozens of categories, but this should give you some basic starting point to look into your ETF investments. This is simply the starting point, when choosing your investments always research the ETFs, what they provide to you, their fees, your goals, your risk, and what you’re looking to get out of investing.
As always do your research and happy investing!
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Broken business or broken stock - Let's find out
Hey everyone. Tier list is back, with a unique twist. I take some stocks in the gutter, and rank them on which ones I'd buy.
Also, 24k subscribers hit - Thank you! Drawing for 3 free Premium subscriptions ($299.99/yr value) next week. You enter by being subscribed, commenting, and liking the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MViHdFXTjo
Also, 24k subscribers hit - Thank you! Drawing for 3 free Premium subscriptions ($299.99/yr value) next week. You enter by being subscribed, commenting, and liking the video.
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Just wanted to say thank you
Thank you to all of my followers , we have reached
20K followers on Blossom
1.2k followers on X
Over 300 subscribers for The Edge Report Newsletter
Board of Advisors ( Option Specialist) at DividendVisions
We are working on a couple of things : building a YouTube Channel - building a portfolio and trading options in Public
Possibly a weekly live show with a media partner read more
20K followers on Blossom
1.2k followers on X
Over 300 subscribers for The Edge Report Newsletter
Board of Advisors ( Option Specialist) at DividendVisions
We are working on a couple of things : building a YouTube Channel - building a portfolio and trading options in Public
Possibly a weekly live show with a media partner read more
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Why I’m Happy Renting Right Now
My wife and I rent right now, and I'm very happy with that decision currently. We get flexibility, we don't have to worry about replacing a roof or furnace, and we can move when life changes without selling a house first.
Owning can be awesome when you want to stay put and make a place your own. I definitely want that eventually. But I don't see renting as throwing money away while we wait. We're paying for a place to live and for the flexibility that fits our life right now.
For us, renting works financially because we pair that flexibility with discipline. If every dollar not going to a down payment or repair bill just gets spent somewhere else, you lose one of renting's advantages. We still need to save and invest on purpose.
Has renting or owning given you more freedom at this stage of your life?
Owning can be awesome when you want to stay put and make a place your own. I definitely want that eventually. But I don't see renting as throwing money away while we wait. We're paying for a place to live and for the flexibility that fits our life right now.
For us, renting works financially because we pair that flexibility with discipline. If every dollar not going to a down payment or repair bill just gets spent somewhere else, you lose one of renting's advantages. We still need to save and invest on purpose.
Has renting or owning given you more freedom at this stage of your life?
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🚨 ATTN BEGINNER FEMALE INVESTORS IN VANCOUVER!!!
We've teamed up with Rumble Boxing for a women-only Investing 101 + workout session for beginner investors!!
In 30 minutes, I'll be hosting a workshop to break down the basics: investment accounts, stocks, ETFs, risk, and what your first steps into investing can actually look like. No prior knowledge needed!
Learn the basics, ask your questions, then hit the bags with us at Rumble. 🥊
📅 September 26
⏰ 1:30 PM
📍 Rumble Richmond
Sign up through Rumble here: https://rumbleboxing.com/richmond
Spots are limited, so grab yours before they’re gone 🌸
Hope to see you ladies there!!!read more
In 30 minutes, I'll be hosting a workshop to break down the basics: investment accounts, stocks, ETFs, risk, and what your first steps into investing can actually look like. No prior knowledge needed!
Learn the basics, ask your questions, then hit the bags with us at Rumble. 🥊
📅 September 26
⏰ 1:30 PM
📍 Rumble Richmond
Sign up through Rumble here: https://rumbleboxing.com/richmond
Spots are limited, so grab yours before they’re gone 🌸
Hope to see you ladies there!!!read more
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Green Day!🟢👍
Have you ever heard of a music group called “Green Day”?
I actually didn’t like their music too much when their songs were first being released. Even though they were a very popular group, I thought they were too punk for my taste!😂
But over the last few years I’ve come to appreciate their music more, probably because of Spotify, and the ease of streaming music. Green Day actually has quite a few hit songs, and I like quite a few of them. I guess you could say that I’m a “Green Day” fan now. 🟢🪭
Some of their more popular songs, which I think are pretty good, are Boulevard of Broken Dreams,  Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), and When I Come Around.
One song that I’ve discovered recently, that I quite enjoy, is called 21 Guns. I think it was a moderate hit when it was released, but I don’t think I ever heard this song until recently.
