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davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
For what it's worth. The link within Ted's link concerning asset allocation was worth looking at. Aggressive, middle, & conservative. Just wondering what the folks here at MFO thought ?
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@Old_Skeet: I liked the Moose call. Wasn't this site or something else going by this name or something close to it on the net earlier ? Like 2 or 3 years ago ?
Derf
@Old_Skeet: You almost caught me ! What a difference a day makes. Or what goes up also goes down ! Link #1 vs Link #3. China down link#1- up Link #3
Good investing to all, Derf
@Old_Joe: Are you sure you're not full of hot air?! Just kidding. Cleaning of refrigerator will help with the cooling & electric consumption. That reminds me , past time for a good vacuuming of the frig.
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@VF Short term or long capital gain ? Just wonder. I'm a firm believer in different strokes for different folks.
As for paying taxes my father said he didn't mind paying them as long as he had the money to pay !
As for me I think the taxatio…
@davidrmoran: As for gas. When oil prices rise, Ii seems to me the price of gas goes up before the next tanker pulls in.
"not to say savings will be passed along in any case" In the case of the cheese, I'm thinking last time milk dropped the pric…
"We're getting tariffed to death," said Scott Ditter, a dairy farmer in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, referring to Canada's 270 percent duty on American milk. America's dairy farmers have suffered a monthslong dip in dairy prices due to oversupply.
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@catch22: " This money will likely be spent into the economy somewhere and not likely find its way back into taxable accounts for investment." Interesting thought or question.
Have you tried to find out % RMD's being invested or spent ?
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@Old_Joe & hank: Here in the great state of WI. we have a wheel Tax. City by city it has rolled through the state. The latest I've heard the state capitol Madison, will be putting a $17 U O Me on their residents renewals. Lucky guys & gals…
@msf: Schwab holds cash in their bank, so if forced to put redemption restrictions on their MMF I'm lead to believe I could retrieve my cash. Do you have any thoughts on this ?
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@ catch22 email notice signed Stephen Utkus.
Steve Utkus | Vanguard Blog
Steve Utkus oversees the Vanguard Center for Retirement Research, which studies many aspects of retirement in America—from how individuals start saving and investing in the…
Three points not mentioned in first post.
!. Survey wanted me to "forecast" what the total market was going to do.
2. Survey was going to be a 6 or 7 times event.
3. I returned to survey & found questions pertaining to GNP & Treasury bonds.
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@BrianW
The Evermore Global Value Fund (the “Fund”) is a series of Evermore Funds Trust, an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund offers two share classes — an Investor Class (EVGBX) and an Institutional Cl…
Is the lending of funds going on for both sides of Vanguard ? A few years back VG wanted to move me & others to their brokerage, which I did. Now as I'm told some individuals still hold their funds with VG, not VG Brokerage.
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