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o.s.: why wait until CTFAX's distribution to buy? is this money taxable? meanwhile, in the ETF world, might want to have a look at SWAN, a so-called growth and treasury fund that uses options. so far, so good, and up YTD.
the problem i have with fidelity and most other sites i've tried is that they don't let you sort your holdings by % amount of the total portfolio. seems very basic and i've complained about it at fidelity for years, to no effect.
"But we can get by comfortably -- with a more modest lifestyle"
yeah but what do you do if your other isn't good with 'more modest,' and mine isn't? it's always been a problem, but more of a problem now than ever before.
trickled peanuts into the defense sector, general dynamics, lockheed martin, etc. longterm, i don't see how these guys lose. too much in the pipeline come what may, no matter who wins the election. i think. we shall see!
best to think long and hard before posting, in order to really better promote civility. post first, edit later, not so great; then again, it does allow you to eat your cake etc etc.
i myself most often shoot myself in the foot first; then again, i…
@MFO Members: A year from now the flying public will say, 'what was the name of that plane that was grounded last year" ? The safest form of transportation is flying. Time to move on !
Regards,
Ted
i just came upon this comment and all i can say…
I have MS and my *plan* is to self-deliver, for lack of a better term, when the going gets unbearable. And I believe that will be before I need LTC. As always, the problem with this plan is two fold. One, deciding to carry on at the last minute, …
bobC: I agree with you wholeheartedly but from what I can gather, UN News did not "fall" for anything; it was an active and willing participant in a little game of smoke and mirrors. an unsuspecting, uncritical public, on the other hand ....
oh man let's not talk about pot stocks. i continue to hold several that are worth .0002, with me being down 99%. bought them during the last bull run for these things and held on to several wwwway tooooo long. happily, i sold some at the height…
msf: i can see your point about my request. when it comes to moving, scottrade is one option but the folks at boa/merrill have been very good to me, and helpful. then again, the easiest thing is to just stay put.
well, fidelity said no, it's against federal regs to give bonuses after the move is complete.
here's the note i got from f:
Thank you for following up with us regarding our promotional offers. I am happy to further assist you with this informat…
thanks for that. i just sent the following to fidelity:
hey guys: i've been transferring money into my fidelity accounts, both regular and ira, and did not realize until today, when somebody told me, that the amounts qualify for transfer bonuses a…
hmmm. well, i just transfered well over 250k but far less than 1 mil to fidelity by closing out my wellstrade account and i did not to think of asking for a bonus. crap. think i should ask for one retroactively?
in the alternate, i have a big pi…
it has value but only if it's used with one fund and that fund is VWINX. otherwise, it's all a crap shoot, no matter what metrics are used to try to predict the future.
hey david: i forgot i'd put a limit order in on REXX and, by God, it hit today, at 50 cents/ share, so we're in this together now (unless you've bailed). Go REXX, ha ha.
My pot stocks were all up at one point, by 25% to 300%. I sold enough to make 20k even if everything else went to zero ... which is what happened. i shoulda sold, not held. but, i still came out ahead, though not by as much as i could have, by …
REXX is a play, solvent and productive but extremely cheap, 61 cents or so, but it may take awhile, esp if NG pricing goes even lower. I am thinking the downside is nearly nonexistent.
DM, from dec 2014, when price was around $5/share: "I don't kn…
a long long time ago i used to listen to brinker and at one point, on his reco, bought treasuries at 12%. man, do i wish i'd loaded up on 30 year notes at that time!
Earlier this year, I dumped a good bit of HC fund PRHSX and a bit of PRWCX, so they are now 5% and 20% of my portfolio. I am continuing to DCA into PRWCX even so and have stopped doing same with health care. I am 3/4s convinced that drug prices wi…
no matter what you think of hussman, that's a brilliant analysis of what the typical investor -- ie, me -- goes through and has gone through. i think i'll print it out and staple it to my forehead, so i can reread it each time i look in the mirror.
he's asking a question. how many of us, in 07-08, did not capitulate eventually? i for one know that i did -- not entirely but enough to make me feel real stupid when the turnaround came. will i do the same thing next time? hope not but probably…
thanks, crash. on the upside, i've had a fun time buying a new computer, a new nexus 7, a new wallet, and a new bag to carry the new laptop in, which i think i've found the best ever, made out of recycled bicycle inner tubes:
i put a master …
