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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.

This hurts the pension funds also and their income related investments.

Future of Social Security Future of Social Security - C-SPAN Video Library C-SPAN | Washington Journal Barbara Kennelly talked about the current state of social security benefits and the future of the program. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Go to the...

Flag this message Social Security Cuts Eyed by Deficit Commission ‘Especially Painful This is from a AFL-CIO web site. AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Social Security Cuts Eyed by Deficit Commission ‘Especially Painful,’ Report Finds Next month, Social Security, one of the nation’s most successful and...

Move Your Money I`ve been with a credit union for over 30 years.I`ll never do business with a big bank if at all possible after the flim flam game they pulled the last decade. YouTube - MOVE YOUR MONEY

You make it sound so complicated She can hear fine when the TV is up real loud.So I have to think some amplification might do the do the trick.Pretty simple. I see some of these hearing aids at thousands of dollars which seems pretty absurd.

My 83 year old mother`s hearing is pretty bad.Does anyone know of a decent priced hearing aid that works reasonably well? Thanks

Taxes Taxes Taxes We pay enough taxes already.Why should the citizens always have to be responsible for the idiots in Washington DC? The useless wars,bailing out wall street and the bankers.It`s seems they`ve looted social security which was never their money to spend in the first place.Let`s...

Flim Flam Artists It`s amazing how the government can`t get anything right.Just by accident right? It looks like they`ve looted social security.Get ready for that to be slashed. These criminals will be stealing our pensions,401ks and IRAs before it`s over. Of course let`s not forget to tax us...

It looks as though I have nothing to worry about then.Thank you all for your help. Now if the criminals in Washington DC would just stop looting social security and the treasury things might look better.We may be a day late and a dollar short for that.

I can find the social security web site just fine.I wanted some feed back from personal experience. Thanks