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Big Business gonna police itself? Never, not until catastrophe strikes, or almost. This was an "almost" case. How can an update make things WORSE? (Don't tell Apple or Microsoft!) Is this a case of technicians who physically handled things, forgetti…
Hey, @hank.
Productive thoughts. Of course, capitalism is the only game in town, and its basis is not the intention to do good. Capitalism has no intention. My point is that capitalism can be bent by humans to benefit already-uber-wealthy-oligarchs,…
Time and time again, we hear the need to separate politics from your investing decisions. I never understood that: government is where politics lives, at least the current official flavor. "Elections have consequences." And gov't makes decisions tha…
The real season is about to start!
Watching Michigan take it to the Zags, down 24 at half!
@catch22 I hope you're enjoying the game.
ADDED : pregame Zags by 3.5
This G.U. Alum is sorely disappointed. Looks like a "rebuilding" season?
A.I.:
The Gon…
This year we are going out for a four course prix fixe menu. For starters, your choice of pumpkin bisque, cajun shrimp, bacon and cauliflower corn chowder, or a mesclun greens salad. Then moving on to turkey, short ribs, pork loin, lamb leg, Chilean…
...I do believe I heard it reported that the 28-point deal--- which was in effect the Russian wish-list--- is down to 19 points, and that Ukraine and the Europeans consulted together to put it together. Now let's see the reaction from Vladimir the W…
BLX dividend today was reinvested to buy a few more shares. My best performer.
https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/blx?mod=searchresults_companyquotes&mod=searchbar&search_keywords=blx&search_statement_type=suggested
...But damm…
Crypto is evil. Period. (with a tip of the hat to the late Charlie Munger.)
I've been listening to Lyn Alden. She knows a lotta stuff and is very interesting. Not making predictions, but explaining some plausible scenarios. She likes bitcoin on acco…
I let the mutual funds reinvest the divs and cap gains in Dec, then typically shave off a few or several thousand $ in January. I take care of some self-imposed obligations that way. I've been reinvesting single-stock divs. Thankfully, we still do n…
@catch22 That one is a gem. LOVE it.
Jimmy Cliff? I knew the name. I like Reggae. There is even a sub-genre here, Hawaiian Reggae. Bless him. He was some extraordinary talent.
Nosebleed upper section of the arena. A.I. valuations are nuts. My mutual funds own that junk stuff. My own equity selections do not include any of it on the menu.
The military has already been engaged in extra-constitutional activities, carrying out extra-constitutional (unconstitutional) instructions from a President who shreds and tramples on the Constitution every single day. Every single hour. Even in his…
Dress up for a flight? Ya sure. So I can enjoy my 22 square inches of room for my physical presence at my seat? You want to mandate the airlines to treat people like humans again, Sean?
Nice to hear the truth, unlike every syllable coming out of what's left of the WH. But it disturbs me that he thinks there just plain won't ever be any accountability. "We need to mobilize the resistance to simply get this over with." My hair is on …
Hey there Catch- We use Schwab primarily because there is a Schwab office one block away, and my wife doesn't drive. By concentrating everything at Schwab she can get assistance if I'm no longer around.
Yes, by the way: Schwab is the only major brok…
Fidelity certainly has a top-drawer reputation. I'm with Schwab. I wonder whether Fidelity plays that silly game that Schwab plays? When I move money into the account from my bank, it is impossible to just set-it-and-foget-it so that the transferred…
