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"MAGA idiots have been trained that it's 'us vs. them'.
Fully Duped took the bait 100%.
Everything Dems EVER did or will do is supposedly bad."
This is a classic authoritarian divide-and-conquer strategy.
FD1000 is fully indoctrinated into the MAG…
I am not adding to any U.S.-only equity funds.
I recently replaced two funds — foreign large blend equity and intermediate core-plus bond —
with similar funds after transferring an account to a different firm.
I'm content with my portfolio's overa…
From Markets A.M. newsletter by Spencer Jakab.
On this day in 1895, the “horseless carriage” began to seem practical
as the Chicago Times-Herald sponsored the first automobile race in U.S. history.
The course ran along 54 miles of streets and roads…
"My guess is that FD found this on a social media site like TruthSocial,
Facebook or X and probably didn’t know it’s AI garbage."
FD1000 cares not if his posts are AI garbage or if they are factually inaccurate.
His only requirement is that the sto…
There's also this narrative around the topic (reasonable imo).
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/private-lenders-arent-out-of-the-doghouse-yet-19d47250?st=5ba8Re
It is a tangled web but First Brands and Tricolor being private lending heavy mis…
Barron's recently asked Sonali Pier, a Pimco portfolio manager who focuses on multisector credit,
"Are you worried about the health of credit markets after the recent bankruptcies and bad bank loans?"
Her response was: "Mostly, these events are abou…
"Fascinating how these people come to the United States from somewhere else,
and then applaud the destruction of the country that they came to and made their money in."
Yes, indeed.
It seems to be very hypocritical, and dare I say, even traitorous!…
Some people assess risk using standard deviation and/or Sharpe & Sortino ratios for relatively short periods.
These metrics may not tell the entire story — especially during good times.
Junkster makes an excellent point that the underlying funda…
It's difficult to say whether or not this is a scam based on the info provided.
Monthly Capital One statements should list a phone number for customer service.
I would call customer service to discuss this issue.
The Week in Charts (10/24/25)
The most important charts and themes in markets and investing...
00:00 Intro
00:17 Topics
01:02 Playing With Fire
06:55 The Longest Shutdown in History?
08:18 Inflation Hits a 16-Month High
13:33 Paving the Way for a R…
Fat tail risk exists, but I'm not certain it is prudent for many investors
to structure their portfolios for an absolute worst-case scenario.
These investors would presumably be leaving lots of money on the table.
A better approach may be constructi…
"US President Donald Trump halted all trade negotiations with Canada earlier this week
over an advert in which former President Ronald Reagan says tariffs 'hurt every American'".
"The ad, sponsored by Canada's province of Ontario and released last…
Greece and Argentina provide lessons for when trust in a country's economic data was lost.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-happens-when-no-one-trusts-a-countrys-economic-data
Western Union linked the eastern and western telegraph networks in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Two days later the Pony Express, previously the fastest means of communication
between the eastern and western U.S., officially closed.
The first transcontinent…
From Markets A.M. newsletter by Spencer Jakab.
On this day in 1861, the first U.S. transcontinental telegraph line was activated,
enabling messages to be transmitted almost instantly from New York to California.
News would have taken two or three m…
"What a despicable human being."
Donald J. Trump is a petty, venal, narcissistic son of a bitch.
It's too late now for this paper tiger to change his stripes.
The use of Reagan's radio message really irked President Trump!
The party that once trumpeted free-market capitalism (with all its warts) marches towards "state capitalism."
Politico obtained a trove of Telegram chats from Young Republican leaders in several states.
The messages provide an unfiltered look at how these GOP activists talk when they believe no one is listening.
"They referred to Black people as monkeys an…
"Who's treating the WH as his own fiefdom, TODAY, eh? He's consistent, anyhow.
The drawings of what the decor and furnishings will resemble look like the Tsar's
gold on gold on gold on gold overdone palaces. Utterly tasteless.
The fact that private…
Yesterday, former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton cut to the heart of
President Donald J. Trump’s destruction of the East Wing of the White House.
Hilary?
The Clintons stole an estimated $28,000 in White House furnishings
and paid $86,000 to the …
I bought PYLD today and FPFIX on Wednesday.
These two bond funds will collectively replace DOXIX which was held within my 401(k).
I transferred the pre-tax part of my 401(k) to a Rollover IRA earlier this month.
@Mark,
Thanks for the Snopes link.
Hopefully, these facts will thwart further whataboutism claims
regarding White House renovations during Obama's tenure.
Economist Robert Reich suggests that pay-to-play is linked to some ballroom donations.
I'm shocked, shocked by Mr. Reich's suggestion!
https://substack.com/redirect/66fa44f2-7d1f-4916-990a-c2592f5ef944?j=eyJ1IjoiNjM3dWozIn0.qWpE9c66w8VAS87EWLe8bB7-…
Here is some pertinent information from Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American
newsletter for those who may be afflicted with Trump Denial Syndrome (TDS).
“It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it [emphasis added].”
Y…
Economist Robert Reich suggests that pay-to-play is linked to some ballroom donations.
I'm shocked, shocked by such a suggestion!
https://substack.com/redirect/66fa44f2-7d1f-4916-990a-c2592f5ef944?j=eyJ1IjoiNjM3dWozIn0.qWpE9c66w8VAS87EWLe8bB7-vxMcn…
Here is a list of the companies and individuals donating to help pay for the ballroom,
according to the White House:
Altria Group
Amazon
Apple
Booz Allen Hamilton
Caterpillar
Coinbase
Comcast Corporation
J. Pepe and …
From Markets A.M. newsletter by Spencer Jakab.
On this day the Panic of 1907 deepened.
Hundreds of nervous depositors besieged New York’s biggest trust companies,
demanding their money back, after a crash in speculative copper stocks.
J.P. Morgan,…
@Old_Joe,
I would never suggest that Trump can be bought off with large sums of money.
I'm sure Karoline Leavitt and her de facto MFO surrogate, FD1000, could provide
vivid interpretations for the following sets of events which presumably are not c…
President Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon for Changpeng Zhao,
the convicted founder of the Binance crytocurrency exchange.
Zhao failed to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program and Binance paid a $4.3B penalty.
According t…
Here's another example of why it was not a good week for those who care about justice!
President Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon for Changpeng Zhao,
the convicted founder of the Binance crytocurrency exchange.
Zhao failed to maintain a…
Doesn't Trump have a long history of not paying contractors for completed work?
The partisan element may be new, but his reneging on agreed-upon payments is not.
Yes, Trump has a reputation for not paying individuals/businesses for their work.
I re…
