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Added to cash stash, still getting me over 5% in SNVXX MM account. Gov't paper, so the name of the fund SAYS. Stocks are still too volatile, undependable right now; my bonds are at my desired level already.
...Anyhow, the news is all "spin" anymore. And the "spin" is so utterly predictable. And when did "pregnant women" become "pregnant persons?" Politically correct nonsensical agenda working its way into our vocab. It's a concerted effort. And most of…
I am surprised at some of this proud reduced-information posturing. I have learned just an enormously helpful amount of American law and civics the last few years from watching, beyond PBS, MSNBC and CNN. I do miss Al-Jazeera, but perhaps if I poked…
28th June, '24.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-06-28/wall-street-week-06-28-2024-video
Go to the very end about the (non-) extension of the 2nd Ave. subway. It's the same EVERYWHERE in this country. Each instance has its own details an…
I watch Sky TV or the BBC on my Samsung smart TV. I'd rather listen to news of Tory blunders than news about Joe and the Melon Felon! Hopefully, voting on July 4 will result in a large Labour majority !
+1.
Although I'd rather see someone other …
DT= Dangerous Threat.
No watching Presidential debate here. Trump's best talent is to be a professional liar. And that Frederick Douglass is doing a great job, isn't he????? F.D. is a personal hero of mine. But the Orange Abomination? Not worth my …
Just more grist for the mill. The screw-ups abound, not just at SWA. Can't even get a straight answer to a straight question, anymore. From top to bottom, and all around, in a 360-degree circle, we are surrounded by bullshit; by idiots; by Political…
We are already on the way to Third World Banana Republic status--- and for the complete opposite reason expressed recently by Donald Doinkhead, Jr.
I despair. Too many voters don't even know how to think. Candidates seem to think their job is to v…
The "Supreme" court has just greased the skids to third-world status for the United States. Trump and his minions will just love this. Clearing the swamp, was it?
You expressed the state of affairs in perfect, crystalline fashion, OJ. My disgust can…
Southwest can't figure out yield management in the current travel market.
https://www.tts.com/blog/yield-management-in-the-airline-industry/
If that still sounds like gobbledygook: Southwest is having problems pricing its seats - it's either under…
Another non-surprise.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-26/boeing-faces-new-whistleblower-claims-of-lapses-on-some-787-jets?srnd=homepage-americas
Taxable accounts, OK.
Maybe consider High-Yield munis? Just throwing that out there. The AMT does not kick-in for a couple until that couple are millionaires:
https://www.municipalbonds.com/education/high-yield-muni-bonds-risk-with-plenty-of-tax-f…
My stuff might all be contrarian stuff????? Market goes up, my stuff treads water or sinks. Stinky-poopy. Regional Bank BHB was up today. My junk bonds are surprisingly NOT volatile. I've held them since early '22. I got in at just the wrong time. I…
I owned PSTL for perhaps 2 years and finally dumped it at a loss. It might be the most unloved REIT in the Market. It's gone nowhere. Actually, it's been a loser the whole time I owned shares. David Sherman does not like REITS, for a good reason. It…
Capital Group/American Funds is the class champion. It has up to 19 OEF classes - load, no-load (529, taxable, Retirement), and now has several ETFs. It has funds for many price points.
I have had some lowest ER R6 classes in 403b.
....Which is why…
The VESPER:
"...When James Bond orders his signature drink from the bartender, he provides strict instructions, which leaves little ambiguity in how to prepare the cocktail: “A dry martini. One. Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measu…
Charlie On The MTA. Yes, indeed. Apparently, the astronauts are safe for the time being inside the ISS.
To paraphrase "Crash" Davis in Bull Durham: "Boeing couldn't hit water if they fell out of a f*****g boat."
This is a dreadful state of affai…
CGBL: outstanding performance. Shrug. Dear me, I suppose there's no getting away from the mega-cap techs if you want to do well, investing. Poopies. ...But 30% of AUM is in their own core-plus income fund. Wow.
And he was already older, playing Nicole Kidman's Minister-father in "Cold Mountain." So difficult to watch. Southern society unraveling during the Civil War. People will do ANYTHING. The ones playing the local law enforcement guys were convincing: …
Let me add, best brush back I've seen, ball goes by batter on his backside !!!
Yes, that was happening to A-Rod after HIS scandal. Never saw the like before!
Thanks for the explanation. My own overweight positions are Financials, Energy and Yoots. BHB = 4.48% of total. ET = 5.38%. The time will come to switch junk FALN for core-plus WCPNX.
Bob Gibson is one who'd never let a batter dig-in. Too fast, too accurate with the brush-back pitch. I'd say there's room for the brush-back pitch, but intentional bean-balls are way out of bounds. Batters in more recent years have begun to show up …
OMG. Scotch again. Yes, soon. You've reignited my desire for it. I was just on a bunch of airplanes, myself: AA. Decent, no surprises. But it seemed to me the planes were all kept COLD, like 64 degrees or thereabouts. Not fun. Final leg was from LAX…
Just brilliant. Canadian, from Quebec. Oops, born in St. John. But if memory serves me, he lived for a number of years on the PQ side of that border.....Reading further: No, I'm just wrong. The family moved to NS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona…
Overall portfolio is up 5% YTD about 40% in equities
"dividend' stocks are up 11% LT Growth US 9% "speculative" ( ie tech) 13% Energy 6%
International 14% Emerging Markets flat
The most surprising are individual stocks an advisor picks i…
I'm ticked off that BRAVE suddenly stopped cooperating with YouTube, or vice-versa. Or was the issue with one of my apps? I had a "sponsor block" for YouTube going. And an auto-play stopper. HATE auto-play stuff.
Ad Nauseam warns that my ad-blockers…
