It's probably not hard to believe I am still coming off the high from last weekend. Between the amazing campsite we had, the appearance of the northern lights, and the other events of the weekend, my heart is definitely full.
I got the canvas image of Jovi for my office the other day. It's now sitting prominently on my desk where I can look at her every day. The days without her have been getting better for the most part, but every now and then I think of something that breaks me down again. Yesterday my wife and I were walking through Costco and when we got to the rotisserie chickens I was reminded of how Jovi would stand behind me in the kitchen waiting for scraps as I pulled the meat off the bone.
We haven't bought a rotisserie chicken since she has been gone, but I know the first time we do it is going to be hard.
It is time again for another Finance Friday/Friday Finance. This is a series I started where I talk about random bits of financial stuff that I have seen, gathered, or experienced during the week. I hope as a reader you find it informational, entertaining, or both. I also hope it can generate some good discussion and edify the community.
Finance is an interesting thing for me this week as I just don't feel like there has been that much going on. We are kind of in that wait and see period where nobody quite knows what is going to happen. Bitcoin has jumped back up to the $66K range and that is nice to see, but I feel like it's just going to keep bouncing around that level for a while now.
I found out the other day that my local bullion store is changing locations. Thankfully, they are going to remain local and if anything, it should be easier for me to get there because they are moving closer to my house. They still have some non-traditional hours, but I will try to get there again soon. It would help if they were open on weekends, but I understand why they aren't
It's not like bullion is a high demand item that justifies extended hours like a Home Depot or grocery store.
They always have the online option too that you can access via this referral link
As is the case with most places, they have a $200 minimum purchase requirement to qualify for free shipping. I've also notice that a lot of the sand cast hand poured stuff they advertise on their Facebook page doesn't seem to be available on their site. I'm guessing it has to do with them only having a limited quantity of the items or something like that.
I kind of feel like a broken record covering some of the same topics all the time, but as far as finances go, this is the stuff that is relevant to me right now. We are now less than a week away from what is supposed to be the official launch of the Retik token.
Despite the vesting period, many folks in the Telegram channel still seem to think they are going to be insanely rich due to this token. The consensus among the stalwart masses is that this will be a token to hold well into 2030 for maximum gains.
Personally, I think we are going to get an announcement saying they have to delay the launch. There are still quite a few red flags that have me anticipating this token will be a rug pull. Even some of the folks in the Telegram I created where we can talk openly about our FUD are starting to drink the Reltik koolaid.
It's quite interesting to observe from the outside with the assumption that all of our money is gone. I want to apologize to you right now if I ever went into delusional fan boy mode over a token in the past. It's not a great look for sure!
As we continue to inch closer and closer to what we hope will be the most epic bull run in crypto history, I'm starting to take a closer look at some of my assets and I'm trying to determine what my goals will be. I've been saying for a while now that I am trying to get some liquid HIVE on hand to move into HBD if the price happens to pump.
I think the ideal number at this point is maybe 5000 HIVE. If HIVE were to reach the previous all time high, that would be 15,000 HBD I could shove into savings. Of course, if HIVE gets back up in the $3 range, I might be tempted to do my first ever power down and push even more into HBD.
I've also stopped staking SPS at this point. Any new SPS I earn that isn't automatically staked is sitting liquid in my account so I can move it into HIVE or something else should the price of SPS ever recover to a nice level. I have no liquid target for SPS, it's just whatever I can accumulate between now and then.
I mentioned a while ago that I stopped pretty much all of my DCA monthly auto buys on Coinbase. We were spending quite a bit of money per month on Jovi towards the end and I needed that extra cash to cover some of those expenses. Now that she is no longer with us, I haven't yet started those buys back up. We are still trying to find a bit of equilibrium with our budget.
I'm starting to realize some of my other soft targets for taking gains may not be that realistic. I have some secondary tokens on WAX that I was under the assumption could pump in the next bull. That is looking less likely now. I do think they will be pulled up a little bit, but probably not to the levels I was hoping. At this point I will just be happy to take any gains where I can.
Do you have plan for the next bull? How many times has it changed in the past six months, or is it still as rock solid as it was originally? There are so many uncertainties out there right now, it almost feels a bit foolish to even try to plan. I feel like we at least need to have a framework though, otherwise we are going to be spending the next three years wading through regret.
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