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You can wait until November to buy your discounted Halloween candy, but you still have to pony up. Prices are scary high.
Get ready to buy just "2 dolls instead of 30" this XMAS.
The average new car price in the US surpassed $50,000 for the fir…
I'm sure Norah was handcuffed by CBS "management" since they have been bullied and intimidated by the Orange Ogre. The interview must have been edited to death.
You can't even trust the (old) 3 major networks at this point.
"Trump announced that breathing air is good for you. So who’s against it now?"
Mining and burning coal like there's no tomorrow, along with "drill baby drill" might not make for the cleanest air quality.
Plus the guy lies with every breath.
Y…
If the market realizes that Fed rate cuts might be finished for the near-term, does that impact this bull run....or will the AI hype-train continue to chug along and carry the markets.
Feels like a number of future rate cuts are already factored…
"They're not looking for the elusive black box that others say will give them return without risk."
Ah, the Holy Grail of investing. It's out there. We know it exists.
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.
Minions like Fully Duped will parrot what is drummed into their minds daily by the talking heads a…
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/19/turkey-prices-bird-flu-supply-thanksgiving-holiday?
Wholesale Turkey Prices Are Up by a Staggering 40% This Thanksgiving
POULTRY OFFERING
U.S. turkey stocks have plummeted to a 40-year low amid bird flu outbreaks, …
In 1933, Adolf Hitler ordered the expansion of the Reich Chancellery, which later included a large reception hall that could also function as a ballroom. The plans for this expansion, which began in 1935, also included an adjacent air-raid shelter k…
Talk about spin. Totally ignores inflation and the current unhinged leadership. Fantasy land.
Scary because the rest of the blind loyalists probably do much the same - even if they cannot afford to (financially).
"Healthcare in America will neve…
If the CPI is supposed to measure consumer goods pricing, it seems silly to strip out both food and energy. Who cares if food and energy are affected by commodity prices.
SS COLA at 2.8%, but meanwhile Health insurance gaps up at double digits …
@observant1 - Yes, Trump Denial Syndrome (TDS) is quite prevalent in the Central and Southern U.S., contaminating about 40% of the country.
Daily doses of Fox News propaganda will prolong the disease indefinitely.
He is tearing down democracy and tearing down govt institutions.
The demolition of the White House is somewhat symbolic of the mass destruction that he has "championed".
Per CNBC: The (NY) Times noted that any potential settlement might have to be approved by people he has appointed during his second term.
One of them, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, previously represented Trump as a defense attorney in crim…
Trump swore, when the R's were trying to kill off the ACA during his first term, that a much better, less expensive Maga option was right around the corner ... which turned out to be, of course, total bullshit.
Stack those lies to the ceiling and s…
Nobody said he was classy....or intelligent...or law abiding. Or able to show compassion.
Or able to avoid extortion attempts.
Great choice to run the country, though. So many redeeming qualities.
I like how he tried to shake down universi…
We were supposedly warned that there would be sacrifices. Tariffs don't work. His plan was to troll the American people whenever they dissented.
"No Kings Day" is a nice start. Long road ahead.
We collectively are to become poorer while he get…
Any smart person knows that we can make China pay off all of the costs of the Big Beautiful Bill simply by incresaing the tariffs.
Yaahhh, just like Mexico was going to pay for the wall.
But tariffs...those always work. And autocratic rulers …
Saw the footage of testimony by Adam Schiff and exchange with Bondi. She sounded like a teenager protecting her loser boyfriend. Instead of answering questions, she flips around in her oversized binder of lies until she finds the correct tab. Eac…
"...radical climate lobby..."
LOL. If it's not part of the far right agenda, it's radical. Could we have a more hypocritical and devious group of clowns running the country? I think not.
How do these guys maintain even a 40% approval rating…
Observant1:
The hypocrisy of Republican leadership is astounding.
I guess I should be accustomed to this by now..
They want just that - to wear people down. To normalize the rhetoric, to normalize the obvious lies. The loss of guardrails. Using…
Schwab told me that the Cliffwater interval funds are essentially closed to new investments - "REDEMPTIONS only".
Followed up with Schwab again. Was told that most of their alternatives focused advisors will only talk to you if you have > $500K…
@larryB - after the min of $100K, you can sell down at Fido in the short-term with no fee because you've paid the $50 TF. So it's not necessarily 14 investors, though its friggin tiny.
I'm trying to beat Money Market rates (where ever they do go)…
In this environment, I like my PRPFX. But adding to it here is tough. PM and equities are in bubble territory.
The markets can allow these bubbles to expand for a lengthy time as "fundamentals are so passe".
Its a dangerous game at this po…
PMAIX / PMFYX - 35% Equities, 50% Bonds another 5% Converitibles and 5% Preferreds. Its a global moderate allocation fund.
In 2018, it lost -6%...it's only down year in the past decade (2022 was a wash).
@JD_co. Big fan of PRPFX here. Have it in both taxable and retirement accounts. My question is on what data are you placing ALLW in taxable accounts? Seems like turnover might be part of the plan. Lots of gains that would be taxable?
We shall …
I very much appreciate low volatility and limited potential for drawdowns. So with 5% to 7% per annum being my target, I've been setting up the following bond alt sleeve:
IRA:
PAPIX - Option trading
ARBIX/ARBOX - Hedged Equity
HMEZX - Merger Arb
B…
When looking back over this period, FoxNews will stand out as a major culprit in spreading so many MAGA lies to the nation. Lies that, when repeated daily to an audience with limited capacity, become alternative facts.
It takes a village. We…
AQR had a rough patch from 2018 to 2020.
Since then, their funds (i.e. QLEIX, QDSIX and QMNIX) have performed very well. QDSIX had the far better max drawdown during that period and also lowest SD.....and the lowest return of the 3.
Elections do have consequences. The only thing we could probably agree upon.
The US messed up bad this past election. Gonna pay a high price for that - literally and figuratively.
All should kneel before King Dump.
