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Derf
davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
@wdavidsnowball : Could one of the monthly contributors comment on the reorganizing of mutual funds into a MF Trust accomplish.
Mark, Graust, & myself would like to know.
From TheShadow Reorganization at Rondure Global Advisors
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"I can’t help wondering if D&C is still as exuberant over China today as they were December 22, 2022 - the date of the report."
Thanks I needed that, Derf
Rear wheel drive. If the ass end goes to the right, steer to the right & let of the gas.
Front wheel drive . If ass end goes right or left, let off the gas.
Second best tip, if you need to be out in bad weather, sloooow down !
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@Old_Joe You said, "Some days I get half a dozen of these." I'm glad it's you & not me.
Point #2 "Be very careful where you visit on the internet. Curiosity can definitely kill your cat." 110 % agree on that comment.
Does the Apple phone…
@Crash : I'm in my second year of AVIRA, yes I paid up. Now that I have graduated to a "smart phone" I find ads are continually popping up, although Avira was installed. Problem number 2. Removal of Adobe flash player notification on PC pops up onc…
@msf : You mentioned VUSXX in above post. What % is tax exempt from state taxation ?
Another question while I have your ear. Tax info from Van Guard shows % of treasury dividend from a fund. If I take qualified & non qualified dividends & …
"Folks who had 6% mortgages were in clover. Banks were offering them CASH to refinance at higher rates. A guy in my department said his bank told him he HAD to refinance."
First I heard of this. Was the bank Wells Fargo ?
@yogibearbull ; Thank you. I purchased a 6 month T-Bill on Monday. My "thinking" , when rates go down to capture a little more interest at that time, with a note paying more. Middling , I guess I'd call it. Maybe a ladder ?
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TWO missiles to down a balloon ! Was the first one a dud or pilot error ? I read somewhere that was close to a million dollar take-down ! In this case a few bullets should have done the job & a lot cheaper.
"@Sven- I've run a "fleet" of four older Mac Minis for many years now. Firefox browser and DuckDuckGo for search engine. No Google. No Microsoft. No hacks at all. But I'm very careful where I go and what I look at. (Being 83 years old helps a lot wi…
@hank: recent interview on CBS morning contained this new search method. Sometimes the search returned what you received. Not what you were expecting ! I believe it did mention that searching for the dark side, porn , wouldn't return anything. I bel…
Place your bets ! Will Powell's luncheon address or Biden's SOTU move the markets more ?
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Appears Powell won the bet, as Futures Wed. morning are in the RED . I guess we should give Mr Market more time & see how the day pans out .
I'm surprised that China didn't admit to making a sequel to Around the World in Eighty Days.
I'll admit to looking down more than up , so you can see how I missed the first 3 or 4 balloon fly overs, but just how did our security forces miss seei…
A few bullets instead of a missile could have brought this "weather" balloon to a some what gentile landing. I might be a hair off on this summation, but if you can put a man on the moon , one should be able to know how to deflate this target in a b…
Reported by catch22, "Note: On the disinflation front.....reported that chicken wings and avocado prices are down about 22% YTD; and before the Super Bowl parties, too. Big move !!! I have not verified this locally.
I also saw an ad in paper for c…
@Devo : Thanks for your info. Can you tell me what drove the adjusted NAV from $51.22 01/01/2020 to $54.38 at the end of Aug. 2020 as no dividends were paid during this time period.
Thank you, Derf
@Crash Dividends not pd for number of months / year.
2018 3 not pd
2019 4 ''
2020 8 ''
2021 3 "
You are correct on amount of dividends also not consistent.
@Crash : I took a peek at Yahoo & 2021 a double payment for Dec. & zip-o for Jan..
Looking further back & you can see what transpired. I wouldn't call it consistent .
Thanks for your reply @sma3 .. Things are better now. You're right about the movement south. When the snow birds return it's a longer wait for an appointment.
SP/5 Derf
@sma3 : Would you mind dating the tie period of time you are referring to concerning the VA you worked at ?
I've been using VA & find it keeping up with the times, new radiation center & remodels on going.
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Seems to me one of the top managers left on sabbatical a while back. This may have contributed to the amount of loss taken by GP. After being warned about their newest MF I took a toe hold & added a knuckle. My bad, & I'll probably take a …
@Observant1 : Thanks for posting comment about using local library to access the link.
Have a good day, Derf
PS @catch22 :
Did you spend any time in the
hay mow , stacking hay ?
3 years w…
@Old_Joe : ""Thanks to OJ, I bought a small amount of ASML"
I deny everything. I have no recollection of even being there. Someone else hacked my name. The Secret Service erased all my emails. I had been drinking and didn't realize what I was doin…
