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@crash. You correctly stated the core of our crisis. If and when the history of this debacle is written,the repugnant majority on the hill will be judged very poorly for abandoning their constitutional authority in favor of the orange revolution. …
He is the king and he can do whatever he wants. That’s already been demonstrated many times. Soon this very dialogue will be punishable by deportation. Or worse.
@mona. I had a similar and frustrating experience at Schwab with a different fund. As I tried to place an order it said Minimum $1.00 but it wouldn’t accept my Order and said call for approval. The rep was not experienced and told me I would have t…
@peak2climb. @yogibearbull. Ah,, the massive and omnipresent corruption from the regime. With all the other messes it really doesn’t get enough attention. Of course with the watchdogs fired and the press muzzled , how could it?
When he controls the data , inflation will only be something we experience but it won’t exist as something his FED will have to manage. What could possibly go wrong. One guy controls data, the Fed, the courts, elections , the DOJ, the FBI, the m…
What political talkers REALLY believe? I had a buddy who worked with a very famous right wing blow hard. He knew the guy very well. He told me the guy didn’t believe any of the right wing garbage he put out. He saw it as a way to get very wealthy…
Shithead is developing the concept of “denaturalization” for troublemakers who dare question him. It’s coming soon….. and Crash,,,,, how long until this and other forms of free expression are monitored? Very soon and be very careful.
Today I am thinking my maturing CD dollars might go into Vanguard Wellesley. But it’s only mid afternoon and I might change my mind twice before dinner.
What if there was securitization at the grocery store? A bag of unknown food items at the mini mart at the Shell Station ? Pass! A bag of stuff at Whole Foods ? Maybe. But it seems hard to know how you can accurately rate a bond funds quality if 5…
@JD_co. Me as well. PRPFX seems like it does better than expectations. Could the recent strong performance be that their”aggressive “ stocks and metals are both strong? Going forward the bond sleeve should also be strong.
Real world measurements of risk. What was the funds loss in 2022? Using Portfolio Visualizer you can also get maximum drawdown and worst year since 2016. Also SD. And tons of stuff I don’t understand.
@Hank. With this crew at the helm, what could possibly go wrong? I shudder to think about all the ways they will foul things up. No brain, no plan, no patience. My question is how to invest in a n environment of total uncertainty?
@ PRESSmUP. You got that right. I was just telling my wife I dread going back to zero interest again and having to take risks to get 4%. Stagflation and the politicization of rates are inevitable.
@dt. The definition of CLO’s you cited has some obvious red flags for me when seeking low risk. “Lower rate corporate loans” and “assuming default risk.” For some trying to squeeze out higher returns out of bonds while dancing near the exit this …
And what low risk are we talking about? Interest rate risk? Sorta a function of duration. Or default risk? Sorta a function of quality of the bonds and the broader business climate. If one defined low risk as short duration and high quality that w…
I have been filing Estimated Taxes forever and never thought of having social security withhold taxes. I do try to plan so that come April I owe nothing. I have been using a site called TAXCASTER during the year to estimate how we are doing. This …
Why should Social Security be different than every other institution in our country? He has either broken it, is in the process of breaking it or is planning on how to break it. The destruction is just getting started. And it’s only a matter of tim…
@Hank. Agree about MLB and NBA. I do have an emotional connection to the Red Wings , having grown up in the Gordie Howe era and having played youth hockey as a kid. But I have a hard time seeing the puck. I know where it’s going but I can’t see i…
I think the Epstein files are the distraction from all the failures ,democracy busting ,the corruption and grifting. While folks are focused on the files everything else is going to hell. But the world’s greatest market timer is having a great yea…
Another good one from crash. Capitalism left to its own devices will destroy itself from greed and corruption. The current political regime clearly has the enrichment of the very few at the expense of the many in the most extreme ways. Never before…
I am in the same situation with tons of CD’s maturing each month. I got spoiled with a decent risk free return that was good enough for us. While it is not particularly low risk DODLX offers experienced management and international diversification…
@Crash. “The fact that he was reelected is an indictment of our society, period. “. You cut right to the heart of our nations darkest moment. The country REELECTED HIM. The country voted for this. It’s not so much him as the folks who put him in…
What trump is about is enriching trump and exercising power for his feeble sense of self. And to think there might be a grand design is the ultimate act of self delusion.
@Level5. A great question. The stuff I have been going over and over and over again lately. I assume you know that the great Romick is no longer on the management team of FPAG. You might want to run the numbers for the one fund vs 2 ETFs at Portf…
