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It comes across as a giant conspiracy to set up an easily executed giant transfer of wealth from whoever is deliberately or randomly chosen to be a victim. (Yes, I know that is a leap but ... Russia?) Makes me wonder if a customer of one of these ba…
I do that at Schwab in an account I only hold mutual funds. Reinvest all dividends. Gets me an approx idea for a quick and dirty initial conclusion but what Yogi said is more effective for portfolio action.
The $22+B is for the 45 ports in 25 countries. Panama ports happen to be part of the portfolio BLK affiliates bought. A deal like this takes months to agree on, including on the ground extensive due diligence. I think it is a great deal for CK Hu…
If the country does not want illegal immigrants, those immigrants will not show up. Same with Fentanyl. Those problems are inside the country. Of course, no one likes to admit when they are the source of the problem.
This is not about solving t…
Some of the quick hit (or rush to publish) media is presenting as if the China number is total and not in addition to existing ones, which is what I thought it would be. May be I should read the executive order to see if it shines any light, assumi…
I am impressed. You read the report and posted about it within 1 minute of my posting. It would have taken me a day to do that.
In any case, we all knew it would have net negative impact on the US economy. I was trying to understand the distribu…
I was looking to confirm the media reports of 20% Tariff on China vs 25% Tariff on Mexico and Canada and bumped into this source which I am yet to go through but it has a lot of data if you are interested -
https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/fe…
@BaluBalu. Thanks for your thoughts. I am of course aware of “the usual.” My concern in these unusual times is that conventional wisdom might not apply. My question , in plain language,,is which of these two short term fixed income classes will th…
So, the prospectus and SAI for all the ETFs mentioned in the filing became effective March 1. I was not able to pull up quotes for THEQ or TCAL at any of the services I have access to, including TRP website. May be the ETFs have not yet launched /…
Just closing the loop.
Evidently, Merrill website recognizes FIGXX as cash equivalents only during regular trading hours and not during the weekends - per their Rep. I was able to place a buy order today without liquidating FIGXX first.
Many in this forum have published in professional journals. Then there are professional writers like @linter. Publishing was just a means to an end for me. Seems like even for @junkster publishing was a means to an end.
If one is not trying to p…
GFC played out slowly and there were plenty of signs all around you because at the root of it was driven by bad housing loans. All the securitization was just building castles and in that case out of sand. It is also possible the anticipation of a…
Thanks. That is useful info. Now I know where to look for.
Just an FYI -
VOO and SPY have similar AUM but VOO avg trading volume is about 1/8th that of SPY.
IVV and VOO each has AUM that is 10 times that of SPLG but the avg trading volume of S…
I own FIGXX (Fido MM fund) at Merrill.
Merrill website says it is a same day settlement (fund). Today (Saturday), I placed a trade to sell $10,000 of the fund and tried to place a buy order something else. My buy order was rejected (not allowed…
Thanks for the replies.
I shall look into the tickers you included.
For international, I only have China dedicated and FSEAX, but it is not of significant size.
I saw a lot of media coverage yesterday afternoon / evening and today about intern…
@Mark,
Your abuse is uncalled for. You have two threads to discuss the same thing. In both the threads sufficient evidence has been given to show the intellectual dishonesty of the author. It is your prerogative to chase or fascinated by what yo…
Kyrie Irving has been a Vegan since 2017 and playing pro Basketball at All Star level.
I knew some vegetarian families that for 1000s of years only ever had milk and yogurt for animal products.
I was a vegetarian for more than 40% of the years…
Less discussed is Stress in the context of Cholesterol levels. When I reduced stress, everything else remaining the same, my cholesterol levels dropped, without decreasing HDL. I agree that total cholesterol over HDL ratio should be the target. …
Thank you, @BenWP, for sharing. Whole Foods Plant Based (WFPB) diet takes a lot of will power and cooperation from other family members. I can only imagine inflammation markers do not register in your tests. Are there online (or physical) groups…
Thanks, @Observant1.
I never checked if there are ever differences between the video and the Blog that comes out on Thursday(?). I assumed they are the same and ignore the video that shows up in my email because I prefer to read than watch a vid…
@OJ.
Thanks.
I agree that we need to do a better job of measurement(s). But I disagree with his premise.
I find it amusing that the author did not bother to point out that some of the measurements overestimated inflation for the past year. …
Same here, Yogi.
I have not mailed anything in more than a year - the last one being renewing my passport. USPS (when I sent in) was a lot better than UPS (when US Govt sent back).
I can accept buying as an idea but would keep somewhat tight stops so one does not get called on their bluff or bluff on bluffs. Part of my friction is that I can wager on risks but I can not wager on uncertainties. We are in a perfect environme…
I am not able to stop TRP from sending me paper notifications and quarterly statements, even after I checked "electronic" preference wherever I could find on their site. I have mutual fund accounts and not a brokerage with TRP. I even talked to th…
There are frictions at Schwab I got used but may irritate you. I would read the Schwab threads and then make a list of things important for you to speak with a Schwab branch manager before deciding on Schwab or for that matter any brokerage.
@Junkster,
Appreciate you visiting and posting in this forum.
@rforno,
I have given much thought to your question. US default (even a tactical default) does not rank in the top 10 problems that would precede why our investments (other than US …
"If I was a MD resident, I could do it online, but if you were claiming exemption from Maryland taxes, you had to download, physically sign, and return a paper copy to Annapolis."
They are trying to be pricks would be my first guess. This is the s…
Good read.
The opening sentence in the second paragraph has wrong information.
I thought you can not open a new financial account if your credit is frozen. The article says otherwise. At least that was my experience with Bank of America even…
@Junkster,
Appreciate you visiting and posting in this forum.
@rforno,
I have given much thought to your question. US default (even a tactical default) does not rank in the top 10 problems that would precede why our investments (other than US …
