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@hank- Yes, that's my nightmare on all of this: the gov't actually gets a conviction, Trump gets elected, starts the appeal process and drags it out for two or three years. Or, knowing how this bastard operates, he pardons himself, and the gov't tak…
To the extent possible I have absolutely no interaction with Google. Many years ago it was very obvious to me that Google was trying to pry into every aspect of my life that they could. No great secrets there, but also no damned business of Google o…
@Mona- I previously used the account aggregation service at Schwab, but didn't know that it was "Yodelee". I have no idea if Yodelee is any more or less secure than any other aggregator, but after a previous discussion here on MFO I got rid of all o…
If there are in fact any aliens from another planet they would have to be very smart to be able to get to Earth, and very stupid to want to have anything to do with us.
Sometimes it feels like we expect financial situations to be quantifiable and behave like a chemistry operation where all of the various materials, inputs, and processing can be measured within tolerances of .001%. OK, manager "X" is very successful…
@FD1000: You can sit there and blather whatever you want. It doesn't change the fact that coming from middle-class families with little inherited wealth we can now sit here without any financial worry, and that our American Fund financial advisor pl…
I agree with respect to the zillion share classes at AF. When we were investing there I just stayed with the "A" class. Fortunately after a few years we were able to invest there with diminishing loads, and finally without load. Load funds were not …
Yes, American Funds / Capitol Group was our main asset-building fund group, and over the years I used at least eight of their funds. I would change the allocations periodically depending on market conditions. At this point we have transferred all of…
"Over time they provided steady returns while managing the downside better than most large cap funds"
@Sven- Exactly.
Add- BTW, Just for the heck of it I bought 100 of the AF ETF CGGO a couple of months ago. So far, so good... ahead $115. I sent…
No, you didn't. There are very well written and comprehensive articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. But some expenditure is involved to access those sites.
The multi-discipline team approach has always been the norm at American Funds, where in our earlier risk-taking days we did very well. That concept always did appeal to me, particularly after reading so many posts here on MFO about other "star-manag…
Exactly. But Jack Smith's team #2 is putting together another case re the Jan 6th insurrection. That's going to take place in DC, whose jury pool might see things a bit differently. And, perking away in the background, is prosecutor Fani Willis, in …
Boneheadedness? Yeah, count me in too. Too many stupid things to even remember. I imagine all of us (with the possible exception of FD) have done dumb stuff from time to time.
Hard to know, but I would imagine that Judge Cannon is going to be very sensitive to not create the appearance of any favoritism after her rather severe slap-down by the conservative 11th Circuit appeals court the last time she was involved with Tru…
@dtconroe- You've provided an interesting background regarding FD. Always (well, usually, anyway) two or more sides to a situation. Thanks for the info.
So we've come to this: let's allow a couple of self-important brats to shut down entire threads by tolerating their ill-tempered juvenile behavior, which they have imported to MFO from other financial sites that banned them.
How about dealing with …
And here's another report on this from NPR:
Michigan's attorney general charges 16 people in fake elector scheme
Michigan's attorney general has announced charges against 16 people for serving as so-called fake electors following the 2020 president…
It's "difficult" because it's essentially the same thing as tolerating a few louts screaming and interrupting an otherwise calm and civil meeting just because they feel entitled to do that.
That conduct is similar to what we've now come to see …
