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davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
Here is my question to the above products. Does the cost of purchase always stay the same; with inflation taken into consideration. In other words if the market takes one (heck) of a beating, will it cost less after the beating?
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Believe I used one a couple of months ago at Walmart. I went to swipe the card & after the second swipe the clerk comes around the check out & insert it into a slot. Shortly after that the transaction is done & she says to remove the ca…
HomeFed issued $150 million in senior notes that mature in three years, with a coupon of 6.50%. The company chose not to pay for a rating. The money was used to buy a 1,400 acre property known as Otay Ranch, which according to Sherman was “contiguo…
Data mining at it's best ?
Had one invested in my 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2012 Model Stock Portfolios and held them for the 3 following years, one would have outperformed a portfolio of low cost index funds by an amount approaching 3% per year. …
Brother plants tomatoes & decides to bed them in grass clippings. Only he forgot that a few days before mowing he used weed & feed on the grass. Now those tomatoes , or should I say those that survived, were at a $25 price.
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revenue sharing taken from above; According to my 401-k it's returned to the investor to reduce fees. Also for those that itemize their taxes don't for get to add in adviser fees.
Have a good week, d…
msf: Cash management ? Can't a person set up transfer from VG to personal checking account. One day turn around & you can write all the checks you need. I've transferred money into VG, but NOT out.
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Correct me if I'm wrong . Last year I went from Vanguard account to Vanguard brokerage account. If I didn't do this switch , it was going to happen at a later date, so I just went ahead & ( got'er ) done !! This happen in April of 2014.
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FWIW: I thought I came across an article, last week, that banks were starting to get into the game by lending to companies that operate p2p ?? They wanted a piece of the action!
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More & more irrigation systems showing up in Southern WI.. DNR (?) is trying to get a handle on the situation as some country folks are finding their wells to be running dry .
I wonder what the pay back time is ?
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JC, I think they call that a cistern. Quite the deal many years back & would be worth a look see today. I'm thinking that would relieve most of the water shortage.
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