DFD

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:38 am Y'all seen the price of CAT stock? Started off the year at $100, now at $160. I should have bought that shit back in 2009 when it crashed to the $30 something range. Fawk.

Debating buying into Raytheon. I think the future of combat is drone based, and these guys make the best radar systems for such endeavors. They also picked up a drone company a year ago. Buying Lockheed was a good call last year, that's been steadily climbing and returning a nice dividend. I think this could be the same. Especially if rocket boy goes nuts.

Northrop Grumman would be another solid option as they got the contract to build the next stealth plane. They also acquired Orbital this year, so they're diversified. Orbital has been getting contracts to resupply the ISS, build solid rocket boosters for the new SLS rocket, etc.

D Griff wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:14 am

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:38 am Y'all seen the price of CAT stock? Started off the year at $100, now at $160. I should have bought that shit back in 2009 when it crashed to the $30 something range. Fawk.

Debating buying into Raytheon. I think the future of combat is drone based, and these guys make the best radar systems for such endeavors. They also picked up a drone company a year ago. Buying Lockheed was a good call last year, that's been steadily climbing and returning a nice dividend. I think this could be the same. Especially if rocket boy goes nuts.

Northrop Grumman would be another solid option as they got the contract to build the next stealth plane. They also acquired Orbital this year, so they're diversified. Orbital has been getting contracts to resupply the ISS, build solid rocket boosters for the new SLS rocket, etc.

My buddy is an engineer at CAT, been there since 2010, it seems to be quite the roller coaster ride.

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:19 am

D Griff wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:14 am

My buddy is an engineer at CAT, been there since 2010, it seems to be quite the roller coaster ride.

Yep. In 2010 they had a bunch of new diesel emissions issues to figure out. But they did and now they're rocking.

D Griff wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:22 am

Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:19 am

Yep. In 2010 they had a bunch of new diesel emissions issues to figure out. But they did and now they're rocking.

Well, everyone's rocking, building, buying... one would hope they'd do well in this environment.

Melon wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:04 am

nuggstein wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:36 pm God damn, Litecoin and Ethereum are lifting off. Fuck I wish I bought them when they were cheap!!!

Diversity my man. It's the key to any successful investment portfolio.

Diversity.

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am Talked to CFO/HR dude. Company will pay the 10% match of contributions to traditional and roth 401ks in our plan. So for next year I'm going to leave my 10% contribution to the traditional 401k, and then begin contributing 2% to the roth 401k. Not much, but I'm also contributing 2% to a roth IRA outside the company, and 4% to my personal cash savings account. Total 18% of income saved. If I get that $10k raise in February that my boss said he was trying to get me, I'll increase all of those contributions by 1%. Once Jeep and student loans are paid off, I'll be able to contribute/save even more.

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:13 pm

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am Talked to CFO/HR dude. Company will pay the 10% match of contributions to traditional and roth 401ks in our plan. So for next year I'm going to leave my 10% contribution to the traditional 401k, and then begin contributing 2% to the roth 401k. Not much, but I'm also contributing 2% to a roth IRA outside the company, and 4% to my personal cash savings account. Total 18% of income saved. If I get that $10k raise in February that my boss said he was trying to get me, I'll increase all of those contributions by 1%. Once Jeep and student loans are paid off, I'll be able to contribute/save even more.

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:15 pm

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:13 pm

Knew you'd be proud that I'm not maxing out that traditional 401k like I had looked at.

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:50 pm

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:15 pm

Knew you'd be proud that I'm not maxing out that traditional 401k like I had looked at.

Yea. but saving 18% is by definition

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am Talked to CFO/HR dude. Company will pay the 10% match of contributions to traditional and roth 401ks in our plan. So for next year I'm going to leave my 10% contribution to the traditional 401k, and then begin contributing 2% to the roth 401k. Not much, but I'm also contributing 2% to a roth IRA outside the company, and 4% to my personal cash savings account. Total 18% of income saved. If I get that $10k raise in February that my boss said he was trying to get me, I'll increase all of those contributions by 1%. Once Jeep and student loans are paid off, I'll be able to contribute/save even more.

