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I caught that the other day. If I remember correctly one of the justifications floating about was that he had them so everyone would never forget. Yeah, right.
"Monday morning’s shooting in Kentucky, which left five people dead including the suspected assailant, brought the number of shooting victims in 2023 mass shootings to 209, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which started tracking gun violence d…
@BenWP, @JD_co to be fair had I been thinking right I suppose I should have compared OMFL to a more appropriate benchmark i.e. the Russell 1000 index. Those comparisons are a bit mixed but still reflect well on the fund. Attached is a link to the fu…
I'm grateful if for no other reason than seeing the rich and powerful subjected to the same rules of law as everyday folks. My guess is that he will still be treated with kid gloves and all like that but at minimum I expect that he will be booked an…
58,220 military personnel gave their all to date. The rest of us have been killed but we're just waiting for AO to finish us off. RIP my brothers and sisters. So sad.
I bought XLF this morning against my better judgement. I hate investing in 'financials' and tend to ignore them in total BUT with tech moving up and almost all of the supposedly inflation resistant sectors (e.g. finance, energy, utilities, REIT's) m…
We should all have learned by now that @Baseball_Fan never feels the need to back up the garbage he spews with actual and truthful facts or references. He lays on his back barfing at the ceiling expecting it all to stick up there. Then after a day o…
Can anyone explain why preferred shares are taking it on the chin today other than guilt by association? I can somewhat understand why financial firm shares are getting hit but I don't own any of those nor would I.
From Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance: Schwab Has Worst Drop in Years After SVB, Block Trade
From Barron's via Yahoo Finance: Why Charles Schwab Is Taking a Beating Along With Bank Stocks
Man am I out of touch! While I am not debating the merits of MFO and the information provided and available since when did $200 become practically free? Sure inflation is upon us but holy crap.
@hank and @Old_Joe - but did you copy and paste the non-working link? Who does that? Anyway try this LINK and maybe....
FWIW in his original post the address shown was highlighted and a simple click should have taken one to the article. I don't kno…
Well to be fair the survey was taken to assess how managers 'intend' to invest moving forward and not how they were positioned. The part FD left off from Yahoo:
"Defensiveness is in style among financial advisers, according to the BofA Securities …