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Thanks for sharing. It’s hard to make sense of all the carnage. My mind continues to recall lines from assorted poems long ago remembered.
”But if he could describe it all
He would be an artist.
But if he were an artist there would he deeper wou…
@Crash, you can buy Treasuries at brokerages commission-free. Savings Bonds/ I-Bonds can be bought only at Treasury Direct (TD).
Those who buy Treasuries at TD must move them to brokerages first if they want to sell before maturity. That is why, it…
...And DeNiro in a Western? Cool. He's played many great roles, but I really loved him with Joey "Pants" and Charles Grodin in the comedy, "Midnight Run."
Entertainment: Fond memories of a fond yearly event in a spectacular spot, until it was discontinued. A sad song, but the beauty of WV is front-and-center. Originally from Hazel Dickens, a bluegrass legend. A million others have covered this one. My…
Disbarment. AMEN. Now I see the other scuzzball, Chesebro, pled GUILTY.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4267048-chesebro-becomes-second-trump-lawyer-to-plead-guilty-in-georgia/
@hank: (Political comment deleted in view of the terrible ongoing humanitarian tragedy in the middle east.)
Yes, I've had to step back from the news from out of the Middle East. I can take it in measured doses, because "I gots to know." But it's br…
Yes, and now he's dead as a candidate to be Speaker. Criminal scum. He was in the thick of all that junk, trying to overturn the 2020 election. McCarthy is backing the Whip, Tom Emmer (R-MN.) (That tid-bit is from The Hill.)
https://thehill.com/home…
Limit-order going in tonight for some shares of TS Tenaris ADR: oil patch tubular goods. Elsewhere in the oil patch, ET Energy Transfer can't lately lose, even in spite of itself. Handsome un-realized return on that little booger.
...And the TS lim…
This investor does not want to wrestle with the extremely user-unfriendly TreasuryDirect website. (Shades of Fidelity's website.) I'll stick with my bond funds for the long haul. Who knows? Maybe someday the monthly dividends WILL actually be needed…
.....19 October. '23. Still no word. I may send a third (and final-sounding) message to see if anyone is actually awake and present and able to think and is paying attention and gives a shit. For the time being, I'll let it ride. Dividend comes just…
A world of sense.... Never any short-term trading here. Although I have put some money into some real pigs--- until the lipstick wore off. Fooled me at the outset.
"I’ve never bought a bond directly (aside from some savings bonds years ago). But I do know that 0-coupon bonds are extremely volatile."
I don't think I'd ever buy a zero-coupon bond or fund with a VARIABLE rate. Or an NAV which moves up and down. …
@larryB:
The ferry to Vancouver Island was a highlight. And running around the "Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia." :). Kathy Mattea is herself a native of Cross Lanes, WV.
Ya, it's never his fault. Goddam child. (Next: don't look now, but a criminal traitor who was in cahoots with the Orange Disgrace re: overturning the 2020 election is about to become House Speaker. To hell in a handbasket. We've been headed there fo…
SUV.
Sink Unlimited Volumes of money into it.
My tiny white front-wheel drive Saturn 4-door went cross-country maybe three times. And I took it to British Columbia, too. Cassette Tape player. And A/C. Luxury model with automatic transmission. Almost…
Small? too volatile for me, now. The small stuff I own is because the fund managers decided to do it. 13% of total equities, and 9% of that is VALUE. OOPS, maybe some of my single-stock choices are in that mix. I own only 5.
Thanks, @yogibearbull. I'm taking 293 prescriptions, and simply resist playing this STUPID game. My doctor's good to me, and there ARE a number of other scripts I get with very low or no copay.
STUPID GAME.
Also:
If I'm reading it right, the links provided by @msf apply to Medicare Advantage Plans. But I have traditional Medicare, and pay for a separate Part D Plan.
The silliness of it all! If I understand THEIR newest mailing correctly, my monthly …
Whatever method used to set the COLA is directed by some government entity. The problem is the method used now (CPI-W) in no way comes close to the true inflation rate seen and endured by your average citizen. Knowing how this is calculated @YBB doe…
excellent. There's a pre-existing thread for this very thing begun by The Shadow. It's a tradition of his, and we're glad for it. Might be a good idea to move this over there?
https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/61500/2023-capital-…
PPL: the P/E scared me away, plus, it looks like currently they are not making a profit; they're running at a loss.
https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/xnys/ppl/quote
