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Here in Northern California several counties (Marin and Sonoma, to name two) have recently enacted moratoriums on short-term vacation rentals because the prevailing political wisdom is that short term rentals remove potential rental properties from …
We older folk well remember Bob Farrell from Louis Rukeyser's "Wall Street Week". He was of a serious demeanor, and well respected.
And yes, his ten rules are just as true today as they were then.
Good morning all. I obviously misspoke above when I said that "SCHD... So far, so good. No real track record as of yet." I meant that I personally don't have a real feel for SCHD as of yet. Of course the ETF has a decent track record. Sorry for the …
Exactly. I have argued for years (to absolutely no avail) that any equivalency between a modern automatic rapid fire gun and the guns considered by the framers of the second amendment is absolutely spurious. Unfortunately the "conservative" members …
"Citibank is offering a $700 bonus if you open a new checking account and keep $50K in the account for 60 days"
That sure beats JPMorgan Chase: They cancel your free safe deposit box if you keep $50k in your checking account for 60 days.
Well, I sure as hell wasn't. I'll have to concede that the Coast Guard did teach me how to handle an M1, though. And a whole lot of other good stuff, as well.
@BaluBalu- Yes sir, thanks for your response. You're quite right re the "make whole provision", which I've added to the above post.
Even with the premium, the return should be a bit less than 6%. It seems to me that the main exposure here is the po…
@BenWP- FWIW, I think that this certainly qualifies as a legitimate "Other Investing" topic. I suggest that you change the category, as the exposure here in "OT" is (unfortunately) minimal.
OJ
And this, from The Guardian:
The Uvalde shooting was the 27th school shooting this year, according to a tracker maintained by news organization Education Week.
The tracker reports 67 people killed or injured in school shootings, including 27 people…
There are a couple of inevitable responses to a mass shooting in America: funerals and fundraisers, prayers from politicians and the resurfacing of one particular article from satirical site The Onion.
"'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Whe…
Re: Boeing Bonds, Cusip 097023AS4 (per JohnN, above)
According to Schwab:
6.625%
Maturity: 02/15/2038
Not callable / Make Whole provision
Yield To Maturity: Bid: 5.988% Ask: 5.811%
BBB- (not BBB+, although I don't think that's a big deal)
Marku…
Yes, and very sadly, my exact words from ten days ago apply yet again:
Maybe we can expect a note from certain members of the Supreme Court explaining how the founders of this country stipulated how every 18-year old was to be given the means to sh…
In any case, I really don't understand why this post was moved from the "Off-Topic" section to the Financial section. It was a bit weird even there- it seems totally out of place over here.
Unfortunately Morgan seems to have the only safe deposit boxes in the neighborhood other than possibly BofA, which is just as bad if not worse.
If First Republic can set up an automatic monthly "pull" for the amount of the SS & pension deposits…
Yes, I've been reading that in the NY Times. It's an unusual and interesting perspective. While I can easily believe that the "reparations" background has historically drained a huge financial potential from Haiti, I have to tell you that I also hav…
Thanks for that @Derf- damned good advice. As I was writing about this I wondered if another bank, First Republic for instance, could set up an automatic cash transfer each month from JP Morgan. If they can do that, I can just leave things the way t…
@msf- Hello there. How interesting that you mentioned the Home Savings / WaMu / JPMorgan Chase transition: there is a large building exactly one block from our home which has in fact housed two of our checking and savings accounts through all three…
I have to comment (well, I don't really have to, but it's a figure of speech) that while I don't use TRP, VG or Fidelity my impression from absorbing extensive MFO commentary over the last year or so is that Fidelity is the way to go. We use Schwab …
"While he is insured, he is having great difficulty..."
"the premimum zooooomed. I thought a metal roof should have lowered my cost due to better fire protection. "
Yeah- never give a sucker an even break... from my life experiences I feel that al…
You know, I can sort of understand a pilot committing suicide by crashing a plane into a mountain. But why on earth would they want to take a planeload of innocent passengers and fellow crew members with them?
You really can't predict the eventual evolution of things like this. Something like fuel cells may actually win out in the end- an amalgam of current electric propulsion and control technology with an as yet to be perfected energy source. There are …
