Here's a statement of the obvious: The opinions expressed here are those of the participants, not those of the Mutual Fund Observer. We cannot vouch for the accuracy or appropriateness of any of it, though we do encourage civility and good humor.
Fair enough, but I find these Whataboutism arguments for why the GOP has behaved so odiously for forty years ridiculous. Time and again, moderate Democrats, which Harry Reid absolutely was, have attempted to "reach across the aisle" to achieve some …
The usual, unbalanced emotional lib responses.
Cuomo, the guy that literally signed for thousands of deaths in NY said "it was "bad news" that a coronavirus vaccine could be released while President Trump is still in office"
(link)
Come on FD, You …
His link tells a half-true story and specifically references the Supreme Court when Reid specifically left the Supreme Court out of the situation:
Eight years later in 2013, it would be Harry Reid and a Democratic majority that would do away with t…
@Gary1952 Except that your claims about Harry Reid and the Supreme Court are garbage: https://usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/01/fact-check-gop-ended-senate-filibuster-supreme-court-nominees/3573369001/
Gary didn't make any claims about th…
The point being it is POLITICAL. Those who control the senate and presidency call the shots. Just as Harry Reid did, one of the nastiest senators ever.
Harry Reid started it. The link I posted is accurate. Paybacks are a b!tch. I fully expect the n…
If the founding fathers could have foreseen a McConnell maybe we would have a different setup.
or a harry reid.
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/10/15/if-you-dont-like-the-supreme-court-blame-harry-reid/
@Gary1952 : If you think for one minute that…
Sure, the following(link) sounds pretty real to me(watch the whole thing from a man who did business with the Bidens and met Joe twice) while the Russia thing was a lie.No one will be fired because Biden will likely win. Many will leave as happens …
We will never see the 2 Senators per state changed or the EC dropped until 2/3 of the states are firmly controlled by one party, top to bottom. Could happen someday, but very unlikely.
@Gary1952 : No, the people would control the country forever. Are you forgetting that CA was Republican in the past, the South was Democrat. Why should anyone's vote count more than anyone else's? Big cities can have very split votes or go for e…
I kind of agree with @Gary1952. I idea was every state would have an equal amount of representation on one level, and representation by population on another level. We were not designed to be a true democracy, majority rules, but a republic with a…
@Hank- Couldn't be said better. It is important to Trump for his next life to sew distrust and instigate unrest. He will end up with some cable channel, and millions of followers who share a victim and grievance mentality for him to exploit. "Jus…
Sure, the following(link) sounds pretty real to me(watch the whole thing from a man who did business with the Bidens and met Joe twice) while the Russia thing was a lie.No one will be fired because Biden will likely win. Many will leave as happens …
FBI has a laptop. Neither you nor I know what is on it or if what is on it is real or fake. The man who collected the laptop can't even tell if it was Joe's son who dropped it off. Worst case scenario, Biden's son has a problem. The hoax is tryin…
No one will be fired because Biden will likely win. Many will leave as happens whenever a new President comes in. Biden Jr. Emails are a hoax, a scenario so implausible I'm surprised even Fox news buys it. Well, not really.
When equities go down 30% and high rated bonds go down an average of 7%, based on your examples, that is ballast. Ballast improves stability, it doesn't eliminate volatility. And very often, perhaps most of the time, high rated bonds do go up when…
It's all good, FD. PIMIX is still good for long term holders. I'm meeting my goals. That is what is important to me. Keep convincing yourself that getting 5% per year with low SD is the only game in town. I guess there's a reason people live in…
FD,
Bottom line is the FED funds rate does not result in longer term bond fund yields rising right away and in this case the changes up and down happened too fast. If you had cited increases in intermediate bond yields to make your point (whatever …
Gary,
It was about rising fed rates and their effect on "bonds". Intermediate bonds do not move immediately with FED rates. The market determines rates or else we would never see inverted yield curves.
Actually, I have a lot more problems with the original OP than the way he said it. First, he cites FED funds rate, but his examples are all over the board intermediate bonds. Did these funds see a 2.5% rise in their yields? I don't think so. Sec…
Click onto your name in your above Oct. 19 post. The page that opens will show your name at the top left, and EDIT PROFILE to the top RIGHT. Clicking Edit profile will show your current name and email address. Change your name and click the save i…
