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This only ends when fathers of students killed band together and do something drastic against those who sold the guns to the shooter student. Sorry to say, but that seems to be the ONLY way.
Non-voilence may lay claims to making a difference, but i…
I am one of them. Frankly I don't expect it to be around when I retire so haven't been paying attention. If it's there, it'll be a bonus.
When I see people living on minimum wage, it really gets to me. If they can exist/subsist, I will figure out a…
It tells me I'm logged in, and that if I'm experiencing trouble, to use the link I'll be redirected to, but it does not take me there. Using my bookmark, it brings me to the sign-in page, but I am quickly redirected to a junk page. I guess it's thei…
My ANALysis. If Dollar stays down Emerging markets do well. If it goes up - just like it did recently - they will fall.
http://schrts.co/TJyiDS
http://schrts.co/sKKyrM
http://schrts.co/8tZFEq
http://schrts.co/Wafq21
THOPX
Even Plumb Balanced looks good. I know at one point there was some issue with company. Used to be Thompson Plumb funds. Then they had a tiff? Anyways, I stayed away.
Just for the heck of it........
A chart of a few of the funds mentioned recently with SPY for reference.
Mid Dec. 2017 to date.
http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/perf.php?NEFZX,LBNDX,TSIAX,CTFAX,SPY&p=6&O=011000
Still not getting the cas…
@Old_Skeet Not sure when you purchased CTFAX. My 2 cents, this is classic example of when you buy being more important than what you buy. With a DD of 42% I would rather just invest in the S&P 500
@VintageFreak your computer doesn't need to travel to be compromised. Not using two factor identification strikes me as a willfully bad idea.
Once I inform Vanguard computer is trusted, it is not going to ask again for me to check my text message r…
@VF - Which balanced/allocation funds do you use? Personally, I own VWENX and VTMFX.
Well, I own "balanced" funds, meaning all of them will not confirm to M* definition.
GRSPX, AUXFX, OAKBX, GLRBX, LCORX, VWELX, FPACX, ICMBX, APPLX
Funds I'm buil…
OSTIX. (Thanks to @BobC for recommending it.)
Assuming we looking for diversification, OSTRX would seem to be a better option. Regardless, I don't do bond funds. I will wait forever until I die for OSTVX to come down. I only get my exposure to bonds…
Used a link from Ted, see above. target date funds & got tracked for CD, saving rate in my area ! WOW !!
Derf
This is a simpler problem I think. Use Adblock plugin in …
"They take your name when you call in the Pizza. That itself is enough I think. "
I give them Smith. Does it really help to protect my identity? It can't hurt.
The only problem with that is someone named smith might steal my identity. But I'm not…
Vanguard also started offering few months back.
I only use one computer in the house to manage all my investments. And it never leaves the house. So I haven't really bothered with it.
I don't do ApplePay, iPay, MyPay, BS and don't buy any stocks /…
Well, if you hold unspeakable things in portfolios how do you truly value things correctly? Isn't there a disclaimer in prospectus how NAV is calculated? One always runs the risk of this happening, especially in MM funds I would think which try to s…
@catch22. Yes I saw that video.
Everything starts with best intentions. Google Maps is one such innovation. IT ACTUALLY benefits the consumer because if there's an accident Google will automatically direct driver to take another route.
And now, ge…
I don't understand how a few people are able to get an entire population to accept the value of something is what it is. Something that does not have any "earnings" cannot begin to have a valuation.
Selling Bitcoin to someone is equivalent to selli…
Uh-oh, looks like someone is getting ready to retire...
Sometimes I feel certain "Stores" of value is a convenience for the rich. Like Crap Paintings "You don't understand" from 400 years back, by certain Europeans selling for Millions, only becaus…
Can you say technology.
It's simple, the $100.00 bill you used was chipped with GPS tracking and since you got the bill from the bank it was followed until you spent it. Now, its travels will continued to be followed along with how many times it c…
Hi@VintageFreak
For your listed "choices", I'm going with this one.
--- Pizza "recognized" who I was from my "Frequent Pizza" card (buy 12 get 1 free) when I paid Cash.
It does not even have to be that sophisticated, I don't think. They take yo…
@VintageFreak: The moral of your story is stay at home, eat lentils, and don't try to contravene your wife's good judgement. The AI stuff is scary, I agree.
AI is not crazy. People are crazy.
The only way to stop crazy people with AI, is to use our …
Unless I'm mistaken, Yardeni has made a lot of money advising people but never made any money for investors. For a while he was also associated and managing fund at White Oak.
I think most people have figured out that "talk" is easy, "walk" isn't.…
@Sven - Actually, you don't file form 8606 for Roth IRA. That's for regular IRA so you can keep track of any contributions you made after taxes if you are in the nondeductible category. There's no filing requirement to report the amount put into a R…
Also, funding a child's IRA is no different from funding a UGMA - it's a gift, so it counts against your yearly gift tax exclusion.
Not that $5,500 (or less, if the child earns less) comes close to the limit, but this does affect how much extra …
Putrid?????
Our "wage growth" is "decaying, rotting, emitting a fetid smell", as per top search on google.
I know I'm not supposed to shoot the messenger (not Crash, I'm referring to "theweek") but I need to get past the bullshit. I don't get what…
@davidrmoran - they are not going to be earning that much money :-) The whole point is for them to earn and spend their money on nonsense. Did I say they were my princesses? True, but their father is not king :-D
Another point is to force them to s…
Hi VF:
We've done this for our grandkids, ages 11 and 7. They don't have to have a W-2, just keep a meticulous log of hours and persons worked for. The 11yo worked for two old ladies down the street, mowing, weeding, planting bulbs, etc. The little …
Okay so basically for EVERY dollar my kid earns I can put upto that amount in Roth IRA. Fantastic! And I presume I have until April 2019 to do that? That way I know exactly how much they will earn.
@slick. Okay so managers who you like/respect/believe you saw adding to convertibles so decided to overweight. I swore off narrowly focused funds, but I try to passive aggressive on such things. So for instance, recently TRP guy (?) said overweight …
I watch Billions and Love It. Actually I started watching because the actor (forget his name now) who plays Axelrod is fantastic.
I'm appalled at the complement(?) to Bill Miller as "outside the box thinker".
What the heck is Social Security and Medicare if not Socialism.
We need to freakin' stop branding things and then screwing brands.
We have a democracy with Trump as President.
It's in the Implementation not just about the Design.
Everyone is fawnin…
How does this compare with what happened in Zimbabwe few years ago. I thought they had like 1000% inflation. Hope 100,000% was not a typo. Simply mind boggling how anyone can survive!
And let me get this right. When we say 100,000% we are saying ov…
