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@Sven- We don't really need income in addition to our pensions and SS, so I'm not necessarily looking for the absolute highest rate. I'm primarily just trying to put in place some inflation protection for our savings, in safe medium-term instruments…
Speaking of interest rates, those of us who have been stocking up on bank CDs have certainly noticed a slow but sure deterioration in the rate being offered for 2 and 3 year CDs: 4.95% CD offerings are now down to 4.65%. This started a bit before th…
China has a significant population problem- a major imbalance between a large older population requiring increasing amounts of health and other support services, and a smaller younger population which is becoming increasingly unable to supply suffic…
@hank- Yes, but seriously, those "AirTags" have been misused to track the location of individuals without their knowledge. They have been placed in vehicles or even in purses or clothing and then been used to track people without their permission. U…
Well, all of that is true right now, but I'm thinking that ten years out the big guys will own the market, as usual. But, a big unknown is if there is a possible major breakthrough in removing carbon from the environment. If that should happen, all…
"This guy is seriously ill "
Yes, I've thought the same thing for a while now. It's not all that uncommon for very high IQ to also be borderline flaky, to use the correct medical terminology.
As far as Musk personally and Tesla, I could not really…
Southwest cancels another 4,800 flights as its reduced schedule continues
Following are edited excerpts from a current NPR report:
Hundreds of thousands of travelers hoping to fly on Southwest Airlines this week are likely to be left in limbo a few…
both OJ and Crash used the word "leaders"
Well, of course. I really don't understand how we got sidetracked into an assumption that entire peoples or citizens of a particular country were the prime concern. People are people, pretty much the same …
You two surely know that I very much respect your intellects, thoughts, and opinions. With respect to the protection of our country though, all I have to say is ask the Europeans what they now think of their energy source choices.
The decisions mad…
"exposure to TSLA has now been diminished whether you did anything or not"
Cute... I like that, and I'll remember it the next time that I look at ASML. :)
How about if we simply ask this question: If China attacked Taiwan next week, and simultaneously cut off all trade relations with the US, what critical resources (if any) would we not be able to replace in a reasonable amount of time?
As far as I'm…
@msf- Thanks for your expansion of this discussion. You're absolutely correct- it really isn't a one-size-fits-all simple problem. But it seems to me that the US needs to intensively examine what critical resources we are presently importing from po…
"Trying to make constant adjustments to short term events can negatively impact..."
Another common corollary offshoot: "If it works, don't f___ with it."
I'm not certain that airlines tariffs are primarily responsive to core inflation. The airlines all use sophisticated pricing algorithms which calculate, among other factors, what type of aircraft are available for any given flight, crew availability…
There's no way that I'm going to voluntarily give Google any more personal information than they already have. Sign-In / Create Account / Give us your email... No thanks.
Under the general heading of "There's no such thing as Free Lunch" -
For those of a younger generation, that's a saying from a long-ago time when saloons offered what was advertised as a "free lunch". Of course the saloons hoped to make up for that…
David and Chip, you've given all of us a gift that really keeps on giving. Thanks so much to both of you for this place, where we almost have a second family, and sometimes certainly act like it. Have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year!
Dan…
From my lifetime of work experience I'd have to guess that the person assigned to audit Trump would not be the most competent or the most popular agent in the department.
And here's excerpts from yet another article from the San Francisco Chronicle. More bad news for Tesla...
New California law effectively bans Tesla from advertising its cars as ‘Full Self-Driving’
A Tesla with “Full Self-Driving” software was rep…
There's a really good chart on this in today's WSJ, but not in the online version, so I can't "borrow" it to show it here. If I remember correctly, the life expectancy for a US male is now down to 73 years. So enjoy your retirement- all eight years …
@Sven- What a great question. I hadn't really considered that until you mentioned it. Now that we have vehicles with a "mind" of their own, exactly who is responsible when a vehicle actually causes an accident?
The article below mentions that this …
Here's excerpts from a current article from the San Francisco Chronicle. It seems to be more bad news for Tesla.
An 8-vehicle crash on the Bay Bridge last month that left several people injured may have been triggered by a Tesla’s “full self-driving…
