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Seeking opinions on Putnam's PPT closed-end fixed-income fund.

I had to start a new thread, it said the old thread was too old ... Has anyone recently run the calculation about a fair price differential between OSM and ISM ? I recall, a year or two ago, people seemed to think that OSM was worth about 40 cents more. I can't seem to reproduce that now -...

If you had occasion to be in a US Airways area of a major airport in the last 6 months or so, you no doubt saw many kiosks where folks were hawking a MasterCard that had a number of airline-related benefits, most notably a 25,000 frequent-flyer mile bonus upon the first charge to the card...

I've always (at least once I was clued in to do it, a long while back), left $2-3 for cleaners in a motel room, more if I got a late check-out or left the place unusually dirty. I'm wondering if the same thing is customary for the cleaners of a week-long vacation-house rental, and if so, how...

The Postal Service is busy thinking up new ways to screw people and reduce their quality of service. Two of these recently came to my attention and I report them here to save others misfortune: 1. Service windows at Post Offices have reduced hours. Mine closes now at 4:30pm instead of 5pm...

I wonder if this kind of thing is going to start happening more and more ... About a month ago, disgusted with my ATT DSL service, I signed up for EarthLink. When I called to cancel with ATT, they made nice (sidebar: it's pretty amazing what these companies will do when you threaten to...

So, I'm at a local boutique mall today, talking on my cell phone, feeling tired, and half lie down in the bench I'm sitting on. Mall security guy shows up, interrupts my conversation and asks me to sit up or stand up. I promptly comply. As he's walking away, I say on the phone "just some...

How concerned should holders of DJP be ? This is an "exchange traded note" (ETN) which follows a broad commodity index. As such, it is subject to credit risk on the issuing company. IIRC, this is Barclays. I seem to hear this name mentioned a lot these days ...

I work as a contractor (for my former employer), as a W-2 employee of a "professional services" agency. I've just finished a job. I don't know if they'll want me again in a month, or never again. It's hard to say, and I'm cool with it. But I have a 401K, with the last two year's...

I bought a printer from Hewlett-Packard about 9 months ago, the LaserJet P2015d. Problems from the get-go, then some months of trouble-free operation, then breakage and horrible customer service. Initial problems were print not dark enough. Lots of people report this, and apparently the...

Anybody ever had this happen ? For awhile, I've been noticing a nasty smell come out of my washing machine when the water starts flowing. I poured a cup or two of bleach in, filled the tub about 1/4 full, let it sit awhile, and then ran the rest of the cycle. Problem remains. I guess there...