Anyways, it’s a pretty nice song that you might want to have a listen to, when you have a chance. Pretty catchy tune. Here is a link to a live version of the song on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/HVaYkdG4k_I
On another note, my portfolio also had a nice “Green Day” today!🟢😂😂
Daily gain of +$230,568!👍
Quite a few of my Bitcoin related investments ($MSTR, $FBTC, $IBIT, $FBTC) and tech related names ($NVDA, $SMH, $META, $AMD, $VGT, $QQQM) did very well today!
How did your portfolio do today? 🤷♂️
Did you have a nice “Green Day” 🟢 as well?😂😂😂
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I actually didn’t like their music too much when their songs were first being released. Even though they were a very popular group, I thought they were too punk for my taste!😂
But over the last few years I’ve come to appreciate their music more, probably because of Spotify, and the ease of streaming music. Green Day actually has quite a few hit songs, and I like quite a few of them. I guess you could say that I’m a “Green Day” fan now. 🟢🪭
Some of their more popular songs, which I think are pretty good, are Boulevard of Broken Dreams,  Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), and When I Come Around.
One song that I’ve discovered recently, that I quite enjoy, is called 21 Guns. I think it was a moderate hit when it was released, but I don’t think I ever heard this song until recently.
Anyways, it’s a pretty nice song that you might want to have a listen to, when you have a chance. Pretty catchy tune. Here is a link to a live version of the song on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/HVaYkdG4k_I
On another note, my portfolio also had a nice “Green Day” today!🟢😂😂
Daily gain of +$230,568!👍
Quite a few of my Bitcoin related investments ($MSTR, $FBTC, $IBIT, $FBTC) and tech related names ($NVDA, $SMH, $META, $AMD, $VGT, $QQQM) did very well today!
How did your portfolio do today? 🤷♂️
Did you have a nice “Green Day” 🟢 as well?😂😂😂
read more
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Something to keep note of when trading options
If you trade options, don’t look at premium alone.
Here’s the framework I use:
Historical Volatility (HV) = how much the stock has actually moved.
Implied Volatility (IV) = how much movement the options market is pricing in.
IV Rank = where current IV sits between its recent high and low.
IV Percentile = how often IV has been lower than it is today.
General idea:
High IV + high IV Rank + high IV Percentile = options are relatively expensive.
That can favor option sellers.
Low IV + low IV Rank + low IV Percentile = options are relatively cheap.
That can favor option buyers.
But volatility is only part of the picture.
Delta tells you how sensitive the option is to the stock price.
Gamma tells you how quickly delta changes.
GEX helps show how dealer hedging may affect the market.
In positive gamma environments, dealer hedging can help dampen moves.
In negative gamma environments, dealer hedging can amplify moves.
Call walls and put walls can also act as important price zones.
Call walls may behave like resistance.
Put walls may behave like support.
None of these indicators should be used alone.
The best setups come from combining:
IV
HV
IV Rank
IV Percentile
Delta
Gamma
GEX
Call/Put Walls
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Upcoming catalysts
The goal is not just to predict direction.
The goal is to understand whether the option is cheap or expensive, how sensitive it is, and how the broader options market may affect price movement.read more
Here’s the framework I use:
Historical Volatility (HV) = how much the stock has actually moved.
Implied Volatility (IV) = how much movement the options market is pricing in.
IV Rank = where current IV sits between its recent high and low.
IV Percentile = how often IV has been lower than it is today.
General idea:
High IV + high IV Rank + high IV Percentile = options are relatively expensive.
That can favor option sellers.
Low IV + low IV Rank + low IV Percentile = options are relatively cheap.
That can favor option buyers.
But volatility is only part of the picture.
Delta tells you how sensitive the option is to the stock price.
Gamma tells you how quickly delta changes.
GEX helps show how dealer hedging may affect the market.
In positive gamma environments, dealer hedging can help dampen moves.
In negative gamma environments, dealer hedging can amplify moves.
Call walls and put walls can also act as important price zones.
Call walls may behave like resistance.
Put walls may behave like support.
None of these indicators should be used alone.
The best setups come from combining:
IV
HV
IV Rank
IV Percentile
Delta
Gamma
GEX
Call/Put Walls
Premium received
Upcoming catalysts
The goal is not just to predict direction.
The goal is to understand whether the option is cheap or expensive, how sensitive it is, and how the broader options market may affect price movement.read more
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Yahoooo! Thanks thanks thanks!
