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I recently tried to buy a condo in Miami and it sold before I could get my offer in. I tried the next one in the building and got out bid by someone else. Seems like more buying activity lately. My only concern is that the buying pressure won't be enough to absorb the endless supply of...

pretentiousness is a unconscious defense mechanism, that is why people respond in that way - fear

Nice post, I have been feeling similarly. It seems to me the reason capitalism works is hope. People's brains are physically and emotionally structured to have hope and capitalism is built upon this foundation. Capitalism encourages conspicuous consumption because it knows this will strengthen...

I agree. The dream is always better then reality, because your dream is 100% in your control.

Smart Money, I suspect only someone who is in your shoes can honestly empathize and offer suggestions. I've been trading successfully for years and in 2008 I made such a windfall that I just stopped trading altogether and retired. At first I didn't tell anyone and just lived humbly and kept...

The best way to work on this problem is to work on your personal issues with trust.

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interesting, thank you

never heard of him i will look into it. thank you

what do you mean by profitable perspectives? and how do you go about developing it?

Yes this makes sense, but it seems the market can only tell me if I'm right or wrong and to what magnitude. It doesn't go in to detail about what the problems is so maybe philosophy could give a framework to discover this? scalp

Can studying philosophy help you improve as a trader? Maybe Nietzsche's perspectivism could be a microscope to constantly antagonize your own methods in order to improve yourself and your trading results? ? scalp "Know thyself" - Socrates

for the dream.

The sentiment of this thread screams buy real estate. If this is indeed the wider viewpoint we must be near a bottom. When you see a article in Time magazine that shows the facts that real estate is a bad investment and its better to rent, well you know what to do....