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Completely off topic, Professor Snowball, but I for one would like to know more about the British propaganda efforts to entice the US to enter the war against the Central Powers. IIRC, the British efforts were aided by the 1915 U-Boat sinking of th…
Gaining access to VWELX is why I opened a Vanguard Brokerage account. Vanguard has continued to increase their ETF offerings as well as having one of the lowest transaction fees to buy transaction-fee funds so I've been quite satisfied with my Vangu…
@Crash You're correct. The larger Land Grant Colleges were founded based on the Morrill Act of 1862. HBCU's in the former Confederate States were established through the Second Morrill Act of 1890 based on my review of Wikipedia.
Prairie View A&M is a HBCU that plays in the SWAC. The Texas A&M Aggies play in the SEC, and are hiring a new coach they hope will lead them back to the NCAA Tournament.
The article could have stated "only five TRP US stock mutual funds saw positive returns" ,to be more specific, but the headline would still be confusing and imprecise.
Their article on top ten business ideas is equally indecipherable. The sentence structure definitely indicates that it was written by a Finnish (Suomi) speaker who lives in the suburbs of Turku!
IIRC, Australia requires at least a 3 million investment in infrastructure bonds that pay a lower rate of interest or a similar amount in a new job-creating business. The requirements vary by state/territory. Uruguay and Costa Rica are two of the m…
I always initiate outgoing EFTs from Schwab or Fidelity, but never initiate outgoing EFTs from local banking institutions-too many chances for hidden/unexpected fees!
Yep-TDAmeritrade bought Scottrade and I closed my Scottrade account, due to poor CS issues with an earlier TDAmeritrade account.The idea of buying funds like DODIX GADVX FPNIX OSTIX and BERIX with no TF at the same brokerage seems too good to b…
The real lesson was to sell the fund after the death of long-time fund manager Hakan Castegren in 2010. It was one of the top international funds before 2000. Unfortunately, Northern Cross didn't have a successful succession plan in place resulting …
Maybe if E-Trade implements this pricing scheme, I'll stick with them. Not in the mood to add any new brokerages(possible customer service issues), and would like to consolidate assets at Fidelity, Schwab and Vanguard.
The two funds I mentioned now have $1 million minimums and are closed. I bought them when Fidelity had $2500 minimum for retirement accounts, so I'm hesitant to exit my positions.
I'm still running Windows 7 on my 6 year old Toshiba laptop due to fears of Windows 10. Also, the Windows 7 version of Microsoft Freecell still remains the most user-friendly!
The Canadian Province Model for health insurance wouldn't work in US due to theories of federalism and state rights. IIRC, the wealthier provinces at some level make transfer payments to the poorer Maritime Provinces. How would you get TX and AL to …
VCSAX has a 100k minimum at Vanguard, but VDC etf is available. RYCIX definately a better choice than the amazingly disappointing FDFAX. For global consumer funds, MSFBX and PGLOX are options.