A new milestone on @blossom for me. Thank you 7000 times for 7000 followers!! 🚀
I really appreciate everyone who follows along and reads my posts or distribution/dividend announcements since 3 years now
If only 1 out of every 7 of you decided to follow me on my new YouTube channel, I’d honestly be so happy. 😊
It took me a while to finally decide to start this channel. My wife really doesn’t want me showing my real face on the internet, and I completely respect that because we both want to protect our privacy. So I decided to create an avatar that looks a lot like me without being exactly me… although he definitely dresses like me! 😂
That also means I have to create my characters, write my scripts, generate voices and video sequences with AI, and then edit everything together. It takes a LOT more time — and can sometimes be VERY frustrating 🤣 — compared with simply sitting in front of a laptop, turning on a camera and talking.
But along the way, I discovered something I really enjoy. It allows me to develop my creative, cinematic and humorous side, while talking about investing and trying to share useful information without making finance boring.
Hopefully, one day the channel can generate a few dollars — even if it’s just enough to cover the cost of the AI tools I currently pay for out of my own pocket to create these videos.
I may be retired, but somehow I’ve managed to give myself a new unpaid job! 😂 It takes a lot of time and some money… but while I’m making videos, at least I’m not cleaning the house. Watch Episode 14 about Procter & Gamble and you’ll understand. 🤣
More seriously, I’d genuinely love to hear your feedback and comments about the channel. My goal is to keep entertaining you while sharing information about investing, new investment products, distributions and dividends.
And if you enjoy what I’m creating, subscribing to the channel would probably be the nicest little way you could support what I’m building. ❤️
https://youtube.com/@andypiimedia
https://youtu.be/TokPcifO3vo
I was happy when I reached 5K, now 7000 wow! Thank you to read me almost each day. read more
I really appreciate everyone who follows along and reads my posts or distribution/dividend announcements since 3 years now
If only 1 out of every 7 of you decided to follow me on my new YouTube channel, I’d honestly be so happy. 😊
It took me a while to finally decide to start this channel. My wife really doesn’t want me showing my real face on the internet, and I completely respect that because we both want to protect our privacy. So I decided to create an avatar that looks a lot like me without being exactly me… although he definitely dresses like me! 😂
That also means I have to create my characters, write my scripts, generate voices and video sequences with AI, and then edit everything together. It takes a LOT more time — and can sometimes be VERY frustrating 🤣 — compared with simply sitting in front of a laptop, turning on a camera and talking.
But along the way, I discovered something I really enjoy. It allows me to develop my creative, cinematic and humorous side, while talking about investing and trying to share useful information without making finance boring.
Hopefully, one day the channel can generate a few dollars — even if it’s just enough to cover the cost of the AI tools I currently pay for out of my own pocket to create these videos.
I may be retired, but somehow I’ve managed to give myself a new unpaid job! 😂 It takes a lot of time and some money… but while I’m making videos, at least I’m not cleaning the house. Watch Episode 14 about Procter & Gamble and you’ll understand. 🤣
More seriously, I’d genuinely love to hear your feedback and comments about the channel. My goal is to keep entertaining you while sharing information about investing, new investment products, distributions and dividends.
And if you enjoy what I’m creating, subscribing to the channel would probably be the nicest little way you could support what I’m building. ❤️
https://youtube.com/@andypiimedia
https://youtu.be/TokPcifO3vo
I was happy when I reached 5K, now 7000 wow! Thank you to read me almost each day. read more
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🔥 The Blossom Product Team Grows!!
Very excited to welcome @austinxmoney as Blossom’s first Product Manager!!
Up until now, I’ve been leading product but it’s challenging giving it my full focus while jugging other CEO priorities, so I am so pumped to have someone fully dedicated to support me in improving the app for this amazing community 💕
Austin brings 6 years experience as a PM from eBay and other startups and has also been a Blossom member and shareholder for over a year 🔥 He’ll be working closely with our amazing designer @sophii.svg to ideate and design new features and will be active in the community to make sure we are always listening to all of your incredible feedback
🥳 Lot’s of exciting things in store for this week (big update coming on Wednesday) and for the rest of the year!
👏 Help me give a warm welcome to @austinxmoney in the comments!
