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As I type this I am in the process of moving my internet domains from a registrar that just got bought by a PE firm to another company, because I never trust PE to do the right thing for customers or end-users...
Damn shame this fine company is going down this rabbit hole.
They need to offer products that the 'new generation' of investors want in order to remain competitive and attract customers ..... times have changed, for better or worse.
@yogibearbull I suspect most people don't have the knowledge/expertise/desire to do the work involved with writing/selling options.
For them they see 'big yield!' in a single position and just click 'BUY!' ... which is far simplier than looking a…
In researching assisted living facilities / continuing care communities for an elderly relative, one of the first things I looked for was whether or not PE was involved. If so, it was immediately disqualified on my list.
Every now and then I get the urge to downsize my PRWCX position for one reason or other but have yet to pull the trigger. However I may finally start that in Dec as I keep repositioning that portfolio to have more international and income tiltings.…
Stuff like this is another reason I'm glad nearly all of my retirement assets are in taxable accounts .. i don't need to worry about playing these games, planning withdrawls, dealing with RMDs down the road. Keeps things rather simple.
Ford is rolling out new low interest rate loans for F150 buyers with poor credit scores. What could possibly go wrong? Following is supposed to be a shared link to today’s WSJ article.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-courts-riskier-bor…
"Both individual and professional investors tend to increase their stock exposure before the top"
True. But how often does the Fed start cutting rates "before the top" and push the "top" out well into the future as more people and institutions ride…
Yea, I've had share price scare me away many times even if it makes no sense. It is just the feel. It feels like getting 10 t-shirts for $100 each instead of 200 t-shirts at $5 each (which "feels" like a fuller closet). Of course, the analogy is ver…
I always used HDD. Several years ago I changed everything to SSD other than my 1TB HDD for backups. My laptop recently started spewing SSD messages that it may be failing. I never knew SSD has limited use, apparently there are only so many read/wri…
To add to the conversation, I just threw in 2 WD Blue spinners for my desktop RAID / video server the other week. :)
SSDs in everything else (desktop, laptops, tablet)
NTSC v PAL ... all the good old days, NOT!!!
I'm sure most of these new products will fizzle quickly, but what do I know? Frankly if I wanted to own crypto, I would own the actual asset. (I own some actual BTC, not a BTC ETF.)
Bought a slug of November SPX short options. Gov shutdown, FOTUS, other drama gives reason for hedging. And if the position expires worthless (as my last one will today) fine .. I've got a ton of gains that can be offset this year. :)
Earlier this…
@a2z- We have the complete M*A*S*H DVD set, and every weekend watch a bunch of those. What on earth have you got against Flagg? He'd fit right in with the current White House bunch!
OMG the Flagg episodes are beyond hilarious....and Edward Winter wa…
it gets better.
managed by tuttle, the greatest patriot that never existed, fabricated to run a financial scam.
one could fill a blackhole w/the irony lost on MAGA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuttle_(M*A*S*H)
one of my favorite non-Flagg episod…
Re-entered TDS-V this morning ahead of potential rate cuts... may add some other preferreds back soon, too.
Trying to avoid bonds in this account b/c for tax reasons. Some REITs look interesting, though they're taxed the same way as bonds for me..…
Bought starter in IDV (iShares International Select Dividend ETF) sold NWN to raise cash.
Debating holding cash to keep buying things opportunistically or just snapping up some old friends in the form of preferreds (CHS, TDS, CMS, DBRG) ahead of ra…
It's all Biden's fault.
/ducks
(TBH they had a technical hiccup at the data release. Economic hack Lutnick right away blamed 'the predecessor' at BLS for the problem, despite there not being many (any?) technical issues under the prior leadershi…
If Trump issued an executive order permitting slavery would each individual slave have to sue for their freedom?
Add>> Or substitute any other "right" guaranteed by an amendment to the Constitution. Banning the practice of some religions, ban…
I expect this Supreme Court to drive a truck through the "imponderables."
I won't be surprised, either. The Orange Behemoth has packed that court. Nothing but a few particular deaths along with some actual leadership is going to fix this. (Is he de…
Looks good to me. The clients didn't like the new logo. The stock price went down. The old logo stayed; the price went up. Trump just said the obvious.
Glad to see that trump has the time for this important stuff.
I don't agree with firebrand Alex …
What violent protests do I not know about???? Anyone watch right wing news? What is he talking about?
He gets that info from that 'fake news channel' whose content is created, produced, and broadcasted exclusively between his orang ears and which sh…
I just sold DHLGY to raise more cash (they only pay divs annually!) but I would buy it back sooner rather than later b/c it fits into my thesis that FDX/UPS are more US-centric carriers, while DHL is mainly Europe and elsewhere. I think US carriers…
Apparently, some people call him "the President of Europe...", or so DJT tells us.
Yes, indeed, this is the United States of America.
"Some people" = the voices in Donnie's head.
Don't forget, any tall tale he spins where people are saying "Sir...…
this is worse
"George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday morning…
"The market response to President Trump’s Monday attempt to fire
a Federal Reserve governor was relatively subdued. Don’t let that fool you.
If Trump’s effort to remove Lisa Cook for cause succeeds, and perhaps even if it doesn’t,
this week will g…
Just got the email statement from TRP via Schwab. Ya, I noticed the same stuff. $68B AUM, whoa. Difficult to be nimble, unless a big slug is being held back, as you describe. Current domestic and int'l politics are making for a cloudy picture full o…
He's essentially a senile old man who wants the country and world to do his bidding and create the 'country' of his nostalgic memory of what things 'should' be. By contrast, in 2016 he was just the embarassing drunken uncle at the family dinner.
Speaking of defense contractors, CNBC reporting the WH is considering taking stakes in US defense contractors ... which if so likely paints a scarlett letter on US planes/missiles/equipment and exports will not be as trusted as they used to be, thus…
