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Derf
davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
@Old_Skeet: On your message above you said, ( The naked short volume in the Index remains elevated at a weekly average of 67% of the total volume .)
What would an average short % be of total volume ?
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@ hank: : Appears chart I was looking at didn't take into consideration the 33 cent dividend passed out in Dec. My bad for not catching that !
My questions pertain to the fact that I'm thinking of dumping PRPFX & finding somewhere else to inve…
I took a sneak peak (TMSRX) at Marketwatch & to my surprise 32% in TRPUSBF. Looking at 4/th Qter. 2018 shows app. 7% drop. I guess it boils down to downside protection vs upside gain. Is anyone into this fund for say 10% or more of retirement i…
@Catch22; To have a "private conversation with a user", choose Message
To "post a public message" on someone's profile (Activity Wall), choose add comment.
Was this message above recently added ? Just curious after your post.
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@msf: " The Supreme Court acknowledged that inherited IRAs are not even retirement vehicles. They're just tax shelters, plain and simple, without a public purpose. That's why they don't get bankruptcy protection provided for retirement accounts
Wh…
@catch 22; Seems to me that you may need another cup of JOE this morning.
A summary of what the link is talking about, changes to RMD's. I clicked on link & the length of it turned me off. At 71 I'm guessing no changes for me.
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Limit one Special EasyStart Certificate per member. Fun how these great offers work out. Parked some cash a few months back because of the rate at a certain bank. Now I'm receiving E-mail , wanting me to use their products. The rate is falling &…
Like the goose that laid the golden eggs.
Different strokes for different folks !
@Old_Skeet: Is it more profitable to do the farming or rent the acreage out ?
Derf
Flatulent arrest-ors for all !! If methane is coming from fracking I would think most would be burnt off along with the NG. Take a trip along your landfill site & you'll have a smell of where the methane is coming from. Yes some of this metha…
After reading through the posts , two questions came to mind. How many people who bought CD's during their recent spike, March ?, had the fore sight & or fortitude to purchase CD'S with maturities of two years or more ?
Then what about the n…
"Life is like a bowl of cherries" I had my own problem with Grandeur Peaks when I closed a bank account & they tried to take quarterly withdrawal. After submitting forms via internet they came back & said they require a medallion signature.…
I started to nibble on Grandeur Peaks contrarian fund last month. I'll have to wait & see how this turns out as it's very new.
Good investing to All, Derf
@msf: Does this apply to self insured companies, or in my case unions that are self insured?
"Health insurance companies are required to spend at least 80% (85% in the case of large employer plans) on actual health care (Medical Loss Ratio."
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@Old_Skeet: Do you have a set % that an income fund can have in equities before you would move it to another sleeve or turn it loose ?
Thanks for your time, Derf