Up until now, I’ve been leading product but it’s challenging giving it my full focus while jugging other CEO priorities, so I am so pumped to have someone fully dedicated to support me in improving the app for this amazing community 💕
Austin brings 6 years experience as a PM from eBay and other startups and has also been a Blossom member and shareholder for over a year 🔥 He’ll be working closely with our amazing designer @sophii.svg to ideate and design new features and will be active in the community to make sure we are always listening to all of your incredible feedback
🥳 Lot’s of exciting things in store for this week (big update coming on Wednesday) and for the rest of the year!
👏 Help me give a warm welcome to @austinxmoney in the comments!
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looking for exit around 50USD minimum. great chance to make a good 5-12% in the coming day even though it isn’t a massive position and i wish to hold long term.
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Will NFLX find support
$NFLX on a declining trend has been following a clean channel.
recently it found support around $65 - 70 range.its near that range again. This has been a previous resistance and support multiple times over the years.
Will it find support and break the downward channel?
if it can bounce off this 70 range and break off the trend, may give a very credible bullish entry.
Thoughts?
recently it found support around $65 - 70 range.its near that range again. This has been a previous resistance and support multiple times over the years.
Will it find support and break the downward channel?
if it can bounce off this 70 range and break off the trend, may give a very credible bullish entry.
Thoughts?
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Preparing for the inevitable.
I am currently 47 years old. Unfortunately in that time frame I have lost a lot of family members. Some (most) were accidents, some to age, some to cancer, and one to suicide. That’s 11 deaths total. Only 1 person out of 11 had a will.
When you are grieving the last thing you want to do is close an estate up.
It’s even harder if nothing has been prepared in advance.
After the initial shock of the death settles (the phase where everyone is usually nice), greed comes through in a most alarming manner. I’ve watched people turn into monsters. Make sure you have a will!!!! or people will fight. 
I know most people hate thinking about their death or their spouses death but honestly it’s just a fact of life.
I’ve personally been the executor of 2 estates now.
This is my advice:
1. If your young get life insurance. If you’re retired it’s not worth it.
2. Make sure you have a will.
3. Make sure you have a personal directive.
4. Make sure you have a power of attorney set up.
5. If your married make your spouse the beneficiary of your TFSA and RRSP(has to be done through the account not the will), they will roll into the spouses account without taxation.
6. If you’re married, and you own a house, make sure both names are on the title, joint tenant, NOT tenant in common. This activates right of survivorship on property and doesn’t have to go through the estate.
7. If you’re married, both people should have their name on all the vehicles, joint, otherwise it’s a headache after death.
8. Buy a file folding system. I have a plastic one that has a clasp and handle.
9. Put EVERYTHING in this file folder that would be needed if you died tomorrow.
a) all land titles
B) information on house insurance so it can either be eventually canceled or name changed over.
C) your will (or the location of your will),  power of attorney, and personal directive
D) the information for your car, car insurance, and registration on vehicles.
E) information on life insurance.
F) all current year papers needed for filing your taxes. Because the survivor will have to do it and will need that information.
G) where your household bills are. ALL OF THEM, electricity, gas, Netflix, magazine, subscriptions everything you can think of that is in their name. Because you are going to have to cancel them.
H) their credit card information where to contact to cancel the cards
I) birth certificate, SIN numbers, marriage, license, etc.
J) information on all your investments accounts, bank accounts, etc.
K) anything else you can think of for your situation
If you’re married, I’d have one box per person.
When you die, the funeral home will issue many death certificates. And your lawyer will give you copies of the will.
These will be needed to change over any accounts. Everything else goes through the estate which is taxed and the lawyers take their fees so I’d avoid this as much as possible especially if you’re married. This is why having property in both people‘s names is so important because it doesn’t have to go through probate.
I am widowed now and I have my black file folder and my two remaining children know if something happens to me, all they have to do is grab the folder. Everything they need to take care of my estate will be located in this folder.
At the beginning of every year, I open this file up and go through everything to make sure it’s up-to-date.
If you are young and do not own much or can’t afford a will, you can draft one up but it must be handwritten to be classified as a legal document. You cannot type it out!! If you’re not worth much, everything will most likely be sold to pay your bills and cover your funeral expenses. But you can state who your executor will be in your handwritten will.
 Disclaimer I’m not a lawyer or an accountant and this is not legal advice. Talk to a lawyer and talk to an accountant. Make sure everything is set up for you and your situation. These are situations that I personally ran into.
Good luck
Also I’ll add in. IF you have a lot of assets make an appointment with your accountant first. They will tell you how to properly set things up. Then take that information to your lawyer. read more
When you are grieving the last thing you want to do is close an estate up.
