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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
Cohen seems to be connected to the darker side in some way
That is why he is known as The Fixer. How are they differ from John Gotti and their companies?
Wanna pay your BMO Visa card bill IN PERSON? There's a FEE. Ouch. That actually started some years ago,
You gonna be kidding! Some banks in US are charging fees when dealing with tellers. Indirectly they want you to use the ATM, or better doing ev…
@Derf, There is still time to add and dollar average into your target allocation. Given the uncertainty from the G20 summit with respect to US and China tariffs, I think there is more ups and downs in the next few months.
I have been invested with VMVFX since inception. Top 10 holdings are invested elsewhere and not the FAANG stocks. This fund has done very well (YTD +1.9%) while the developed and emerging markets funds are in double digit loss! The fund has a hea…
That is if one does not bail near the bottom (to lock in the loss) or to have a large cash position (like Warren Buffett) and he goes shopping when everyone else bailed.
The G20 summit left out lots of details on the tariff agreement between US …
Man ... Sentiment on this board seems to have turned on a dime.
That is for sure. On the other hand, I think there are more downside to come as the G20 summit promises start to unfold in a bad way.
After the G20 meeting, US and China have a 90 days agreement to hold back some of the tariff. Very little details pertaining to technology and intellectual property were discussed. So I don't think we are out of the wood yet.
If I would add in …
Many users are not aware of the risk when they signed up with FB, especially when they posed personal information online. Now they learned it is not so easy to remove these information.
Problem is Facebook is #7 holding (1.6% weighing) in the S&…
Agree. He was a good man who placed the country first before partisanship. The note he left for the incoming president, Bill Clinton was touching and classy - certainly unheard of at that time. Since then this becomes a tradition during the change …
The increase affect the private sector as well and the limits are governed by the Internal Revenue Service.
https://forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2018/11/01/irs-announces-2019-retirement-plan-contribution-limits-for-401ks-and-more/#2b6930c6776c
No, I think it'll be the rogue traders embedded in that caravan that he blames for the market 'crashing' today.
It is much worst: Trump declares without evidence that 'Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in' with migrant caravan making…
Quote from NY Times article:
The federal revenue numbers for the 2018 fiscal year could be looked at as the equivalent of selling more loaves of bread, but earning less money.
https://nytimes.com/2018/10/17/business/trump-tax-cuts-revenue.html
Wh…
Have no fear. McConnell is proposing to cut social security, Medicare and Mediaid in order to reduce the deficit.
https://msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell-calls-to-cut-social-security-medicare/ar-BBOtGyE
I understand that Sears is trying to sell off the Craftsman brand hand and power tools to Home Depots and other home improvement centers. I still have few Craftsman power tools which are well made at that time. These days there are many quality op…
This week is a repeat of the decline in late January this year, exception that the situation is worse with higher interest rates, tariffs, and geopolitical risks. CDs, 2-years Treasury and (even) money market are more attractive options.
The turning point of value stocks over growth stocks arrived this week.
Vanguard Growth Index fund: -2.7%
Vanguard Value Index fund: +0.2%
Vanguard 500 Index fund: -1.0%
All my funds are down today. Increased bond yield finally arrived after Fed hike in September.
https://reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/rising-u-s-bond-yields-hit-global-markets-asian-stocks-wobble-idUSKCN1MF04H
How will the market reacts i…
Wait until those tariffs settle in.
Agree. How's 10-25% increase in cars affect the consumers? Problem is the entire supply chains (raw materials, Electronic components, active ingredients for pharma and more) will be affected. The end result is h…
For sure it is painful to watch it was disorganized and with minimal support to the key points he raised. He can barely answer the questions with details. In the end I turned away to elsewhere and watch for other interpretations later.
And yes, TAX CUTS are to be considered 'spending' in this discussion, contrary to what Kudlow, Ryan, or others want us to believe.
Totally, Ryan has been eying to reduce the entitlement programs for a long time. Larry Kudow, a frequent contributor …
I have used Windows platform since 4.1, and the overall experience is underwhelming. Today I spend 30 minutes to update the Windows 10 with patches after patches.
While I agree that Macs's hardwares cost more than PCs, there are many advantages …
Apple offers a free package for word processing (Pages), spreadsheet (Numbers), and presentations (Keynotes). After using is exclusively at home, it does a nice job comparing to MS Office. Depending on the level of complexity you need, it is worthw…
