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"a better, more inclusive, homeowners policy"
Having used a fair number of different insurance companies throughout our times it seems to me that all of the homeowners policies are virtually identical, with specification labels such as "HO-1", "HO-…
Yes, I believe that the Washington Post broke this story. If that man wins the election we immediately become a third-world type government. The bastard has absolutely no shame- he actually brags on what he's going to do to this country. Good luck t…
No sir, your FDIC coverage should be fine. It's just that I prefer to spread my income generation a bit more than that. Again, think about Treasuries... similar income, no FDIC issues at all and the Treasury ain't going out of business.
@fred495 - to reinforce yogi, the trick here is to buy brokered CDs through your brokerage, and spread them around through different banks. Maybe 50k here, 50k there. I try to look for banks that are more or less main-line. But be careful on "callab…
@Catch22 - No, nothing like that. If the letter is legit I don't think that they would be asking for any personal or financial info, since they must already have all of that before they sent it to you, and evidently they already know that you are a …
I can report this re Chubb: A couple of years ago my Toyota Tacoma was parked and a woman (somewhat under the influence of something or other) took out a rear fender while attempting to park behind me. She had Chub and they paid quickly and in full …
No correction required- from my post just above: "Each Atlas V launch vehicle consists of two main stages. The first stage is powered by a Russian engine manufactured by Energomash and burning kerosene and liquid oxygen."
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule was poised for launch on Monday night on a much-delayed first crewed test flight to orbit, as the company scrambles to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX for a greater share of…
@hank - No sir- we've had this coverage with at least four different companies over the years and that has never come up. As Yogi mentioned though, it's a add-on requiring another underlying policy.
After years of delay, Boeing to try again with Starliner space capsule
An excerpt from The Washington Post:
Before a door-size panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max, leaving a gaping hole in the side of an Alaska Airlines aircraft shortly after takeof…
@bee - And that commentary is essentially the "Great Depression" wisdom that my parents and my wife's parents passed on to us. In a nutshell: with the exception of a mortgage, never owe anybody anything. Every inch of debt is one less inch of contro…
@Mark - Good for you. I hope that you do well with that- I always wondered if that would work. I imagine that it takes a lot of attention to stay on top of changing situations.
Not certain that this is relevant, but each website server is configured to work with a fair number of different browsers and different versions ("upgrades") of those browsers.
It's possible that Vanguard made some software changes which worked OK …
@Crash- in addition to @MikeM 's advice- the only reason that I personally keep any cash in the Schwab sweep account is in case I might need to move it somewhere else, like maybe our Schwab Bankchecking account in anticipation of checks to be writte…
