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My son did a summer volunteer internship with his pediatrician a number of years back, Jason my son wants to be a Vet. You know what his pediatrician said? "Do it Jason" "my pay isn't that great and my hours are long, malpractice insurance rates are high and the stress is awesome". Time to go to Australia, Jason's pediatrician.
The next "spruce goose"
Maybe so Nick, may be not. I can't really say. I only see it here.
...and the richest are the only ones that can afford our best health care.
trkyhntr Member Level Tuesday, 02/05/19 09:47:39 AM
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Wait a minute. You broached the topic. Shame on you. But if you insist upon being a jerk, have at it. I only have two posters on ignore. YOu are now one of them.
Name calling. How about affixing it to where it began instead of my response.
That's Capitalism ! Not that I agree with most politicians about anything they come up with.
He started it. His name calling resulted in my response Nick. Put the blame where it belongs.
Name calling ? You piece of sgit. Don't push me you fckin little turd.
Most likely not. I don't know who exactly you're referring to, but my take is all politicians are on the wrong side of the table. And shame on you for talking politics here.
At least until we get a sane "president" in the White house and a rational energy policy. I see this as a bump in the road for hybrids and electrics, Court.
The new tRUMPmobile.
Gasoline is too inexpensive right now for electrics and hybrids to be relevant. Except to those that have a global view and can rationalize the fuel savings over the cost. (Cost/benefit).
Now, I have solar power on my house and I still don't have an electric. Would love to buy a Tesla 3. But have already committed to buying from a friend a 2016 Nissan Sentra off lease for $13,000 and change. Way below what I'd wind up spending even with the fuel savings from a Tesla. The vehicle has some 16,000 miles on it and there's no getting around the fact that it's been babied and garaged.
I'll still be keeping my '16 Subaru Forester, '08 Hyundai Elantra and my '07 Honda Odyssey.
The Forester gets just as good gas mileage if not better than the Elantra, and my Honda gets around town between 14-18 MPG. Not proud of that, but I do a lot of work around the house and need a minivan. On highway trips it's good for around 28MPG.
I think all those Ram and F150 boys are full of themselves and just need to get layed more often, either that or they need a larger appendage if you kinow what I mean.
"Classic"
Especially if you're a robot.
Took many shares off dividend reinvesting since they are costing me way more money than my original purchase price.
Still keeping on dividend reinvesting- EQH, HPT, HST, IBM, KNOP, NYCB, SBRA, T.
Removed from dividend reinvesting- EPD, HT, NRZ, PFE, STWD, MA, NFBK, BP, WMT.
There's been mention made about APPL or some other acquiring NFLX. Music to my ears.
I'm still holding NIO, Chinese electric/hybrid car manufacturer.
The low end Tesla model 3 starts at $36,000 with the federal government rebate Court.
The model 3 is a beautiful automobile. The sportier version, not the highest end is quite impressive. The 3 versions, an "economy" version a sportier version and the "luxury version" are all very nice.
Unfortunately, come June our "forward thinking" government is halving the rebates.
Maybe they'll provide rebates for coal fueled vehicles in the future.
Hi Elroy,
Kindly always post a link to the article or articles that you cite. Thanks
"Wherein they reside" is the fundamental tell. These folks don't reside in any state if they're deported.
There are also legal challenges that could be made regarding whether they actually have a residence to reside in seeing as though most if not all are on "vacation". Mother on vacation, unborn baby and born baby on vacation too.
Now if they came into the U.S. specifically to have a child and to provide citizenship to that child I'd say the challenge would be sustainable based upon the parents intent to defraud.
The response to slavery and its abolishment as ratified into the constitution was and has been upheld as a response to the enslavement of mostly blacks from Africa at a time when this country was on the wrong side of history endorsing slavery.
Thankfully its usefulness has come to an end. We might want to revisit that amendment. I hope never to see a constitutional convention though the Koch brothers sure do want one to change the very nature and basis of the constitution and face of this nation. That would be a disaster. Count me out then. I'd be messaging from Canada. Much to the delight of my neighbors.
