Not sure where you live but I'm guessing you had to Google that info yourself.
Half right. Yes, I searched for this, but not because I had to. Rather, I searched because I often check data before I post. My recollection is that I was offered a policy with a 25% deductible. But that was long enough ago that I wasn't sure about the figure and I don't have records going back that far.
The deductibles in California are generally 15%, 20%, and 25%.
https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/california-earthquake-insurance-policies/homeowners/coverages-and-deductibles
They don't depend on risk. You get to choose. "For the best choice of CEA earthquake home insurance policies, select deductibles from 5%-25%."
https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/california-earthquake-insurance-policies/how-to-buy-earthquake-insurance-california

@BaluBalu, minimum is $10,000
CUSIP: 3130B13H8
Security Type: Government Agencies
Issuer Name: Federal Home Loan Bks
Maturity Date: 05/03/2029
Coupon Rate: 6.250%

Thanks. I was going to buy it at Fidelity. The first settlement for this is May 14. It is not in the new issue inventory, which means the issuer is done accepting offers (bids) from Fidelity. I could not find it in the secondary list either but I was able to pull it up by the CUSIP # but it shows no bids and asks. Agencies bought in secondary market attract transaction fees (0.1% or $100 fees for 100K face amount?).
When and at which brokerage did you buy it?

@BaluBalu, minimum is $10,000
CUSIP: 3130B13H8
Security Type: Government Agencies
Issuer Name: Federal Home Loan Bks
Maturity Date: 05/03/2029
Coupon Rate: 6.250%

Appreciate the input, all. Now I have homework to do on "Trailing Stop." @MikeM.
Another I'm watching closely is TS. It was on fire and rising. Lately, it's falling like a stone. What I read says there is heightened competition in North America. Some companies--- including TS--- have not yet reported for the 1st Q. of 2024. It's coming soon in May. I'm still holding a SMALL profit in the stock. I had intended this one to be a long-term holding. Maybe it's time to BUY, again?
OOPS, wrong again. 1st Q. results:
https://www.morningstar.com/news/globe-newswire/9106305/tenaris-announces-2024-first-quarter-results
Net Income is down by -35%. Gulp.

Stable-Value (SV) Rates, 5/1/24
TIAA Traditional Annuity (Accumulation) Rates
All up +25 bps.
Restricted RC 5.75%, RA 5.50%
Flexible RCP 5.00%, SRA 4.75%, Newer IRAs 5.00%
(TIAA Declaration Year 3/1 - 2/28)
TSP G Fund hasn't updated yet (previous 4.25%).
Options outside of workplace retirement plans include m-mkt funds, bank m-mkt accounts (FDIC insured), T-Bills, short-term brokered CDs.
#StableValue #401k #403b #TIAA #TSP
https://ybbpersonalfinance.proboards.com/post/1454/thread

Bought a 5 year government agencies bond today yielding 6.25%. Callable of course.

I had some treasuries mature today and am interested in the issue you bought. Do you mind sharing the CUSIP? Message is fine too.
P.S.: MJ is up cause of news headline "DEA Moving To Reclassify Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug"

my question really is, is it possible to have a $50,000-100,000 deductible HO policy with any of the insurance companies available to you?
Clearly someone who has never looked at earthquake insurance (10%-20% deductibles) :-(
https://content.naic.org/article/what-are-earthquake-deductibles
That's $100K-$200K on a $1M tear down in California.
Headline: What does $1M get you in the Bay Area? It's official: A burned down home.
https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/bay-area-burned-home-sells-1-million-real-estate-16398674.php

Insurance and work from home are two of the biggest reasons for services inflation. The second cause is slowly subsiding as more and more employers are requiring full time office work, which hopefully will also cause the wild swings in individual stock prices to subside. I have no clue on the first one.
I never made an insurance claim and so not the reason for the > 50% premium increase in my renewal letter. I am self insured for earthquake and am not in flood or mudslide risk.
@larryB, from experience, we know health and auto insurance rates are higher in poorer zip codes. It seems even house insurance is the same but difficult to say so for sure. Since you were in the business, any insight into this?

Started 500s HESM in my Schwab income-oriented account. Will double it in the coming days depending on the market moves ... but as this is newsy week w/the FOMC, I prefer to tranche into positions, especially when it's commission-free. :)

@MikeM, deductible limits may depend on insurance co. Liberty Mutual has them as $100-5,000 or 1-10% of home value. Don't know if they will make exceptions on request.
https://www.libertymutual.com/insurance-resources/property/home-insurance-deductibles-faqs

@Old_Joe, my question really is, is it possible to have a $50,000-100,000 deductible HO policy with any of the insurance companies available to you? Basically self-insuring for anything other than total loss of your home burning in a wild-fire storm or wiped out by mud slides or whatever other calamities make insurance in California so expensive or even prohibitive.

