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davidrmoran
Too cynical for me, and not in accord with my (long) experience in business or finance.
Wondering if you know many fund managers; I do a few.
All my questions are serious, although you may be one who simply enjoys or automatically leans toward impugning; interesting you take an assertion being challenged as being combatted.
Whatever. You wrote what you wrote. I called you on it. That's all.
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 ....
never know what is going at your end, but no Fb hooks or buried cookies in the link
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/30/opinion/budget-deficit-federal-debt-mark-blyth-brown-university/
open yet another browser and use its private / incognito s…
as we approach default for real, it seems, here is a deficit reminder, a half-year later:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/30/opinion/budget-deficit-federal-debt-mark-blyth-brown-university/
yes, sir, sold, made maybe 5k
trying to hit singles as I get older, have puhlenty of losses prior from not doing that, many of which I still hold
trading qqq and vong seems easy (he said), sometimes, when news and conditions and data are good a…
krug today:
The latest explanation for bad vibes about a good economy by normal criteria is that it’s about the level of prices, not the rate of change. So how much have U.S. prices risen compared with other countries? Answer: almost identical. Cle…
The prices people actually pay
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=116&emc=edit_pk_20231017&first_send=0&instance_id=105431&nl=paul-krugman&paid_regi=1&product…
@racqueteer
To be clearer, and to support my statement, FPACX has done better 3y, 1y, and ytd.
Cumulative. I do not look at, care about, or judge by single years.
That's all. Don't own any of them currently, but wish I had for the last decade. …
@racqueteer
I don't see why it would be logical since you don't mention it.
Ah, maybe you meant
>> Those who know me know ...
Romick's cash thing has been discussed here for decades, iirc, and I myself care only about returns as a functi…
Agree, BaluBalu. Those who know me know that I've spent a lot of time looking at the Allocation-type funds over the years, and while traditional bonds have done them no favors with rates rising; we're already talking about reductions next year - ma…
Here's a good look:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8Pas2lWcAAX_5q?format=jpg
The density plot of a cross section of price changes looks really good. Very close to pre-pandemic levels.
This change isn't being driven by outliers or where categorizatio…
@fundly et alia
I wonder if you notice this kind of event (just a random googling):
From February to March, adjusted for seasonal swings, eggs had the most dramatic decrease, with a 10.9% decline. Egg prices soared in previous months primarily du…
I just checked with my wife about me possibly being "sophisticated”. She looked at me funny and broke into uncontrollable laughter. I wonder what that meant?
a fine image
>> ... cash should not be thought of as an equity substitute.
>>…
>> ... cash should not be thought of as an equity substitute.
>> Investing is a game where success usually follows those who think using probabilities, rather than certainty.
Who thinks like this?
>> Over a five-year period, the…