It’s even harder if nothing has been prepared in advance.
After the initial shock of the death settles (the phase where everyone is usually nice), greed comes through in a most alarming manner. I’ve watched people turn into monsters. Make sure you have a will!!!! or people will fight. 
I know most people hate thinking about their death or their spouses death but honestly it’s just a fact of life.
I’ve personally been the executor of 2 estates now.
This is my advice:
1. If your young get life insurance. If you’re retired it’s not worth it.
2. Make sure you have a will.
3. Make sure you have a personal directive.
4. Make sure you have a power of attorney set up.
5. If your married make your spouse the beneficiary of your TFSA and RRSP(has to be done through the account not the will), they will roll into the spouses account without taxation.
6. If you’re married, and you own a house, make sure both names are on the title, joint tenant, NOT tenant in common. This activates right of survivorship on property and doesn’t have to go through the estate.
7. If you’re married, both people should have their name on all the vehicles, joint, otherwise it’s a headache after death.
8. Buy a file folding system. I have a plastic one that has a clasp and handle.
9. Put EVERYTHING in this file folder that would be needed if you died tomorrow.
a) all land titles
B) information on house insurance so it can either be eventually canceled or name changed over.
C) your will (or the location of your will),  power of attorney, and personal directive
D) the information for your car, car insurance, and registration on vehicles.
E) information on life insurance.
F) all current year papers needed for filing your taxes. Because the survivor will have to do it and will need that information.
G) where your household bills are. ALL OF THEM, electricity, gas, Netflix, magazine, subscriptions everything you can think of that is in their name. Because you are going to have to cancel them.
H) their credit card information where to contact to cancel the cards
I) birth certificate, SIN numbers, marriage, license, etc.
J) information on all your investments accounts, bank accounts, etc.
K) anything else you can think of for your situation
If you’re married, I’d have one box per person.
When you die, the funeral home will issue many death certificates. And your lawyer will give you copies of the will.
These will be needed to change over any accounts. Everything else goes through the estate which is taxed and the lawyers take their fees so I’d avoid this as much as possible especially if you’re married. This is why having property in both people‘s names is so important because it doesn’t have to go through probate.
I am widowed now and I have my black file folder and my two remaining children know if something happens to me, all they have to do is grab the folder. Everything they need to take care of my estate will be located in this folder.
At the beginning of every year, I open this file up and go through everything to make sure it’s up-to-date.
If you are young and do not own much or can’t afford a will, you can draft one up but it must be handwritten to be classified as a legal document. You cannot type it out!! If you’re not worth much, everything will most likely be sold to pay your bills and cover your funeral expenses. But you can state who your executor will be in your handwritten will.
 Disclaimer I’m not a lawyer or an accountant and this is not legal advice. Talk to a lawyer and talk to an accountant. Make sure everything is set up for you and your situation. These are situations that I personally ran into.
Good luck
Also I’ll add in. IF you have a lot of assets make an appointment with your accountant first. They will tell you how to properly set things up. Then take that information to your lawyer. read more
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What Kind of Spender Are You?
I was listening to episode 426 of the Rational Reminder podcast and they started talking about something I really hadn’t thought much about before. We spend so much time figuring out what kind of investor we are. What’s my risk tolerance? How much risk should I take? How much do I need to save? But what about the other side of it — what kind of spender are you?
At some point the money we’re saving and investing is actually supposed to be spent. They talked about three types of spenders: Tightwads → Unconflicted Consumers → Spendthrifts. There’s actually a test for this, so of course I had to take it. I scored 15 — Unconflicted Consumer.
What am I actually saving all this money for? For me, I don’t think it’s material things anymore. When I was younger maybe it was. I’ve talked before about buying a motorcycle in my early 20s when I finally had a decent job and some money. At this point in my life, I think it’s experiences.
My wife and I are celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary and we’re going away together for 10 days. We’re spending more on this trip than we normally would, and I’m completely okay with that. We’ve both worked hard, we’re busy raising our kids, and life seems to move faster every year. Ten days where we can get away together, slow things down and celebrate 15 years of marriage means something to me. That’s something I’m willing to spend money on.
Someone else might look at what we’re spending and think that’s crazy. But maybe they’ve dreamed about owning a Mustang for 30 years and that’s what they want to spend their money on. I’d probably look at the Mustang and think… nope. But that’s the point. What do YOU want to spend your money on?
