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It's almost a chess game- if anyone takes out Iran's oil production that would cut off their main income source, and also really irritate the Chinese who use most of the Iranian production.
The U.S. has many vulnerable bases in the immediate Mideast area, and there has been plenty of time for a reflexive retaliatory attack by Iran. The fact that that hasn't happened gives me some hope that the Iranian religious leadership is carefully …
With some 40 years of various American Funds I never really felt that anything that I saw was "imprudent" (as in shaky, thoughtless, or reckless). For sure not all that was offered turned out to be a winner for our situation at that specific point i…
Here's some info that I also posted over in the "OT thread"-
This, from NPR:
Satellites show damage to Iran's nuclear program, but experts say it's not destroyed
U.S. officials say that strikes conducted on three key Iranian nuclear sites have dev…
This, from NPR:
Satellites show damage to Iran's nuclear program, but experts say it's not destroyed
U.S. officials say that strikes conducted on three key Iranian nuclear sites have devastated its nuclear program, but independent experts analyzing…
It's notable that other than one incident Israel evidently hasn't made a systematic effort to destroy Iran's oil production and transportation facilities. Since those facilities would be an easy target I'm thinking that is a card that is deliberatel…
From DuckDuckGo-
Bunker busters, such as the GBU-28 and GBU-57A/B, are primarily manufactured in the United States by companies like Raytheon and Boeing. These bombs are designed to penetrate deep underground targets, making them effective against f…
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
A San Francisco restaurant owner told this story: “We ran out of ice the other night. I called for more, and I told our hostess to alert the kitchen staff when the delivery arrived. It got here, the hostess popped h…
Yeah, sure.... like he "knows" much of anything.
If you look at all of this closely there is conflation (deliberate or otherwise) between the time needed to convert existing uranium to 90% weapons-grade purity (probably just weeks) and the time nee…
Maybe "widows and pensioners"?
We had Washington Mutual and many other American Funds for many years- we largely built our present economic situation on American Funds. Worked for us.
Using DuckDuckGo it was easy to find extensive current information on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, but I would think that for rule sets no longer in use a visit to a specialized legel library might be required.
Definitely not advocating anything here but just thinking aloud...
It seems to be coming down to the question of the underground centrifuge enrichment installation at Fordow. That might be disabled by the US with the 30,000 lb "bunker buster" bombs…
Not sure how to read that. Our mmkt & fixed income is paying between 4 and 5% per annum. DrVenture is saying that he's at about 4% YTD, which would translate to about 8% per annum, assuming continuity of circumstances.
We're in our mid-80s, and pretty much in the same position financially. The allocation varies, but using Schwab the lineup right now is 59% SUTXX mmkt and 41% fixed income. The fixed ladder is 56% Treasury out to 1/28, and 44% CDs, out to 6/27.
