I just cannot stand Tom Friedman (or Ezra Klein). Remember when Friedman was pushing this wonderful company called Enron? I think it was in ‘The Lexus and the Olive Tree’. Admittedly, an enjoyable book. But he never even added a note or revised it after Enron went down.

That’s a lotta Trump books.

I bought a slug of the 4.75000% 05/15/2055 in the last auction. Acquisition yield: 4.819%. I wager: Sometime between now and 2055, yields will go lower and I'll make a nice profit. OR If not, I'll HODL them as I'll need at least this much cash in 2055 Excellent. Well, I’ll need cash in 2055 to keep...

Ordered some bonds at auction yesterday.
The indicative yield was above 5%

Great piece on this over the weekend by Cullen Roche: “ … I can only assume there’s some political angle to all of this … So, this just looks like a big nothingburger to me." https://disciplinefunds.com/2025/05/17/three-things-downgrading-the-weekend/ Here’s a nice succinct version: IMG_9814.j...

I think Seajay’s nipples just got hard.

Last year, as we went live with a project in Germany, all attacks came from Russia. Off: Just 6 months before the suggested date of Bulgaria joining the EURO area, our president decided its good to have a referendum against accepting the EUR currency, nice, ah. Russian hands are long, very long. Ye...

Nice! Wow, they’re up to M4 already? I am out of the loop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_loris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowloris_(cyber_attack)

Gold falling sharply. I’d be inclined to buy more when it gets below 3000. Obviously more of a psychological threshold than a rebalancing band.

4.947% and counting

I wonder why retirement accounts are called superannuation accounts in Australia.
Superannuation just means “over one year.”

I think you’re on to something, Smithers.

ochotona wrote: ↑Mon May 12, 2025 1:50 pm Indians lured to war in Ukraine by Russia under pretense of job opportunities

Bizarre. Usually, the impoverished are lured into the sex traffic trade.
Apparently, this happened before the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir.

Well, I don’t want to wait another 12 months.

Over at Hoglebeds, I was surprised to see Lawrence of Suburbia, a poster I like, declare nearly half of his holdings are in PRPFX.

https://bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=455090

Well it’s happened again. This time they went after a 71-year old pensioner who posted a clip someone filmed of a sermon in a mosque about stoning people to death.. Ultimately released, but he spent the weekend in jail and his devices were seized for two months. One officer can be heard on bodycam f...

Xan wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 2:13 pm

Mountaineer wrote:Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Psalm 146:3

Mountaineer, I'm pretty sure that's a son of man, not the son of man.

I definitely don’t trust Harry.

They’re clearly both investments, no matter what anyone argues.

I hope not. Ireland needs fixing.

Xan wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 8:38 pm Some men just want to watch the world burn.

Felt like a quote, but I had to look it up.

Thank you, Xan, for your hard work and time put in.

I wonder what they want with a little forum.

Hi there
Should we call you LC or ….?

Mori Kansai, 19th Cent.