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Derf
davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
From Yahoo :
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Commonwealth Universe
Mid Atlantic Capital Group
Pershing Retirement Plan Network
Raymond James
Raymond James WRAP Eligible
Vanguard NTF
@BenWP & @Old_Joe I was wondering if either or both of you walked a picket-line ? I had the job twice & once even had a person come up & ask to take my photo.
The good old days, Derf
@ ron : From other post you asked. " Trying to find a good fund with low expense and little difficulty. How low of an ER & little difficulty -meaning volatility ?
Derf
@stillers : "A way, way too educated, very close friend is schooling me on what he (at least) refers to as "liquid intelligence."
That goes hand -in-hand with use it or lose it !
Stay Kool, Derf
@CecilJK : It's good to see you posting .
Looking at doing #2. Selling to keep most of the gain. 3 funds I bought last Nov. all had gains of 25 % or more. I decided if gain fell below 25 % I would sell. One of the funds has crossed the line a cou…
@hank & @David_Snowball ; Unless you both own homes of 5000 sq. ' or more your contractor is running up the bill ! If one or both had water & of termite damage I would think otherwise. Two , maybe three days for a roof job ! Second though…
@stillers : :Hmmm...No reasonably intelligent investor thinks the market now has no chance of losing a point over the next three months. "
Did this tidbit of info come from your eight or crystal ball ?
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And the ride continues ! More diplets today, or so it appears at this time. Will the DOW hit 34K or 35K at the next stop ?
@Mark : I believe animal rights activists had that removed ?
Still holding…
@hank : +1 Remarkable memory or did you take or make notes ?!
As for myself , I remember making a couple of buys on the way down & then shutting the buys down as Mr. Market kept going into a tail spin !! If working during that time ,money wo…
@stillers: "(2) I will continue with stock allocations stretched to the top of my allocation range UNTIL the risk/reward of bond funds, CDs and/or MMkts significantly improves."
Would a rise to say 2.5 -3.0 % be enough in CD's to peak your inter…
"Chinese property company Evergrande is having trouble servicing its $300 billion debt. A recent twist is that it may pay installments due on its yuan-denominated debt (held by Chinese retail & institutional clients) preferentially (or, first) o…
@hank : Both EGRNF & EGRNF lead to the same China group.
CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP (EGRNY) Stock Price, News, Quote
CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP (EGRNF) Stock Price, News, Quote
@BaluBalu : I just read your comment on porn & can't figure out what you're trying to say. I don't believe I've seen any porn on mfo ! Are you referring to off topic as porn ?
Trying to stay Kool,…
From Armchair :
Pg 6, UP & DOWN WALL STREET. What were those Fed Presidents (KAPLAN/Dallas, ROSENGREN/Boston) thinking when actively trading stocks? They said that their actions were legal, but they will stop and sell those stocks to avoid bad a…
I was on family get together , when the TV broke the news of first tower getting hit. For some reason it seemed this was the third attempt to bring them DOWN ! So I waited for the 2/nd tower to take a hit & it did !! A very very sad & grief…
"I worry that standard 30/70 funds will do poorly when both bonds and stocks get hit badly."
Most funds will do badly when both bonds & stock funds get hit in a double down market !!
Agreed, Derf
@msf : As I said before, it's on my watch list, as are other funds. With Markets cracking new highs it's hard for me to push the buy button.
Thanks for the addition info.
Derf
