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At FD. I generally make it my practice not to engage with you, not because we have different points of view, but because your world view is so narrow. I will make this one exception because you called out my use of the phrase “orange revolution “. …
Libby has a terrific search capability and also makes suggestions. I am currently reading a Meir Statman personal finance book on Libby. And of course you can manage the loan, as they call it, and direct the book to your Kindle, your phone or whate…
Crash. Here is how Libby works based on my experience. If you have one library card and establish a Libby account , you will have access to all the books that that particular library has purchased in the on line format. Not every book that is in t…
Hank. Your last question leaves out the obvious third possibility as to what drives the president. It seems very obvious to me but in the interest of civility it will remain unsaid.
At Hank. My point,, if I failed to explain it correctly, was the an outfit like M* which is not part of the lunatic left,,, was clearly linking political action to market risk. Today, another non lunatic left source, CNBC has a similar story about…
At Old_Joe. We are also Ultra Conservative as well. No real need to take much risk. We also have a Reserve Savings like you , similarly allocated. I often think about just having one pile,, I call it the single metric instead of two buckets plus…
At Hank. “Adjusting portfolio to age” would be a great thread. As always it’s very personal. I have a close friend who has a chronic illness, is in an assisted living facility , is running out of money and claims to be 95% equity. Cognitive decl…
Hank. Did you read my post or did the word politics trigger you ? The point was not to micro analyze an article or imagine words like theft and seizure ….. THE POINT WAS THAT MAINSTREAM ,,, not the lunatic left commentary recognize the connection be…
At Hank. I have been building positions in PRPFX and TRIGX. I am not adding to CGDV. Also a small position in DODLX for global bonds. I am long past being an accumulator and have no great insights. My key motivation in not to lose capital,,, As …
Former P and C agent long ago. At least back in the day underwriters used CLUE to evaluate risk. Main take away is not to lie or otherwise not answer questions on application because the truth is out there.
at Crash. All TRUE ! But the fact is that the ORANGE REVOLUTION is destroying America as we knew it. For every shortcoming we all knew America had pre Jan 2025 ,the ORANGE REVOLUTION is almost hourly making life in America worse for everyone save…
at derf. They mailed it to an address that was not the address on my statement. My bank uses FISERV and they could have caused part of the problem. But it all started with Citi, which at least for now is not accepting ACH PAYMENTS.
At Hank. Was the Red Fox Inn a thing near TC or Boyne? I seem to remember it from when I was a kid but I could be wrong. For years I talked about a New Riders of the Purple Sage concert in Colorado Springs I attended that apparently never happene…
Yeah Catch. You are right,,,, starting in Detroit,,,,, Flint could be up north. Up north was a common phrase in my youth. But it had no specific meaning. But Hank would agree that Traverse City was up north.
At the risk of sounding like an old guy,,, they don’t make music like they used to. Broadly speaking,,, who is the Muddy Waters,, Miles, the Temps,,,, of today. And if Bob Seger were from one coast or another he would be much more appreciated for h…
I remember (I think) Kaline got hurt making a diving catch in right and another time getting hit by a thrown ball at first. So you date back to Briggs Stadium. I take it you are from what we called up north. I went to summer camp in west branch an…
I remember two serious injuries Kaline suffered. It killed me. He was a real smooth fielder. Frank Bolling,,, Dick maculiffe. Frank Lary. Very happy times at tiger stadium. I learned about our families growing affluence over the years by where…
Catch22. Detroit guy and saw Seger lots of times at very small venues around Detroit. He was a star in Michigan for years before he became famous. And later in life he was a sailor on the Great Lakes. His song Against the Wind became our anthem wh…
Crash, Ben Carlson,,, another Ritholtz guy, had a similar article out this week about how tough it is to have lots and lots and lots of money. I feel so sorry for those people, enduring so much financial discomfort and disappointment.
End of story. The check my bank mailed never arrived at Citi in 14 days. You won’t know you have a problem until your paper check is late. Snail mail ain’t the same speed as ACH …The issue was the result of something going on at Citi. You can pay…
David,,,,I am only guessing but Detroit might have paid above market just to get anyone who would answer that phone call at 0700. I was hired after my sophomore year and that was only two years after the riots of 67. I earned that 37.50 !
At YBB. Apparently Citi told Fiserv, which handles bill pay for many banks including mine. My bank provided no notification. My secondary bank, which is Schwab bank did advise me that a payment to Citi would be by check. When asked and escalated …
At YBB. something is going on recently at Citi card. I checked my bill pay at SchwabBank and tried to do a bill pay for the very same Citicard. Schwab bank advised it would be by check and could take longer than projected to get to biller. To prev…
