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This is news to me so thanks for the information.
I agree that I Bonds are great places to park cash and they really fly under the radar.

This is about right:
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd050599s.gif

<t>Jacob--I recall in the ERE book it mentions the need to break barriers and getting a PhD as an example. Granted, it has been a while since I read it. Of course, advice can change.<br/> akratic--Enjoying this thread. I'm slowing getting over my gold reluctance and researching PP in depth.<br/> Bro...

Can I just say, those are some of the nicest visuals I have seen in terms of graphing data. Do you use Google Docs or Excel?

<t>It is a site that buys back old electronic items. Other similar sites include Gazelle.com and NextWorth.com.<br/> I recently sent something in and they just arbitrarily gave me just 2/3 of the quoted value. No explanation. Just a check for a lesser amount.<br/> In contrast, I have used Gazelle a ...

<t>In that scenario, has anyone really won? For lenders not to care about outstanding debt obligations, that means we are pretty much at TEOTWAWKI. Sounds like a blast having a discharged iPad, a huge empty house that is impossible to heat without electricity/gas, 3 cars sitting on empty, and 3 HDTV...

<t>Stop loss for NLY triggered for me as well. I was too busy Friday to repurchase so double uggh for me.<br/> After this, I'm pretty much done with trailing stop losses (was leaning this ways anyways). I'm primarily invested in dividend stocks with a long-record of stability--so a stop loss doesn't...

<r>The one I use is Home Repair from Black & Decker: <URL url="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79390.The_Complete_Photo_Guide_to_Home_Repair"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7939 ... ome_Repair">http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79390.The_Complete_Photo_Guide_to_Home_Repa...

<t>"I still don't understand why some of you guys think that cutting away excess consumerism will eliminate key technologies."<br/> One of the most important insights on this thread.<br/> Reminds me of Kuhn's thesis in Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Important knowledge, insights, innovations, ...

<t>I'm in the camp that you really cannot predict with reasonable certainty what is going to happen if we have a catastrophic event--so excessive efforts at preparation are not likely cost effective. (That being said, I fully admit to reading "survival" books--although, more for consumption value th...

Ran across this at Amazon:

https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome
Not really familiar with it and haven't spent a lot of time looking into it but I'm curious if there are folks on the forum who have knowledge of this.

<t>As George says, you can calibrate your stop loss to be a bit tighter this month and the next.<br/> As for QE2, I get the sense that some/many think it is keeping stocks afloat--so the end of June will be an important benchmark.<br/> Another approach is to scale off some of your positions that hav...

George - To echo B, I find your posts very informative and I appreciate your willingness to share your results. Schwartz's site is full of insightful information.

<t>To reiterate mikeBOS's point, my mom is routinely rated the best employee at her place of work but recently when she didn't call everyday she was out of town and not at work (even though she had put in the request a month before and told the assistant manager before leaving), her manager told her...

@S Very cool. Savannah remains this great landscape in my mind since I left there when I was around 10 (and I haven't been back since). I'm looking forward to visiting again.

My understanding of a Vanguard brokerage account is that there are no brokerage fees for trading Vanguard ETFs (unless you trade very frequently). There is, however, a $20 maintenance fee (for assets below $50,000).

Thanks Jacob. It wouldn't hurt to give Vanguard or Fidelity a call to see if they are willing to pay the transfer fee. This would be the cleanest method.
Otherwise, I might just cash out of TDA to avoid the fee.

<t>I'm looking to transfer a Roth IRA account from TDAmeritrade to Fidelity or Vanguard. TD charges a $75 transfer fee. To avoid the fee, I am thinking of selling all my positions in TD and then asking for a check sent directly to me. I can then close TD without paying the transfer fee (unless there...

<t>I think a second book would be perceived by the general public as a positive signal that this author/philosophy/lifestyle is successful or can lead to success. The logic would be: otherwise, who would invest in the time and money to do another book (i.e., it is not a cheap signal to make). This i...

<t>As a follow up, the Amex Fidelity card is issued through Bank of America. While it uses the Amex network, BoA handles the customer service, dispute resolution, extended warranties, etc. From what I can tell (haven't really digged that deep) there are no "on paper" differences between Amex Blue an...