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Don't Take Me Out To The Ball Game:
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Nuns Couldn’t Stop Wells Fargo From Making Another Big Gun Loan
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@hank- Well, if you click on Ted's name, and then click on his "Comments", you'll see that today, for example, he has thirty posts, only three of which merited a comment, at ;east up to this time.
Then again, occasionally he posts a real gem, for i…
Yes, no extra payment, simply counting the SS contributions made while in the military. In the case of our generational cohort, those of us who served in the military, typically right out of high school, in fact had our SS cards and accounts establi…
@Simon- Sounds like a very decent fairly aggressive approach for someone your age. You have plenty of time to recover from the inevitable downturns which will occur before retirement. Using your own observation re the "future of the human race", my …
@Old_Skeet- Was looking at the map, and wondering about the source of the flooding at Murrells Inlet. Is it the three creeks- Main, Oks, and Allston? I can see the potential for lots of water in the area, but there also appears to be quite a large o…
"It's there, but you may have to dig for it."
@Derf- I got a small chuckle out of that. Reminds me of the small print in every come-on for phone, TV or internet service I've ever seen: "Additional charges may apply". You better believe it... no "ma…
@Derf- I certainly may be missing something, but the only way that I can see is to drill through the entire history of trades. Unfortunately, that history commingles every transaction for every position held, including each and every purchase, sale,…
@davidrmoran- Yes, Schwab is terrible in this respect. There is no "initial client invested amount" equivalent. They only give you a "cost basis" which is continually recomputed every time a dividend is reinvested. As far as I know there's no easy …
@hank- Evidently CBS updated the link that you posted above to show a point-by-point summary of the press conference. You might want to take another look at that to compare with your notes.
OJ
Similar to the point bee makes (above), with my Schwab brokerage accounts they regard all dividend reinvestments as if those purchases were being made with "new money". When they compute the returns for a particular holding in my account, the return…
The amateurism of your "link" speaks for itself. You regard yourself as a financial "pro", and in my opinion, quite rightly so. Try to move a little beyond third-grade "cut and paste".
@Charles- Are those rates on CD's issued by Schwab Bank, or from another bank through their BondSource portal? I'm guessing the latter, since your post shows the BondSource logo. The reason I ask is that I was checking the BondSource portal a few we…
@JohnN-
John, you've been a member of both FundAlarm and MFO for well over ten years now, and in that time you have been exposed to innumerable "how to invest" posts.
You know, or should know, that such a question without a considerable amount of…
@hank- Actually, for years I rather enjoyed sparring with Maurice over stuff, and there were also times when he and I were in close agreement. For whatever reason, in the last year or so he became progressively more aggressive and combative, frequen…
That game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
@hank- I dunno... that's three years out (2021)... lots can happen between now and then.
Edit: I asked this in another post a few days ago, but that post sort of lost interest, I guess. Gonna try again:
General question: If "US consumers will be p…