I think we spend so much time learning how to save and invest that we don’t really think about what happens when it’s finally time to spend it. If you’re a natural saver or a “tightwad,” after 30 or 40 years of telling yourself NOT to spend money, can you suddenly flip that switch in retirement?
Apparently I’m an Unconflicted Consumer, so maybe I’ve got a fighting chance.
If you want to try the University of Michigan test, here it is:
https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55xxAQrYK0WRlY2
Take it and post your score. I’m curious where everyone falls.
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At some point the money we’re saving and investing is actually supposed to be spent. They talked about three types of spenders: Tightwads → Unconflicted Consumers → Spendthrifts. There’s actually a test for this, so of course I had to take it. I scored 15 — Unconflicted Consumer.
What am I actually saving all this money for? For me, I don’t think it’s material things anymore. When I was younger maybe it was. I’ve talked before about buying a motorcycle in my early 20s when I finally had a decent job and some money. At this point in my life, I think it’s experiences.
My wife and I are celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary and we’re going away together for 10 days. We’re spending more on this trip than we normally would, and I’m completely okay with that. We’ve both worked hard, we’re busy raising our kids, and life seems to move faster every year. Ten days where we can get away together, slow things down and celebrate 15 years of marriage means something to me. That’s something I’m willing to spend money on.
Someone else might look at what we’re spending and think that’s crazy. But maybe they’ve dreamed about owning a Mustang for 30 years and that’s what they want to spend their money on. I’d probably look at the Mustang and think… nope. But that’s the point. What do YOU want to spend your money on?
I think we spend so much time learning how to save and invest that we don’t really think about what happens when it’s finally time to spend it. If you’re a natural saver or a “tightwad,” after 30 or 40 years of telling yourself NOT to spend money, can you suddenly flip that switch in retirement?
Apparently I’m an Unconflicted Consumer, so maybe I’ve got a fighting chance.
If you want to try the University of Michigan test, here it is:
https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55xxAQrYK0WRlY2
Take it and post your score. I’m curious where everyone falls.
read more
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AppLovin is on SALE.
$APP is a freaking deal.
Here's the TAM expansion roadmap...
1) Other apps.
2) Open-web sites.
3) Wurl Connected TV.
4) Gist social app ecosystem.
It's trading near it's all-time low forward multiple with a world-class management team.
$APP read more
Here's the TAM expansion roadmap...
1) Other apps.
2) Open-web sites.
3) Wurl Connected TV.
4) Gist social app ecosystem.
It's trading near it's all-time low forward multiple with a world-class management team.
$APP read more
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KTS #9 RE-POST: Relative Strength Index
Originally published on Blossom on March 29th, 2024
Please find retrospective commentary at the end.
Before I lose the self-proclaimed Fundamental Investors who are long term investors (of which is my core foundation as well - hey, I’m one of you!), there are some basic and easy Technical tools that I plan to work in to this Knowledge Transfer Series that we need to add to our toolkit to improve either short, mid, or long term returns.
So for those in that camp, try to stick it out! RSI is the Relative Strength Index. For a trader, knowing a stock/ETF’s current RSI is a must have piece of information before sending any buy/sell order. RSI is as common as a nail to a homebuilder. So let’s acknowledge the Technicians can teach us something and that we aren’t so arrogant to think we can’t learn something from the Technicians.
It moves constantly for every security within a range from 0 to 100. When the RSI is above 70, a security is generally considered overbought - and when a security is below 30, it is generally accepted that the security is oversold. Go ahead and pull up the RSI chart for your favorite 5 securities. Doesn’t matter which ones. Look! They all look the same! For geeks, they look like sine waves, oscillating up and down constantly entering Overbought, reversing, going down to Oversold, reversing, going up to Overbought, reversing, going down to Oversold, reversing, going up to Overbought, on and on.....forever.... OK, you get it. Now, if you compare this RSI chart to the actual stock/ETF price chart, you’ll see a fairly PREDICTABLE stock price direction that is well correlated to the RSI. In other words, the RSI tells us if the stock price is going up or down in the coming days or week ahead. WOW! Wait a second, isn’t that why we are here???? To make a “bet” on a stock price direction! Take the TIME to prove it to yourself with this
exercise:
Go look at the comparisons of the RSI charts to the stock/ETF price charts for each of your current holdings. FIND THE KEY INFLECTION POINTS - THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY POINTS: (1) The point where your stock’s RSI just crosses above 30 and leaves Oversold territory, and (2) The point where your stock’s RSI just crosses below 70 and leaves Overbought territory. In (1) above, this is an OPTIMAL point to buy. And (2) above is an OPTIMAL point to sell. So whether you are a trader or a long-term investor, this is an easy tool to generally save an extra 1-3 % on your entry price by TIMING THE MARKET. Again, this works whether you plan to harvest those returns as a trader or a mid to long term investor Now this post is a baby step into RSI used in the most basic way. But this is a key one to reading what the ticker tape tells you - not what you tell the market.
