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Someone just reported on another discussion board that Scottrade lowered the fee for equity trades down to $3.95 after a phone call to the brokerage. It could be because they have a large account or that they trade often I don't know. There doesn't …
"Or simply the executive of any age who cares so much for the company they don't need to have the fattest salary on earth." Buffett and Munger come to mind but my mind goes completely blank after that.
With respect to those voting records (DFA, Fid…
I've found that crop rotation is must unless you're willing to deploy a nuclear arsenal of chemicals containing who knows what which I am not. I tried various biological control strategies for all manner of plants but the results generally run miss-…
Yes, I've done so as well. Works good when all the stars are aligned. However here in MN I can only plant spuds once every 3 years otherwise I'd be tending to Colorado potato beetles full time.
@VirtueRunsDeep - Occam's razor comes to mind, maybe your solution is too easy or still too difficult for some to comprehend. Others just like to bitch and/or can't handle not getting their way.
Who indeed. It's a most interesting question. And what will they be buying it with? All that cash sitting on the sidelines waiting for a correction? Lots to ponder.
On the other hand, should (when, if) correction day comes what exactly will have ha…
MaryKay, others have already started filling in the blanks so I won't add at this time except to say that your champion has consistently degraded women, Hispanics and muslims since his candidacy began. It's not the party I resist, I expect those reg…
@MaryKay - a lot can get done when one party controls the presidency, house and senate. However, just because you do a lot doesn't mean that any of it was the right thing to do.
For example, many of us are accepting of returning criminal illegal i…
@hank - I find great value in the Income & Dividend, CEF and Fidelity forums occupied by some quite knowledgeable posters. I can respect they they are not for everyone. I haven't spent time in their mutual fund forum lately.
Any attempt to equate the veracity of Rush or Fox News with the MSM is laughable at best. Trump is the least honest of all bordering on pathological. By journalism standards they fail. Did the MSM call the election wrong? Sure, they and just about e…
Like @MikeM and others i prefer holding reading material in my hand and turning pages. Scrolling screens back and forth leave me feeling dizzy and disrupts the train of thought. Although I've downloaded a few books to my pad and phone I've never loo…
More margaritas. I'm going to be needing plenty.
Seriously, the guy is detached from reality and creates facts on the go. His associates are constantly scrambling to come up with new ways and means to describe that what you heard is not what he sai…
The only thing that I can say with 100% certainty is that I will not be watching any of it. I agree that no one can guess what he will say, including himself, and then he will deny having ever said it.
I've never raised or lowered cash levels in an…
Interesting. I've never considered ETN's to be ETF's as I've always thought that their existence was dependent on the credit worthiness of the issuer more so than their constituent makeup. I'll have to look into that further.
Nevertheless I persona…
@hank who said"The thing about oil is when it's rising people seem to find a hundred reasons to think it will rise forever. And when it's falling they'll give you a hundred reasons why it's destined to keep falling." As in politics, so much goes on …
Seems to me that there are many possible shifts to consider. Some include:
-from active management to index (passive)
-from self-managed accounts to firm/advisor managed accounts
-wealth transfer as heirs inherit previously held assets
-and possibly…
@MJG - you're correct, I missed it (3-5-10). Actually I saw it but failed to connect the dots. Anyway, I am in agreement with Hank that 3 terms for the same item unnecessarily confuses the reader and the portfolio composition should have been stated…
@Hank - it was at the very end of the article "The Vanguard portfolio is made up of the Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund (40%), the Total International Stock Market Index Fund (20%) and the Total Bond Market Index Fund (40%). The total cost of thi…
Interesting. That 'alternative' stuff will get you every time.
Seriously though, I couldn't tell from the article but it seemed as though Mr. Carsons conclusions were based on the past years results. If so, what happens when you stretch that out 3,…
Hi Mary and welcome. I'm of the opinion that like any tool in the box the VIX might have a use but I wouldn't use it to make any decisions on an average broad based mutual fund. The linked article below suggests that even those ETF's and ETN's desig…
