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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--…
$$$ I'm babysitting for a fellow is in a TRP acct, limited to TRP funds. If/when the time comes, I'll move him from junk TUHYX into global multi-sector PRSNX. Good performance history, there. We've both owned it in the past, too. I'm hoping to be ab…
1 yr Treasuries down to 4%. A bit faster than I expected. Bond yields want Fed to go 50 bps on Wednesday. Should we expect a violent reaction to a 25 bps FF rate cut?
Mr. Market always overreacts. I've got a limit order in, to buy some regional …
No 2nd debate:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4876997-trump-rejects-debate-harris/
He's just throwing stuff against the wall, to see what might stick.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4877565-donald-trump-overtime-pay-taxes/
My Republican friend just began to tune-out after 15 minutes into the debate. Shut it off after 30 minutes. Disgusted, but can't go Dem. I have different reasons for eschewing both.
Neither directly answered all of the questions put to them. Trump answered NONE. He turned everything into an off-topic tangent. I saw the same PBS report he mentioned with all the Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. He repeated the absurd craziness abou…
Union Prez has huevos. Good for him. "Recommended" the deal to Union members, but "it's up to THEM to vote to approve." I think he already knows the outcome. Can you say "Airbus," boys and girls? I just KNEW you could. ;)
L. Cheney and dad are correct----- apart from the bluest blue State, Hawaii. Repugnants and others have zero chance to get our 4 Electoral votes.
I could wax theological, but would change no one's mind here. Very often, those who argue against God…
Who cares about the 4% "rule" when most bond funds are paying that and more, maybe much more? Just take the bond interest instead of eroding the asset base by selling anything.
brilliant, really.
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I would advise younger investors who…
Harris can just disavow the joke-endorsement from Putin. He's counting on a stupid American voting public to take it seriously and run the other way. Too many American voters are indeed heinously stoopid.
Google headline news today is that W has no intention of giving his endorsement to either candidate.
I guess that's the most that can be expected.
Just watched "W." All kinds of familiar faces in the cast! Josh Brolin nailed the "W" persona, I think…
A common RMD table starts at 3.77% at 73, is 4.06% at 75, and increases rapidly, 6.25% at 85, 11.24% at 95,..., 50% at 120+ (who is that for?).
However, portfolio withdrawals should be based on total portfolios, taxable, tax-deferred, tax-free.
Well…
