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BaluBalu
Professional Experience:
Corporate Finance (Corporate Venture Fund investments, International and Treasury finance, Public Debt issuances, M&A, Joint Ventures, Planning, Business Divestures, SEC filings);
Policy and Legislative & Regulatory Affairs - Washington DC;
Capital Markets - London and NYC;
Commercial Bank Lending;
Field Biology.
Between business exec and public officials acting with impunity, consumers (public) are screwed. We are getting crushed from both sides. Of course, we are the enablers of both those category of abusers. We are stupid enough to be hypnotized into …
YBB,
I suggested both FIO and OFR be folded into the Treasury department. It seems both of them already report into the Treasury department and those directors are appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
That only leaves the following to sc…
I did not know these two existed and may be should be folded into the Treasury Dept.
The Director of the Office of Financial Research;
The Director of the Federal Insurance Office;
Overlapping oversight / regulatory authority can be unproductive a…
Japan Govt debt may be 150% of GDP but what counts is how much of it is owned by the Japanese, especially its own central bank.
I thought the following was interesting:
“OTHER VOICES. Jenny JOHNSON, President & CEO of Franklin Templeton. AI hy…
I mentioned it just in case if we have any lottery seekers or that had followed its history in the past 3 yrs; otherwise, I was not expecting any takers.
Bump up.
Any takers here for KSS, currently priced at $14 and yielding 14% dividend?
90% payout ratio and unsteady track of divs in recent years .... not for me.
Deep value investor is a different breed, most of us here do not belong to. With tho…
Fart coin is now worth more than 38% of all US public equities. I think it debuted in late October and has grown more than a 1,000% in market price since. Trading volume nearly 100M. Market Cap is only $600M.
I have been questioning M* stock price for a while based on its business practices (or the lack thereof) but the faithful here have been making excuses for M* (just as they did for years for Vanguard). So, I suspect M* popularity will not be dented…
Thanks @WABAC. I think we both posted simultaneously and I would not have seen your last post if not for Rick’s reply. I would have instinctively clicked on the link your daughter received, though I should not. I need to practice more Impulse con…
I do not know how GLD is structured but it never had any cap gain distributions.
It is a question of whether in-kind redemptions are allowed by the SEC. The original permission to create the bitcoin ETPs did not allow. Let us wait for YBB to re…
@yogibearbull,
Only if you know the answer off hand -
Are the Bitcoin ETP redemptions still only via cash? Just checking if the lack of in-kind redemptions changed since inception?
How do the year end distributions from ETPs look like?
I di…
For those interested in specific fund company distributions, that M* article has
Select Fund Company Distribution Projections
Unfortunately, it does not include the projected dates of distribution in case someone wants to sell before the ex-date.…
I must confess my first reaction when that UNH insurance CEO was killed last week was recalling the trauma that company had inflicted on me 20 years ago and feeling some of sense of justice.
In hind sight, I should have bought that company stock 2…
When you type Google.com on your mobile browser, the search page used to be blank, except the Google search bar. Lately, on my iPhone below the Google search bar, Google has been populating various articles based on your browsing history (similar t…
I am a computer illiterate.
Does security features in an OS translate into prevention of virus and malware being implanted in your device? If not, what are the means thru which these things get into my device? I am starting to use mobile Apps on …
Thanks, Rick. I shall follow the routine.
Once I install McAfee, I no longer that spam.
I think one of the casualties of relaxed regulations/ enforcement could be a loss of consumer protections. Only if can find a middle ground
Now this,
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-10/hedge-funds-chase-dumb-money-by-targeting-mini-millionaires
"The trend to attract doctors, lawyers, business owners — or anyone with seven- or eight-figure fortunes — has been gaining ve…
Very interesting with my new McAfee antivirus.
I have used McAfee only on Windows products before and did not install McAfee on my iphone and ipad. After my McAfee subscription renewal last week, somehow McAfee started detecting my Mac products a…
Thanks. I agree. With your explanation, I understand your prior post better. I am one of those that is incapable of imagination and so I tend to ask too many questions / explanations. I hope that is not a bother to others.
@yogibearbull Good for you; and we're so very pleased that you arrived HERE.
TM for me, I do believe; has made a difference. Although, I can't compare to another me, as I've meditated for 50 years. And no, for those who do not meditate; I've not…
Seems like we are butchering this thread but you guys have brought up a topic that I had not discussed with anyone before. I think I understand the critics, though I have not asked them to explain.
Why torture the entire English speaking humanity …
AI will eventually do tasks better than humans in all tasks. If the task is being evil, it will be more evil than humans can. E.g., if the task is to deny insurance claims, it will deny even more claims and perhaps can come up with even more B.S. …
Without a watch list to pull comparative data, that is a lot of work, Catch.
Does one need a premium M* account to make a watch list? A few of us here have M* premium subscription (mine is free through TRP) and one of us can volunteer to continue …
@stayCalm,
Thanks. I am not selling right now but I delve on this fund (so I make an educated decision to keep or sell early next year (as I mentioned a couple of months ago)). My decision will not be a judgement on the fund but based on what I t…
Thanks, YBB.
May be I need to get a more basic understanding of where in M* performance data I can access. Currently, I access in M* charts (1 mo, 3 mo, 6 mo, YTD, etc. or customized date range) OR in my portfolio settings (weekly is available). …
Professional traders (and athletes) consult with psychologists to function at a higher level. So, it is not a bad idea for retail investors as well. One has to evaluate ROI on such an investment.
At the end of the day, you have to execute on kn…
@yogibearbull,
Can you pl help understand what this is all about? (May be an example could be easier to understand.)
“Note - Total Return (current) 4 Wk vs. Total Return (month-end) 1 Mo returns:
For the four-week time period only, current return…
I checked TLT YTD price change. On a price basis, the YTD loss is higher than the reported -ve 1.02% which had to include dividends distributed during the year.
Same with MBB.
So, I will accept that the YTD numbers are for total return.
YBB, That is a big ask in the current world where attention spans are low. I will be happy if people pay attention to context. Forum members are notorious for making out of context comments and taking others’ posts out of context. I used to think…
@BaluBalu,
These are weekly data: the first data is the NAV changes, and the second data is the YTD total return in %. I think @catch22 has them in reverse order. Correct me if I’m off.
For the WEEK/YTD, NAV price changes, December 2 - December…
