[The-Shoveler]

Don’t know for sure, but I am feeling a little spooked by what is happening to the SmartPhone biz myself so maybe others are feeling the same.

Still people will need a place to live, so maybe put it back up for rent?

[The-Shoveler]

Don’t know Gold seems to me kind of a Game-Over panic play (like 2007-11).

Silver is used in PV cells and electronics etc… So I could see some demand if the economy picks up and maybe as a panic play in case that occurs.

I picked up a (very small) position in a startup Lithium miner kind of on the same PV energy storage game. I guess we will see how that plays out over the next 10 years.

[The-Shoveler]

Other than maybe a small amount I don’t know why one would want to hold on to the physical stuff but that’s just me I guess.

Unless you had some marketable use for it.

I am looking for it to get below 10 before I buy some (SLV), don’t know if it will get there.

[The-Shoveler]

Don’t know about that, I have traveled quite a bit, even Hawaii’s too hot and sweaty to walk on the beach most days.

Not many places with a beach and perfect weather

I know of places in China with perfect weather but no beach.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=The-Shoveler]I just want to be able to walk on the beach or surf fish once a week or so.

not really interested in anything exciting LOL.

That probably apply to about 90% of the boomers I know.[/quote]

When you retire, you can find a cheap small beach town in the middle of nowhere.[/quote]

Yea that’s kind of plan-B (somewhere in Florida most likely),

I like being able to go to chain restaurants (best deals) and the Mall once in a while as well and be able to sit on the patio 300 days a year and not sweat or freeze.

SoCal’s the best place on earth for that IMO so that is Plan-A (also helps that you can walk on the beach about 300 days a year as well).

Of the Boomers I grew up with only about 20% are planing to move so that is where I think the squeeze in Socal is coming from.

[The-Shoveler]

I just want to be able to walk on the beach or surf fish once a week or so.

not really interested in anything exciting LOL.

That probably apply to about 90% of the boomers I know.

[The-Shoveler]

I actually expect the Blue collar workers to do some catching up to the high tech workers over the next 10 years.

There does not seem to be that many people interested in trade work so I expect the Trades to do a lot better over the next 10-20 years.

Seems most were pushed through college and expects a desk Job, so knowledge worker desk jockey workers will be a lot easier to find than they were during the last 20 years.

anyway IMO.

[The-Shoveler]

Yea I am not saying that they may have Chosen the numbers and dates to make the situation look a lot worse than it really is or anything like that, but 2011 was the bottom of the housing bust and the recession.

[The-Shoveler]

LOL, Yea I feel sorry for the broadcom people.

[The-Shoveler]

If they work for one of the bigger colleges in the L.A. area (UCLA, USC etc…) that is probably a quite normal pay scale for professors and senior admin staff etc….

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=livinincali][quote=flyer]Just to clarify the “Academia” post. Family members I mentioned are in Academic Administration at the University level, which is the reason for the $200K+.

All admit they chose it because they enjoy it, and it provides a great income pretty much guaranteed for life (when you factor in their cool retirement package which they plan to take in their 50’s) + they all wanted to work and live in CA and found some great opportunities here.
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Lol, and people wonder why college tuition and student loans are going to the moon.[/quote]

LOL, Yea that is the advice I would give my kid, If your not going to be a Doctor of something, Move to L.A. and get a Job at LADWP LOL.

But seriously My nephew is going for his PhD so he can teach at the college level.

[The-Shoveler]

Don’t know anyone who has done that but there seems to be no shortage of people wanting to do lease-option-to-buy right now.

[The-Shoveler]

I think even Microsoft’s Cortana is going to give Apple’s Siri a run for the money (and it’s going to give it away in 10).
I think Siri probably sells half Apples phones LOL.

[The-Shoveler]

I think even Apple’s results indicated the smartphone biz kind of topping out.

What do you do when you cannot continue to grow 15-20% a year?

Same issue with health care (share holders want to see 15-20% growth year after year after year).

What to do.

[The-Shoveler]

What I would add to that is that it is very very difficult to find a base model, they DONT want to sell you a base model to the point of not stocking them.
especially with trucks.

You can get them in other countries but the dealers wont stock them usually in the USA.

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