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OK, we seem to be saying that an aggregator such as Yodlee just adds another window of opportunity for a hacker. But couldn't a hacker do pretty much the same thing at any on-line bank, mutual fund or broker? After all, all of those place have our c…
Probably I'm not understanding this correctly. I have an IRA, with required distributions. Those distributions of course are taxed. Lets assume that the tax due is $1000.
If I were to sell an asset and take a $1000 loss, would that loss offset the …
@Muggles208- It's got nothing to do with making a "mistake". There has been a deterioration as of late in the honoring of keeping non-financial commentary out of the financial forums. For instance, we are again seeing extremely partisan political co…
I'm certainly no prude, and am quite capable of using similar (or much worse) language myself. However it seems kind of crude and off-putting to be blasted in the face with a headline like this. Inside the post, no problem. In the headline: no class…
I've long thought that the line between investing and gambling was pretty faint much of the time ("I'll put 5k on 'growth'... no, wait... make that 'value' "), but the whole Crypto thing seems to me to be unmistakably Vegas, and also seems to be inf…
@davidrmoran- Well, Yodlee is just one of the "aggregators", and stayCalm was referring, in a way, to the explanation that I made above. If you are using a downloaded financial app that involves an aggregator, a hacker could presumably go directly t…
OK, so I've been poking around on the net, and it seems as if there are two related but different ways that we can interface with a financial aggregator. The first is by downloading and using a financial app, of which there are evidently a fair numb…
"Why is there not more noise about him influencing mid term elections with his millions stolen money donationt to the dems?" (sic)
Not quite as one-sided as Baseball_Fan would have us believe.
This, from The Street, on MSN:
He consequently contrib…
I wouldn't worry about the Boeing- they'll be around for quite a while yet. They just got a huge order from United Airlines: 100 new 787 Dreamliners, with an option for 100 additional 787s.
097023AM7 isn't callable, either. Should be fine.. however…
In this environment we can expect almost anything that you can imagine. Much better to just check reliable sources daily for what is happening rather than to rely on "expectations".
@Baseball_Fan- There is a major difference between responding to politcal attacks, and initiating same. I am in one corner, you are without a doubt in the other.
Russia and Ukraine: same thing, and you and Putin aren't fooling anybody.
@WABAC- You raise an interesting perspective- maybe it's me who's being lazy. It's only necessary to set up the XYZ/ABC account reporting linkage once, not each time you visit XYZ. Once set up, XYZ will automatically check with ABC every so often to…
@WABAC- It's not really the need for XYZ to know anything about ABC. It's more about the great convenience of going to XYZ and quickly getting a comprehensive overview of your financials by visiting just one site. This can be quite a convenience, be…
@Baseball_Fan- Speaking personally, I really do not appreciate your continuous introduction of contentious political perspective into otherwise financial matters.
MFO has an Off-Topic section for the type of commentary which you seem to prefer. It…
"There's risk in anything, anywhere. You either decide what level of risk is reasonably acceptable (and where) or you unplug from the world and go hide in a cave."
@rforno- Yes sir, that nicely summarizes my perspective also. However, since a heavy…
At the risk of saying something stupid (again) I believe that Schwab does indeed have an account aggregator, which I've used for a couple of years.
My "Accounts-Summary" page lists all securities held within Schwab of course, and on that page you …
Fusion breakthrough is a milestone for climate, clean energy
Hee are edited excerpts from a current report by Associated Press. It's important to note that this achievement does not involve so-called "cold fusion".
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists anno…
Trump probe subpoena served on Georgia secretary of state
Following are excerpts from a current Associated Press report:
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has received a subpoena related to special counsel Jack Smith’s i…
@catch22- Well, I did think about that for a couple of minutes, but since my financial acumen is marginal at best I thought that the inspiration should come from someone who actually knows something about this stuff. So, without further delay, I her…
