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I myself see a big pullback coming in the next six months but I don’t know that I have ever been correct over 45 years. I will put a lot of money in if a 10% pullback comes. I expect you r being prudent depending on how old you are. The thing is, if you’re young, you might as well stick it out and not try to time. He said.
So you are thinking CAPE's very low UI, same as SPLV, is misleading ?
I remember this Britt article well, written one year in. Hard for me to tell, then or now, whether it is really saying anything substantial. (I am very surprised you cite it as …
Maurice, do better --- these are dirtbag outfits and bogo science, and Berman is famous
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/us/politics/pr-executives-western-energy-alliance-speech-taped.html
Can't find readily appealing reasons for me to own ... except to note that from 1/28 to 2/8 VT had this whopping drop but IQDAX had a big and so-far lasting jump. Wonder what accounts for that.
>> recent immature stream of nonsense that has appeared on the board by a handful of hopefully soon to be ex-members of MFO !
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SeparateForthrightHart-max-1mb.gif
Cool summary, tnx; am using Fido, Amex Blue, and Costco Visa, depending on what's being bought, but am now gonna dive into studying details above. We don't travel much (old dog) but will eventually, and sure do spend a lot at Costco.
in case this was not obvious enough, some nice quantification
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/05/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-republicans-contract.html
Never used my BoA credit cards, not good enough. Is one not then dealing with a cc company, no longer BoA, really?
I have warm, useless relationships w/ a couple of ML people, dedicated handholding slightly intrusive but ultimately unproductive-for…
There are some things you can do better in person and some not, since the personnel have no power and no greater access or make-it-happen than someone on the phone.
Fidelity is pretty clear about this both on the phone and in person.
One thing wi…
yeah, older bro :)
been editing him for decades, though like the good writers here he needs little from me (except trying to understand the subtleties)
His other articles, some of them, are rather more interesting in that regard, and in addition …
>> longwinded
because attempting to drill down a bit into costs and other consequences
(I am however somewhat used to reading, sometimes editing, this length of wind:
https://piie.com/experts/senior-research-staff/theodore-h-moran )
@Hank,
Such defensiveness about timing, and trying to make it personal. Not my 'problem', just curious about any good reasons why smart people here do it.
I mean, own it, and you do. 'Because I say so' can be a good reason, for some.
>> at…
>> Fido Money Market- "FZDXX" is yielding 1.69% at the moment.
Well, study this in some detail -- fn5, fn4 / minimum if applicable, performance details --- it has outperformed (somewhat) 3-month t-bills; 1y as of last week was 1.16%
https://…
what @dstone42 said
I asked about local branches only because the need was uttered. I never ever at BoA branch do anything having to do w ML except manual $$ transfers to children, impossible to do online. I have been to near Fido branches several …
how quickly we leave the conditions set in the OP
not talking about having cash for equity purchases unless you are doing timing, which is a separate discussion
not talking about having cash for nearterm (~n years) needs or indeed emergency stash …
This anti case is dated but I believe the author still more or less advocates the stance:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/01/16/investing-international-funds/21825245/
PDI +2.64%; everything flat or down
Some of those growth funds cited did remarkably, should check their holdings ...
ah, TRP Blue is one-quarter in Amz, F/b, MS, Alphabet, and Apple; good on them
http://portfolios.morningstar.com/fund/holdings?t=…
h,lmgtfy further
Amy's, correct, some; Praeger, some; a few others; all are at my local supermarkets (Mass.). The other manufacturers that come up from a search not so much. I believe Gardein I found once, but then it disappeared, will check and re…
Yes, non-celiac gluten sensitivity is different from the true disease, which is why I asked. It is now well-studied and defined at least compared w a couple decades ago and more. Glutenfree may be legal fear in excelsis, but even non-alarmist parent…
I better stop coating meats for the grill with coffee, then.
>> a label along the lines of "gluten free, processed in a facility that processes wheat." What's that supposed to mean,
It is to alert one in case one is extra-extra-sensitive, pe…
If she's really going to park it and not look, I've always been a fan of FAGIX and FSICX, though they're probably not low-freakout. There's SPHIX too, of course, of somewhat less appeal.
At Merrill and Fido the PONDX switchover has taken place (a few days ago) and was seamless, unless from habit you still search for it by that name, and yes, PONAX is ntf and lw at both places. Doubtless everyone knows this already except for us slee…
That Robert Bork was some kind of honorable conservative jurist truly attentive and morally and intellectually faithful to the late 18th century is among the more astounding hunks of bullshit slung about by wingnuts and even genuine conservatives.
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