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I hope I awake to calm. The folks in L.A. are not causing problems.
EDIT: I understand this morning that there were incidents of civil disobedience on Saturday.
Vandalism and related against private and other property is wrong. But, there are alway…
@Crash I'm away to sleep land very soon; but the last report about 11:11 EST is that Mr. D.O.D. is now considering active duty military. Me thinks he wants to test the waters and play 'martial law'. This would be fine with his boss. Hope he's having…
I agree with @bee about aspects of the linked book and some of the brief descriptions. There is nothing wrong with prudence in financial matters, and this doesn't necessarily equal to someone being a miser and sad about the their choices.
One may r…
The U.S Farm Report tv program has/is available on a local tv station for about 40 years. I watch the show periodically; as I'm curious about this area of the marketplace for the U.S. and that Michigan has a large agricultural, monetary footprint. I…
I've watched many documentaries over the years about this period. Wholly sad and amazing as to the will of good by so many; military and civilian. My father was in the Pacific area of WWII.
Hi @Old_Joe The two big kids are having quite the word war, eh? As they are both the 24 hours type; this will be interesting to follow.
Hey, you're in your normal, clear thinking high gear. You'd be able to have a side gig as part of a tv show writ…
Hi @yogibearbull Thank you for the list and updates. The Secure Act 2 for 529's has been discussed here. We've pushed this plan to others for years. And we've recently taken advantage of the Roth rollover twice. This provision is a very nice bump to…
@kings53man
You, I, everyone will be paying for that (import tax). So, one is really paying the government an additional pass through tax. I'll thank you in advance; and don't forget to start watching the prices at Walmart and other stores, eh?
Hi @JD_co Thank you.
Yes, ominous.
- Nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki narrowly won Poland's presidential election, results showed on Monday, delivering a big blow to the centrist government's efforts to cement Warsaw's pro-Euro…
But, @Crash et al; a 'newbie' with some guidance from another, to invest in a broad-based index, as with SP-500, etc. has the benefit of time and compounding. Newbie in this write is directed to those who have not yet attained a halfway point in t…
Hi @Old_Joe
Recalling your stories and yes, I have pleasant memories, too. Some adventures will never compare to anything else we experience, eh? Good evening.
Hi @bee
Thank you. Some of us here, at MFO; have been there and done that (other states and locations). There are many 'snow birds' from Michigan who travel all directions south for the winter months. However, at least for Michigan; most of these fo…
Thanks @Old_Joe
Watching the Senate now, eh?
I'll add this for now for whomever one may consider the words apply to; today, in 6 months or 2 years or ???
CRAZY
Hi @WABAC
Thanks for the site. But, I don't care for the wording for an answer.
$1,000 in 2000 'has the same buying power' as $1,900 has in 2025.
Very misleading IMHO.
The real close answer with proper wording is that $1,000 in the year 2000 wou…
Hi @msf Fully agree. I only placed the note for the heck of it. An extreme comparison today that is pretty much meaningless for pricing and what one 'gets' is to compare a 1987 home computer system against today. My late 1980's NEC computer system…
Hi hank, I don't know how I could use the calculator to do the math on fluctuating annual investment returns, and that isn't the intention. It's CPI based data only.
This calculator is very good and simple. I posted this a few years ago. Howeve…
Thanks, hank. I've used the below for a number of years and posted in the way back days. This is set at default for 1913.....look at the rate of change as a percentage and value. Anyway, enter a year and dollar value to arrive at current cost or val…
Hi @Mark Thank you.
Total Return link is interesting and useful.
We've always performed simple math for inflation and eventual taxation of our investments and what the 'real return' will become.
In the pre-internet days with access to data via th…
Hi @Sven . I noted previous and continue to feel that until the big head slap arrives hard and strong; the 'believers' will rely on blogs, feeds and the tv channels they like to feed upon.
Hi @fred495 and @Observant1 Thank you for the articles/links.
I'm sure the UAW pro-Trumpee's (who were about to have a love-fest in public with the Donald) while at a recent rally in Warren, MI are still self assured all will be well, given enoug…
Hi @Derf
A tv news program did a short story about the 'cow pie contest' a number of years ago...perhaps CBS Sunday Morning. Ah, the midwesterners finding ways to release 'stress'. :)
Hi @Mark and @Old_Joe
When I was a young'in growing up up in the countryside with many farms in the area; one very small farm belonged to an uncle and grandpa of friends at the time. One adventure during the hot months of summer was to gather some o…
Hi @Anna @Observant1 et al A must view from The Daily Show from Thursday. The video is 11 minutes and all of it is worth watching, but the Pam Bondi section starts at about the 7 minute, 15 second time frame. Connect HERE.
The Shriners wouldn'…
Off the thread subject, but issue resolved. @davidrmoran and @Crash
Okay. Not the page I had months ago; but the numbers for all candidates are HERE. Scroll down a bit for the NATIONAL totals. You'll have to do the math and possibilities with numb…
This is the LAST ONE of the series. Hoping the numbers helped a bit.
AND, for today only (Friday, April 25); although you've probably already looked. NICE price gains in bond related areas, with lower yields, as of 5:30pm, EST.
NOTE: for below li…
Hi @Old_Joe
To add, that the coding Falcon/Accipiter used was very comprehensive for the time period. It is my/our understanding that the MFO site host has had to make changes on their end for upgrades. The original coding stills functions, but with…
Hi @hank To the best of my knowledge, Michigan is the only state that has this real estate tax inflation protection (noted below). And areas not too far from you have seen vast property value rises in the past twenty years for new purchases. A hot …
SPECIAL ADD FOR TODAY: With most investment sectors today being happy, one may suppose that it is no surprise that the Marijuana etf, MJ advanced today, +10.5%. So, be it a doobie, whacky weed or the 20 or so names..........light em up, eh? OR NOT. …
