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This is kind of beating that poor old dead horse (yet again) but all of this stuff totally depends upon one's age, needs, and resources. I played the game for many years: stocks, stock funds (of many areas and types), bonds, bond funds, Mmkt funds, …
None in particular that I'm aware of. She is noted for being the only congressional member who voted against military action after 911, but considering how that was mishandled, maybe she was prescient.
I just don't hold with high political offices …
As I said... "But Newsom and the Sacramento mafia will probably go for woke politics rather than competency."
"Race and genitalia"... if that ain't "woke" you tell me what it is.
"I have to figure out how to post charts here."
Note that the examples posted above are not for the "chart" in D_co's article, but rather one of the graphs, which do in fact have a "built-in" link.
The "chart" has no such link, and because of that…
A personal note regarding Dianne Feinstein-
When she was our mayor, a local car agency donated (lent) a new Cadillac to the Mayor's office every year. Dianne had a real interest in SF public safety, and liked to monitor all of our police and fire r…
Hi there Mark- yes sir, she would get my vote too. But Newsom and the Sacramento mafia will probably go for woke politics rather than competency. Speaking of our ultra left wing folks, I was very pleased to see AOC yesterday making a decisive attack…
You guys have me totally confused, yet again. (It doesn't take much, these days.) If the article being referred to is the "Reuters: “How A Massive Options Trade by a JP Morgan Fund Can Move Markets” article on Yahoo, wasn't that published on Thursd…
"I have to figure out how to post charts here"
@JD_co- Well, that isn't particularly easy for a chart like the one at your link. Probably the easiest way for something like that is to take a screen shot on your computer, upload that to a free inter…
Yes, actually we did something like that back in the 70s. Inflation was roaring, and I bought a couple of callable municipal bonds out of Salt Lake, to build an electric power generating facility, paying around 14%. (Figured that I could trust the M…
@DavidV- FWIW I always specify non-callable. How can we rely on callable? Usually callable only pays a small amount more than non-callable- is it worth that small amount to gamble?
From some of the above observations and comments it seems worth noting that in the not too distant future the application of advanced AI to processes such as robo-advisors may make a major difference in their construction and performance.
@Observant1- In the many years that I've been with MFO I've never seen anyone present such complete, detailed and interesting information with respect to a retirement plan that was recommended by a financial firm. Nice job! It should be useful to ot…
