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@sma3. If you sense any equivalency between NPR and Fox,,, I think any other comments are futile The party of the right is nothing if not GROTESQUE. THE LAST WEEK HAS PROVEN IT BEYOND ALL SHADOW OF A DOUBT.
Cash at Schwab is the worst but their CD Market is not. You can always find outliers at silly high rates randomly but I have built a CD ladder at Schwab that I am very happy with. Plus the CDs are at many banks as to not go over the limit. The only …
Interesting. Mine goes out further. And lately I have switched to counting my ladder as part of my F.I. sleeve. Perhaps to balance out my yield chasing bad impulses.
@soupkitchen.good point. But if the bond fund has a duration of 6.5 and rates rise by 2% it will take years to break even. Short duration funds will lose less but for us oldsters who need more income so a CD ladder is looking better nowadays.
@soup kitchen... If rates go up CD rates do rise. If you invested the same money in a bond fund,,, your principal declines to one degree or another as rates and yield rise. Perhaps it makes sense to build a CD ladder.
@LewisBraham. Not speaking about Ted at all but patriotism is just another false flag issue used by the repuglican party to distract voters while they methodically plunder the wealth of the nation. As evidenced by the current administration,,,,, tak…
Thanks Crash. In these times we should not fool ourselves about our enemies. Those who support injustice and use names like "liberals" to obscure their basic indecency are everywhere. Even here .
I suppose Ted has the right to his opinion,,,,,,, comments such as his post of 2:36 pm defile this board. We can live with useless links by the thousands but this sort of name calling will do real damage. The honorable thing for the linkster to do w…
My comments, for whatever they are worth, focus on the motivation of the elected GOP members who do the bidding of the economic elite. It's clear they don't care about balanced budgets, individual liberty, smaller government or anything else they mi…
David,,,,, thank you so much. False equivalence makes me want to puke. It's ALWAYS one party that works hard to take food away and medical care away from hungry and sick kids. It's ALWAYS one party that works hard to take basic rights away from cit…
The anti Woodstock vote? Against fair housing? against civil rights? Against EQUAL RIGHTS? Yuup, that explains today's whack repugs all right. But at the end of the day and at the top of the pyramid,,,,, it's all about the money. The shit you talk …
Anyone who knows anything knows the modern repuglican party exists for only one reason. That reason is to put ALL the money in the hands of the fewest people. Sadism is only a by product of the greed. All all the social issues are just noise to dis…
It's clear to me that perhaps 35% of our fellow citizens actually support what passes for government nowadays. That is the REAL problem. Cheeto is who he is and the tools of the economic elite do their bidding for contributions to rent their seats …
@sven. One only has to look at the boglehead board once and you got it. Their Outlook is locked in forever. Not altogether bad but it's like groundhog day,,, a broken record. You know what I mean.
Since you ask,,,,,, I would no longer suggest an investor friend invest any time here. Not because there are repuglicans who out themselves here but because participants have to wade through entirely too many links to unimportant stories. Not really…
@old_skeet. They did not let us down as you suggest. They made us proud. One hundred years from now when historians write about this time, those who had the opportunity to fight this disaster and did not will be condemned as traitors for eternity.
Given the recent scandalous and unethical behavior from the makers of Volkswagen you missed the opportunity to connect that manufacturer to a certain bank and quickly eliminate the GTI from contention.
@Old_Joe. Thanks. Most relevant links seen on this board since November. What is a greatest risk to our wealth,,,,and our country? Pretty obvious to anyone who isn't blinded by fear, racism and xenophobia.
@ted. The current situation cannot possibly end well. Political risk is REAL. Ignoring it will not make it go away. Clearly discussing Political Risk is as valid as discussing interest rates. It simply cannot be ignored by any reasonable American.
Dude is soooo right! And I will still be checking it out first thing Monday morning. My other two hobbies put me out of data reception and the funny thing is that when I go all day without checking on the portfolio, it's still there. And it did wha…
Mr. Hardy. A great link. As a former History grad student I appreciate analysis that looks further than the last quarter. My question, beyond politics, is whether the uncertainty of adult behavior roil the markets and hasten the inevitable. After …
Hey little5bee, had the same trouble moving money from Schwab into Vanguard. I gave up in the middle and reversed the whole thing. The second try, several years later, went better( with cash only) went better, but the service is nothing like Schwab.…
We are semi retired or transitioning if you will. My wife is my best bud and we are business partners as well. We agree with Hawleyl's post above. Find inexpensive things to do and take pleasure in them. Not many of us can go from one expensive tri…
