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@hank - google "who owns CNN"
You'll see many links to ownership as well as some for FOX and Fox News(?).
In another brief peek I found that MSNBC is owned by NBC Universal News group. NBC Universal News is a subsidiary of Comcast (CMCSA).
It's all about the $$$$$$$ and the power that goes with it. The allure of 45 escapes me entirely. I must have been raised wrong and attended all the wrong schools.
@FD1000 - I think you missed the point of the article if you even read it at all. He was saying that if you have limited income (i.e. from your paycheck or earnings) it's difficult to construct or build a portfolio. That is the situation for million…
Well shucks. Here's what a WaPo article has to say about Trump-Jail-Secret Service
If Trump is convicted, Secret Service protection may be obstacle to imprisonment
Come on Crash, it can't be easy coming up with something that doesn't clash with orange jump suits. I'm thinking hours and hours of work to arrive at diddly squat.
Although highly doubtful, if Trump is convicted and sentenced to jail time would members of the secret service have to go with him? Asking for a friend.
Has the Big Pharma industry ever put forth justification for the large price differences for the same drugs sold in the US vs. other countries? I mean other than they can.
Adding: For the last 3-4 yrs I keep looking for the health sector to make a …
We are spending time here to learn from one another if we can and maybe, just maybe, find something that might make us even more comfortable.
I don't believe that anyone has suggested that very high-income investing has better performance or even b…
There are still some people who think that the earth is flat, that man never went to the moon, that the government is out to get them etc., etc., etc. Does anyone actually think that telling us that there is or isn't aliens and/or alien spacecraft i…
Sure, that may be true @FD1000, but you only know that after the fact. Some people are simply not comfortable holding stocks and some don't see any reason to hold bonds. Since many are not market mavens and may or may not be confused or unsure of wh…
Seriously, with all of the other problems and issues we have in this country that need solutions and could be discussed in congress why are they wasting any time at all on this topic? Besides the fact that the current majority party is a bunch of wh…
Some day I hope to see the counter article "Why Our Roundtable Predictions/Picks Didn't Pan Out". Frankly I've learned much more from analyzing my mistakes than I have from my successful choices.
I've never used a hedging or short strategy simply because I'm unwilling to invest enough to have a meaningful affect upon my portfolio in general. Were I to attempt to place a significant trade (bet) and be proven wrong (highly likely) I'd wear out…
The two principals in this discussion used to populate the M* discussion forum with the same childlike sniping between them. To M*'s credit they had an ignore feature whereby one could have their comments deleted from the thread feed. They weren't t…
@catch22 - it was an interesting segment to be sure. I share the reporter's incredulity at releasing these AI programs like Bard out into the community while admitting that it is inherently wonky but I guess folks thought other software releases wer…
While July has historically shown to be a good month for stocks I'm of the opinion that we will see the market hold or drift down over the next few months rather than surge to the tune of a new bull market. If the institutional folks are not buyers …
So they (Russians) raided Prigozhin's mansion within the last 24 hours and the man himself has not been seen since his last appearance in Belarus about 2 weeks ago. What are the odds?
Prigozhin Is Said to Be in Russia, as Wagner Mystery Deepens
Quote from the article linked by @LewisBraham:
"Unless Congress can find a way to agree on an extension of the expanded child tax credit — and cost is a big concern for many of its critics — the policy now reverts back to its previous iteration.
T…
Is it true that just under 100 million Americans of working age are not in the work force? How can that be with this great economy and 4% unemployment?
Good discussion about that can be found here.
Another - Who's Not Working
