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"The only cars that had worse paint jobs other than Earle Scheib were those painted by Maaco."
@Ted- your memory seems to be still working pretty good.
:)
Here's a bit more from Wickipedia:
Trillion (short scale) (1,000,000,000,000; one million million; 10 to the 12th; SI prefix: tera-), the current meaning in both American and British English.
Trillion (long scale) (1,000,000,000,000,000,000; one m…
Nice to see some reasonable discussions of differing viewpoints without the unnecessary nastiness of some past confrontations. "Compromise" is not an obscene word, despite the beliefs of some.
True enough re the Paris poop, but my wife and I have always admired the general behavior of the typical French pet canine. Quiet, well behaved, they don't run around in circles and jump all over folks, and even in restaurants, where they seem to be…
@hank- I thought that the letter from retired Admiral McRaven was one of the most powerful statements of truth to authority that I've seen in many a year. Just when I am lulled into thinking that maybe the worst has been seen this despicable human b…
@bee- Yes, that's true, but then again it seems unlikely that they won't have the income to deal with that debt. Unless of course they also need to invest zillions in whatever new and great 27G comes along next, in which case who knows?
BTW, we wer…
Thanks, @Ted and @Mark. I wasn't being snarky or critical; I just wanted to make sure that my understanding was correct. Yes, I remember Ed... always enjoyed his comments.
@Ted: Thanks for the quick answer. But perhaps I'm misunderstanding something here. I interpret your answer to mean that the % is related directly to what you actually paid for one share. If you had paid $14.75 per share, then your yield would be 1…
Question: With respect to a stock, what is the basis for the percentage? For example, with T, the 6.75% is 6.75% of what? If the "what" is a company's earnings, wouldn't the percentage vary constantly as earnings either increase or decrease?
@Ted- yessir... I was trying to lead to that gently, step by step, for the edification of some. Evidently some believe that a bond merchant resells his product without markup at exactly the same price that he paid for the product. How the bond merch…
When you buy a loaf of bread at the store, there is just one price posted: what you will be charged. You realize that there is a certain amount of a profit markup included in that price, but you have no way of knowing exactly what that markup compon…
“Turkey is the canary in the coal mine,” Mr. Lee said on Friday.
I'm not sure that I understand all of this. Is he saying that they replaced the canaries in the coal mines with turkeys? I was under the impression that usually turkeys owned and ran …
Nonsense. The global financial markets will crash next Tuesday at exactly 9:03AM EST. If it happens, remember that I predicted it. If it doesn't, David Snowball must have predicted it.
It's my understanding that John tends to purchase bonds directly, as opposed to investing in bond funds. Needless to say, the anticipated exposure and behavior can vary dramatically between the two.
Anyone who has ever had a hummingbird feeder (we've had two for many years) knows that one male will try to claim ownership and spend most of the day driving away any interlopers. (Kind of like Ted you-know-who and his posts.)
@oletimer63-
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Welcome to MFO!
OJ
Perhaps one of the first things that you need to ask yourself is whether you are looking for income (do you need the income for current expenses?) or are you looking for appreciation? You seem to be concerned regarding the possible deterioration of …