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am Talked to CFO/HR dude. Company will pay the 10% match of contributions to traditional and roth 401ks in our plan. So for next year I'm going to leave my 10% contribution to the traditional 401k, and then begin contributing 2% to the roth 401k. Not much, but I'm also contributing 2% to a roth IRA outside the company, and 4% to my personal cash savings account. Total 18% of income saved. If I get that $10k raise in February that my boss said he was trying to get me, I'll increase all of those contributions by 1%. Once Jeep and student loans are paid off, I'll be able to contribute/save even more.

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am Talked to CFO/HR dude. Company will pay the 10% match of contributions to traditional and roth 401ks in our plan. So for next year I'm going to leave my 10% contribution to the traditional 401k, and then begin contributing 2% to the roth 401k. Not much, but I'm also contributing 2% to a roth IRA outside the company, and 4% to my personal cash savings account. Total 18% of income saved. If I get that $10k raise in February that my boss said he was trying to get me, I'll increase all of those contributions by 1%. Once Jeep and student loans are paid off, I'll be able to contribute/save even more.

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:31 pm

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am Talked to CFO/HR dude. Company will pay the 10% match of contributions to traditional and roth 401ks in our plan. So for next year I'm going to leave my 10% contribution to the traditional 401k, and then begin contributing 2% to the roth 401k. Not much, but I'm also contributing 2% to a roth IRA outside the company, and 4% to my personal cash savings account. Total 18% of income saved. If I get that $10k raise in February that my boss said he was trying to get me, I'll increase all of those contributions by 1%. Once Jeep and student loans are paid off, I'll be able to contribute/save even more.

You could save even more if you stopped working out and started hitting the specials at Little Caesars?

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:31 pm

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am Talked to CFO/HR dude. Company will pay the 10% match of contributions to traditional and roth 401ks in our plan. So for next year I'm going to leave my 10% contribution to the traditional 401k, and then begin contributing 2% to the roth 401k. Not much, but I'm also contributing 2% to a roth IRA outside the company, and 4% to my personal cash savings account. Total 18% of income saved. If I get that $10k raise in February that my boss said he was trying to get me, I'll increase all of those contributions by 1%. Once Jeep and student loans are paid off, I'll be able to contribute/save even more.

You could save even more if you stopped working out and started hitting the specials at Little Caesars?

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:52 pm

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:31 pm

You could save even more if you stopped working out and started hitting the specials at Little Caesars?

But then my healthcare costs would skyrocket, negating the savings on gym memberships and copious amounts of food..

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:52 pm

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:31 pm

You could save even more if you stopped working out and started hitting the specials at Little Caesars?

But then my healthcare costs would skyrocket, negating the savings on gym memberships and copious amounts of food..

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:03 pm

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:52 pm

But then my healthcare costs would skyrocket, negating the savings on gym memberships and copious amounts of food..

not to mention clinical depression and general disdain for life

Johnny_P wrote:

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am Talked to CFO/HR dude. Company will pay the 10% match of contributions to traditional and roth 401ks in our plan. So for next year I'm going to leave my 10% contribution to the traditional 401k, and then begin contributing 2% to the roth 401k. Not much, but I'm also contributing 2% to a roth IRA outside the company, and 4% to my personal cash savings account. Total 18% of income saved. If I get that $10k raise in February that my boss said he was trying to get me, I'll increase all of those contributions by 1%. Once Jeep and student loans are paid off, I'll be able to contribute/save even more.

I think I save 17% in my 401k which includes the 5% dollar for dollar match. Don't really remember. It grows pretty quickly, and you can always turn that dial back down if needed.

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:31 pm

SAWCE wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:51 am Talked to CFO/HR dude. Company will pay the 10% match of contributions to traditional and roth 401ks in our plan. So for next year I'm going to leave my 10% contribution to the traditional 401k, and then begin contributing 2% to the roth 401k. Not much, but I'm also contributing 2% to a roth IRA outside the company, and 4% to my personal cash savings account. Total 18% of income saved. If I get that $10k raise in February that my boss said he was trying to get me, I'll increase all of those contributions by 1%. Once Jeep and student loans are paid off, I'll be able to contribute/save even more.

You could save even more if you stopped working out and started hitting the specials at Little Caesars?

[user not found] wrote:Bailed at about 5 am and jumped back in around 1030.

Took 1k in profits out and I think I've made all of that back.