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Hey hank,
How's the gas price today in your part of town.
Filled the wife's car tank last Friday at $3.86, was $3.88 and bumped to $4.16 today, Tuesday.
Looks like a picnic in the backyard and a tent this year for vacation.
Have not hunted for ma…
Dan,
I am not familiar with this area; but know of a few folks who have found some info of benefit at this site:
https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/ehi/Alliance?allid=Goo13330&sid=NATIONAL+2
Also, you will find looking at your original post that…
Reply to @WxByHart:
You asked: "And how do I compare all of the fees within the annuity, including the hidden ones, versus a self directed IRA?"
Request from your agent the contract you would have to sign, including all related documents and to u…
Interesting discovery. Not much of a market neutral holding, eh? More of an inverse.
The chart link here is the same as your Google chart, but looks a bit more dramatic from the layout. I placed BTAL against several other measures, too; besides IWB…
Thanks, jerry. Your notes about this make sense.
The article was a bit light on facts and details, but that is why I was curious about other knowledge about this process.
Take care,
Catch
Now, OJ; the etf's mentioned and apparently a tool used based upon the ariticle are tools any of us may use, too.
I suspect there are some here who may use these eft's to a profit.
I have viewed many of these etf's, too; but should I set aside 10%…
Hey, be a watch'in for the UPS truck with several heavy packages directed to you.......,next sign up for that glass blowing class.........
Nah, you got better things to do.
As Max mentioned; you likely should seek a fee only planner/advisor, at least to get you started on the right path. If possible, ask others in your area; avoid those planners who may be trying to sell you on "their" investment plan. Planners may ran…
If you are not comfortable with your current asset mix; then you need to consider your allocation choices.
Our house is comfortable with our current mix; for our own risk/reward tolerance.
What factors are you using to consider no more legs for fur…
Reply to @WxByHart:
" since I already have this "bucket" ready to go, with many of the expenses already paid over the past 20 years, doesn't it make sense to roll my 401-k Roth money into it? "
>>> As BobC also noted; there are likely add…
Reply to @scott:
Hmmm....the NY state stuff; recalled seeing a blip about this, but not aware of the fun game they are playing. Kinda reminds me of being at the beach and one attempts to dig a perfect hole into the wet sand only to discover that t…
Another possibly dangerous aspect of the hedge fund side and private equity; is that many more pension funds (especially public sector) continue to move assets into these two areas. Many pension funds remain underfunded, plus had a possible whack (e…
Hi Sven,
Another consideration may be Fido's FNMIX, of which; is our only EM bond fund right now. I don't recall whether you already hold an EM bond fund. It is dollar denominated, with the majority of holdings not being in Asia and has a decent l…
Hi scott,
You noted: " As for housing, I think even that has stunned me. I think there is intrinsic value in a house. It can be rented, there is value in the materials (and speaking of inflation, I find it interesting that houses have cratered, but…
Hey bee, Howdy,
I did a quick and dirty look at PCRDX. 'Course the holdings indicated were from last year, so not too valid for today's date.
From the 2011 numbers, it would appear at that time; that more than 65% of the holdings at the time were…
Howdy Mr. hawk,
Nice to see your name upon the electronic pages here.
Thank you for your thoughts.
Can't do a minor IRA at this time, due to no reportable income.
We have discussed the silly rule with the 529's previous, so..........
We have s…
Reply to @WxByHart:
Likely that I have not had enough coffee yet this morning; and some days the old brain cells are not working, so I shouldn't even place a question; but I will ask anyway.
You wrote:
" The nice thing about my existing NWM Rot…
Having followed this area; I recall TIPs auctions have been negative yield for the past 12 months or so, due to over subscription of the issue base. Though the value previous was with the forward price movements.
TIPs funds in general have moved si…
Hi Old_Joe,
Before you throw my arse out the door and lock the lock on this...............
I recall research over the years for selling items in online auctions; and always attempting to provide excellent details and background about the objects. I…
Hi claimui,
I placed a reply to msf to offer a few more thoughts and a broad apology if I offended anyone with my too broad of a statement concerning Taiwan. It was a wonderful place to live (Taipei) and learn; and I wish that I had an opportunity, …
Hi msf,
I am not attempting to be unfair with/for Taiwan. For the current period, I should have indicated that my thoughts today are directed at mainland China.
I only stated what I saw and was aware of in this area.
Past this, I found a deep …
Reply to @johnN:
No backyard needed for the bars.........
http://www.goldgrambars.com/
Or are you writing about the 400 troy oz bricks. That is another story at about $662,000 per brick today.
Utilities may travel okay if interest rates are no…
I lived in Taiwan for 2 years (1968/1969) and there was no regard at that time for any copyright. As technology was not then, what it is today; but one could buy any of the most recent best seller books within a few months after release in the U.S. …
Howdy Anna,
I read that the G-fund is noted as a high yield stable value type of fund. I presume the Fido monies were moved into a short term bond fund or such.
Yes, the roulette wheel could have a few more adds for other choices, too.
The one a…
Howdy johnN,
Here is an assortment of links from last year regarding gold; the U of T, and Texas teachers pension fund.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1336&bih=591&q=texas+pension+fund+gold+delivery&gbv=2&am…
I prefer Mr. Larry Fink's pronouncment from a few months ago that 100% equity was the way to go. When I start to see that trend amongst the investing public; I will be ready to pull the sell trigger, eh?
'Course, I suspect he can stand to lose or r…
Hi johnN,
We have used both Turbo Tax and H&R Block tax cut.
However, we have not needed to import data from an online account to be loaded into the program; so, I can not speak to this regarding data errors.
---I will presume that the tax…
Reply to @Old_Joe:
You "front-run" my post by 22 nano-seconds. You got a Goldman-Sachs online connection; or what?
Your reply is much better; without all of my extra chit-chat. I gotta work on that.
Be good out your way,
Catch
Hey there circa33,
Nope, you're not losing your mind or eye sight.
Two items for the blue zone:
---when you complete and post a new message in any topic area; if you were to click upon say.....fund discussions and that is where you placed your p…
Reply to @fundalarm:
Have not moved any of the bond holdings, regardless of the sector. Seeing a bit of a positve bump with the tips and 7-10 year T areas. The $ is down most of the day; and yet emerging market bond sector is weak again today. Som…
Hi fundalarm,
Most interesting during the past week or so.
I placed two charts in the below links. Set for 50, 100 & 200 day averages over 3 years backwards. I am sure there are other eft or index charts that are similar over the same time pe…
Hi Gandalf,
"Long ago, I can remember the feel of plastic contact lenses which I quickly threw in the garbage due to the discomfort they caused me, I am also curious of what these replacement lenses feel like. I can certainly understand some initia…
Howdy circa33,
Don't know about the condition of the Camaro; but there is a healthy market in numerous areas of the U.S. for a decent Camaro.
http://www.thecamarotrader.com/listings.php?category=&make=&yeara=1967&yearb=1969&srt=m…
Morn'in Max,
What I do:
---read the write you have chosen
---then scroll upward....this may be a short or long distance, depending upon the length of the thread.
---once scrolled to almost the top (I stop when I can again read the "Categories" lis…
