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Yeah he's a gem alright. Makes me think of being back in 3rd grade with these two name-calling geniuses. I thought Yale had higher graduating standards.
@Graust - if we could for a moment let's discuss the border thing for a minute. It's been contentious for a long time and after much give and take the two parties settled on a compromise of sorts to move forward. STOP. Trump stepped in and said no w…
Nope. Kamala is a good choice. She's sharp as a tack, tough when she needs to be, carries strong positions and has bigger boils then her opposition.
The proposition that she just inherited the mantle of being the Democratic front-runner is without …
You're right, you are not the only one. I was thinking 3-mo max but I'll take just about anything drastically shorter than it is now. And get rid of Pac's, super pac's and Citizens United like yesterday.
OK, I didn't spend time reading through this entire thread but I offer this link up (free for everyone) for whatever interest it might still hold.
Home Insurance Rates in America Are Wildly Distorted. Here’s Why.
@Shostakovich - I just plucked these two items quickly off a google search. However I am of the opinion that former CEO Eddie Lampert basically drove it into the ground. I never did understand why Berkowitz was so enamored with him other than he saw…
@bee - that was my understanding as well. The 'maybe' is still the part to be determined or emphasized I suppose. I wonder how much will be left for the shareholders after the law firms take their cut. I'm thinking that after 10 some years of litiga…
@Crash - "AMLP does not issue a K-1 rather it reports on a 1099 for taxes. AMLP also provides qualified dividends, and a portion of distributions are tax-deferred."
You may have had it confused with MPLX which does issue a K-1.
@Derf - you're only off by a little bit. Here's the whole paragraph from @hank original post.
"Charles Schwab chief investment strategist Liz Ann Sonders put some numbers on that sentiment in a report earlier this year. An investor who put $10,000 …
I've owned a stake in CGDV (Capital Group Dividend Value) for 13-mo now. Honestly II bought it for the dividend aspect but there's really not much going on in that regard so far. I have been pleased with the fund's total return and performance to d…
@jptak - Thanks for the offer. I don't need the info to solve any problem. I was merely curious. However, if you do come up with an answer I'd like to hear it.
I also checked on the Number of Mutual Funds and there doesn't appear to be any apprecia…
Wasn't it not that long ago that companies nearly demanded that one perform all correspondence digitally online because they were not going to be providing hard copies by mail any longer?
@hank - CEF's are a different kind of animal that's for sure. Remember though that they can almost always trade at a premium such as in the case of PDI (see here PDI Overview). If you follow the link you should be presented with the 'Overview'. Clic…
@davidrmoran -
"FICO® Scores. FICO creates auto scores and bankcard scores specifically for auto lenders and card issuers. Industry scores aim to predict the likelihood that a consumer will fall behind on the specific type of account, and the scor…
I don't know if this applies to your situation or not but one common "gotcha" on many "No fees or Interest for the First X Years" is that interest and fees will accrue over the X time span if the credit charge account is not paid off before the end …
Sold a tech CEF fund that I bought when it was heavily mis-priced but I am still hanging on to its ETF bigger brothers. Stashing the proceeds into a MM fund until I see more clarity ahead. Yes, I'm in the cautious camp.
While I have none of the skills or knowledge to tell you precisely why this is so I went looking around to satisfy my curiosity. I was thinking that it might have something to do with their derivative positions but I don't know.
Anyway I found THIS…
Just a blip on the Fidelity website:
"In a post on its victim-shaming site, ransomware group LockBit claimed Sunday evening that it had stolen 33 terabytes of data belonging to the Federal Reserve, and the group threatened a Tuesday evening release…
Long term shareholder of O here and it's been a very satisfactory investment. Excellent management team. Nothing glamorous, has it's ups and downs with the share price depending on the economic cycle (read: interest rates) but through it all it keep…
Doing more waiting than watching, waiting for a correction of sorts so I can put my accumulating cash to work in my perpetual watch list. I tend to be 75-85% invested in equities at all times but nothing looks appealing at this juncture. In the mean…
@Puddnhead who said - "As far as ideas on the Board, I always felt it was a strong point especially when people don't agree with you. Like you said, it causes one to pause and reflect which is good at all times."
Absolutely! I'm all for it. It's ha…
