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>JohnChisum said: My thinking all along has been that one should separate their investment strategy from their social activism
I am not putting a value on your viewpoint. But BIG money makes a bigger impact on issues, then a thousand people sho…
>Almost like a switch was flipped.
I wonder how switch flips will occur next week 200pts up 200pts down 200pts up 200 pts down.
would that give you any concern, or any more than you might have.
I guess there may be a need for a large fund company with clout like Vanguard that is concerned with social investing, to override the individuals who don't care about social issues when it is investment related.
Although I don't see how one can…
@Accipiter
Very BIG shoes to fill
get yourself a BIG pair of shoes, when you travel, fill the socks with cash.
@JohnChisum ... Yes. atm with a bank that has branches throughout the US for domestic travel. although daily withdrawals may be limited…
HA - Than those $400+ ones must clearly have Ted's name written on them. :)
inside the shoe did you notice a trademark symbol "Linkster Shoes"
carry cash (is that still available) or travelers checks (do they still make them) next time.
if it is not in retirement account...
one would think you want to compare after tax performance of the etf vs the mutual fund you are looking at. assuming they have similar risk.
I would think the one main disadvantage is when you sell mf, if th…
To anyone blaming presidents for all their ills.
I suggest this.
http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm
maybe @Ted would be kind enough to suggest this thread be closed.
@Old_Skeet said:
knowing what providers others are using to combine all of their funds together and also to track multi accounts.
I just use open libreoffice spreadsheet, click a button that automatically downloads last quote from yahoo.
I manual…
if it were me and I wanted to find out distributions.
I would call my company they have the most up to date info that may not be reflected. Or I would take my fingers to the google web site and spend one minute to search for the family or fund I w…
regarding Title of Post 75% no comment links,
it seems its not worth beating a dead horse. now.
regarding posts "with no comments".
- some people like posts that are just posts that have links in them - nothing has changed regarding viewing.
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@Tampabay, @AndyJ
this is just a test, so I don't know if it is permanent.
proviso: Chip and David didn't sign off on it, but I just thought I'd put it up for a test and an option. (It may be removed it proves to cause problems with site /or if ot…
The 'front page' of MF Discuss here, as I write, consists of 40 posts, of which 30 are links only with no comments, posted by a single individual. (There are a couple more no-comment links from others.)
For MFO, selectivity, not cleanliness, is ne…
SPY Is Above Its Weekly Bollinger Band. Watch Out For Next Week
"Today’s move higher is another sign of market strength. We have seen this lead to further strength longer term. But there is, at least historically, a good chance that some of these g…
"redistribution" - is just a dirty word for people worried that someone might get something they have under some "misconceived" notion they deserve something more that others.
as in "I worked for it", therefore someone else didn't "work for it" .
@Old_Joe
. I'd swear that wasn't there yesterday- I think that Accipiter is doing magic stuff in the background...
I haven't changed anything since the weekend.
you can also mark them here as well
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/catego…
I just noticed that we now have the option to either "mark all viewed" or "mark category viewed". That's just great! I was wishing for such an option, and it appeared as if by magic. Now I'm gonna try wishing for some other stuff and see what happen…
I think you are missing the point of these increases. It is not the evil insurance companies jacking up rates.
it is the benevolent insurance companies jacking up rates.
before ObamaCare was a twinkle in anyone's eye I saw insurance premiums jum…