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@Crash, you seem to have a thing for banks. Any particular reason?
You're right. :)
I left BHB too late, but still got away with 14% profit.
I will consider banks or other stocks with at least a 3% dividend. That's an arbitrary rule of mine. Many ba…
Took a bunch of cash and bought more of FBP. A good opportunity to reduce cost basis on a planned long-term Hold. End of month dividends on some of my stuff, tonight.
On Thursday, the Trump administration filed for “emergency relief” from the ruling “to avoid the irreparable national-security and economic harms at stake”. The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said the judges had “brazenly abused thei…
A T. Rowe Price investment account balance of $250k or more gives you a free account at Morningstar Investor and access to otherwise closed TRP funds.
Thanks, yes. They had grandfathered me in, when they raised the threshold to $250k from $100k. Now…
Hawaii = most expensive. The added cost is bearable for us because we never, ever, ever, ever have to even look at snow again. No icy windshields. No getting up in the dark to clear the car of ice and snow. Roads not plowed. Fecal. Beach in Feb? Ya.…
It will surely be appealed, whether it should be, or not. Just in order to stretch out the timeline and because the Orange Child is loathe to give up playing with his favorite toy. Rule of Law? LOL You silly people, we don't need no stinking Rule of…
And also the case of the former, disgraced sheriff in Virginia. Scott Jenkins. Another motherlover. Loyalty counts, nothing else. Badges? What badges? We don't need no stinking badges!
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5318954-trump-annou…
The current president and his acolyte FD1000 are living proof that there are those who know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Oscar Wilde knew the type when he saw them.
+1.
The tariffs are a bargaining tool.... I could make X using only a tabletop vice and a hammer, too. Dealing with Uncle Orange is like talking to a petulant child. That's his world, actually: seeing things through the eyes of a spoiled child.
He certainly is profiting. What a despicable Orange lump.
He did not spend very much time at the event, either."The most exclusive invitation in the world." I'd rather get my prostate checked.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-meme-coin-dinner.h…
23 May, 2025.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-23/bloomberg-real-yield-5-23-2025-video
Vonnie Quinn. Priya Misra (JPM) and Gennadiy Goldberg (TD.)
Sec. Treas. Bessent's recent remarks are unsurprisingly upbeat, almost sanguine.
Discus…
The next time a democrat is elected what stops them from closing all these things down and redirecting the money like is happening now with green initiatives, infrastructure etc... ? It's the price of such a divided country, wasting money on the o…
The next time a democrat is elected what stops them from closing all these things down and redirecting the money like is happening now with green initiatives, infrastructure etc... ? It's the price of such a divided country, wasting money on the o…
Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....
NRA is being streamlined, or de-regulated or un-toothed, to make nuclear power easier to produce.
MUTANTS FOR NUKES! You can join the fraternity, too.
Bought starter in BKSY as a defense play and possible acquisition target.
Currently stalking a few international utilities and thinking of re-entering AES @ 10.
My experience with ENIC (Enel Chile) was rather a disaster. Just thought I'd mention i…
Today appears to be one of those periodic meltdown days. Methinks, with Treasury yields rising, my core-plus bond fund WCPNX will react negatively. The share price will fall. So, I took the remaining cash position in the Trad. IRA, which I had been …
If the ripple effect is so severe why it didn't happen already?
We had a downgrade in 2011.
The downgrades are a symptom of a much larger reality. Your inability to perceive that is rather obviously at the root of the friction here.
...Another thread that discuss politics and policies without current investment applications.
You're working overtime to ignore the obvious. The Big Short clips illustrate the evils of irresponsible finance on a grand scale. A downgrade on the qual…
Doing some shopping. Another chunk of available cash has been put to use on a Limit Order for FirstBanc of Puerto Rico. (FBP). Flawless balance sheet, undervalued, pays a div. over 3%. I made money before on that New England regional bank, BHB, but…
