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Many times. With general questions or help with the infernal website. I just had a quick yes-or-no question for my own local office, downtown. Impossible to get a simple answer to a simple question because they must have an internal rule: never pick…
Glad if there is entertainment value. It would be funny to me, too--- if it were not so serious, and if real, flesh-and-blood people were not being manipulated, abused and fucked by these corporations---on a day to day, SYSTEMIC, deliberate basis. M…
I thought I had posted this. Now I can't see it? Bought a few shares of FALN to take my average cost down a bit. The previous limit-order did not go through, the other day. A good day for a small buy, with everything down that I own, except TS. Gott…
Come one, come all! Get your picture taken with Stormy Daniels! Oh no, wait...
Can you spell F-E-L-O-N? I just KNEW you COULD. And hey! That Frederick Douglass is doing a great job!
Absolutely, @hank. And press 92 if you are a hermaphrodite from Neptune. Please listen closely, as our menu options have changed. If you want fries with that, press 21. If you're calling about any of the 12 things I'm programmed to offer canned, rec…
+1.
But, naw. Prefer paper checks. But T-Mobile has moved away from accepting credit card payments. They want auto-pay done now through your checking account, directly. But they're offering no 3.5% discount to customers on account of THEIR savings b…
UConn/Purdue sure is a game! Halftime now. 36-30.
2nd half: Turning up the heat. Shut down Purdue's Edey. Final 75-60. Getting it all done.3s, floaters, surges. Great passing game. Huskies win! Win it all!
https://thehill.com/regulation/transportation/4579944-part-falls-off-boeing-plane-during-takeoff-in-denver/
SWA. Engine cowling fell off during or after takeoff. Safe return to Denver Airport. Are they using Spirit for maintenance, too? WTF!
An easy read. Thanks, @hank. Age 70 is coming for me in July. I can afford some more risk with a longer time-horizon---- given that I have a working spouse, much younger, and have heirs in mind, not just myself. Still, everyone should be prudent abo…
86-72 UConn beats 'Bama. But that game was closer than the score at the Final shows. Championship game: Purdue vs. Connecticut. Gotta shut down that tall drink of water!
"Notes with a pencil? again, are you serious? notes are entered into the system so the next customer rep can see them."
I'm afraid that I have to agree with Crash on that one. I just had to knock heads at our neighborhood San Francisco office to ge…
"RELIABILITY, CONSCIENTIOUSNESS, ACCURACY, DEPENDABILITY"
The above are serious accusations...based on what? If this is true Schwab would be shut down. Millions have been using Schwab for years, including several posters...maybe it's you?
Notes w…
@Crash- Well, that's a different kettle of fish, and I certainly have to agree with you. In most large businesses the concept of decent customer service is now an anachronism. Again though, being required to use Schwab chat because of my hearing iss…
@FD1000
Hand-holding, I don't need much. What has gone missing is RELIABILITY, CONSCIENTIOUSNESS, ACCURACY, DEPENDABILITY, and Customer Rage And Aggravation agents who can THINK. I also think it's disgraceful that employers won't ALLOW employees to …
The "hot" jobs numbers released by gummint was mentioned by Summers. He's pushing for a rather higher neutral rate. I giggle at the jobs numbers, anymore: most of the hires are part-time. No vacation, no benefits. Because employers can get away with…
Seek, and ye shall find. TAKE, and ye shall have. Giggle. My interactions at Schwab so far have not been egregiously awful, just rather typical, including the need to explain a problem 12 ways before they can comprehend what's going on. I even was a…
Go, Wolfpack men!
......2nd Half: can't stop those Purdue 3s. Stinky poopy. Z. Edy has committed a bunch of turnovers. Surprises me. NC State is blowing layups and easy shots when they get the chance.
Kahneman is correct. I've done it to myself, I admit. These days I try to be more patient, more judicious, with lower expectations. I am fond of saying that "Mr. Market" always overreacts, both to good news and bad. Because what is the Market, if no…
Listen to my head explode. Idiots with no soul in charge. I read the CNN article. The other's text was blurred.
...OK, so two separate States, two different venues.
...And TS is up 2% today to a 52-week high. Share buy-back underway. Those re-bought shares are to be canceled. Laughing and weeping here at the same time. It's my smallest holding, almost.
So, the "Schwab guy" downtown simply dropped the ball. So, we'll do an indirect Rollover, ourselves. We found out over the phone that the only way to get our money out of there is by filling out a form and sending it back to them at Bruce. That is, …
44% of AUM in top 10 holdings. THAT'S conviction. Top holding is almost 8% of the whole pie. If I myself failed to rebalance, I might get to 8% with a single stock, and it would be not very smart to let that happen. He's got $433 million to play wit…
The Trump tong: dueling lawsuits. (Oops, someone beat me to the punch, above.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/02/trump-media-sues-its-co-founders-accuses-them-of-severe-mismanagement.html