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Anna
That is Pepper, my cocker waiting for the mailman.
Oh, come on you guys... let's have a little empathy here. They were really mean to him. Especially after he did all of that great stuff for us investors.
Perhaps PIMCO could say "I'm sorry" by offering his new funds through PIMCO. OR, not holding my…
Maybe just do it like Congress. For example:
"TITLE I—Reauthorization of FEMA and Modernization of Integrated Public Alert and Warning System
SEC. 101. Reauthorization of Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Section 699 of Public Law 109–295 (6…
In my Fido accounts VWENX is unavailable at any fee, being an Admiral, and VWELX is closed. Fee may be $50, note, not sure.
Although the fee on such transactions from my husband's workplace brokerage window would be $75, I believe we are stopped fr…
When you think about it, it doesn't matter what statistic is used as long as you make sure you understand what it is and what it isn't, what it shows and what it doesn't show, when it's appropriate and when it is not, and how it can be used to revea…
Did the zero interest rate really benefit those who depend on their CDs and bonds? Not really. It certainly helped the big banks, but not so much the consumers.
Which is precisely why the other thread "Failure to Launch: The Federal Reserve is t…
In matters controversial, my perception's rather fine; I always see both points of view, the one that's wrong and mine. or something like that = Source lost to me
I have carefully considered every argument and can only conclude that free migratio…
I don't understand paying too much attention to YTD. If you have to measure from one point to the other, doesn't it make more sense to start and end at the same time of year? Sticking to a constant period instead of a period changing length also mak…
I guess the 2nd amendment protects guns that fly too - the wings could be part of the design like the magazines are. But I can't help having an image of GOOGLE 007 cars having "gun" fights with each other over the right of way on their way to nowher…
bee, you have to put your tongue in the correct position to get the numbers. Scott Burns years ago had a whole table of IRA withdrawal and SS taxes.
Here is where they get it. You have only one additional dollar when you withdraw the $1 from the IR…
@MJG :"That means, on a relative basis, the rich have been getting richer. It does not necessarily mean that the poor are getting poorer."
I think one thing is missed - if we persistently need to argue about whether we need to reduce elderly SS ben…
I don't know how acquainted you are with Scott Burns but taxes, especially payroll taxes, has been a bit of his obsession and income for many years. If you browse around Dallas Times archives or tidbits from past posts at AssetBuilders, you will fi…
I uninstalled flash player and discovered that BoA's ShopSafe doesn't work without it. Creepy.
MS updates always messes with my office and I am SICK to death of repairing it. As for JAVA, I delete it, need it, install it, delete it, need it, ....
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You know, one million dollars is more an emotional number than a high number now days. I wonder how many workers are employed in jobs paying more than $100K/year and maxing some sort of 401K plan? If lots of boomers have amassed a million under the …
Because if she pisses him off by idiotic negative campaigning, he will run as an independent.
What if the end-of-the-day goal is just to move her to the left a bit and force her to focus a bit more on substantive domestic policy (liberal)?
Well, I'm still in limbo with this. Other recent retirees seem to be getting the letter from OPM. Others, like me, are wondering about the ambiguous state of "didn't get a letter" since we aren't sure exactly where (snail or email) it might come fro…
You cannot 'austere' (if that is what is meant) your way here to economic improvement or health.
You might enjoy this (if it links ok).
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.zeit.de/2015/26/thomas-piketty-schulden…
Same to you John. I miss Independence Day weekend in Maryland. Parades staggered to enable sharing of bands from all over (Canada and Georgia come to mind) in small towns. Havre de Grace especially with its boardwalk access to good viewing of firewo…
American's do not like trade agreements in any form or shape. If you want political strategy, the "blame" has once again shifted to a politician that probably will never really need voter approval and set free all those politicians who might be unse…
all the way down to 75! It is impacting all races/ethnic groups.
That sounds like the farm belt. Don't forget that in their childhood the wonders of modern living hit hard with pesticides (DDT), herbicides, processed food, plastics (and still open …
Anna,
What do you mean? Every fastfood worker I have ever met works as many hours as allowed, so yeah, up to 40 if not more. Barbara Ehrenreich's books (at least Nickel and Dimed, IIRC) get into that thoroughly. See also
http://www.nytimes.com/2015…
...every American working full time at the federal minimum wage. And virtually every cent of that income would immediately be spent, with a huge boost to the national economy.
I wonder how many Americans work "full time AT the federal minimum wag…
@Anna- that very scenario is now being played out here in CA even as we speak.
I'm on the coast of WA state between Seattle and Canada. We are having another summer with very little (almost no) rain. As you know I should be wringing out my feet, no…
Remember all the matinee cowboy movies that were staged around one landowner owning the upstream land and controlling the amount of water the downstream farmers got in order to sell the water to them as well as other similar plots using water rights…
Well, I don't have a subscription but I hope their analysis accounted for Roth conversions, RMDs, roll-overs, and similar withdrawals that may result in reinvestment after tax elsewhere.
MJG, I enjoy your discussions. However, in the real world, the middle class "dollar costs averages" over a working lifetime with ups and downs on the level of contribution due to stuff that happens. For most people, most of the money is invested in …
The people of this nation are not thinking. If your kids owe their souls to the Student Loan store already, they cannot pledge allegiance to the company store too unless we just plan to have them live on ever increasing ETIC supplements from the sha…
The people of this nation are not thinking. If your kids owe their souls to the Student Loan store already, they cannot pledge allegiance to the company store too unless we just plan to have them live on ever increasing ETIC supplements from the sha…
What a pain in the ya-ya. I have heard of situations like yours and people usually win the appeals. Which only says - waste of time and money when the claim is obviously legit and the only problem is a technicality that will work itself out in time.…
Well, I guess it's credit freeze time; should have done it long ago. Between my husband and myself we have had a steady and overlapping membership in the data monitoring clubs. We have 3 to 4 going on right now and now we potentially have another. W…
Lagarde says wait until early 2016. Says "disinflation risk" greater than inflation risk (ever so slightly). Does Ted channel future IMF news conferences?
Edit to comment: I don't understand what will be different in 2016.
