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Derf
davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
@VF: I owed it a few years back. I decided to sell just a few pennies from where I purchased it. Shortly after that it decided to rise, imagine that.
Derf
Declining ticket sales ! Ask a number of young people if they would like to see the circus or play on their smartphones instead. I don't have the numbers , but would go with the latter choice.
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@PRESSmUP: more readable than the WSJ. I think that comment is debatable. Once weekly paper comparable to six days a week. !? Subscription price may factor into the choice of reading?
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BenWP.. How does that happen ? Miscreant had to supply card Co. with transfer account number. If he did that wouldn't credit Co. then e-mail you for verification ?
I was thinking of opening account with capital One , but will pass . Thanks for th…
@ Mark: Nice find.
$250,000 – $499,999 = 1.00%
$500,000 – $999,999 = 0.90%
$1,000,000 – $1,999,999 = 0.75%
$2,000,000+ = negotiable
I guess that leaves me out. I did like the sliding scale. Two 401-ks in my possession & both charge a straigh…
FWIW I thought the fund was open to long before closing the first time. To many dollars to find a (safe) place to position all the money. It seems to me that one position took a beating.
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From Ted's link:"The hypothetical employee in the study started working for $10,000 a year in 1975 and got annual raises equal to 1.5 percentage points above inflation.
It seems to me that might be hard to ingest for the year(s) where cds wer…
This separation means employees are not allowed to access 401k savings without following the trust's rules, and employers may not use this money to fund business operations.
I was unfortunate to have employer use my weekly 401-k allotment to fun…
@Pressmup : If you haven't put in an order yet I'd look for a different color. If you know of someone who has black in kitchen , take a good look at it. Black is wonderful when (clean) ,but shows every smudge .
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@Old _Joe: A couple of questions if I may.
Under my plan if medicare does pay , my plan doesn't pay . I found this hard to believe , but that's the way it works. Does your secondary plan follow this also ?
This year those in retirement found the…
Only two things are certain, taxes & death. That brings me to a death tax ! One last chance for the tax man to get his due & help balance the gap of health care costs.
Derf
@VF :
I am indeed a very conservative investor forever scarred by last 2 bear markets. I've decided to curtail my lifestyle and focus on being able to sleep at night.
(now your talking ) I've been doing that for a goodly number of years.
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@VF Exchange one fund for another in same fund family.
Yes your right I could pay in cash, but,thought I'd use some of the profit in fund (ADE) to buy fund BGE with out taxable event. All to take place in taxable account.
