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That is Pepper, my cocker waiting for the mailman.
Tom was mentally ill.
Dick was full of rage.
Harry wanted fame.
Sally, Linda, Maryanne, Michael, John, David, Pat and many more, well, they died.
Gun lovers and politicians are praying for them.
Everyone else is disgusted and afraid.
I still do not understand why the debt ceiling is not unconstitutional.
Me either, but something tells me that, if it were to be challenged in court, we-the-people might end up wishing it could have been challenged before 2016. Constitutionality s…
According to Financial Times and Business Today, the three that had already fallen shared the same auditors, KPMG. Naturally, I checked on PacWest and they too seem to use KPMG which I assume means their bank side too. Financial Times (only let me t…
@jafink63
I don't know if you have run into Doug Nordman in your pursuit. He knows a lot about retiring military questions. His website is Military Financial Independence
I think the other old timers here may be tired of my "I grew up in the Mississippi Delta" tales. I hope I haven't told this one before. It is about perspective. After living through and observing a concentrated society impacted by welfare money, I r…
As evidenced by the lack of interest in this discussion, default denialism is indeed real. Maybe the speaker of the house will suddenly care more about the country than his new title and he will get control of the crazy caucus. But not likely.
A…
It appears Dominion will get punished by the IRS while Fox will get rewarded. (Kinda)
Fox News' Dominion Settlement Will Save the Company Millions in TaxesTax experts told The Lever legal costs can be considered "ordinary and necessary" business exp…
Can you have a bad dream within a horribly bad dream? I had a bad dream last night and it set me to thinking that all this craziness, which doesn't seem make sense has got to an overarching bad dream. The most powerful are behaving like school yard …
@msf Yes, my 2021 taxes are in the same quagmire as your deceased mother's. Last month, I finally was told by the call center representative that it is not even assigned to a processor yet. The 2022, however, went smoothly through the system even th…
My husband death was caused by complications from Parkinson's presumably from AO (no known family history on either side). Vietnam sandwiched our lives together. We met right after he returned from Vietnam and he left me after years fighting Parkins…
My more depressing problem is that I have to take an RMD sometime this year out of a retirement account with no gains or even breakeven recovery and almost certainly no prospects for same.
I have been scheduling automatic RMD withdrawals in Decemb…
Fearing my own ignorance and possible future unforeseen consequences of an intermediate term TIPS fund (VSIPX), I split the baby between VSIPX and the shorter term VTAPX. When rates started to rise, I says to myself, I says, "You are a genius". This…
If you have a SSA account, you should be able to get detail about any payments they have made to you. If you don't, you may need to establish a login.gov account or a ID.me account.
WSJ: Bank of America's unrealized losses could be a potential vulnerability.AMIR HAMJA/BLOOMBERG NEWS
Bank of America's stock skidded in premarket trading, with its losses outpacing big U.S. peers, amid concerns about whether unrealized losses on th…
A very non scientific measure is how the normally non reactive, stay the course Bogelheads are reacting. On a day when the markets are down big time no Bogelhead would think of posting anything about it. They know that they would be blasted by the …
After 5 pm, CST for FINVIZ , and for Global Indices, as their markets open around the globe.
Oh, darn it and I gave Bill Ray Valentine Friday off. (context FINVIZ 12:25PM PDT, I think)
The rags are putting out lists of who they deem to be at risk of fallout from SVB. Most of the banks are ones I don't hear people saying they use. But Ally is on most lists that I have seen and has been popular. This messy list is from MSN since it …
I knew you would ask and I can't find a link to prove it but one of the Percy's recounted their friendship with him and I left with the distinct impression that he enjoyed a bottle more than a bit. I seem also to remember growing up that there were …
@Crash - ;) couldn't help it. My accounts went from 2 to 1 person so half the coverage. I was slowly correcting as CDs matured so I didn't get it done in this one instance within the 6mo. grace period. I moved the remaining high yield savings but …
Well, you guys got me off my lazy, and I moved my last over the FDIC excess which produced a 5-day settlement window. (Technically still over a bit). So, should credit unions be safe if over $250K NCUA?
I notice that SIVLX has 9.88% exposure to China, but also 19.81% to Hong Kong. To what extent would exposure to Hong Kong be considered exposure to China?
Or Taiwan or Singapore?
Catch, I too appreciate your efforts. I must admit that over the years it has seemed to me that it is in fixed income discussions that you are most in your element. Perhaps I just appreciate you more at such times.
Them aliens ain't much sophisticated if they can be defeated by a snake first tested at China Lake in 1953. (I looked this up because, when I was working at China Lake in the 80s, Sidewinder was a major brag right. I knew the weapon series was reall…
Which makes me want to link a comment I shared in a MFO conversation about AI in 2019. The story's timeframe is middle 1980s. Maybe my colleague was closer to correct than myself. In that - I envisioned the AI bridging the pitfalls of creativity, no…
