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@stillers - you said "IMO, the negativity for and lack of participation in the Mag 7 on this particular forum is astounding! And telling!"
You are certainly welcome to your opinion however I'd be hard pressed to draw any conclusions about this boar…
Off the top of my head OJ I'd guess not wanting to leave home, low initial pay, no current threat of being drafted, unmotivated to do much of anything and an aversion to discipline and/or taking orders.
Like you I was a so-so student but I always s…
@Anna - I'd never admit that I'm too old for anything. What I have trouble doing is learning to speak such that every word out of my mouth is an unmitigated lie. The struggle is real.
I'm probably not going to be very useful but if you're looking to invest in the commodity there is this from Investopedia Top Natural Gas ETFs for 2023
Aside from that I have held an investment in EPD for about 10 years now. EPD is one of the large…
@PRESSmUP - Agreed and I share your thoughts on small, active ETF's. I currently think of both as SPY-Lite as neither are over exposed to the heavy hitters.
To add to @BenWP point:
QLTY - GMO U.S. Quality ETF - holds 5 in their top10 positions
CGDV - Capital Group Dividend Value ETF - holds one
JQUA - Jpmorgan US Quality Factor ETF - holds 5
And the discussion board honey
TCAF - T. Rowe Price Capital A…
Within fund holdings (I only looked at the top 10 and combined GOOG+GOOGL):
AAPL 1.18%
AMZN 0.32%
GOOGL 0.36%
META 0.25%
MSFT 1.21%
NVDA 0.59%
TSLA 0.018%
Total 4.09%
I also own shares of AAPL (6.1% of total portfolio value) and GOOGL (3.1%) outr…
Range bound indeed. Tech, and particularly the Mag7, seems to be the only trade investors are interested in (chasing). I'm personally not interested because I believe valuations are stretched although they could certainly go higher. The current leve…
As far as I was able to determine PSHZF is a collection (fund? CEF?) of sorts that trades like a stock. There doesn't appear to be any trading fee(s) other than possibly when one sells shares. I'm willing to be corrected.
From the NPR article:
"The Claim
Sitting down to breakfast in Brussels just before the NATO plenary session Wednesday, Trump accused NATO allies of being freeloaders:
"Many countries owe us a tremendous amount of money from many years back, where …
@Crash -according to my Fidelity quote for FALN:
FALN announced distribution of $0.1223 on 02/01/2024
Announce date 02/01/2024
Record date 02/02/2024
Pay date 02/07/2024
So no games.
OK, so 30-days means squat but my taxable is -0.06% but all my bill payments come out of there, and my Roth is +2.9%. The Roth is slanted heavily toward income producers (read bond funds) along with FXAIX(SPY), FTEC, GOOGL and sundry others.
I'm on…
@Crash - fwiw I don't think RE is a bad sector, but with all stocks when you buy and at what valuation makes a lot of difference, a heckuva lot. You like(ed) PSTL, just keep an eye on it. I don't expect to see the postal service's need for property …
@Derf - no clue whatsoever. That's why I'm hedging my bets and trading in small increments. GOOGL hasn't dropped like today in some time and I didn't feel that their results were that bad. My avg cost is below a Benjamin.
I guess I should be happy that I don't 'always' need to be looking for the cheapest widget out there. There's also forever the mantra "you get what you pay for".
”Much of last year’s 26% gain in the SPDR S&P 500 exchange-traded fund was due to the stellar performance of the Magnificent Seven —the mostly tech-stock behemoths that are the index’s biggest holdings. … " (taken from @hank post above)
That co…
Yes, massive disbelief. I think it was heartbreaking for the nation as a whole. The teacher in space pre-launch buildup generated a lot of interest IIRC.
Excellent news! Is there any way I can become a member of that witch hunt party? I mean, other than I'm doing now. And can his base of (morons) support shovel out that much more in campaign donations (snicker) to bail him out?
I don't know how to post memes or video's here but I saw one the other day that suggested that Boeing convert to rubber planes. That way when their planes go down rather than a scene of death and destruction the plane will just Boeing, Boeing, Boein…
