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So, I did a spreadsheet on my preferred shares and the few bonds that I have. I would like to be able to import the stock price from somewhere if possible. I have looked online and if I were using the subscription version I see that I can do it. I do not have that version.... I have the...

Saw this in a sports newsletter that is sent to me... I also remember hearing on the radio of the high percent of all players that have ever played in the NBA that he has played against... it was also high.. Roughly 2.8 billion people have been born since the last time LeBron James missed...

So, DW went to the Dr for her free annual exam under Obamacare... Dr had her do blood tests... no problem... but said that they were included in the free exam... Now I get a bill from Labcorp for those tests. My question is are they actually part of the free services provided under the...

OK, was with a sister and her husband... he announced proudly that he bought an annuity that paid 6% 'guaranteed'... he could not tell me much more about the annuity but said it was 5 years... I asked some questions and found out that his financial advisor 'recommended' this to him... I said...

So, I have some savings bonds that I bought 30+ years ago... plus I got a few larger ones from my mom when she passed that mature starting next month.. I took mine into the bank today and cashed them... they are $200 face... I asked about my mom's and was told their max is a $200 face bond...

So, thought that I would take a small account and try to do Hedgefundie's portfolio... A short recap from me... it is a 3X S&P 500 and a 3X treasury fund... I picked 60/40. Here is the article that someone else had in a different post...

So, was clicking through some links that have been provided in threads and saw on that said M1 Finance was the best brokerage... Does anybody use this broker? What is the interest rate paid on idle cash? Not what you can get if you move it to their MM account, but there sweep account...

I got an email from Schwab that they would like me to sign up to lend some of my securities... Does anybody here do this? What kind of money can you make? If the income is good I might do it, but if small amount it is not worth it IMO...

OK, looking to buy a color printer for a local cat sanctuary and want to get a bit more info... I have read some of the thread but now that I am looking I see that other companies now have large tank printers... I have one and like it... but I also remember a lot of people talk about Brother...

I know there are a number of people who love their EVs and think that it is the best thing out there... and it seems that gvmt was pushing for ONLY EV sales by 2030 or 2035... But some of us were skeptical... it now seems that the big auto makers are also getting skeptical... some are...

I have Xfinity... and I have their wifi Gateway... Similar to this... mine might be an older version... https://www.xfinity.com/learn/internet-service/modems-and-routers I am not a big fan of this piece of equipment as it does cost me money... and it seems to not connect to items at...

OK, we lost our best cat Sept 1st... it was a big blow to us as she had shown no signs of any problems and then we had to let her go 10 days into her problems... A week and a half ago we decided to get another cat... she is 7 months and a lovely small kitty... but we have a major problem we...

I was contacted to preview content for Netflix... watching my first movie tonight... sorry, cannot discuss what we see... but.. I was wondering if this is widespread or I just got lucky.... anybody else doing this?

Well, went to see it today because of all the hype.... I cannot understand why it is rates so high.... I hated the movie... was really boring to me... Anybody else?

I was thinking of putting this in the pet peeve thread but decided to have a separate thread. Today I was watching live TV (I do not do that much anymore) and a medicare commercial came on that really pissed me off. It was one of those 'call for benefits' ones but I thought it was really...

Well, gonna rant on Capital One... The short background is that we were in Europe and bought a SIM and was told it would work everywhere... it did not... So, when I got home complained to Capital One that I should not have to pay the full price as I did not get the service promised (I am...

OK... I know that a colonoscopy is covered by the ACA... But what about the office visit they require you to go to before the colonoscopy? And what about the prep costs? DW paid for the prep at the Dr office and we just received a bill for the office visit... Just talked to insurance...

Well, I just got an email from Vanguard stating they are going to start charging a fee of $25 PER ACCOUNT... exceptions below... I do not have $5 mill, so they are forcing me to either go paperless or move my money... I will choose the later on most of my accounts... heck, already moved...

I am using TurboTax and need to file an extension as I wait for my last K-1.. But it looks like TurboTax wants me to print out the form and mail it in!!! Really? No option to electronically file? Help...

OK, I need help from someone who has done this already.... I have signed up for Medicare and bought my medigap plan... but I now need to schedule dropping my ACA plan... However, I am the primary contact for the plan and in order to keep DW and DD on the plan I need to change the primary...

So, not wanting to steal somebody else's thread I will start this one. I am looking at the differences between Plan G and Plan N... the two differences is you 'might' have a copay and excess charges... If you have plan N do you get charged on a regular basis for copay? I read that about...

Like some other threads I see, I am turning 65 this year... I have been thinking that I might go the medigap way as that would allow me to go to any docs that I want and not have to deal with an insurance company.... But, I cannot find any place that says how much it costs per month...

First, I have made a lot of money on Apple stock, but I do not like their products.... my DW and DD just wasted a bunch of money going from Iphone 10 to 12... my sister just bought a new Ipad pro... we also bought a new Ipad for DW.... However, my sister's Ipad (which is less than 6...

OK, of the 6 kids that my mom had all 6 of us were without electricity at some point in time during this storm, some for over 4 days (one in Oregon who lives way out in the boonies, others in Texas)... I was lucky and was out only about 5 or so hours, but had people over who wanted to take a...

OK, I have been wanting to move some of my money out of Vanguard and was looking for the best place to move... it seems that FIDO is winning... BUT, I cannot find anywhere that they show me the graphs etc. that Vanguard shows... in the personal performance section FYI. I can see what my...