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@Catch22- Hello again. Rollover to existing is what was recommended for my wife, and that worked out just fine, with no problems, hitches, or gotchas.
< sarc > Keep calm, the country's in good hands! < /sarc >
Ted is correct on this. Evidently some confusion is due to the fact that the "Sallie Mae" company was once a quasi-governmental agency associated with issuing and servicing student loans.
If memory serves, there was a major push by the private fina…
I'm wondering if the introduction of Cain is nothing more than a decoy to distract attention from the real threat, Stephan Moore. It wouldn't be at all beyond this White House to send out a sacrificial lamb, allowing Moore to be appointed while ever…
@Derf: FWIW, we had a number of direct (non-brokerage) accounts at Washington Mutual when it went bust back in 08. When the FDIC transferred that bank to JP Morgan-Chase there were absolutely no issues or problems, other than having to use a new che…
"they are misrepresenting themselves with that name, as if an arm of the REAL Sallie Mae"
@Crash: Once again, from above:
"At first, it was a government entity that serviced federal education loans. It then became private and started offering priv…
Four Senate Republicans signal opposition to Trump’s plan to put Herman Cain on Federal Reserve Board, all but sinking nomination
The Washington Post is reporting that "a swift defection of at least four Senate Republicans has all-but-doomed the ch…
@Catch22- Ask, and you shall receive. (Maybe... but don't count on it.) The following excerpts from the Wall Street Journal article, which I believe that you were interested in, were selected and edited for brevity.
"The magnitude and speed of the …
@Crash- Read the small print:
"SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries, including Sallie Mae Bank are not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America."
More, from Wickipedia:
SLM Corporation (commonly known as Sallie Mae; originally the…
With regard to oil, here are excerpts from an interesting article from Monday's Wall Street Journal:
Frackers, Chasing Fast Oil Output, Are on a Treadmill
With more oil wells front-loaded to boost output, many companies will have to drill again so…
With respect to BA, the Wall Street Journal has a current article titled "Boeing and Its 737 MAX Jets Have a China Problem".
A quick and dirty summary of this article has been added to the MFO post: "737 Max Second Deadly Crash / China Grounds Plan…
Boeing and Its 737 MAX Jets Have a China Problem
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that "A state-owned airline is seeking compensation and that could be just the start of headaches for Boeing when it comes to China".
One of China’s big state-ow…
Thanks, Ben. I'm in good company with those two!
NOT for publication: I have a couple of pairs of very old Jocky boxer shorts with "paramecium" prints (really a Paisley pattern, I think). My favorites. :)
OJ
@hank- Well, my aviation credentials don't extend to multi-jet engine aircraft, so I'm reluctant to comment on an area in which I don't feel qualified. I will venture this, though: from the comfort and safety of an armchair it's pretty easy to disse…
@BenWP- Well, if you can't be as cool as Catch, you can be cool with links.
Very easy to do:
1) • type in your link title: VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF
2) • use your mouse to "select" (highlight) that title.
3) • Go up to the top o…
Boeing Didn’t Make Any Commercial 737 Sales in March
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Boeing didn’t book any commercial orders of its 737 jetliner in March, the first month without a sale of the aerospace giant’s best-selling aircraft in a…
Angle-of-Attack Vanes
The "vane" itself is a small wing-like airflow surface. Airflow passing this vane causes it to deflect and rotate in one direction or the other. Internal sensors detect and measure this deflection, which then becomes a ra…
And now this, from a current article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
The pilots of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 performed all the procedures recommended by Boeing to save their doomed 737 Max 8 aircraft, but could not pull it out of a flight-syste…
Wait... wait! I guess that "one party" figured that they need a bit more practice before tackling SS...
Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over School Nutrition Rollbacks
Here's a report from NPR:
A coalition of state attorneys general is…
Now that you guys have sorted all that out, maybe you can help me figure out what being a "Gold Priority Investor" at American Century might mean in the way of anything remotely useful.
Considering the information in the final five paragraphs of the above Washington Post report, I find the headline for Ted's "The Closing Bell" to be quite ironic:
Dow Rises 100 Points, Led By Boeing
Washington Post Article, Part 2:
A spokesman for the FAA declined to say what the agency has learned about the source of the erroneous data in the crashes. “We continue to support the NTSB on both ongoing investigations,” the spokesman said, referr…
