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"SWR (which is type of payout...that hopefully last a lifetime) should have in it's SWR methodology considerations for performance ( in both up and down markets)."
I'm surely not math gifted but how could that could be done? How could a Safe Withd…
It's very seldom that my personal feelings / instincts are validated by serious leadership of any type. But I have to tell you that General Petreaus echoed my thoughts virtually word-for-word.
Like so much else in financial commentary various actors pick and choose whatever they need to "prove" whatever point that they're trying to make. Nothing new here.
And now there's this possibility. Can you begin to imagine the effects on the financial markets?
Vladimir Putin’s latest frightening gambit lies at the bottom of the ocean
"Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence... three times, it’s enemy actio…
Yeah, I had read that WPo commentary. For the life of me I can't figure out why Fox, Trump, or any public figure would suck up to Russia and Putin. What the hell's in it for them? Why aren't they being loudly called out as Commie simps? If there wer…
"I always admired the old guys of those days who nailed the peak and had a nice cash flow for many years."
Yes, We did very well during that period. I hope that you are able to do the same.
"I appreciate the link and just completely missed it."
@msf & @hank- on my screen at least, it's frequently very difficult to clearly see the text differentiation for links. That's why I use the "underline text" for links in my posts, so that t…
Most assets are showing losses.
We've all been through this sort of thing before. This time is no different, other than consideration of the extraordinary energy factors which we've discussed in other threads, and which will surely make European in…
@Mark- I'm not sure that she actually differentiates dinner table rants from the other kinds of my rants. They all have a certain degree of continuity. She really appreciates MFO because when I'm busy here my ranting is at a minimum.
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@yogibearbull-
This is total speculation, but I have to wonder if Russia may not be responsible for this. They had already shut off the gas supply, but retained the "carrot" of possibly restoring delivery. Now, that ability has been removed- Russia…
This is total speculation, but I have to wonder if Russia may not be responsible for this. They had already shut off the gas supply, but retained the possibility of restoring delivery. Now, that ability has been removed- Russia no longer has control…
Fears of sabotage as gas pours into Baltic from Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines
Seismologists detect spikes in undersea activity, possibly indicating explosions, amid three simultaneous leaks
A current report from The Guardian
Following are excer…
I'm well aware of the general situation with Bolsonaro in Brazil, but to be truthful, there's so much other truly awful stuff going on that that's really far down on my list of things to worry about. So he cuts down the Amazon forest... the way thin…
The affected camera is, I believe, designed to operate in four different modes. The problem seems to be in the mechanism that controls switching between those modes. In a worst-case situation they could likely place the camera in the mode deemed mos…
@Anna- You're spot on. For years I've ranted at the dinner table that our parent's generation built United States infrastructure, and now we can't even maintain it properly, never mind add to it.
Following up on the prospect that Europe is in serious difficulty and the possibility that "this time it may be different", here's an overview on the world economy from this morning's Wall Street Journal.
Russia’s War in Ukraine to Cost Global Econ…
I'm wondering if the employment/unemployment picture is becoming fragmented. There are many reports of large layoffs in businesses and financial operations which are large-scale operations. But, as Crash mentions, not so much in smaller local busine…
@Crash- BART has very significant issues (remember when "issues" were called "problems"?) with financing and general system maintenance. In the last couple of years there has been a growing chorus of complaints regarding cleanliness and safety (safe…
Would it grieve anyone here to think all of that past performance is meaningless and no guarantee of future results?
I guess that what I'm saying, to put it in technical financial terminology, is that with all of the crap going on right now this t…
Also on this general subject:
Factory Jobs Are Booming Like It’s the 1970s-
U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a rebound, with companies adding workers amid high consumer demand for products.
Following are excerpts, severely edited for brevity, …
And, with respect to energy, I just came across this:
Leading economies sliding into recession as Ukraine war cuts growth –
Impact of energy and inflation crises worse than forecast, with Europe most directly exposed to fallout of Russian invasio…
"foreign stock investors will be rewarded in the future"
Depends a lot on a factor not previously present: energy sources. Even after Russia/Ukraine situation reaches end game, energy will never resume it's previous supply configuration. No one wil…
Evidently it's an electro-mechanical friction problem in the apparatus which is used to switch one of the main cameras between various operating modes. That sort of thing doesn't sound like it would be easily "fixable" by software manipulation. I've…
@Crash- Your comment suggesting that the Post Office is early in re-instituting holiday rates isn't warranted. Because of DeJoy's slowdown of deliveries, people need to start right about now if they want their Christmas packages to arrive in time.
"to be a dipper at these prices or get a few bucks interest"
@Derf- seems to me that once an avalanche starts rolling it's best to stay out of the way until it reaches the bottom.
@AndyJ- I just noticed this closing section on a Washington Post article- it kind of speaks to your earlier question-
As with Trump’s claims on declassification, Trump’s lawyers are forced to choose between bad options. They can try to echo their cl…
