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From other news sources: Russia is denying everything, as would be expected, and so far all other major nations are observing a very interesting silence.
This from AP:
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova.
The strikes plunged much…
@sfnative- yes, we experienced that also. Because we are almost always up at Guerneville from Friday through Monday we chose Tuesday as our delivery day, but Amazon frequently delivered on Monday instead. We changed to Wednesday, and for whatever re…
@BenWP- Your suggestions take me back to the very early days of MFO- we had a special section dedicated to recommended reading. I was sorry to see that fall by the wayside.
There's absolutely no reason why this post couldn't be used as an ongoing "a…
"Imperfect vessel" is how the nuns and brothers classified me in grammar and high school. I've been seeking to perfect my vesseldom ever since, although not very energetically. At this point it doesn't seem likely that I'll ever come close. Oh well…
From the little that I've seen so far on Amazon it seems to be a general cut affecting many different areas of operation- from Alexa to retail. Here is a a short excerpt from a New York Times report:
In recent months, Amazon has also closed or pared…
See, this tulip that I'm holding is actually also a token... and one of the best tokens at that. And just look out there at my great big field, just full of tokens... and look at all the pretty colors!
You can have some of these... just fill out th…
Not much need to further discuss the man. He's made it very clear who he is and what he stands for. And the election results pretty well demonstrate that many Americans don't need more discussion.
@Crash said-
THAT is the way to do redistricting.
We adopted a similar procedure here in California some years ago. I'm very happy to keep the politicians the hell away from carving up the state to suit their interests. If an area is mostly Republic…
@Junkster- Yes sir, some of us are old enough to remember pre-Newt Gingrich when the two parties could frequently disagree about some proposition, but could sit there and beat each other up until they came to some compromise that neither one particu…
@Junkster- surely you don't spend your trading time in an effort to decrease your net worth. So if the objective is to increase your net worth, how is that not "investing"?
@Junkster- yes sir, I surely agree with DavidF. There's always room for insights from all aspects of investing, and "trading" surely qualifies. Don't be so skittish- I've enjoyed your contributions for many years.
Regards- OJ
Yes, all of the stuff in that article is highly probably accurate. Still, most of the accumulated information is broadly designed to allow advertising algorithms to target me. Target away... lord knows Amazon does, and occasionally they will in fact…
The only thing Google that I use is Google Earth, because there's nothing else like it. No Facebook, Twitter, or any other "social" operation other than, of course, MFO. Amazon knows all about much of the stuff that I buy, but they're welcome to tha…
Yes, the PK column today was very interesting. I really like his perspective on things financial. For some reason David's link won't work for me, but I subscribe to PK's column by email, so I'd already read it.
"a tipping point in rate expectations?"
That's got my vote. There's a massive number of older investors out there who have been starved for decent fixed income rates for many years now. They, like me, have been watching this interest rate environme…
@JD_co- thanks much for that info- I followed and did likewise:
• UBS Bank USA UT, Cusip 90348J7C8, 4.9%, 11/18/24
• UBS Bank USA UT, Cusip 90348J7D6, 4.95%, 11/17/25
OJ
In a nutshell: A short excerpt from David's link:
The Long 20th Century Comes to a Shuddering End
But mere rapid growth did not satisfy those of a right-wing temperament, who felt that a prosperity that was shared too equally was unfair and degradi…
Now that you mention it I recall taking a flyer in MJ a couple of years ago. Went in, kept it a month or so, did real good, got out. Haven't given it a thought since then.
