Recent content by robjr100

Hey gang. :coolsmiley: Looking for some ideas here.I`d like to spend sometime in sunny Florida in the winter. I`m open to almost any area of Florida as long as it`s safe and not to far our in the sticks. I`m thinking the top price I`d want to pay is around $2500 a month. I was thinking maybe...

The lobbyists might be having a tough time dressing this one up.Putting lipstick on a pig might be prove a bit difficult.

There is a part in one of these videos where they talk about making a simple transaction very complicated so their fees can be hidden.

I don`t really know.Maybe I`ll try to track it everyday for a few weeks to get a better understanding of it`s movements.With a average daily volume over 50 million shares I imagine things might be a little complex.

It was Fidelity for a very long time.About a year ago BlackRock took over. They seem to fly under the radar in spite of being the largest investment management corporation in the world.

Thanks for that input. Are there any financial firms that are more user friendly that I could move to with IRA after retirement?

401k Fees This is a few years old but the videos explain how 401k investment firms can operate. Scroll down 401k Retirement It`s great that they may have to be more transparent but will it really change anything?

Honestly I think this is alot of double speak to skim off the top of each account.

Fees – The Company pays all fees associated with the Ford Stock Fund. Unit price and returns will vary. Category: Company Stock What it is: Essentially an investment that approximates an investment in Ford Motor Company common stock. It is neither a mutual fund nor a diversified investment...

I didn`t say anything about my employer.What I did say much legislation is written by the lobbyists who work for the outfits who are supposed be policed.So can you trust anything that congress gives you? Take this Dodd Frank Bill that was written to protect the financial system from the...

I knew this is coming.Somehow I have very little faith in anything congress gives us.New regulations always seem to be written by the lobbyists working for the people who are suppose to be policed. Thanks

I`ve been taking my ending day balance and dividing it by the closing price and as the days go on my total shares seem to decrease.Example.About 10 days ago or so I had 5000 shares.Today I do that same math and I get 4990 shares.Regardless if it`s units or shares I believe the total value...

I turn 56 on May 30th and on May 31,2012 I will retire with 35.5 years of service. Happy Birthday too me!

I think they want to remove the fact that Social Security funds itself.It will make it easier to slash benefits that way. They also want to get around the 4 or 5 trillion dollar surplus that has vanished and turned into IOUs. Something else that get`s my goat is how they call it a "payroll tax...

So you`re saying insurance companies rely on interest bearing accounts to keep their premiums lower? I`ll have to throw that one by my insurance agent.