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I certainly don't trust them. It would appear that banks can pretty much do whatever they want and walk away with little to no punishment and most certainly no personal responsibility whatsoever. There's that and they never quit asking for more.
Some answers maybe.
1.) Do members of Congress have security clearances?
https://news.clearancejobs.com/2012/05/16/do-members-of-congress-have-security-clearances/
2.) Need to know? From Wikipedia
"In the United States, a security clearance is an …
Hank you said "Frankly, I wasn’t aware every member of Congress can gain 100% access to top secret information until you brought it to my attention. With over 500 active members of Congress and hundreds more now out of office (some perhaps serving t…
Leaving out Tillinghast and Danoff is a nonstarter for me. Then again maybe it's a clue that these two might be getting set to hit the retirement highway.
Agree PRESSmUP. Are you really part of the resistance if you continue to accept this abominable and abnormal behavior? See John McCain if you need a clue about what to do.
To me that proposed order is just another way for those who already have way more than they need to shelter even more of their gains from the undeserving masses. As if offshore accounts and slimy accounting weren't enough.
Hank I agree, a very moving service and salute. For me I thought his daughter Meghans' eulogy was the best.
MJG, I really believe that you should have started your own thread on this topic. I believe a lot of federal workers who might be affected b…
Ted, I hate to be the one to inform you that there is no bottom to the cess pool that creature inhabits. What's almost harder to understand is where is the outrage from especially military members of his administration and political leaders of his o…
Said John Weaver, a former aide and a longtime friend “I don’t think it bothers John one bit. If we heard something today or tomorrow from Trump, we know it’d mean less than a degree from Trump University.”
Nothing but truth.
@Charles & Junkster - may I ask why you two don't deal with ETF's or CEF's for your bond funds rather than mutual funds? Is it fund composition, manager expertise, force of habit or just what? I'd especially like to hear from Junkster because I …
@OJ - I believe that the author was stating the yield based upon the price per share on the day he published the article. There's nothing wrong with that. YOC or yield on cost is basically just a feel good metric. For example, the current yield on M…
@Ted - yeah I ran across them (k-1's on preferred's) a year or so ago and they surprised me a bit. TurboTax handles mine with just a minute or 2 of my time.
@Ted - just one example:
"The new preferred from ARES is non-cumulative and redeemable in 5 years which is typical for preferred issues. What is not typical is that these shares will generate a K-1 at tax time instead of the more typical 1099. Th…
