TerkErJerbs @ TerkErJerbs @lemmy.dbzer0.com

Posts

0

Comments

5

Joined

2 wk. ago

The whole ETF thing is partly a grift if you dig into it. Originally there were some actual ethical ones (and there probably still are) but as usual the hypercapitalist machine of wall street & co saw a lot of people putting their money into them and promptly created their own, and here we are. They are probably arguably better than nothing but there is quite a bit of writing out there about how many of them turn out to be bunk when you scratch the surface, with plays in O&G or weapons manufacturing or prisons etc etc. I don't do much investing but what little I have done, I've chosen to buy stocks in companies that make products I actually use and support and want to see do well. It's not a very scientific strategy to say the least but I've done alright with it.

Michael Burry is an interesting one. Fairly recently he dumped most of his positions and put it all into Estée Lauder. For a lot of reasons. One of them being the so-called "Lipstick Effect" which, counter-intuitively, things like beauty products actually do better during recessions and depressions. Do with that information what you will.

I've been trying to find ways to invest in things that will earn me some return on the NYC housing and short term rental market profitibility crash if Zohran wins in November. The landlord class is terrified of him getting in and a lot of rental property companies and large orgs that invest in and flip housing, and the banks that prop the whole thing up with loans to same, have already been doing some pretty major pullbacks just based on the outcome of the primaries. My hope is those groups sell en masse to cover their debt and bring housing prices and rents down dramatically. Some puts on the right companies could be a pretty nice return. It's fun to think about.

Yeah I'm aware of that thread and participated in it at the time. I personally torrent on WS and I know lots of people do. I recommended it here because OP didn't specify that they wanted to run a seedbox like that person in the thread you refer to was doing. If you keep it casual they'll never notice you, afaict. WS is one of the few left that offer port forwarding is all I know for sure, which was what OP was asking about.

Having said that WS could've handled that shit better. I haven't heard much since then.

Windscribe has split tunneling and port forwarding, but doesn't directly host SOCKS5. You can however run a SOCKS server locally and the WS app will route if set up. https://windscribe.com/knowledge-base/articles/why-was-socks5-discontinued/

True story I actually meant to switch to .zip and I had both it and dbzer0 open in tabs for a few days (deciding between them) and on d-day for .ee I opened one and signed in and did the verification... and then realized where I was. And actually I'm happy with my accidental choice. It's rad here.

Confirm is ded. I moved from there. RIP.