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"Paper losses" are another way of describing unrealized losses. And the only reason a person "loses" money is if/when they need liquidity. In which case, yes, you're absolutely right. If a person buys for $500k, and sells for $300k, then yeah, $200k loss. Another good way to look at things is...

Synergy has it nailed here. To put it another way, shares are supposed to reflect the underlying assets of a business. I hate when investment "Advisors" use business buzz-words, so here's a simple example: A company, A-co, holds 50 tonnes of gold. It sits there in a shiny stack in the company's...

10% returns? What planet are you guys on? We are in negative interest rate territory right now - you are basically paying the bank for the privilege of having them loan out your money. I'm all for doing well, but realistically people are lucky to have made 4% a year since 2008...

Well I pulled the trigger. I feel like absolute ****. This girl is crazy about me, and she's a pretty down to earth genuine nice chick. And it just seems ****ed to end it because of a third party, but I guess that's how life goes sometimes... Cordon, she's a hunter/jumper trainer and...

Hi guys, Okay I'm in a bit of a dilemma. I've been seeing this girl for the last 6 months, and I'm starting to feel it's at the point where I either need to really commit, or just pull the eject cable. What's making the decision difficult for me is because the main red flag that is holding me...

Haha Burroughs. The sky is falling, and The Man is doing it all to keep you down. Damn those blasted Corporations/Governments/Boogeymen eh? I'm tired of the conspiracies. Go post over at the Black Flag Cafe if you really want to get into it. I like to keep my women-philosophizing and my...

This guy has to be trolling. Just wow.

Dude, no wonder she calls you "Mum"... You're the roommate, you don't get to "request" anything other han (1) Don't eat my food and (2) Flush the toilet. Anything other than that nothing else is your business. Chill out and stop smothering the crap out of her. Who cares how much she does or...

K-mart, I actually just went through an extremely similar situation. And I can tell you with 100% certainty that you want to walk away. No speeches, no drama, just leave it be. When/if she comes back, worry about it then. Getting attached to a girl who is "leaving" is quite honestly a horrible...

Two pieces of advice I got from my dad: (1) Never let your father-in-law catch you sitting down, and (2) don't vent your stresses to your LTR. That's why we have guy-friends. I won't get in to it too much, but basically women like to feel safe and protected from the scary world out there. When...

"This isn't working for me. I just need some space to figure things out. It's not you, it's me. But we can still be friends, okay?" Works for the chicks so why not use the same? :P She isn't going to be happy with you regardless of what you say amigo. I would just own it, be honest, keep...

Hey guys, Okay thanks. I screwed it up by talking to her. Should have just ignored and kept on moving on. Oh well, now I know. Yeah, the ring thing... The intention was that it was a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of the fact that even though we talked about how wicked we would be...

Hi guys, Broke it off with a chick a week and a bit ago. It wasn't a huge ugly thing, just kinda one of those things that couldn't work out, and both of us getting frustrated. Anyway, as we all know Christmas just happened, and I indulged her a bit and got her some jewellery etc. Then...

Thanks guys. Maybe should have clarified: I'm not planning on getting back with anyone. I was out for dinner with a buddy of mine and we got talking about ex's and stuff, and it came up how every single one of our ex gf's contacted us at some point. Got me curious if anyone had an ex go...

Hey guys, Quick question: a lot of times on this site you read about how a chick will initiate a break-up, the guy will keep his head and go no-contact, and after a period of time the ex will contact the guy. Has anyone had it happen where instead your ex just completely disappeared after? Or...

Bro it was totally the pheromones.

I wouldn't be too quick to buy into Harry's cool-aid. Ever call a chick, ring 4 times, get her voicemail, hang up, only to have her text you two seconds later saying "Hey, did you just call me? What's up?" That's what happens more frequently than not. Chicks love texting, in fact I would...

Hey guys, So I've had a nagging feeling the last little while. Maybe it's compounded by the fact that one of my plates blew up recently and I'm second-guessing myself. But a recurring theme in my "game" seems to be that I frequently have been hit with "You're too ****y. It's...

Well guys, another update. She deleted me off bbm about 5 hours later. That has been our sole way of communicating when we weren't face to face, so I don't really have any way of contacting her or vice versa now. Well not true, I have her phone number and email and all that crap and I'll be...

Well shoot, given Harry's post it looks like I made an error. When in doubt, I usually resort to "what would Han Solo do?" and that's what I did here. Waited another couple hours and responded "Whatever you think babe. Thanks for the thrills." Her response fifteen min later: "And thanks for...