Oddly, all of this made me think about a number of meetings I have been in over the years. You know, the ones where the issues are important, but the opinions are varied about the best course of action. In addition, you realize going in that tensions exist and the goal is to hopefully moderate and navigate it without too much going sideways. At some point someone says something non productive, which gets a measured response from another.....then surely it draws in another and eventually it just goes off the rails.
Its pretty simple global markets down today over trade war which it is not. Rich people and institutions taking their profit. They'll buy down again. Global markets are down today (Jan 20, 2026) primarily due to President Trump's escalating threats of new tariffs on European nations (like France, Germany, UK) over Greenland, sparking fears of a major trade war, leading investors to sell stocks for safer assets like gold, and causing big tech/luxury stocks to fall, with higher Treasury yields adding pressure on bonds.
Thanks for the replies guys, sometimes I just think "what do we want to teach a young investor" if they ever end up reading our remarks , observations and opinions on this forum. I do have to figure out what to do with my GOOGLE monster , just as WXYZ had stated about NVDA becoming too overweight in his portfolio, I have the same problems with GOOGLE, it has grown to something like 20% of my COMBINED OVERALL portfolio. Also starting last year Washington State started a NEW tax on Capital Gains, you are taxed at 7% of the capital gains above $270,000, so now we all are capped at $270K per year or pay the Government. As far as google stock, my basis is like 8% , or almost nothing. I guess at some time we have to start thinking about paying the PIPER on our gains, and as described above that can turn into a MULTI YEAR PROJECT !! I may live to regret it BUT ,........ I was a buyer today around the closing bell, we'll see if it pays off , or if I just flushed some cash down the hole