Bought a 5 year government agencies bond today yielding 6.25%. Callable of course. Ride the ride until it ends, but with inflation higher for longer, maybe that could last a year or so.
As you've said @hank, gold has had a heck of a ride ytd. I had added some to my long term holding (since 2020) earlier this year but I'll hold off buying more now. Gold was probably due for this correction. I did take a gamble on a miner stock, Barrick Gold Corp, GOLD, about a month ago after a positive Barrons article. It's quite volatile and I'm probably about even on the bet.

Early announcement on 4/30/24 for I-Bond rates 5/1/24 - 10/31/24.
Fixed/base rate 1.30% (same)
Variable rate (semiannual) 1.48%
Composite rate = [0.0130 + (2 x 0.0148) + (0.0130 x 0.0148)] = 4.28%

Just a heads-up … GDX (gold miners index) is down near 4% on the day. Gold is off $50 to just above $2300 after peaking over $2400 2 weeks ago. Is it a good buy? I don’t know. If I had some spare cash lying around, I’d take a small position (but I don’t). Have pretty much side-stepped the metals this year because of the combined volatility + age issues. I do keep 10% of portfolio in PRPFX, and have for about 20 years. It maintains a 30-35% exposure to metals + miners.
FWIW - While most observers think the miners are underpriced relative to the metal, investing in the miners is a lot more risky. For a conservative small play, I’d stick with something tied to the price of the metal itself rather than going out on a limb with the miners. Lots of such funds. I’ve used precious metals (mix) GLTR before. But there are cheaper ones.

In one of my first posts in this thread, I reported approaching my insurance co re increasing deductible by 2,500 to $7,500. The premium would go down by $80 on a $1,800 renewal which was not much of a decrease. The choices I have are stay with current Co. which does not feature among the best companies for customer satisfaction and the alternative I could find (because not too many are writing new policies) is Mercury at $1500 with below average customer satisfaction.
One of my family members has been with the same insurance company for 30 years. When he bought a 4 unit rental 5 years ago, his agent’s quote was materially higher than another agent’s quote for the same insurance company. His original agent could not match the second agent’s quote. So he has all his policies with the same insurance co. but through two different agencies. That is how strange insurance market is.

It's pretty certain that if an insurance company finds out about a loss it will affect your rates (unless you have accident forgiveness).
Except for the smallest of collisions, an insurance company will find out about an accident even if you don't inform the insurer directly. Assuming you obey the law. Insurers check police reports and most if not all states require you to report a collision if the estimated damage exceeds a certain threshold. For example, that is $500 in Florida:

Section 316.065, Florida Statutes, requires the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash involving injury or death to a person, or at least $500 estimated vehicle or property damage to immediately contact local law enforcement.

https://www.flhsmv.gov/insurance/involved-in-a-crash
There's some wiggle room there (that dent to the fender sure didn't look like it would cost $500 to fix). Still, if you are following the law, the insurer will find out.
It's different for comprehensive and for home insurance. AFAIK, there's no obligation to inform the insurer. (Though one should check one's policy terms to be sure.)

@Old_Joe, I'm curious. Deductibles seem to be a big lever for insurance companies. If you were to ask for say a $50k or even a $100k deductible, would they do that with lower premiums? Obviously this would only be for catastrophic occurrences, but that's how I see HO insurance anyway.

Schwab GTC used to be 60 days only, but now it's 6 months. Day-order (expires at the end of the day) is also an option. One thing nice is that if, say, you have 500# GTC order, and only 200# get filled on some day, then the rest 300# will remain GTC but you can cancel that. Most trading is commission-free, but in old days, single commission applied to the entire GTC order.
The first time you try to use pre/after-hour trading, you may have to go through 10-15 approval process. They have to read a scripted text before approving this feature. You may want to get this out of the way if you will be trading pre/after-market hours. Otherwise, there may be a delay. These are illiquid markets, and easily manipulated. You must use limit-orders. Orders from market hours doesn't carry over to pre/after-market hours, or vice-versa.
Similar at Fido and other major brokers.

PIMIX outperformance was largely due to MBS acquistions in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis.
Messrs. Ivascyn and Murata backed up the proverbial truck. Kudos to them!
This may have been a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
PIMIX returns have generally been decent the past five calendar years but they pale compared to the past.
The fund's 5 Yr and 10 Yr trailing returns were in the top 1% of the Multisector Bond category as of 10/31/2017.
PIMIX returned 6.87% and 9.33% during these periods which exceeded the BBgBarc US Universal
benchmark's return by 4.38% and 4.85% respectively.

From Bloomy -
"Boeing raised $10 billion from a bond sale on Monday that attracted about $77 billion of orders and allowed the planemaker to ease some of its financial strains by refinancing part of its massive debt load. The outsized demand for the bonds—which Boeing attracted by initially dangling a relatively juicy yield premium to prospective investors—allowed the company to ultimately shrink that premium before it priced."

"The company sold bonds in six portions, with maturities ranging from three to 40 years ... The 40-year portion yields 2.25 percentage points more than Treasuries, said the person familiar with the offering. Initial discussions called for around 2.65 percentage points."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-looks-sell-bonds-reporting-125719270.html