That's it. 0011 a.k.a. VUSXX I had recently abandoned it (leaving a small piece in) to buy my own T-Bills but right now I'll just take the convenience. Note that you cannot use this as your settlement fund. So far, when I sell shares I see the money in my settlement fund the next day. I just spent ...

That's it. 0011 a.k.a. VUSXX I had recently abandoned it (leaving a small piece in) to buy my own T-Bills but right now I'll just take the convenience. Note that you cannot use this as your settlement fund. So far, when I sell shares I see the money in my settlement fund the next day. I just spent ...

I did move all of my muni bonds and prime mm into treasury mm this morning. Just because. Which specific fund did you go into it? The symbol for it? Your message here I prompting me to want to do the same right now. Not happy that when I called Vanguard I got busy signals three straight calls in a ...

I did move all of my muni bonds and prime mm into treasury mm this morning. Just because. Which specific fund did you go into it? The symbol for it? Your message here I prompting me to want to do the same right now. Not happy that when I called Vanguard I got busy signals three straight calls in a ...

I just called Vanguard three times in a row and EACH time got a busy signal! Why was I not put in some form of phone line, waiting for someone to take my call?

Vinny

The last time I saw a live comedian perform was around 1987. Vinny heckles comedians —> stock market crashes Now that you make me think about it more it was at our company's Christmas Party either December 1986 or December 1985. I left that company the month before the 1987 one day market crash as ...

Schools are shut down where I live, as in most other places. Today, driving by the basketball courts, I happened to look to my right and see roughly 200 kids playing basketball. Many will then go home, where their grandparents are watching them while their parents are at work. Seems like a good mov...

My employer has closed all stores for 2 weeks officially starting today. All non-essential people at head office are to be working from home too. Basically just a skeleton crew. I’m resisting the urge to add Coronavirus jokes to my next stand up set. EVERY comedian is doing it, and apparently audie...

https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2020/03/15/covid-19-case-report-3-15-2020.pdf It's now hit 2 counties in all of western Massachusetts with the addition of one case in the county two counties to the south of me. My friend had told me via email this morning about that one case. Seems like it occu...

I hope to be a father one day. I want to be married by the time I'm 40 -- currently 31. And I want to have children shortly after. If that's your plan, and if you want your children to share your DNA, then I hope you plan to marry a woman at least several years younger than yourself :) Seriously......

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/15/nation/baker-closes-all-mass-schools-announces-restaurant-restrictions-bans-gatherings-over-25-people/?fbclid=IwAR1eAu9abyakRDiz7ZQmuVrf-xUFp9BQrHTRUewDK8xg-3mUtOYx7VCXxAU Baker closes all Mass. schools, announces restaurant restrictions, bans gatherings over 2...

My employer has closed all stores for 2 weeks officially starting today. All non-essential people at head office are to be working from home too. Basically just a skeleton crew. I’m resisting the urge to add Coronavirus jokes to my next stand up set. EVERY comedian is doing it, and apparently audie...

I think we need to bear in mind that the official numbers of persons infected are probably only a half step removed from pure fantasy The US might as well be a third world country with the numbers tested as a percentage of the population. The ugly truth is we haven't a clue how many are infected ex...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:18 pm (Ans. for question in stock scream thread)
Russia has 59 cases that they admit to.
Who knows, really.

That would be less than what has been generated by that one "Biogen" conference in Massachusetts!

Vinny

^this. I could be a nice guy and close my office for 2 weeks while paying the staff not to work while there is zero revenue being generated. But if this drags on for 2 months? The county still expects full payment of real estate taxes. Rent still due. If no money is coming in, unless the government...

Calm down guys. There are preparations being made here that did not occur in Italy, and they are happening at the local, state, and federal level. Hospitals in NYC (including mine) have already done things like cancel elective admissions, stock/conserve critical supplies, and add ICU beds, NYU Tisc...

I've been in Mexico all week. Just getting back. It's as if nothing had changed down there. Business as usual. Will staying home for 3 days, or 14 for that matter, make any difference after going thru the airport? Is everyone just planning to stay home for the next 2 weeks, or only those over 70? T...

I've heard it said that the issue with the equity markets right now is that we all know there is and will be a shock to the earnings of most (nearly all) companies. The problem is we don't know how severe it will be, we don't know how long it will last, we don't know what the government will do to ...

You may be right. I don't have the answer to that question. But whatever they can contribute will help at least a little. I also expect that the interstate highway system will be restricted to essential freight , truck drivers to be conscripted for such freight, and speed limits on the interstates ...

That's an interesting thought, though I'm not sure the conclusion is obvious. Around here, many who are hourly/can't do their jobs remotely are being paid to simply not work. Those who can work from home are, and those who can't are just told to stay home, but the companies are still paying them (w...

For a long time there has been discussion about the "Digital Divide" in our country. I believe, though, that most of its focus has been on its impact on the education on children? During this time of National Emergency is it now being extended to adults? Those who can stay home and get the...

I don't want to frighten people more than necessary, but there's one preparation that people don't seem to be taking seriously enough. The health care systems in the developed world are about to be hit by an avalanche of very ill people that will leave it powerless to handle even ordinarily minor i...

With the reduced travel and traffic, I would think freight moves faster on the highways these days anyway. Is relaxing those protections actually required? Unless they get rid of the speed limits, I wouldn't think that the marginal throughput improvement from lower traffic help very much. Also, if ...

I've been in Mexico all week. Just getting back. It's as if nothing had changed down there. Business as usual. Will staying home for 3 days, or 14 for that matter, make any difference after going thru the airport? Is everyone just planning to stay home for the next 2 weeks, or only those over 70? I...

With the reduced travel and traffic, I would think freight moves faster on the highways these days anyway. Is relaxing those protections actually required? Unless they get rid of the speed limits, I wouldn't think that the marginal throughput improvement from lower traffic help very much. Also, if ...