Elroy_ This is why we have to end citizenship by birth.
I don't believe that T is a long term hold at this point and will be adjusting my holdings accordingly in the future
Nick- The fed will not tighten. The markets will trade within this range for the foreseeable future.
Insipid? I'll have to look that one up to figure how that applies. T is an old line communications company much like IBM is an old line computer hardware company. The same way GM and Ford are still old line internal combustion automobile manufacturers. There's something to be said for T's attempt at opening up it's services to include entertainment production and distribution.
Direct TV is a high priced bust that T executives responsible for purchasing should be lined up and shot. That said. I'd hate to see a U.S. company such as T or IBM or GM or a raft of other old line companies fall by the wayside like polaroid or Kodak or GE.
From an investment perspective, there'll be a whole lot of widows and orphans crying into their bedding if that ever were to occur.( I'd probably join them ) As moribund as T is, it still has a host of attributes that make it a worthwhile concern. In my opinion. As long as it continues to pay out its hefty dividend.
Yes, earnings have been eh with this. The feds will continue to single T out for anti trust issues mainly because tRUMP doesn't like T, because T wants to own TWX ( a liberal Jewish media company from NYC- the whole Jewish media conspiracy thing going on) and TWX owns CNN which tRUMP hates because he doesn't like to hear the truth of things.
So many other companies have run the gamut buying this property or that property , even T-Mobile and Sprint have a thing. No anti trust juice there though. Only T.
I've said before that I believe politics have a direct impact on the markets. I believe this is a prime example of politics run amok on one stock in particular.
Enough said about politics...
P.S.- What ever happened to Elena and Greg ?
OK Nick, Yes that's what we're speaking of. T. That infamous brick.... $28, got it. So your add target hasn't changed.
I can think of other stocks to be euphoric about Elroy, not GE. But then again, no one expects the Spanish inquisition.
Not according to my read Nick. Any dividend over 4% is good in my book.
Speaking of dividends: T had another crap quarter. I'm still into it though
with a minor unrealized profit.
I'd like to cost average this puppy to eventually lighten up on it after a few more quarters of hefty dividends.
So Nick where would a good entry point be now for this doggie ?
Thank God for that !
Elroy, stop telling the truth. You'll get in to trouble with some here that don't want to hear it. I did as you'll recall.
Precipitated further by unfriendly tax law changes to real estate.
2.05% dividend isn't too encouraging Nick.
Yes, lowering home prices will occur reducing disposable income creating a glut on the housing market and slower economy, resulting in the markets negatively reflecting that.
The make whole call provision is an important option, Nick.
a Million or so of fellow Americans aren't filing for unemployment benefits. They're employed. They're just not getting paid.
Whats clear Court is that interest rates having gone up are dampening home buying. Add to that the decision to reduce the federal tax benefit of mortgage interest and local and state taxes will bode poorly for many.
Nice one Elroy. Better safe than sorry, unless you're sorry you sold too quickly as inexorably the stock goes up after selling. My mantra.
Sell now or another 7 years of bad luck.
So what was your percentage return there Elroy ?
Analysts a while ago upgraded WMT price target after reducing it previously.
Me too, and I do. But not from WMT. I'm not much of a trader these days Nick. This is one of my least yielding holdings. Still better than money markets, CD's, bank accounts and most short term bonds. The best bond offering I'm finding these days is 3.06% on a 6 month corporate.
Have any other suggestions? That whole convertible preferred stock thing perplexes me.
I didn't. Just curious about your take on analyst upgrades and strength in the share price. Getting 3.3% on the stock to hold, so it's not too bad for me.
It's going to hurt most suppliers and retailers including and especially WMT and Amazon. Dollar stores are going to change their name to Five Dollar Stores.
Hey everyone gets what they wanted. Except they didn't realize they didn't really want it this way.
My philosophy being a union electrician with pension from NYC and IBEW is: (upon coming to this philosophy in the early 80's) "If you can't beat 'em join 'em." That being, it was clear to me that we were going to lose on most fronts against foreign competition and the ones that did win weren't going to be unionized. My answer, invest.