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davidrmoran
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.
>> 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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Yes, sir, with perhaps a third or a little less 'edge' holdings --- cash for non-SS cashflow, DLEUX (unimpressive thus far, to put it nicely; typoed earlier entry corrected), FLPSX (which I have held for decades on and off), PDI and PTY (a little vo…
You do know that you (anyone) can listen online to QXR and a dozen other Met feeds (identical) every single Saturday almost --- v good sound. Hook laptop up to stereo, etc.
completely misleading headline, but otherwise perhaps some content of interest here:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/20/us/self-driving-uber-pedestrian-killed.html
You don't understand the difference between ignorant and stupid.
true dat
the thing here is, we are dealing w someone who is deeply ignorant, deeply stupid, and deeply smart, all at the same time, and at the mercy of malignant whim and the most pro…
doom ahead; like the pre-Strangelove era
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/nobody-is-left-to-save-the-world-from-trump-now.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/add-another-zealot-to-the-white-house/2018/03/22/08f5034a-2e33-11e8-…
@Maurice,
And you do not know what 'recant' means. Good grief. Amazing how kneejerk adversarial you are, unfailingly. How goes it for you in the workplace, I wonder. Good that you call for gov involvement even though of course it sucks totally.
VTI is everything, right, while DSEEX is SP500 automatically / algorithmically value-churned plus special bond sauce, and MC and SC (and for the last year-plus even SP500 overall, I think) have outperformed, meaning value has not reigned as before. …
yes, alas, yes, driver video shown tonight shows clear hit of person in road, not stepping out suddenly at all, open and shut, something lidar seriously gone wrong
human driver also looking down and then suddenly aghast
aghast part not shown here …
@MikeM - ?
See if this comes up:
https://www4.troweprice.com/iws/wps/wcm/connect/cb07f2804dc1463caf7dbf2f8c725be8/RetirementFunds_Glidepath_HardCard.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=cb07f2804dc1463caf7dbf2f8c725be8
oh, no, I do read it, as much as I can bear
it is just awful, stupefying, and for me unbearable after a point; makes you lose your faith, until you recall that it is a self-selected group (duh)
I read worse, too, sometimes
If these are moneys you do not need soon, just keep on doing what you are doing, and do not worry about crashes near or far.
If you really hate to lose $$, do not invest. No worthwhile investment will never lose value. But you know this. Still puz…
@Maurice, I cannot tell how your screed has to do with me or anything I wrote.
Stepping in front of a car going 38mph is not jaywalking and is going to result in a hit regardless. IF that's what happened.
Visual detection systems are not remotely…
@Maurice, as the master of nonstop all-encompassing impugning, try and keep up, if only by googling:
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/self-driving-uber-crash-pedestrian-death-not-at-fault/
There is video being examined. NTSB is onsite. If she su…
unanswerable as posed, man.
There is no reason a crash is imminent --- high valuation does not trigger bear markets --- but that notion, and fear of crash, are always present, sure. You have got to exhale and think things through. How soon do you n…
This is the most useless thing I have read in some time:
... ask yourself if your TDF's risk level is right for you. Here are three questions to ask your 401(k) ... fund company:
-- How much market risk are you taking within five years of your tar…
