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I stated my opinion that Trump is one of the most incompetent leaders of a major power of all time. A friendly amendment was offered up to say at least since the monarchies. Works for me.
Now my opinion that Trump is worse than Hitl…
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Derf. Perhaps it will be a short term play. Right now, we seem to be doing all the wrong things in response to the virus. Throw in the political uncertainty and I want to hedge my entire portfolio away from the dollar. Most of the …
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I was giving Old_Skeet slack in spite of his loud, obnoxious and blatant trolling because he had been a long time contributor and therefore had earned it. While not that active towards the end, it was for similar reasoning I gave sla…
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The vaccine is being rushed and without independent verification as to it's efficacy and safety, I wont' even consider getting it. Are you crazy? WHO is thinking we'll have something by next summer. Trump will have one before the el…
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First for wxman123 who wrote,
"Yes, of course I am. Are you saying the economy and stock market were not good pre-covid...or that Trump doesn't deserve the credit? The first would be simply a groundless opinion, the second unfair as a…
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First for wxman123 who wrote,
"Yes, of course I am. Are you saying the economy and stock market were not good pre-covid...or that Trump doesn't deserve the credit? The first would be simply a groundless opinion, the second unfair as a…
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Seems all the news media including FOX are endorsing the story. In addition Mayor Pete had the best rebuttal about the 4* Generals not speaking out. 'their silence is everything and means it's all true'. [note to board, this was the quic…
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Everyone is correct and I love you folks.
Trump cannot understand how anyone could ever do anything that didn't reward them directly in a way that's easily measured - like money. He's not made up that way. We all know this. That…
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You pretty much list the biggies. However, I see some of these as givens.
1. The vaccine 'promise' won't matter because at this point, not enough people are going to take it. feh. Wifey and I got our flu shots day before …
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Keeping politics off of a discussion group on investing in mutual funds -- it simply cannot be done. Sorry. Too many investing decisions are based upon political realities.
What can be done is to delete offensive ad hominen posties…
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Nice thread and I've learned a lot. Got a shopping list.
Way back in Vietnam we were completely tax exempt. Completely. Cigarettes were $1.40 a carton or $0.15 a pack. Chivas was $5.00 a 5th. In the Corps, enlisted couldn't buy…
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This issue is not whether of not the board wants new posters. I've been on this board and its ancestors for decades and we have always welcomed new posters that were interested in investing.
However, when someone just shows up and…
Hi Mona,
The revolution will not only be live, it will be streaming on your phone.
"Get ready, little lady. Hell is coming to breakfast."
Wish it wasn't so.
Take care,
Rono
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I am a big believer in dividend paying stocks that I do business with. T is paying 7%. Check your utilities. When you pay your monthly bill, you're paying yourself.
Rono
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In our taxable account, it's all about being a TAXABLE ACCOUNT. We have a few funds such as PRPFX, SGDLX and FMHTX. Otherwise, it's dividend paying stocks of companies with whom we do business. CMS (2.7%), T(7.0%), VZ (4.2%), DTE (3.5%), …
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Ouch. We were supposed to sail on a 13 day Viking Med cruise on April 26th out of Venice. Oh, and we were going to fly to Reno in July and visit Yo Semite and Sequoia where we had reservations.
And this week, I was supposed to be in Was…
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Here in Michigan, in 2018, the voters passed a referendum easing the requirements to vote absentee. Good. They mail you a request for a ballot (or you ask for one), you sign and return. They compare your address, DOB and signature a…
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Southern Democrat devolved out of the Civil Rights act, but were conceived with the multigenerational effort to rewrite history by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Hell, the Stars and Bars didn’t come out until the 1960s. Lee had o…
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First. With regard to the intentional slowdown at the USPS, HAND DELIVER YOUR BALLOT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. If you can't, and must vote my mail, vote as soon as you receive the ballot and mail it RFN. Don't dilly dally over down ballo…
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Mid Michigan but am not having any trouble in the stores like Meijers and Horrocks. 99% of peeps wearing masks. I do avoid busy times of day and crowds. Geez, you want to go early to any inside space before too many people have been…
Hi Mark,
Hope this finds you well and safe. Ah, the good old days. You guys were lucky and had money to play the Hunt Bros. rally. I was just a poor pot smoking hippy finishing up my degree in Econ financed by the GI bill and my silver sales. …
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Hope this finds you safe and well. Just had my first of two bring your own carryout party at my house for today. It's been 4 of these so far. Four guys today and 5 relatives tonight. Outside on the deck and patio, spread out, easy.
