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Bonds can recover in at least 2 ways. Treasuries recover when bond prices rise generating capital gains. I'm sure many astute investors bought the EDV etf in 2008 hoping to capitalize on interest rate cuts and rising bond prices. Junk bond funds rec…
Puerto Ricans move to the US for a variety of reasons, including: the Island infrastructure destroyed by recent hurricanes has never been fully replaced, US economy is better than the Island economy , immigrants are able to vote for Senators, Congre…
Still hanging in with TROW-of course, since I only own 4 shares, I can easily tolerate the price declines. Maybe if it gets below $100 a share I'll make a massive purchase of 1 additional share !
Oops! Yes-island of Ireland is treated as within EU. EU requires goods from Britain to be inspected, and to preserve the Irish open border, the goods are inspected when they reach a Northern Ireland port-to be honest I think any Northern Ireland po…
Bumped As I understand the issue, goods shipped from Britain to Northern Ireland face customs inspections because GB is out of Brexit while the island of Ireland is treated as within Brexit to comply with 1998 Good Friday Accord. Inspections take pl…
This is old news I'm sure but Union Admiral Farragut uttered the phrase during his attack on Mobile Bay in 1864. During the Civil War torpedoes referred to floating stationary mines.
+1 hank Random thoughts- MNF started on ABC in 1970. Frank Gifford was hit by Chuck Bednarik. Woody Hayes last game-vs Clemson at Gator Bowl-replaced by Earle Bruce. A much needed win by Hawaii-losing to Duquesne, a FCS opponent would be disastrou…
Perhaps Wall Street thinks Schwab's bank will see increased earnings from commercial loans due to a rise in interest rates. AFAIK, TROW doesn't have its own bank.
I received a corrected Schwab 1099 today reporting an increase of $0.34 in Short-Term Realized Capital Gains-a transactional CG as referenced by yogibearbull, split between VCFAX and TRBUX . Since the total is less than $1.00, I'm going to ignore th…
+1 msf Hope you're not living in Guayaquil which has had problems with gang violence in recent days. I looked at relocating to Ecuador for health insurance, but hoping I can transition from the ACA to Medicare in 2026 !
+1 hank Just like the seniors who don't want to pay property tax in their exclusive neighborhood because they don't have any children in public school !
