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+1 crash and hank Marketbeat reported that Director Patrick Donahoe bought 3055 shares recently so maybe he knows something?! Once I found out TROW had a 4% dividend, I couldn't resist it, so thanks for the info hank !
This may seem too simplistic, but my goal is to achieve a 3% annual return with my alternative funds. Since I own a number of Brokered CD's paying 3 to 3.4% yearly, I currently own no alternative funds, except a tiny sliver of MERFX . Of course, exp…
I think Fidelity and Schwab offer a greater choice of CD's because these are brokered CD's that can be bought effortlessly by investors without involving branch personnel to handle paperwork for CD's sold locally.
+1 Old Joe Unfortunately, in this country , elections have too many consequences, and devious tactics are unfortunately necessary to prevent a fascist autocracy and the rollback of almost 160 years of uneven progress in the advancement of civil righ…
Marketbeat shows a dividend of 47 cents per share for a yield of 5.47%. Bloomberg shows dividend yield of 8.89%. At this point I can't find a reliable info source for this ADR.
+1 David My bond wakeup call occurred in 1Q 2020, when BBBMX and TRBUX suffered IMHO significant losses which were erased with QE. When My fund holding PTIAX started declining in 2022, I said heck no-I'm not going through this again . Sold all my bo…
I currently own 2 shares of TROW with a cost basis of $115. It's a tiny amount, but it helps me track the stock better. If it goes down 20%, I'd probably buy 5 or 10 more shares,LOL!!
+1 Anna I experienced the TSP website mess for myself. I did a trustee to trustee transfer on 6/23 and had the funds sent to Fidelity. The transfer via paper check only took 5 calendar days, so that was a pleasant surprise. I find Fidelity easier to…
+1 hank I invested in ITB and XHB on 4/4/2022, out of curiosity, after that first Barron's article came out. The two etfs are down between 11.5% and 13% after my purchase, but I invested only $100 in each.
+1 anna You could argue that women had the most rights from 1973, Roe v. Wade decided until today, Roe v. Wade reversed ! And with my 16 years of Catholic school education, I'm unfortunately too aware that the wall separating church and state in the…
I've purchased Brokered CD's from BMO Harris,Discover Bank,Goldman Sachs,JPMorgan Chase and Capital One recently at Fidelity-all of which include FDIC insurance. If all these banks fail, then the world is in a financial armageddon where the most val…
IMHO, the 2025 GOP legislative priorities will be tax cuts, repealing the ACA, raising Medicare Eligibility age and eventually reforming the TSP. The TSP only affects Federal workers who the GOP hates(unless it's the military) whereas SS privatizati…
Well, I've been buying brokered CD's at Fidelity and Schwab lately because I don't want to deal with excessive market volatility. I'd rather lock in some 3% yields than try to make big bets on the market.
Anna your suspicions are correct! In 2025, if the GOP gains control of the WH, Senate and House, one of their priorities will be turning the TSP over to some fund management behemoth like Blackrock, Fidelity , Voya, Prudential Financial, etc-whiche…
