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Needed some Munis:
1) Bought a S/T, High Yield fund - RMSIX. Low SD so far.
2) Bought FDUAX - First Eagle Short Dur High Yield Muni.
Both yield just over 4%. Boring as heck, but no Federal tax.
This bull still has legs.
No bubbles - nothing to see here. The CPI report calmed all nerves.
For those of us with cash, it would have been nice to see stocks (and bonds) "go on sale" a bit. But alas, Mr. Market has other ideas for now.
Sadly it's okay to rape and violate a women but we sure don't want them running a country.
More sad than that - women actually voted for this turd. Despite the allegations, despite the far right abortion issues, despite subordinating women, etc. …
Good stuff, thanks @Mark. Controlling the media is a big part of Orange's plan for his ....sigh....second term.
In an ideal world, we wouldn't have to choose sides when selecting our media feeds.
Well Musk just got himself another tax deduction for donating a bunch of fire bombs/trash cans (cyber trucks) for LA fire relief efforts.
Woh, hold up....comparing Tesla trucks to garbage cans? Insulting.... to garbage cans the world over.
There …
One lessen that stuck with me from the 2000 bubble bursting was how ridiculously high the markets felt to me by the end of 1998. And yet we still went on to another positive year before the markets would finally turn south.
“The market can stay…
Such a strong rally leads us to higher-than-normal valuations. Will we pay the piper in 2025?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/likely-stock-market-crashes-under-095100991.html
"What's particularly worrisome is what's happened in the wake of Shill…
Cheeto is going to take over Greenland and maybe Panama too. Bring us to economic prosperity across the land. Tariffs will be the cherry on top.
Can't wait to watch this "unfold".
Yeah, sure, sure - its CA's fault, its Biden's fault, the mayor…
But I was liking my little HELO ETF, cutesy ticker and all. You guys are ruining it for me.
I'm waiting for a strategic-quintuple-leveraged-options-tactical-overlay-monthly-reset-buffered ETF be rolled out with the ticker 'SUKR.' ;)
"I'll take…
With this stock market dancing around like Muhammad Ali in his prime, I threw some cash over into RSIVX and CBYYX.
Mag 7 showing strength today after coming off the highs. Maybe a full market correction is just not in the cards.
"This year, I am going public with my infallible market-timing scheme"
It's about time that ol' FD had some competition! :)
Whatever BenWP's returns end up being, you have to know that FD's are going to be much, much better. Always one step ahead…
The yield thus far for NRDCX has come in a bit lower than anticipated. But the fund is likely still rounding out its portfolio holdings.
Was hoping for the 9% -10% range once settled in. Curious to see where it lands.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/31/stock-market-2024-gains-sp500-nasdaq
-The S&P 500 was up 24% in 2024, compared to a 24.2% rise in 2023. It was the strongest two-year performance since the late 1990s.
-The tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 30.8%, vers…
The US stock markets (NYSE, Nasdaq, CBOE) will be closed on Thursday, Jan 9th, 2025 in honor of the late Jimmy Carter. Bond markets close early that day.
So "ilk" = sick elk?
Wait until Orange puts the bus in reverse, rolling over his deplorables repeatedly. Maybe then some of their delusions will start to fade.
"Democrats are stupid and Republicans are mean." Spot on.
We will have to overcome this mess, as we don't have a choice in the matter. Watching any TV news for the next 4 years is going to be tough..... unless there is a surprise "regime" ch…
Nice catch, Mona. I knew there had to be something else to this - I thought maybe he was trying to deflect from his other nefarious activities.
But no, this may well just be payback.
The article started with...."In 20 years of managing money I have never witnessed more dismal sentiment for international stocks, value stocks and really valuations in general."
So the question remains do you continue to ride large caps (mainly Tec…
He's got it all backwards. First, you try to steamroll China, the biggest bully on the block. Then the rest are yours for the taking.
Imperial America! Woo-hoo!
We can't manage our own health-care system or our gun problems, but our not-so-gr…
Good idea... then charge Greenlanders any time they move from one part of the park to another. Or maybe even put up tall metal fences to keep them from moving around at all.
And we can make Greenland pay for the fence....just we did with Mexic...uh.…
Might actually have been a full-blown laugh. We can't be the only ones...
Whether he was laughing WITH him...or AT him...is based on the lens through which one sees the world.
I would wager "full-blown laugh", but not "with him".
2025 MAGA slogan: "All the ALTERNATIVE FACTS that are fit to print." Throw in a bunch of wild conspiracy theories for good measure. Censor the left, and any naysayers.
And let's see how those Tariffs pan out.
When you line a cabinet and W…
ABC and CBS are bowing to Trump for political purposes, and it sends a HORRIBLE message. The $15M settlement is nothing. He is trying to control the news outlets - that is the plan.
The MSM is becoming compromised. Orange is winning his war on …
Is Project 2025 a Roadmap for Media Repression?
https://kettering.org/is-project-2025-a-roadmap-for-media-repression/
Project 2025’s Vision for the Media
First and foremost, the authors of Project 2025 believe that media access to the administra…
After he gets rid of the CFPB he can reopen his "university".
Can only imagine what they teach at his "university". Maybe how to sue everybody you don't agree with?
Was happily adding to HELO this morning when the market spun on its heel and suddenly turned higher.
Triple witching and govt shutdown threats make for volatility. But we always rebound in the end.
Just in case you had any doubt as to what Orangina's priorities are here....this morning he's totally down with shuting the government down "on Biden's watch" to get his way.
Orangina has no concern for the country whatsoever.
His loyalists (40% of…
Disappointed, not shocked. Orange has successfully rigged the justice system.
There are some lessons to be learned from all this, but none of them are positive for our Democracy.
