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https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/wall-street-week-weekly-tv-newsmagazine-bloomberg-overhaul-1236151353/
Feature driven starting this week, rather than info. driven. And I could only find an audio version. Harumph.
...Ah, OK. Here's a video versio…
Yup. And is financial literacy even YET taught at all in schools? I see the logic of Tarwheel's comparison of pensions with annuities. But annuities come with hefty fees. Pensions are just simply provided each month, eh? I looked into a deferred cha…
+1.
I recall applying for SS and being told I'd be receiving reduced benefits. Because I had "non-covered" jobs for a lotta years. But I'd ALWAYS paid in. I had to go to the local office in person. Then they fixed their mistake. Stupid system, when…
20 Sept, 2024:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-09-20/bloomberg-real-yield-09-20-2024
Sonal Desai. I always stop to pay attention to her. She says 50 basis points was overkill. Her idea of a neutral rate, looking forward, is 3.75% to 4.00…
I read the thing. Thanks, hank. I still don't understand the mechanics of this Triple Witching stuff. But, OK. My stuff was up nicely yesterday, but hit the skids today. Best performers today were ........... JUNK BONDS--- which were just FLAT. And …
I've been on Hawaiian just twice. Not very impressed. Not horrible, just nothing to write home about. The merged company will keep both separate brand labels. This will give AK a huge step into the Pacific and Oceania. I really have enjoyed my times…
+1.
I recall applying for SS and being told I'd be receiving reduced benefits. Because I had "non-covered" jobs for a lotta years. But I'd ALWAYS paid in. I had to go to the local office in person. Then they fixed their mistake. Stupid system, when…
...And SpaceX will be the one to get the astronauts home, too. Boeing is a shambles. How the Mighty have fallen. Like GE, until their own rise and restructuring from the ashes.
"Somehow we do not seem to be able to find a middle ground on anything. Either over regulation or no regulation."
Ain't that the truth.
BTW, I haven't seen any info on the pipeline itself... gas or oil? From the reports I'd guess gas.
YES, NGL.
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True. And I just caught a report: the driver of the car which caused the explosion and fire appeared to be older, with glasses. A medical incident might be where the "blame" belongs. A witness says the old woman was driving slowly, then VERY FAST, a…
@Junkster
Still holding my Junk. The new Core-Plus fund is just 1.5% of portfolio. WCPNX. Enjoying the ride, though my junk funds are by no means leading the pack.
What is it about Texas - Abbott, Cruz?
Something in the water. Or, the Kool-Aid??? Jayzuz. Wouldn't it be nice just to get back to the days when the Repugnant Party was the Republican Party? Jackie Robinson was a Rockefeller Republican--- until the …
Bought a few more of ET on the share price dip after that crazy well-head or valve fire in Deer Park, TX, outside Houston. Should have burned off by now. Now 5.45% of portfolio. BHB is behaving nicely, anticipating rate cuts. Tiny position in BCE is…
Rearranging the mere appearance of their own sad mediocrity. It's been downhill for a decade or longer. I still use Portfolio Manager. Check it at end-of-day. But often enough, the numbers don't add up. Or percentages are incorrect...Analyses even b…
"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe after what the FBI said appeared to be an assassination attempt on Sunday outside Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-is-safe-following-gu…
LOL, @Anna.
@hank true. Some are smart but twisted. And this is tangentially connected. They'll stop at nothing to restrict non-white voting:
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4880721-jennifer-mcclellan-democrats-save-act-poll-tax/
Yes, I enjoyed and groaned at Lou's puns. And there were some every-week guests at the table; some rotated in from time to time, even Liz Anne Sonders. (Still hot! And smart!) WSW on PBS was how I learned the fundamental, arcane jargon and concepts …
Wall of Money looking to go somewhere in the face of lower rates..... What I have in the MMKT is now earmarked to be grown for travel next year. So, short-term. With gradually falling rates, I'd still be happy there, at 4%. Virtually risk-free. And …
Right. McClain says he'd not be buying here, neither short nor long. (Treasuries, right?)
Goldberg said "It's tough to chase this rally." Correct.
I bought junk at just the wrong time a couple of years ago. I watched it drop, then rise, while reinv…
Dunno how the misleading visual appeared here.
13 Sept, 2024:
Blair Effron, Centerview Partners discusses Harris/Trump economic policies, post-debate.
Michael Wolf, online sports betting. (Yawn. Not my cup of meat.)
Ruchir Sharma on home prices. BI…
13 Sept, '24:
.25 or .50 from The Fed? Also, Private Credit. Unexciting to me.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-09-13/bloomberg-real-yield-09-13-2024
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare. Pension, pension, pension. "Significant concessions in the past." Time to catch up. Time for a corporate reckoning.
Thanks @Crash. Correct my spelling.
So much mental decline compared to his 2016 performance. Some suggested his slurred speech is very alarming, and it gets worse when he is under pressure to response appropriately.
Well, hmmm. Yes. Reminds me …
"...significant concessions from workers."
Time to pay them back!
Nurse's Union here is striking again, for a single day. Admin. says anyone who doesn't show up for work will be locked out. They simply refuse to hire enough people to do the work--…
