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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 …
This site being run on a shoe string budget (and hence no moderation) is at the mercy of posters who hijack threads and investing discussions. Their sole aim is to drive away posters who wish to have investing discussion and eventual demise of the f…
Good thread.
For shareholder yield, the current practical ETF option is SYLD, the first one in the space and was able to grab the representative ticker. It has oscillated between Mid and small cap value overtime. I have looked at it a few times a…
@Sven,
I detailed in my first post all the problems I had with receiving codes through text and phone call on Thursday. It was a Vanguard specific issue not an At&T, my landline, or my newer model iPhone issue. That forced me to get their mob…
"The media needs something to rant about on an otherwise slow day I guess"
More than 95% of "news" from the 24/7 media is useless and redundant.
@FD1000, please explain how your post is relevant to this thread discussion so far. I have said to you…
@WABAC,
Bessent said last week that the administration is focused on long term (10 yr) rates because that is where capital investments happen and that they are not focused on federal funds rate.
After the last FOMC meeting, Trump said the Fed wa…
Congrats.
You should be able to move positions by electronic transfer. Before you submit the request at the receiving firm, make sure each of the position you want to move can be held at the receiving firm.
Also, I would move positions by partial…
Everyone thinks Trump cares about the stock market and there is a constant drum beat about it. Everything he cares about is subservient to what he cares about the most.
@dryflower,
There are plenty of brokerages that will be happy to have you as a client. I would not stay with them if they paid you 2% per year of your account value as a bonus to stay. But that is me.
From my vantage point, it seems to me they…
