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I have had credit freezes on al our accounts since we were notified ( years ago) that our data had been hacked three times in one year.
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Yale New Haven Hospital (this year got hacked again for third time !)
and People's …
I don't find Schwab's or Fidelities portfolio analysi very robust, and do not want to give either one the ability to download my account information from another brokerage.
I use Quicken to download my transactions from my brokerage accounts into …
Simplify has $ 4 Billion AUM. Maybe not Vanguard ( or Fidelity ) but they have accumulated this in only a couple of years
I don't quite understand why FIDO feels the need to do this other than to make $. Is their role in ETFs more involved than buy…
His mother taught “legal ethics”. Father was on board of FTX and provided them with a lot of legal advice. I do not know but assume feds are looking at them too.
He was also convicted for witness tampering! Why didnt Momma sit down after things…
The Board consists of Trump son, Devin Nunes ( ex CA MAGA congressman ) Linda McMahon ( runs World Wide Wrestling) all three true believers who will almost certainly do what DJT wants.
I haven't bothered to look up the affiliations of the others E…
Interview in Bloomberg today. Active stockpickers. The first one profiled has a holding period of at least ten years, preferably forever!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-27/some-stock-pickers-show-active-can-still-beat-passive-inve…
I have not had issues with identity theft, but have had fairly good luck talking to the IRS about my deceased mother's now 3 year overdue refund. Of course 2/4 times I called the agent either really didn't know why I had gotten a letter ( as he cla…
They cost $145 to $199 a year
I assume you do not have to also have a M* premium membership but I am just guessing
I have subscribed to most of them of andon over the years but never found them particularly useful
They did have model portfoli…
You have to know" what interest rates will do and then still assume the funds duration will not change.
So in a year you will get the dividend plus the % change in interest rates time duration.
A 1% decline in rates will produce a 5% increase in N…
You here little about the massive stock buybacks of most companies. The main reason they do it is to avoid dilution from the even more massive option awards that they give their top employees.
SP500 companies spent 2/3s of profits purchasing 2.7% …
@msf
Thanks for the Parnassus stuff.
I don't think most individuals spend much time analysing the funds they own, other than maybe reading the title, or following the advice of an advisor.
The prospectuses of the "ESG" funds I have read are us…
This came in my email from "As you Sow" a climate advocacy group that
"Some view ESG as a framework for assessing risk - the key to achieving a sustainable and just future. Others see it as threat to capitalism and cover for a liberal elite politi…
@rforno
I seem to remember PRBLX being criticised for this and responding in some way, but it would be hard to locate now.
As far as financial shenanigans are concerned there are several funds that claim to look for it so as to avoid it. The one…
I think that "ESG" like bitcoin is just another marketing tool to give the customers what the companies think they want. Fink did a marvelous 180 degree turn on Bitcoin when he realised he could make money on it.
I do not mean to say that "ESG" is…
The hypocrisy of a state supposedly devoted to individual freedom and "small government" telling its citizens where they can and cannot put their money is too rich for words.
The lists do not make sense in the context of The Texas Permanent School …
Unless you can stand volatility, I would avoid China for now. Investing in a country without the rule of law and where one man can decide to take over entire industries is a risky proposition. That is unlikely to change in the near future although…
Both have TFA and a notification through their iphone app where you click "yes it is me" after signing in with FaceID
TFA are probably safe, but can be hacked with a Sim card fraud. I think face ID since it is located on the physical phone is prob…
Computer
I try to change my passwords regularly. The first changed pw had a "dont use" character i it ( #) but even eliminating that, deleting the cache etc and restarting nothing worked
And to add to the confusion, the Schwab web page summary …
Wow An hour and five reps later, they can't figure it out so tell my to click "forgot name and password" and then with only my name DOB and last four of SS I can change PW. 2FA required but with all the Sim card issues this does not inspire conf…
@msf
You have far more patience than I do. I never answer calls that are not already in my contact list, so all these Fido calls went to VM. I never responded.
As another comment in the "Schwab vs Fidelity" I agree that Schwab chat works very w…
Pretty soon we will hit the 100th anniversary of my father's getting a few shares of what is now XOM from his dad who worked there.
I still have the original broker tickets. When he died the cost basis was close to $4 a share
I dont think it is the employee's fault as I suspect they are rushed through training and put to work ASAP
although I have to say there are some strange things going on at Fidelity.
My wife and I moved a small (LT 10%) of her account to Schwab to …
I just read the last two issues. Some Useful stuff esp lists of undervalued fund and markets. . I need to see how accurate M* P/FV metric really is.
The Goodhaven article is interesting, although I am reluctant to invest in a fund with so much beh…
My favorite bitcoin story is the son of a patient of mine who Dad said maybe 10 years ago his kid had some huge amount of Bitcoin on a thumb drive in his safe deposit account. Even then it was worth several million dollars. He said they were never…
I emailed MassTax Connect ( dept of rev svc website.. Connecting directly to my wallet!!)
They replied quickly that this interest payment is apparently not considered similar to Treasury or Mortgage Bond interest and is subject to state taxes in M…
NYT reports today without real evidence that authorities in SC think it was suicide.
Seems odd as he was supposed to testify at the whistleblower trial but didn't show up
As they refuse to allow fund owners to vote for anything involved in company management, like the Board or policies etc and refuse to publish employees salaries and incentive plans ( higher paid employees seem to earn some kinds restricted stock ) …
