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@pete_martinez The income threshold of the poverty line is also increasing. Officially it is defined as half the median househ income. In the 2016 census that was 35k based on the 70k median household income. In the 2021 census that is 42k based on the 84k median household income.

@velocity It's just fundamental analysis. The sum of all discounted future cash flows for that company is 0.

@missy2710 The psychology component itself is already worth more than 1% in my opinion. How many retail investors are able to stomach the stock market diving 20, 30, 40%? How many are better able to stomach it if they are focusing on the dividends being deposited quarterly irrespective of...

@missy2710 It's "irrelevant" theoretically. In practice there are differences in psychology, market inefficiencies, the choice in where capital is allocated, company tilt (value), there's even embedded signals in what a sustainable withdrawal rate is given most companies are better informed...

@daniellea If we're talking about s&p, EPS should continue to trend up because of reinvested earnings, particularly with buybacks being so much more prevalent. Total stock market earnings might stagnate relative to total economic growth, but stock growth has and always will be driven from...

@peanut_01 They did say "not much opportunity for overtime in this position" though. Plus they do get overtime in Montreal as well since they're working every other Saturday.

@papabear101 How do you figure? It sounds like they might get more hours from the Montreal job.