The top three countries of origin are Mexico, India and China.
Immigrants are important, but you’re right. I do wish we could be more selective. Friendlier tham Trump, but more discriminating than Merkel.

It makes me sick when it ends up with the US "liberating" another far-off country, with huge concomitant civilian casualties, when it's really just about making more money for the MIC. We don't have to be the world's policeman. It seems to be a job for which we volunteered. You sound like...

That Russia tried to influence the US election may have been news for about 30 days after November of 2016. That it remains news today in April of 2018 is because of the yachts for CEOs. I agree, partially. The other half is because Trump is a polarizing figure. He knows how to stay in the news, go...

The new yacht is just a by-product. It's not cool, but Russia's antics are news.

stuper, WiseOne, I was thinking more about Russia in general, and I'm not saying that their mere hacking or Facebook bot campaign is so evil. Yes we (the U.S. gov't) have done some terrible things. We keep despots in power until they no longer serve our needs. We all know it. But, we are still the b...

stuper1 wrote: That is just reasonable behavior on the Russians part. More power to them is what I say.

That’s like saying more power to Satan.

My favorite quote of the week: And the president’s adding to the sort of annals of American presidential rhetoric this week, along with malice toward none and charity toward all, and the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, to a weak and untruthful slimeball is what he’s called James Comey. - ...

Don’t forget the the not so much radical but dangerous pragmatic Persians: Iran.

WASHINGTON—The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday his panel would take up a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being dismissed without cause, the first major congressional action designed to protect the integrity of the criminal investigation into ...

ochotona wrote:Schwab just published a note to clients suggesting as much as 9% of a portfolio could be devoted to gold. I've never heard that from them before.

Did they give a reason for that (maximum) percentage?

I was just going to ask how you're feeling about the ongoing investigation, and here you are!

I don't have enough cash in taxable space to buy physical gold yet, but I'm planning on buying it from a brick and mortar place for privacy. I imagine I can walk in, buy a coin with cash and walk out without them knowing anything about me, right? I think that's true, at least until an ounce is more...

^ Hmm, I wonder if I missed my chance. ^
Short-term thinking, I know.

ochotona wrote:It's quiet here... Maybe TOO quiet...

It's just been too crazy. I think people are tired of screaming.

Just thought I'd pass this along... I put in an order with Kitco on Monday and wired $ the same day. Coins were shipped Tuesday and arrived via UPS on Wednesday even though I didn't pay for expedited shipping. Ten coins at $1,312 each. Insurance was $52.48 & the wire fee was $30. Price above sp...

I will do that soon. Thank you!

barrett wrote:Anyone putting in buy orders this afternoon?

Every week. (US$500 only)

30 March 2018 MARKETS Safe Haven Assets Are Moving Strangely: Why That Should Worry Investors Turbulent markets roil gold, U.S. Treasurys alongside stocks The dollar has crept higher recently and the Japanese yen has also climbed, which is typical when investors are looking to unwind risk. But other...

Thank you, I.L.M. I was talking about this with a former member of this forum. I did google & find one person on reddit who had the same problem, 9 words instead of 12. So, I guess I never lost the 3 words. Seems to be an error on the part of those who issued me the password. In other words, the...

Well, Tesla has seen better days. I wish them the best, but am very glad to be out of the stock.

It looks like VSBSX has an expense ratio of .07%. I THINK that more or less offsets any hit you take by buying smaller lots of T-Bills. For example, when I bought some bills at Fidelity recently, the "list price" in their one-year bill area was 2.13%, but when I hit "depth of book&qu...

Tyler wrote:I always pictured this.

https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTAzMV ... ALL-_1.jpg

Actually, you know what? That's it.
Never mind what I wrote above.

I'd been buying 1 year bills for years, but I've been switching to VGSH (Vanguard's 1-3 year Treasury ETF) as they mature. I found the yields on bills with an acceptable minimum buy amount is too low to be worth the hassle anymore. I started doing the same thing (VSBSX, the equivalent of VGSH) when...

ochotona wrote:Sophie, do you pay short term capital gains tax on 1 year zeroes?

Tax trickery with short term treasuries (by Sophie)
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Have you heard of this before? Seems crazy to me. thousands of teachers had their grants taken away and converted to loans, sometimes for minor errors in paperwork. That's despite the fact they were meeting the program's teaching requirements. https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/28/596162853/dep...