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Even domestic, anything more than 2.5 hours (which I'm used to flying DC or NY to FL) I will fly up front. I appreciate the extra leg/seat room and it's just not worth the headaches otherwise.
Despite being our 'resident Aussie' (long story) I've t…
When I flew domestic Varig in Brazil in 2002 I was stunned to get served a small steak & veg on china, with REAL SILVERWARE, in coach class...I was stunned, and the food was quite good. By contrast, the US flights would throw a bag of somethi…
I've always had great service on JetBlue ... and I miss the old Midway Air, that ran on the Atlantic coast, they were awesome. Singapore Air is amazing (and my fave) and Quantas is rightfully up there, too. Flying domestic coach on the old Varig …
PS: Good encryption could make the cloud OK. But do the encryption locally before uploading; if the host does it after or while uploading, it is too late if you really value security.
That's how I do it. The services I mentioned use this techniqu…
Sync.Com or SpiderOak for the uber-paranoid. I think Sync.Com is easier to use (Canada-based).
Or buy a VM space in Amazon you can control ..... or ping your local ISP and host your own 'cloud' server.
As an accumulator, I don't believe in rebalancing ... if you have quality holdings, why sell them if you don't need to just to meet some arbitrary 'weighting' number?
While I'm sure many people stick to percentage-based allocations (and that's f…
I know! Though while I'm not a "hater" maybe his re-election will drive me to start double-posting articles at MFO.....
@MFO Members: Its going to be interesting to see the reaction from a few of our anti- Trump members when he gets himself reele…
Interesting timing, this leak.
Bananna republic land, to be sure. So much #winning he's gotta fire his pollsters and demote anyone who doesn't immediately and blindly do his bidding, regardless of consequences. Pathetic.
Bloomberg Exclusive
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Article II allows me to do whatever I want." Truly authoritarian territory.
If you can't stand to listen to him, the transcript of ABC's full show with Tweety is nauseating. I really hope they ran on-air fact- and/or context-checking as the int…
I hate to rain on his party (another word might do). But insuring his reign at the polls isn’t going to help most average Americans if stock market level is the primary tool used to measure wellbeing.
Agreed. But it's a simple, easily-digested me…
I use Firefox (have done so since when it was still Netscape 1.0) and it's done just fine. With the right plug-ins and settings, it's a damn secure and privacy-preserving browser ( compared to the others) and I use it for pretty much all my browsin…
You beat me by two seconds....
Why own Turkey? Depends why a person would want to own the country, I guess. Down 41% may lead some to try a mean-reversion trade, but I have no compelling reason/idea/need to own it (or many countries) myself.
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Yup - decent fund. Though at 40% leverage, not sure how comfy I'd be throwing $$$ into it ... although I didn't own many leveraged products myself, the GFC was an eye-opener in that respect, at least for me, and I try to keep leverage in my CEF ho…
Absolutely agree -- one must do their own DD and not invest blindly or b/c a headline or TV pundit said so.
Hi @_rforno...i always have positions in high grade muni individuals bonds... If you buy high grades risks maybe much better but ur yields a…
You should've combined this w/your other post John -- and created the perfect neurosis of analysis paralysis. One article says buy muni funds and this one suggests munis aren't as 'safe' an investment as they once were.
https://www.mutualfundobs…
FAX has been spinning off ROC for years ... not sure if it's a good ROC or bad ROC, though. And its UNII is barely there, which means there's little cushion if problems occur.
#cheers! I like the goodies in your office!
The Vintage Freak and Amrut Fusion Single Malt. What a combination! Nothing else can yield words of wisdom such as the above.
Same here. One day a trend makes not. If I do buy anything it'll be in chunks, taking advantage of volatility and Tweety Amin's itchy twitter finger. Because so much #winning!
Nope, one day moves never get my impulses to go any way or another.…
Good advice, though you could argue they are one and the same depending on venue.
2 investing lessons you can learn:
• Ignore financial porn
• Ignore posting porn
'Tariff Man' strikes again. So much ignorance-based #winning I can't take it....
I'd call him an idiot, but that'd be disrespecting all the other idiots out there.
Bit of a misnomer in the article title - these aren't all (or any?) 'monthly' dividend payers. I think the article is talking about 'steady streams of dividends' during the year. You could roll the dice and pick 12 other stocks to do the same thi…
That was not an 'attack' Ted ... your panicked subject line is totally unwarranted.
And I agree their sites remain a creaking work-in-progress, even with the weird new forums.
FYI: Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead
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It's not listed in that article but I'm presently eyeballing the Invesco KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT ETF (KBWY). It skews small-to-midcap and the index managers seem to have views similar to mine regarding real estate based on the major moves t…
Rationally-derived opinions and/or facts can be restated freely on threads you control. Meaning, I still like you. :)
Yeah, I guess. Sorry about that. :(
I agree ... what I'm saying is that he can ban anything from import w/o necessarily declaring a 'national emergency.'
@rforno
I see one reason for banning Huawei from the states is if the gov wanted in the backdoor just as China has in the past, on…
This stuff is well within my professional wheelhouse: There's no need for a national declaration on this unless one is hungry for PR optics that show him 'strongly' doing something to pressure China. Oh, wait....
Yeah saw that. ;/
@rforno; I'm thinking there may be more than trade-war going on. More trouble brewing in Middle East. Damage to tankers, 4 I believe.
Derf
You beat me by 2 seconds.....
It seems welfare, socialism and government handouts are OK for the president if you live in the right part of the country, vote Republican and have the right shade of skin color.
As I read this, VG is essentially discouraging institutions from dumping $$$ into these funds as well? So it's kind of a good Vanguardian thing that could help the 'little people' in retail-land, I guess....
