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Sven
Lynn,
Thank you so much. I am planning on a 3-year ladder since I am a year away from retirement. Lots of spreadsheet work to calculate the income replacement needed. This ladder will create a steady income stream. So thank you for all your help.
I moved back to high quality bond funds this year. Some of which you covered in the SA article. For now, I will stay with agency bonds to the bond ladder. I will pick active managers for corporate bonds.
Sven
This is worse than Jim Jones's People Temple,
https://theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/drinking-the-kool-aid-a-survivor-remembers-jim-jones/248723/
If that is natural selection for being anti-science, so be it.
Do know that thermofisher. TMO. Mfgs fridges that can store vaccines at low temps
ThermoFisher has been a long time holding in PRWCX. A nuts and bolts approach to gain exposure to health care sector.
Trimmed equity a bit and increase cash posit…
COVID-19 can do wonder to your brain, but not smarter.
Nearly 20 percent of COVID-19 patients developed a mental health issue — like depression, anxiety, or dementia — within 3 months of diagnosis, according to a new study.
Researchers evaluated t…
Sweet! Also Matt Gaetz, a Florida representative also tested positive.
https://politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/11/07/gaetz-waltz-test-positive-for-coronavirus-1334922
Exactly. This is very dangerous for the national security. This needs to change quickly after January 20th.
He is also installing loyalists in the National Security Agency (NSA) so to ensure his influence over the intel community.
https://nyt…
@bee, thank you. Very timely indeed. Countries who able to control the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to move their economy forward, and to positive GDPs.
Holy cows! These brave men and women are working in hazardous environment just like in COVID units in hospitals. This virsus can become airborne and very infectious in indoor environment. The indoor rallies are perfect super-spreader events.
The …
Thank you for the plot. I watch the indices as they diverted this week. Seem like the changes correspond to the vaccine news. Everyone is hoping Pfizer vaccine will be available in January 2021.
REIT and utility sectors are coming back. My val…
What a joke. RNC announced layoff to their staff only a week after the election. Many are trying to find other jobs just as COVID-19 cases are rising rapidly. What a mess.
In its latest Form 13F filing, Warren Buffet invested $597,856,475 in Barrick gold (miner stock). His investment is evolving as many of decision are made by his successors.
https://forbes.com/sites/robertberger/2020/08/28/warren-buffetts-gold/?sh=…
There are also four other staff affected as well but their names have not be disclosed. Knowing the potential medical consequences of COVID-19 one needs to avoid it at all cost. Perhaps this is how nature selection works.
Agree. I don't get it even for common vaccines for kids that many parents refuse to have their children immunized as part of the health requirement in order to enroll in public schools.
I believe that was the partnership developed between them. Pfizer has the know-how on the scale-up production and the distribution of the vaccine. Same arrangement also exists between Oxford University and AstaZenecca for their vaccine.
William Barr who is a lap dog loyal to Trump and thus he is a keeper.
Trump fired
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, the first woman to oversee the agency in charge of the nuclear stockpile. She w…
I would not go near the WH without a hazmat suit and a full respirator.
When you see all of them mass gathering without face coverings, can you say playing Russian roulette? Who is next tomorrow?
@Mark, I am not a pharmacist, but we have doctors and surgeons in our family. Typical 2-shot vaccines are spaced out 60 days for the second booster shot. The goal is to maintain certain antibody concentration in the blood steam for a specific time …
@FD1000,
You need to know the facts. The vaccines are still in Phase III testing. Today's results from Pfizer is very encouraging, but there is lots of work before they are "distributed" to the general population. Key challenges are:
1. How to s…
No gut to invest in miners. I stay with what I know just gold, IAU. Took some profit when it peaked over $2,000/ounce. The low correlation to equity makes it a good hedge as First Eagle fund to use it for a long time. Also inflation is concerning…
It is likely that multiple vaccines roll out from different manufacturers in order to meet the large demand. Pfizer's data on 90% efficacy is very good. Other manufacturers will have to demonstrated their safety and efficacy as well.
We have to w…
Special refrigerated shipment is an established process used in many labs, i.e. fertility clinics. Shipping billion dosages to your pharmacy under these conditions will take time and added expense. Human lives far outweigh the added cost.
The fi…
Dr. Fauci said several months ago there is likely vaccine for COVID19 by end of 2020. Moderna, Pfizer, AstaZecca and several others are at Phase III testing. The more important question is the scale up (billions dosage) and distribution of them to…
Thanks to Fed Chairman Powell yields on many bond funds are much lowered today. It is nuts that income investors have to incur additional risk either on credit quality, duration, or currency (foreign bonds) in order to get a bit more yield. These …
No big move. Strange week with lots of drama. Think things will be more clear next week. I am concern that COVID cases are rising fast with 120,000 cases on a daily basis in US. When will lockdown will take place again? Certain learned something …
On the downside, you never really pay off a home because of ongoing maintenance and repairs.
That is part of the ownership. Don't forget property tax and house insurance. Even if you are a renter, a portion of the rent over property tax, insurance…
During the pandemic, energy demand for transportation and traveling has reduced considerably to a point that layoff are increasing among large oil companies. Many fracturing firms have bankrupted in spring as oil prices fell below $40/barrel.
htt…
@hank, I started to lighten the equity allocation as I watch the COVID situation approaches the fall. Quite frankly it does not look encouraging. I hope we will not revisit the last spring as lockdown took place everywhere. Some countries did wel…