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@MikeM
Maybe rebranded beverage companies are the way to go!
This week, two beverage companies—Long Island Ice Tea Corp and SkyPeople Fruit Juice—saw huge stock gains after renaming their companies with cryptocurrency terminology.
https://qz.com/…
I've been with Schwab since 1997 and love it. I had a brief dalliance with VG a few years ago with part of my portfolio, but did not care for them. Among other reasons, you can call Schwab 24/7, not so with VG.
Schwab people on the phone are probab…
You mean like "extra virgin", as in olive oil? Actually, I never understood about extra virgin. Maybe it has something to do with chastity belts.
lol, could be. It's beyond my knowledge base, although I do have several knights in my lineage from old…
Related trivia: I've heard people talk about their "credit score" for years; I never knew what mine was until last month when I bought a new truck (I'm 66). The lady at the credit union said it was 800-something. I had no clue if that was good or ba…
Good luck.
Yahoo, Google, CNN Money, etc. usually show it but they do NOT usually tell you if it's total return or just price change. You really have to dig to find YTD TR shown as a percentage (or any other date range for that matter). I'm aware …
"Investors" or TRADERS, eh? I stay away from stuff I can't understand, or have doubts about my ability to make them work--- like puts and calls and shorts, whether boxers or jockeys. My allocation to global bonds pleases me, through thick and thicke…
49% cash??? Yer kidding.
FWIW: Vanguard Balanced, VBINX, since inception in 1992 -- +8.08% annualized, .22% ER.
James Golden Balanced, GLRBX, since 1991 -- +7.06%, .97 ER.
Derf: That's not gonna happen. The days of selling my vehicles outright are long gone. Too old, too lazy. I will trade it in, and soon.
My question is, all things considered, am I better off leasing or buying?
Thanks for your reply. :D
This subject is very timely for me, and I'd love to hear some of your opinions.
I'm going to buy a new truck before Christmas. I have a 2011 Toyota Tacoma to trade in that I bought new; it has 29,000 miles on it. I have never leased before and acco…
I've read in more than one place (don't have references at the moment) that managed funds do NOT perform better than indexes/ETFs before, during, or after bear markets.
But regarding this, I take a long-term view (5-10 years) on everything. A one o…
Great article, thanks.
Being a long term investor, I never make short term decisions, and certainly not regarding unknown events. So I sat on the sidelines the whole time and watched, and it was great entertainment.
Having ridden the '08 bear all …
I also watched that and noticed the word "investment" being used a lot. Putting all(?) most(?) of your money into something like that was speculating, not "investing" as the term is generally understood.
"A fool and his money are soon parted," alth…
REITS have had a rough couple weeks. Mine dropped 2% today on an otherwise up day for markets. It might serve well to read the comments from Ted's August 27 post: "A Good Time for REITS".
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/comment…
1992, IBM clone, Windows 3.1, 33 Mhz chip, 170 mg. hard drive, large floppy and the "new" smaller floppy that wasn't really floppy.
I got the box, keyboard, mouse, and a 10-ton monitor for $2,000.
I bought a pin printer a year or so later, don't r…
