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This is mine, originally posted in a different Off Topic thread:
I've become convinced (as with Max von Sydow in "Snow Falling On Cedars") that it takes a personal crisis or tragedy for the leopard to change his spots. A deep-seated outlook governin…
"...data show that rains are intensifying at one of the fastest rates in the Ohio Valley."
I lived and worked in the Ohio Valley. Imagine if the Mason-Dixon Line extended to the River. I was just South of there, at the bottom of WV's Northern Panha…
+1.
His patron-uncle, Vladimir, is smiling through it all.
(A total non sequitur here, but: there is always open enrollment in the fraternity I belong to: "Mutants For Nukes." Our logo is the Happy Face with one ear.) We ARE in the Off-topic Room…
As ever, delusional. Some outfits and some countries will kowtow to the Orange Organism. (Stellantis. Ukraine. Mexico.) But others, like the EU bloc, will not sit still for all the feces being blown at them. At some point, will the majority in the U…
All part of the coup.
Will this country recover, ever? Assuming the Orange Creature allows free and fair elections? Joe Stalin: "It doesn't matter who votes. It matters who counts the votes."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands
"...The islands, which are uninhabited, can be reached only by sea, and typically require a two week sail from Australia to visit..."
Sonders in smart. And still gorgeous. Thanks for sharing her thoughts. I'm down to 35 US stocks, 8 foreign. Bonds =48. Watching my Junk closely... Seems to me PRCFX offered an extra dividend in March?
The British didn't understand what Brexit meant for their economy. But they wanted it, they voted for it, and they've gotten it. Now it's the Americans' turn
Shall I re-quote Churchill again?
Interestingly Ukraine got tariffed (along with uninhabited islands and territories belonging to other countries already tariffed) -- but Russia, Belarus, North Korea, and Cuba didn't.
I don't think ChatGPT could come up with something this daffy if…
Not sure anybody is home at the SEC. It would be nice to think that there's a sheriff in town, but I doubt it.
Or else, the request from the Dem. lawmakers will simply be ignored. It works. The Orange Hole has proven that.
The trend is your friend, until it's not.
We're gonna see just how tariffs are going to be trending, worldwide. Anecdote: US liquor brands have been removed completely in at least a couple of Canadian provinces. (B.C. and Ont.) And Susan Collins (…
It's been said many times, many ways, before: he's working for Vladimir. Hollowing-out our institutions, screwing up the economy. People? Who cares about PEOPLE? Excuse me, I want to spend some more time admiring myself in the mirror. PROJECT 2025.
Thanks for the first-hand updates. This is serious junk. The video from Gaylord is like another planet. I hope you all are managing without great disruptions.
Could you say where on Schwab you're looking? What I see as of 9:46PM is:
https://www.schwab.com/research/mutual-funds/quotes/summary/wcpnx
NAV Change Net Expense Ratio YTD Return
$9.68 +0.02 (0.21%) 0.65% 2.90%
Quote data as of close 03/31/2025…
@Crash- For some twenty years I did my best to "manage" a small-appliance service business, with a number of employees. You would have to have been in business to understand that for smaller operations it is rarely possible to "absorb" significant a…
"...The effects of the tariffs are expected to be felt quickly, as many suppliers have said they are unable to absorb added costs from new levies..."
A-hem. Excuse me, but that's a business decision. You can't tell me that you just "can't." What y…
01 April, '25: There's an approx. $10.00 difference, after daily updates, between Morningstar and Schwab, when I look at my portfolio. Can't explain it. But between the two, I'll trust Schwab for accuracy. ....EDIT TO ADD: Ah, I seem to have found t…
@Crash, the secret's out. Per WaPo's Catherine Rampell:
"Trump has already “liberated” his country from the inconvenience of due process or expectations of civil rights. But his freedom crusade escalates this week, when he shall also “liberate” Am…
Despicable, deranged, demented toad suckers are in charge throughout the Orange Regime. We have become a pariah State. In just 2 months. Surely, by design, since a Russian asset actually inhabits the White House.
I quit years ago, trying to keep my SSA online account current. I had no reason to do so, except that once per year, I'm required to change my password. And they did not let me simply reverse some digits or letters. I appreciate the security tightne…
Market watchers are mixed on today's action: Oversold, technical bounce (again), end of quarter portfolio dressings...purely a guessing game to me today.
To that end...IMO, it was another in a brief series of dead cat bounces, but warmly received …
FD1000 believes that as long as his portfolio is healthy nothing else matters.
Bob Dylan, License To Kill:
..."Now he worships at an altar
by a stagnant pool.
And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled..."
I think that the real liberation day will be when the two presidents are handcuffed and on their way to prison.
From this message board to God's ears.
Indeed.
The river, in my childhood, was essentially dead.
Don't forget:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River
Western New England: the shad run up the Connecticut River was non-existent for years and years. There had been a GE plant in Pittsfield. …
