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...what do you mean “Energy Services” stocks? SLB and HAL (sorry for the ignorance), or pipelines/drilling stocks? Good point that increased supply will mean lower prices (good for consumer, arguably, but less good for energy stocks). Maybe energy t…
Good info, Charles. Ethics in investing is a high priority for me, though after so many years, I have found that the very means of investing at all--- capitalism--- makes the task supremely difficult. What's legally permitted and what's ethical are …
@Crash, I read the first paragraph in your post and could not progress to the rest of your post. I would appreciate it if you would not mind editing your post to conform to the request in the OP. I would use @yogibearbull as a guide for posting styl…
Collecting dividends. Not buying. Seems to me the best thing is to grow cash and buy on a pullback. No pullback? Fine with me. BCE Bell Canada held back 15% of divvie for Canada tax. I can live with it. (15 July.) Divvie was smaller than expected. M…
+1. By now, we are living through and witnessing the expedited dissolution of the country at the hands of entirely unethical politicians, "Judges" and their lackeys. There are no standards. The Rule of Law is just GONE.
There are not extreme enough words in the English language in order for me to express the depth of my disgust.SHE is his owned, feckless, criminal scum appointee.
Just read it. Thank you very much. My lawyer cousin advised me, from the Mainland: "you don't even need a Will, if you own no property. Just make your accounts are all joint. Keep your beneficiary current."
But State of Hawaii has legally inserted …
12 July, 2024:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-07-12/bloomberg-real-yield-07-12-2024
Refused to load, at first. Had to turn off one of my (new) adblockers. Stinky poopy cruddy and fecal. But I swallowed hard and did it.
Wow. That blue …
12 July, '24:
Interesting: discussion of changes to Basel Arrangement coming. Kathryn Judge. (Columbia Law.)
Also, Economics Prof. from U of MD, Melissa Kearney, was quite interesting to hear. She's a key player in planning for the annual summertim…
quite right. And so Mr. Market overreacts to the upside. Whether positive or negative, Mr. Market remains unfamiliar with moderation in the face of the news.
OSTIX. Could do worse. .... The yield seems lean, given its category: junk bonds. I'm holding three such, and the yield is over 7%. Even so, Osterweis is solid.
TUHYX. PRCPX. FALN.
AMLP: now yer talkin.' But be aware (I suspect) that your parents …
5 year chart: SCHW up +101.63% (M*.)
If I were looking in that direction, I'd have no qualms about dollar-cost-averaging into it.
July 7: Charles Schwab upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette.
Glad to see Mr. Market rising. My holdings don't follow the crowd on most days, anyhow. Letting my winners run. They've been throttled back for way too long. PRFDX stands out. It's in the IRA. Hope @Derf is feeling better.
and i can find nothing i'm interested in that is not already too richly valued. been that way even before today's leap upward in my portfolio. surprised to see the indices were actually down. except djia.
...Added another baby bite to the "cash" position in Schwab MMF. Today might yet be a breakout day for the portfolio, after some doldrums, just drifting.
Sure, take out the engine of the world, and things will look different.
Value has been lagging for about 15 years now.
But one day.... :-)
I got one word fer yooz: PLASTICS. ...Ooops, wrong movie.
I got one word fer yooz--- in line with @rforno'…
We all knew this. Still … something to think about when your day’s return appears out of whack compared to the indexes or a stock you hold suddenly takes a dive for no apparent reason.
Maybe I oughta take comfort in those words. I am indeed able to…
Ah, OK. I think I understand: Scotus.
We will all continue to invest, yes. Insofar as the Rule of Law no longer applies to EVERYONE, it will surely make a difference, esp. with non-US money coming in. The environment is simply (and bigly!) not the …
Stacey Abrams! She was screwed out of being elected in Georgia, TWICE. Smart, articulate, more than capable. I'd love to see it.
https://www.google.com/search?q=georgia+stacey+abrams
Joe needs to retire. There, I've said it. He was already running behind the Orange Criminal. (If polls are a metric of popularity, a bit more than half of the country, along with the Trumpster, holds to no fixed ethical Principles. A most regrettabl…
"The Scotus has a shady past, some of which outright dehumanized sections of population..."
Dred Scott decision: "Justice" Roger B. Taney concluded that a black man had no rights that a white man must acknowledge.
True, your statement above.
"So…
Lots of politics. 05 July, 2024. Stephanie Flanders on recent and upcoming elections. Keir Starmer will be the only one "with a spring in his step" at upcoming Leaders' Meetings. La Pen will not get a clear majority. The Chevron SCOTUS decision. Gre…
Sorry, I'm not one who can make sense of such a chart. "Starting yields are predictive." For BONDS, not stocks. OK. Is that true in relative terms? Absolute terms? What if yields are at rock-bottom at the fund's inception?
@Crash
Hmmmm.....
FSPGX (Fido LCG index.) Even being 10% of a portfolio having some individual holdings and other stuff would definitely be worthy of a :)
M* performance
Whatever floats one's boat.
Hi, Catch!
The top holdings in the portfolio FSPG…