This basic application of this most common trader tool is just one MARKET TIMING TOOL that we have now. After we use it, analyze it, and prove to ourselves that it works as it should (described above), we will start developing other tools that allow us to successfully market TIME markets.
Watch out, here come the Fundamentalists in full force when they read this one! They will tell you that you can’t TIME markets. They’ll point to the ultra rich that said so, they’ll point to their magazine articles, and 101 Investing for Dummies books. They’ll spew the word of Certified Financial Planner....to keep a lid on your returns AND your dependency on their approach to the markets and their soldiers. Ignore them.
You can do this - just take the TIME and start really small to watch it work. You MUST prove it to yourself first before we advance its application to TIME markets at a more macro level.
Ask questions and share thoughts!
Retrospective commentary - September 22th 2026
To this day, modified RSI is still a tool Beskar Capital uses frequently. Yet I still see many members and general investors misuse it.
Reread this excerpt twice:
"THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY POINTS: (1) The point where your stock's RSI just crosses above 30 and leaves Oversold territory, and (2) The point where your stock's RSI just crosses below 70 and leaves Overbought territory. In (1) above, this is an OPTIMAL point to buy. And (2)
above is an OPTIMAL point to sell."
Too often, I hear investors say they sold because the stock had just entered overbought territory, or bought because it had just entered oversold territory. If you've read the excerpt above twice, you know that the point I consider optimal is when the stock LEAVES overbought or oversold territory. So this KTS repost and retrospective commentary is as much for first-TIME readers as it is for seasoned KTS followers.
Even though this is a trader’s tool, Beskar Capital uses it to identify optimal points for accumulation. Never forget that we are fundamentally long term investors. Yet again, we are using tools in an UNconventional Way. 😉
Now make sure you're ready for Wednesday's repost of KTS #10, an absolutely foundational
KTS.
I always give you my best. 🏆
This is the Way! 🏄🌊
read more
Please find retrospective commentary at the end.
Before I lose the self-proclaimed Fundamental Investors who are long term investors (of which is my core foundation as well - hey, I’m one of you!), there are some basic and easy Technical tools that I plan to work in to this Knowledge Transfer Series that we need to add to our toolkit to improve either short, mid, or long term returns.
So for those in that camp, try to stick it out! RSI is the Relative Strength Index. For a trader, knowing a stock/ETF’s current RSI is a must have piece of information before sending any buy/sell order. RSI is as common as a nail to a homebuilder. So let’s acknowledge the Technicians can teach us something and that we aren’t so arrogant to think we can’t learn something from the Technicians.
It moves constantly for every security within a range from 0 to 100. When the RSI is above 70, a security is generally considered overbought - and when a security is below 30, it is generally accepted that the security is oversold. Go ahead and pull up the RSI chart for your favorite 5 securities. Doesn’t matter which ones. Look! They all look the same! For geeks, they look like sine waves, oscillating up and down constantly entering Overbought, reversing, going down to Oversold, reversing, going up to Overbought, reversing, going down to Oversold, reversing, going up to Overbought, on and on.....forever.... OK, you get it. Now, if you compare this RSI chart to the actual stock/ETF price chart, you’ll see a fairly PREDICTABLE stock price direction that is well correlated to the RSI. In other words, the RSI tells us if the stock price is going up or down in the coming days or week ahead. WOW! Wait a second, isn’t that why we are here???? To make a “bet” on a stock price direction! Take the TIME to prove it to yourself with this
exercise:
Go look at the comparisons of the RSI charts to the stock/ETF price charts for each of your current holdings. FIND THE KEY INFLECTION POINTS - THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY POINTS: (1) The point where your stock’s RSI just crosses above 30 and leaves Oversold territory, and (2) The point where your stock’s RSI just crosses below 70 and leaves Overbought territory. In (1) above, this is an OPTIMAL point to buy. And (2) above is an OPTIMAL point to sell. So whether you are a trader or a long-term investor, this is an easy tool to generally save an extra 1-3 % on your entry price by TIMING THE MARKET. Again, this works whether you plan to harvest those returns as a trader or a mid to long term investor Now this post is a baby step into RSI used in the most basic way. But this is a key one to reading what the ticker tape tells you - not what you tell the market.
