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Those of you who are really old farts will remember "Ted" and the reasons for the "Discussions +" and the "Off-Topic" sections. (That certainly includes you, @Catch22.)
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"MFO Discussions include posts from 4 areas: Fund Discussions, Other Investing, Technical Questions, MFO Premium."
That's true, but some of those categories (areas) will only populate outside their original category if there is one or more comments…
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@BaluBalu- Well, this is interesting- my answer (above) to you has propelled your question into the "Discussions +" arena. It might get a fair amount of viewers here, so maybe leave it alone for a while and let's see what happens.
@BaluBalu- Hi there- I stumbled across your question accidentally because I was bored and hadn't looked at the technical questions section for many months.
I can see why you posted here with your question, but this section was originally designed t…
@BaluBalu- On Friday I placed an order for the Deutsche Bank bond that @MkeM found. As of today the order is shown as open... this is the first time that I've tried to buy a corporate bond at Schwab, and I have no idea how the corporate bond order-f…
"the subsidies for corn syrup in every processed food item "
Going to be interesting to hear what the new Secretary of Health thinks about that, h'mmm?
55 years of marriage and she still turns the map upside down. On the other hand, I once had a flight instructor of the feminine species who sure as hell knew how to read a map. And no, she definitely wasn't "trans".
@MikeM- not at all. Thanks much for all of your info. I'm familiar with the Schwab fixed income pages, but I never thought of looking for a call date of two years instead of a two-year maturity. Good thinking!
@BenWP- Hell, for my whole life those who know me well have told me that my intelligence, if any, is artificial. My father used to say that if I had a brain I'd be dangerous.
