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I had that procedure, they went down my throat with a garden hose looking device, and expanded my esophagitis, it was nothing...no more acid back up in the throat,easy
with all that medical rhetoric are you sure it wasn't turkey throat hanging to b…
Don't see anything from Vanguard, but someone from Chase wanted my NEW address change, when I Called (not Chase) they wanted ALL my personal financial info. to stop any address changes (all BS). So I closed my chase account. Done with them...
They w…
A Buffett Rule: I live by, UNLESS I understand a company or a mutual fund (manager) I don't go there...Why? More money (returns) I doubt it
paraphrase: if you can't Identify the Idiot in the room (investment room) its you!
Mutual Funds (when I was new to investing) individual stocks when I could pick out profitable companies, ETFs later when I learned Advantages, "Index Bogle" when I become senile..
BALANCE:
There is only one reason to do an Activity you don't enjoy in this (short) life....money
When you don't need more of it (money) what is the point?...Quit!
I did at 60yo and could have worked many more years in my OWN business, but what is …
Repeat:About 80 companies "have already made the changes" at Vanguard's request this year, McNabb said. "A bunch more are under discussion," he added....
Moving forward...tb
Accumulation of money (assets) determine the TIME to quit Working (for money)...
NO assets you keep working,
more money than you will ever spend, why "work"?
“They owe their clients an explanation for why their assets are being used for CEO pay that does not always match the companies’ performance levels.”
Braham : give me a couple examples of companies where this is happening, and what you think Vangua…
Bucs suck, Rays suck, Hockey team is ok but I hate ice, All I got left is Golf, the Beach,Drinking bud and having fun, Oh almost forgot a little time on investing, but can't buy anything at todays prices, can't sell anything (what to do with the mon…
I think O'Shaughnessey,was one of the guys who used to call me and "want to manage my investments" I used to have a standard answer:
"NO you Don't" after a few moments of silence, they would say "why not"?
My answer (write this down) Because you lo…
Some Religions (unnamed) have a rule that 10% of your gross goes to the church or (your going to hell)
Would be a good Rule for (Retirement Planning)...just thinking... tb
What is a "liquid" Asset? every investment I have is liquid except my house,
Sell them (investments) tomorrow get $ next day or two, my checking account is slower than that!
Good Firm to maintain your portfolio with:
Article Highlights:
We're permanent shareholders," good times and bad, McNabb said. So Vanguard, the Malvern-based mutual fund giant that manages $3 trillion in assets, feels obliged to pressure bosses to…
Nice fiction, I have been a drinker all my life, Me and my friends drink and have fun, avoid driving and function as "drinking/drunk" humans..
But if you have ever been around High or Stoned individuals believe me there is no comparison, They have n…
So far in 2014, it(permanent) has gained 6.4 percent to October 24th. Vanguard’s Total Stock Market Index, by comparison, gained 5.45 percent.
VTSMX+10.53ytd Nov 7th (2 weeks later) and Permanent is ___? my guess...
My Wife's investments are balanced funds, high yield bonds, high Dividend blue chip stocks.. she motors along at +8/9 % ea.year and when I don't beat her, I get that look
So I insure..no chance of that
Ok, Darcey you can do corrections..
Lets try investing: Give me 5 advantages of ETFs over Mutual Funds, since your on a mutual fund Site....I'm interested
Warning: My wife can get three of them
No Way would they hire her, and double their returns overnight, the embarrassment!,
She graduated from Greenfield High School, and couldn't explain the difference between an ETF and a Mutual Fund, But she can make more money investing than those Yal…
At this stage of life the only tool I use is a screw driver, and I don't know or care where it is made.... but my TV is Samsung, and I wouldn't trade it for any other
Wonder how long for those investors who are buying at high prices get caught in a turn down, panic, sell at a loss, and here we go again, out of stock market they go,
Oh well, thats what makes for good profits, for us that buy on down turns ,when th…
Sorry they Both stink! 1.7% for Harvard and 3.3% for Yale, and you want me to tell you which University has the best endowment fund investors ? Even the other Universities got at least Double those returns. Maybe they could call Bogle, or my wife, …
Your kidding right? My wife could beat these returns! with no help from me and her own picks from 5 min.looking over Funds!
Their Real Record during the best (5 yr) market in the last century:
Harvard’s endowment posted annual average gains of 1.…