This basic application of this most common trader tool is just one MARKET TIMING TOOL that we have now. After we use it, analyze it, and prove to ourselves that it works as it should (described above), we will start developing other tools that allow us to successfully market TIME markets.
Watch out, here come the Fundamentalists in full force when they read this one! They will tell you that you can’t TIME markets. They’ll point to the ultra rich that said so, they’ll point to their magazine articles, and 101 Investing for Dummies books. They’ll spew the word of Certified Financial Planner....to keep a lid on your returns AND your dependency on their approach to the markets and their soldiers. Ignore them.
You can do this - just take the TIME and start really small to watch it work. You MUST prove it to yourself first before we advance its application to TIME markets at a more macro level.
Ask questions and share thoughts!
Retrospective commentary - September 22th 2026
To this day, modified RSI is still a tool Beskar Capital uses frequently. Yet I still see many members and general investors misuse it.
Reread this excerpt twice:
"THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY POINTS: (1) The point where your stock's RSI just crosses above 30 and leaves Oversold territory, and (2) The point where your stock's RSI just crosses below 70 and leaves Overbought territory. In (1) above, this is an OPTIMAL point to buy. And (2)
above is an OPTIMAL point to sell."
Too often, I hear investors say they sold because the stock had just entered overbought territory, or bought because it had just entered oversold territory. If you've read the excerpt above twice, you know that the point I consider optimal is when the stock LEAVES overbought or oversold territory. So this KTS repost and retrospective commentary is as much for first-TIME readers as it is for seasoned KTS followers.
Even though this is a trader’s tool, Beskar Capital uses it to identify optimal points for accumulation. Never forget that we are fundamentally long term investors. Yet again, we are using tools in an UNconventional Way. 😉
Now make sure you're ready for Wednesday's repost of KTS #10, an absolutely foundational
KTS.
I always give you my best. 🏆
This is the Way! 🏄🌊
read more
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swing trade available
looking for a quick swing trade on ionq. i already hold upwards of 20 shares of this stock and believe it will be a big player in the quantum buildout in the coming years. have increased my position until ideally market close tomorrow where i hope the stock will end up around 50USD if not higher. great opportunity to make a good 5-12%
This Is All Due To IonQ achieving Real-Time Quantum Error Correction Breakthrough Using a Single CPU
This Is All Due To IonQ achieving Real-Time Quantum Error Correction Breakthrough Using a Single CPU
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Congratulations...and Welcome To The Party!
If you DCA'd during the $BTC bear market and ignored the negative comments, enjoy the next few years. To my fellow $MSTE , $BDAY, and $ISBG holders: expect some 20%+ drawdowns, but the overall trend is up and to the right and new all time highs!
To the haters: please save your comments. I heard your criticisms for a year straight and still bought over $1M in BTC ETFs. If I listened to you, I would be an unsuccessful investor. Instead, I followed the data, stuck to my thesis, and now I am up hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it's JUST GETTING STARTED.
So congratulations to everyone who held strong, enjoy the next few years, and Welcome to the $BTC bull market!
To the haters: please save your comments. I heard your criticisms for a year straight and still bought over $1M in BTC ETFs. If I listened to you, I would be an unsuccessful investor. Instead, I followed the data, stuck to my thesis, and now I am up hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it's JUST GETTING STARTED.
So congratulations to everyone who held strong, enjoy the next few years, and Welcome to the $BTC bull market!
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$250k baby!
Been so long I forgot blossom had this achievement! My portfolio has been edging on this for months haha.
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MSTE you beauty 😍🙈🔥🚀🤫
Make some noise for the $MSTE gang 🎉💰😎🤫
Fortune favours the brave Hoooraaah 🫡
Fortune favours the brave Hoooraaah 🫡
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The United States, Denmark, and Greenland reached an agreement (expected to be formalized around the UN General Assembly) that expands the U.S. security role in Greenland and explicitly restricts non-NATO countries, especially China and Russia from military presence in the area.
$CRML +33% overnight on the news 😮💨
$CRML +33% overnight on the news 😮💨
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