D…
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Seems to be a bit of profit taking this morning. Here's a nice article on silver miners I found. That said, using $100 an ounce as a working premise is a bit much, to say the least. Current resistance is at $30 and silver's all time…
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How are things up North now that 'that woman from Michigan' closed the bars. Hell, my Baltimore Orioles even came back early. Normally, they arrive around May 1, stay for a month or so and then head on up to their cottages up north. The…
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msf. Obama's infrastructure program was done completely wrong. Much of the money was never spent and most of what was, didn't go to building infrastructure but to 'touchy feely' handout programs (e. g. grants to locals to hire a fire…
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Wearing a mask. I can appreciate the civil libertarian concerns and understand those that don't believe the science (even if I think they're cretins), but it's the economy stupid. Until people are wearing masks and being good doo…
Hi Shostakovich,
Hope you're doing well.
Alas and alack, we humans are particularly stupid and times and us Americans are even worse. We had about 1% of our voters Tuesday that refused to wear a mask.
Everything you say is spot on, omitting …
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Sitting right at the magic number of $2000 for gold. We'll see. Here's a nice article that does differentiate the various aspects of demand that are driving the market. One clarification that needs to be made is regarding the author…
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royal4 here's yesterday's price listing from my local dealer. It's a good rule of thumb.
http://libertycoinservice.com/wp-content/uploads/quotes/daily_quotes.pdf
Please note that quality of the mint is very important in bullion. Yo…
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As old Art used to say, "you can never go broke taking profits ".
Seems others are too. Good.
And so it goes
Peace and wear the damn mask.
Rono
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Looks like their took your cue Mark. Profit taking. Old Art used to say, 'just backing and filling'.
Natural resource or commodity funds?!? They're talking now about the permanent decline of oil. Throw in the rise in precious m…
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Profit taking seems to be happening today, or as Art used to call it years ago, 'backing and filling'.
FD1000. As regards physical vs. paper bullion, there are a lot of issues.
First off believe everyone should own 3-10% gold a…
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Things are getting interesting people. As I write, gold is up over 2% while silver is up this morning over 7%. Perfect storm for the metals considering things going on around the world.
Several good articles but always consider th…
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Sven.
I have always recommended folks have a core holding of bullion in the 3-10% range. Whatever helps you sleep at night. More than this is speculation.
In the grand scheme of things, best is physical hands on bullion. I deal…
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As for silver, several things are impacting the market. Sprott CEF is buying $1.6B worth of physical silver (i.e. taking delivery on contracts). In addition, Pan American Silver had to close a couple of mines due to Cv19.
Here are a…
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Yeppers, silver seems to be breaking out. We'll see. I've got about 2 units in the metals, mostly junior silver miners. Serious nose bleed stuff. Right now for paper bullion, I'm holding CEF and SLV. For miners, I have a little GD…
Hi Anna,
Hope this finds you well and safe. You're spot on although some are a bit more blatant about it like Kemp in Georgia. Let's see. Cities are democratic and lots of minorities while suburbs are mostly republican and white. Let's prohib…
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And, yes, folks, just what percentage of the population is going to get the shot(s)?
Let's see, the people who don't believe in masks are out. Hell, they won't even vax their kids for smallpox.
Now let's count out that percentage o…
