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This is starting to look more and more desperate before they can even entice the rest of us sheep.
Crypto looks better organized.
YMMV.
Baaah.
For a minute there I was confused between if you were 'sheeping' or doing an imitation of Stephen Fry's…
Interesting, since TRP still shows it closed.
https://www.troweprice.com/financial-intermediary/us/en/investments/mutual-funds/us-products/capital-appreciation-fund.html
Nice to have an agreement, but the American car makers are freaking out b/c other tariffs on raw materials and parts will force them to incur higher costs than their Japanese counterparts. That's probably why Toyota popped last evening.
I think it's great if brokers offer BTC or ETH or another 'major' coin as a legitimate investment offering .... bit let the Coinbases and RobinHoods of the world offer the zillions of worthless 's*itcoins' for people to play with. Depending on ho…
Now Besett is talking about doing a "top to bottom review" of the Fed .... because if Emperor Hirocheeto can't fire Powell, they can at least make his last months a living hell and pave the way for a politicized Fed going forward.
Sold AES for a 35% gain in 3 months. Recent buyout rumors made this thing pop 20% in July and I figure that's a pretty good win right there and as a result probably won't move much higher once any actual buyout news comes out ... plus it's well wit…
IMO this will get ugly / confusing really quickly. Think about how every major company, from Amazon and Walmart to Exxon to CVS to whomever, launches their own stablecoin. You think it's hard enough keeping those 'customer discount' cards straight…
The stablecoin accounts have 24/7 access from anywhere in the world & may be great for international travelers. They would also lead to democratization of the dollar in that dollar-backed stablecoins can be held by anyone anywhere.
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I don’t trust most fiduciaries. Just because someone holds that title doesn’t guarantee they’ll act in your best interest—or that their advice is good. Yes, it’s better than working with someone who isn’t obligated to prioritize you, but it’s far fr…
Federal Reserve’s Waller says central bank should cut rates at next meeting
”A top Federal Reserve official said late Thursday that the central bank should cut its key interest rate later this month, carving out a different view than that of Chai…
No. Next question?
The speed at which Wall Street is rushing to jam private investments into retirement plans, etc. these days is more than a little concerning and reeks (to me) of a blatant money-grab ... er raid ... on the captive piles of money …
@BenWP - the HBO miniseries 'Chernobyl' does an excellent job of portraying that very situation with an authoritarian government. Great series, detailed, and at times heart-ripping....
We're overlooking the fact that, as YBB mentions above, "someone may take the job with -3% cut promise that may be impossible to deliver through the FOMC."
The chairman is only one member of the FOMC, and has only one vote. Evidently Trump's knowl…
For whoever follows Powell, hopefully after 05/2026 for the sake of markets, impossible expectations are being setup for -3% immediate rate cut. My concern is that someone may take the job with -3% cut promise that may be impossible to deliver throu…
At the risk of injecting politics into the discussion, at this point, I'm waiting for him do try "something big" to distract the press from Epstein ... this might've been his impulsive trial balloon toward such an effort. (He is desperate for peop…
I shoulda got an advanced copy of the USDA monthly orange crop report from Mortimer and Randolph Duke.
LOL "Turn the machines back on! Turn the machines back onnnnn....."
Per BBG:
"Trump also dismissed concerns that his threat earlier in the week to impose “secondary” tariffs on Russian trading partners if Moscow did not agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine could impact US consumers, even as experts warned the presiden…
Opened starter position in DHLGY with a 4.6% div --- while Fedex and UPS are mostly US-oriented, DHL pretty much operates in the rest of the world, which may do better if/when the US slows down and/or the flow of goods routes around the US.
Interestingly his letter to Brazil seemed to be mostly predicated on him throwing a tantrum because they prosecuted his BFF Bolsinaro.
Wonder when we start seeing tariffs launched against countries that refuse him permits to build a hotel or golf c…
The goalpost just got moved to August 2nd from July 9th. So much wins if so many deals are being made! Where is BS1000?
The TACO-munching Tariff Toddler is at it again, I see...
BTW despite campaigning and repeatedly telling the GQP to "not touch Medicaid" Donnie apparently didn't know this bill indeed adversely touches Medicaid when he was meeting with House GQP holdouts yesterday. One of them had to tell him, "yes, yes w…
Have to be selective for dividend focus funds. Too many of they hold too much value stocks that are value traps. Not playing that approach for now.
My beef with most dividend funds is not only the value traps but how they stuff 1-2% payers into th…
Actually, it's a bit different. In the past, techs rarely paid dividends, but tech dividends are more common now.
Keep in mind that when a company gets into some trouble, it cuts or eliminates dividends first. If more trouble, the preferred dividen…
I can believe it.
Nearly all of my investments are for the long to long-long timeframe. For kicks, I keep a sliver available for 'fun' experiments, either market hedging or speculation ... investing can't be *all* boring, you know.... lol
We get the "C" team. I pity the fool.
I think this team is comprised of whatever ego-hungry rube they could find at Central Casting ... imo they're not even worthy of a rating.
We're all unwitting passengers sailing on the 'USS Make Some Sh--t …
@catch22, I am less concerned about using AI in your web browser. You control that experience easily enough, so I wouldn't buy a new computer just for that. I am more concerned with AI being turned on in programs (eg, MS Office, email clients, brow…
I'm not familiar w/DeepSeek specifically but a Chromebook isn't going to be powerful enough to run an AI tool on its own. Sure, you could probably log into DeepSeek or ChatGPT via the browser and play w/it via the web interface on the Chromebook, b…
Glad nearly all my retirement savings are in taxable accounts, so that 15% LTCG would be a better deal for me in Virginia and should save about 3% vs if I was tapping an IRA. Cool.....
I learned the hard way with Mutual Discovery that if you hold a great fund for a long time in a taxable account, when the manger changes you can get hit pretty bad, either with lousy performance or taxes. For that reason I am reluctant to build hug…
IMO "Totally obliterated" has become the new "Mission Accomplished"
I can see FOTUS whining that the intelligence community's skeptical BDA (bomb damage assessment) is 'wrong' and that he 'doesn't care' what they say, because only he knows the fact…
