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From Crash, re: 2025: Market returns will be sub-par, or at the low end of average. Bonds might be just as attractive as equities. The economy is balancing on a colossal mountain of gummint debt. Tax breaks, or extended tax breaks for those who need…
Switching out of PRFDX and into PRCFX. The ride has been too bumpy. And disappointing. So, the change. Also reinvesting the BHB dividend into more shares.
shakin' my head in disgust. Trump's criminal tong, including himself.
Pres. Lincoln felt compelled to exercise some judgment and restraint, however:
"'Have you seen Mr. Stanton?'
"We told him yes, that he had refused us. He (Mr. Lincoln) then sai…
@Crash, no kidding!
Whenever and wherever I can do it, I use fiction. After attempting, several years ago, to log-into Facebook from Canada, I was locked out--- presumably because I did it from Canada. Nothing else had changed. So, I created a new p…
no joke. Like I've been saying, we are doomed. The voters have spoken. And they've given it to themselves right up where the sun don't shine. Smiling. Loving it, all the way. Oblivious. Clueless. Ignorant. Yes, that's a good word for the American vo…
"...the extent its sales depended on volatile cryptocurrency miners...."
filthy, risky, irresponsible, stoopid. all concerned are used douche nozzles.
...And, with reference to Eli Wallach, above: one good turn deserves another. Yes, consumers and …
yes, people will lose jobs. that stinks. lately, i feel inured to such things. it's just motherloving private capitalism. no one seems to want to try anything different... every 2 or 4 years, people just switch flavors, from r to d and then back aga…
In case anyone is wondering:
"Who appointed the current postmaster general?
On May 6, 2020, the bipartisan USPS Board of Governors, all selected by Trump and confirmed by the Senate, announced DeJoy's appointment as postmaster general and CEO, desp…
"...while resentment can put bad people in power, in the long run it can’t keep them there. At some point the public will realize that most politicians railing against elites actually are elites in every sense that matters and start to hold them acc…
No love here for those big chains. Let them suck dirt. Just switched from Long's/CVS to Walgreen's, but don't expect much improvement. At least the employee on the phone speaks English. Long's just wasn't paying attention, refused to acknowledge mis…
And now, syria. everything's happening.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/syria-war-rebels-assad-israel-intl-hnk-12-10-24#cm4i2spov001o356omqaz3aio
israel says it is destroying chemical weapons, and has also moved into a buffer zone. an obvious …
Languages need a singular third person pronoun that refers to either male or female. I mean, how many times can you say or write "he or she" and "him or her" before you just wanna scream for mercy. It's easier to say "they" in those cases, but it ne…
but in the spirit of this convo, i am grappling with a nice problem to have. there will be significant travel expenses in 2025 for us. the good news is that we can afford it by saving plus taking, rather than reinvesting dividends. but oh, how i hat…
Made me giggle. So many absurd, over-specialized specialties these days people call themselves just about anything. Even "they," when there's but one person there...
Can't bring myself to do it just quite yet. waiting for end-of-year pay-outs. do some rearranging, after. reduce risk, hopefully, by such moves. mostly i do a lotta NUTHIN' all the time.
Dec. 9, 2024 Barron's notes from yogi's own page:
Pg 21. Dying INTESTATE (i.e. without a Will or trust) is the worst thing that can happen. Beware that in that case, there is a default state probate Will that applies, and the matters will be handled…
+1. good info, i appreciate it. if i switch out of prfdx into prcfx that's a move from more risk to less. if i switch wife from conserv. wbalx to upper limit of moderate risk, it sort of washes out. not very scientific, i know... wanna switch out of…
