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davidrmoran
I myself see a big pullback coming in the next six months but I don’t know that I have ever been correct over 45 years. I will put a lot of money in if a 10% pullback comes. I expect you r being prudent depending on how old you are. The thing is, if you’re young, you might as well stick it out and not try to time. He said.
This answers many of my questions:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/22/us-steel-nippon-friendshoring-cfius-japan/
... and, in tonight's yucks dept, plus a mini-lesson on the longterm (and inevitable) advantages of globalization, th…
Oh, I have always advocated paying for the New York Times; everyone here would benefit from that
If I think there is content there that would be of interest to this group, how do you think I should proceed or handle that?
ybb, tnx
I figured Cliff was probably not for real.
I will ask family who live and worked in this area of trade academe their take
Amazing outcome over 80 years.
Art Buchwald 50y ago used to write wit columns and Tom Lehrer sang his songs abo…
I could explain yet again how to read a given NYT piece using a privacy session in one's noncustomary browser, but don't want to seem more condescending than usual.
>> in the end, this is the picture people see. The lag is not just the stat…
Oh, I did read several, as thin as this one you cite, and can't find any reasoning which would change what I wrote. I was just wondering why Fetterman put it as he did, as he is not naive. The natsec argument is the one always made, rightly or wrong…
Huh ?
“This is yet another example of hardworking Americans being blindsided by greedy corporations willing to sell out their communities to serve their shareholders. I stand with the men and women of the Steelworkers and their union way of life ……
Who said FMSDX was a bond fund?
>> 2023 has been a dream for bond traders.
Well, not the ones at this fund, looks like. My point.
Equity holdings (as with so many funds) are heavy in MS, Google, Uber, and other rockers.
So gosh, I wonde…
A contrary view in enormous detail
https://apple.news/A0kaS2vXER3yTrYXxZm5LWA
or
https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2023/12/09/despite-strong-jobs-report-recession-still-locked-in/
Not that this thread is an organ recital (boomer geezer term for elderchat about health), but everyone who has had covid, old or not, should know that it seriously predisposes toward clotting problems.
Not always, not invariably, not invariably ma…
kerrist
and here's a view (correct imo) that political econ fretting is au fond a luxury these days
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/opinion/trump-fascism-2024-election.html
@Devo - Retirees who are drawing Social Security get annual increases in benefits equivalent to to inflation rate (CPI). That’s much better than my state pension which has no inflation adjustments
what state has constant pensions? from retirement d…
I sure hope this absolutely essential article is widely accessible
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=116&emc=edit_pk_20231128&first_send=0&instance_id=108789&nl=paul-krugman&…
I had to go to Google to know what IRMAA is. I guess it means if you are subject to the adjustment, you are more well-off than most people. Appears the government dole is structured so the money goes to the ones who most need it. Hard to argue with…
Which begs the question of who do you think is selling out and depositing their funds there? Bezos? Institutions? Small investors playing the FOMO game will be left w/o a chair when/if the music stops.
Huh? Who would not do this when spare cash can …
american family, I think it is, fka ameriprise, via costco
wait, maybe it's now called connect
v good, for many years (auto,home,umbrella), but thinking I shd get a quote from amica
also state farm
boy, are there a lot of comparison sites ou…
I don't argue against commentate anymore, as it denotes activity in context more specific than comment. As soon as we expanded commenter to commentator ....
