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davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
LewisBraham
January 2 Flag
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"The atmosphere is softer there. The economy is booming. The electronics manufacturer Foxconn is rapidly expanding production capacity for Apple devices, building a hostel for 60,000 workers on a 20-acre…
Thanks for your reply @Observant1 . Did you add addition money to these accounts during 2022 ? I'm guessing you did. I know I added to two separate accounts & will have to subtract those amounts from 2022 closing balance.
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@Observant1 : I find your return -8.18 % for the year 2022 to be puzzling or I'm missing the big picture.
"401k
-8.02%
Taxable account #1
-8.50%
Roth IRA
-17.10%
Taxable account #2
-13.11% "
It would appear you had 96% of assets in 401-k &…
Thanks for the reply @hank . I had an investment with Dodge a number of years ago, but left when they carried a heavy load of financial & got toasted in 07-08 .
Thanks to ALL for their suggestions. With that said I could have stated the problem with a little better wording.
I took my comment, that I forgot to post & sent it to "save draft" where I was able to relieve myself of the post I forgot to po…
@hank : I'm not sure if this isn't going on currently ! A (few) years back employees were front running stocks mentioned in magazines heading out the door to readers ! Somewhat the same , just another way to make a buck !
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“When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns – in short, being fooled by randomness." – Nicholas Nassim Taleb
So short term t-bills are a bad investment , & long …
Just wondering : Instead of going with a CD or treasury for two years, investing in equities? As of now one CD for 1 year & 2 Treasuries, 1 year, & 1- 2 year maturities.
Currently 7 CD's or Treasures coming due through 5/1/23.
Can any…
Order for 1 & 2 year treasuries put in. Why ? Other cd's & treasuries matured . 2/3 rds of cash invested now. Looking to invest the other 1/3 in DODIX or other suggestions.
Ho, Ho, Ho, Derf
@Crash : Thanks for showing your trades. Did you sell all of PRISX ? Do you prefer monthly dividends or quarterly. If one is reinvesting dividends, I'd think monthly as you are reinvesting sooner & more often . I guess one would have to sit d…
@stayCalm : I don't have a google TV , But a Google email address that I don't use. So if I google something on my PC , they have the link ability to my PC then to my brokerage accounts ?
Thanks for your time, …
OK , will someone step forward & give me their password & account # & I'll see if I can remove a "few" grand. Then we'll have an idea of how hard it's to hack your account.
I promise to return your funds .
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"Once a hacker got your PW etc, they could do anything they wanted, obviously."
Not always true if you have other authentication needed, (code) sent to your phone !
I (think) you're out of luck on that issue, although I could be wrong.
Try this link, @Old_Joe https://www.investopedia.com/articles/retirement/05/012505.asp
"”economy slows down but also muddles along” - That’s as good a guess as any."
I sat in SUV at Walmart for 45 minutes after dropping gal pal off to exchange 70" TV. Lesson learned, don't take open boxes.
This happened Sat. 3:45 ish. LOTs of shoppe…
Let me add this info based on % of total electricity produced by renewables.
Sorry about formatting.
Rank: State: Electricity production from renewables: Largest renewable energy source: Largest non-renewable energy source:
1 Vermont 99.9% …
Well , as I stated TX is the 2/nd largest state . Also I haven't traveled to far off the beaten path. With that said , I haven't seen a wind farm or solar farm . Based on square miles per kilowatt hour produced how would they rank ?
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@sma3 "Texas at least, can claim their economic interests are at stake, although with the huge wind and solar arrays there, they will probably do pretty well with renewable energy. "
Are you implying Texas has huge solar & wind projects at thi…
On Tuesday Gal Pal received info on class action suit. To much legal mumbo jumbo so she reached out to financial consult to figure it out. Thinking the lawyers tracked her down to make another $ or 2 ? It seems the person in charge of her IRA at th…
Over Thanksgiving I had a chance to talk with Engineer who worked on capsule that concerned things that moved up & down, & side to side. Mechanical Engineer. One question I ask of him was how has technology changed since the first trip to t…
