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Rent, daycare and/or senior care, medication, transportation.... you make it sound so simple Gary. If only huh? Having been at the bottom of the ladder with not enough after paying the basics to even think of purchasing items from your list above I'…
There are International Value ETF's for sure. One can sort out the 'developed market' issues for themselves.
From ETFdb.com
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From US News Money
I agree with you Lewis and I truly wonder what will be the impact when he and Charlie decide to step aside. Although they talk up their successors quite a bit it remains to be seen if the shareholders buy into it.
I agree with WABAC. I wish they were more upfront with it especially if it's a health emergency consideration. I mean, it's not like their citizens don't know even though their leaders try to keep them clueless.
@johnN - what are 3, 2 and 1?
My 3 largest holdings are PDI, PCI along with MCD & PEP tied. I'd add to any of them along with most of my single equity holdings. As for fund specific picks it would depend on which ones suffered the most but prob…
@Sven - I believe that it's a simple matter of his children not being qualified for entry based on their own merits be it scholastic aptitude, physical skills, activities outside the classroom or whatever. In these cases his donations (?) were bribe…
If someone can find information on just why T. Rowe Price thinks this a good idea at this time I'd be curious to know what's behind their thinking. Have they had significant outflows? Are there foreign companies that they want more of? Just seems od…
So now the mob AG is recommending stock investments huh? Just when you thought it couldn't get any more insane around here. What's next, a Russian ETF? Just as we're cautioned not to bring politics into discussions here I think political figures sho…
Right there with you Lewis.
If you will allow me to add to your statement "Climate change creates poverty in emerging countries." ...along with the stripping of their natural resources and all the pollution created by their industry practices which…
What nonsense. If you're going to go there buy VNQ and go about your business. Alternately, if you're willing to take on a little more risk via a CEF then take a look at RQI. Where do they come up with these best lists?
Finally, if you'd really li…
@mcmarasco - acknowledging that the financial (cash flow?) situation will be different for everyone I chose to pay additional principal when I could to cut down the term. Why? You could call my chosen profession (carpenter) seasonal at best with a r…
Well, in the current MISinformation age it's hard to trust any information or statistics we hear, see or read from our government especially when there are numerous black Sharpies available.
No second look needed here, I've held them for some time now. I bought them primarily for the income but I've enjoyed handsome capital gains as well. Most are a bit stretched at this time so I'm not adding but I do keep an eye out. SPG is a case in …
@Mike and @stillers - I know that's how it is today but I question the logic of paying $6K for a seat at the stadium to do so. Maybe it's just because my Vikings so suck at all this Super Bowl stuff. I would have however paid that same $6K to watch …
I happen to agree with it but I am neither an economic or financial scholar. Soon the plug will be pulled and another administration will have to deal with the mess while taking all the blame for creating a low-no growth morass. Rinse and repeat. In…
"Long-term capital gains tax is a tax on profits from the sale of an asset held for more than a year. The long-term capital gains tax rate is 0%, 15% or 20% depending on your taxable income and filing status. They are generally lower than short-term…
Just be aware that on January 4, 2018 he said this:
"“I am so bullish I have to sit down and calm down,” the director of technical research for Altaira Capital Partners said in an interview with “Closing Bell.”".
All I'm saying is that you should …
While I firmly believe that at least 50% have little clue as to what they are invested in or how their investments operate I also believe that 50% quite possible are unable to find funds available to invest at all. I know I sailed on that second boa…
@VF - that's not how he feels, people like him and his ilk have no feels. Certainly none for anyone other than themselves. All they've ever known is entitlement.
@hank - another good reason as if I needed another. I wasn't responding to you specifically. It was more toward just the concept. I just hate how the internet in general has degraded from it's original concept of knowledge sharing.
Yeah that's a big NO! If it wasn't recorded, stored on a server, passed around, and sold it would be a nice feature but Alexa, Siri and GA already have enough money. Maybe once my grandson starts programming I'll ask him to build me my own private a…
Maybe if they paid the poor enough wage money so that they could pay taxes rather than having them waste their money on the struggle to survive they'd be happier. Oh who am I kidding.
I'm afraid of losing it period. Having held my best friends hand from the onset of early alzheimers to the end I can verify that it is an ugly business. No thank you.
Thank you everyone! This is really helpful.
@msf - yes I would expect that you would have your own spreadsheet. I am slapping my forehead for not having thought of playing with last years return. Good one.
