TheDuke

The last few years I have tried about a half dozen of the clones and Firefox. I found each one lacking in many ways. I switched to Edge a few weeks ago and am well pleased. This the first Microsoft product I have used in 10. 15, 20 years. It uses my extension, works on my phones, and tablets. About time Microsoft.

My only guess is that the manager has blocked the site, so I would ask them.

I see that Microsoft has released the latest version 2004 for both my computers. This happened after I installed the new Edge. Which I have switched to after retrying Firefox with bad results. I will probably do the 2004 upgrade in a week or so.

It's another of the many versions of linux. It is basedon the Ubunto version of Linux.

I have never bought real gold or silver. In reading the Minnesota papers in 2018 and prior years it seams that two issues come up. The over the counter ones hire ex cons to sell and they will keep the bullion/coins for you. Two huge problems. Also with coins, who determines the value? Two much room for shiesters.

RV: Sorry but Paypal isn't even close to Tulip Mania. You would have been better off buying 3m than Paypal. But Bitcoin is very much similar to the Tulip Mania of the 1600's. While one can not say that one is exactly like the other, there are some things that are the same. 1. Wild speculation especially the last year. 2. No lasting value. ie What are it's asset? 3. Does anyone understand how a Bitcoin works? Now, Bitcoin could be similar to Paypal in that it is a new way to pay for things although I surely do not plan to use it. But my point is, $20,000 or so for a company that has no assets and was worth $5000 just 3 months ago? Rampant speculation, raise your ugly head. Although not nearly the strain on the market as the housing boom and bust days 10 years ago, do you not see the similarity with back than? When the average investor starts looking at this, it is time to worry. For you speculators, now is a time to buy as it has dropped over 2,000 in the last 2 days. When you buy your Castle, airplane, yacht, etc take me for a ride, and you can flaunt it all over me.

Think tulips.

A little while back, I posted that I am selling stocks to get to a 50/50 split. If the market dropped even 10 or 20 percent I would sell all my bond funds within a week and buy stocks until I was at 100percent.

So how much effort is it to blow out the lines and then use antifreeze? Do you know how hard it is to fix or find a leak that is behind a wall. An ounce of etc. Do what you want.

Ron: I started looking at lowering my stock portfolio last week and am at 55/45 stocks/ bonds as of this week. Was at 80/20. In looking at mutual funds it took most of them 4 years (from 2008 to 2012) to recover to the same point. I am not timing, just realizing that a crash and 4 years of recovery puts me into my middle 80's just to break even let alone have some profit. I will probably adjust some more next month or so.

Put everything you can in metal containers.

"We We ae still in but dang, we just got notice that we will once again be switched to a new advisor, that make 3 in the last 2 years. I think it's time for us to kick Edward Jones to the curb and make a switch. We have a meeting on Wednesday with the new guy but it sounds like he is pretty knew overall." i didn't know that EJ moved you to new advisors, I thought each office was an individually owned. There is no reason you couldn't move to another advisor who has been in business for many years. You can also move to a totally new investment company. Your investment stocks and funds should transfer without any tax issues. Remember, this is your money. If you don't like, trust, or agree with an advisor, just move your money. Read some investment books, Any. You don't have to do anything they recommend but you need to learn about investing.

To add. Accessing the Internet with a tablet is done with a simple one use App, for instance a news app. For the most part, your Windows requires a browser. Keep in mind that there are also browsers for a tablet and apps for Windows. On the Windows side there is getting to be a big blur between a computer and a tablet.

First of all, Google makes the Android OS and leases it to other tablet mfg. Very general, usually only Google and Samsung do install updates and not always. Because each mfg can tweak the OS, they may not want to do that for a new release. Each tablet including IPad have either or both security or virus issues. For instance, prior to the very new iOS 10 from Apple, the last 2 or 3 releases have each had a couple of security updates.

When writting or talking about the stock market, there are two axioms that hold true. The past cannot predict the future. (Shown on every ad to buy funds). And Those who ignore the past are bound to repeat it. (See any historian's comments). And a third one. Buy and hold.

Jim: I sure don't understand about being Money Market for over 2 years. Since MM don't pay anything, what is the worth of your money for the last 2 years? Inflation alone must have ate up at least 3 percent if not more. I agree about the 'sleeping at night' comment, but there are a lot of other possibilities other than stock. 2014 was a great year to be in the market at just about any time. This year also has been a good year overall if you had been in at the very beginning. For those that have been in stock mutual funds for a while, now is a good time to sell out of those and get the capital loss (if any) and buy into a similar fund thereby taking advantage of buy low and possibly sell high some time in the future. Of course, this has to be money outside of 401K etc.

Many many years ago when I bought an india mutual fund. I think it started tanking the day.

As far as I am concerned, the only 2 things you need to know about investing is the superbowl winner and the length of skirts. If an AFL (before the merger) team wins the superbowl the stocks go down. Baltimore won this year and it is an old NFL (Cleveland) team so stocks will go up. The shorter the skirts the higher the market goes. Is it only my eyesight that makes it seem they are really short right now? By the way, I have some land to sell you but only sight unseen.

RV: Was gone this morning and just now saw what Tesla was trading at. Figured you might be posting here. Was going to sell Tesla this week but now I can't.

John: I knew it, I knew it, you are a closet economist. "on the other hand".

RV: " I have learned that if the company and the leader is solid and believers themselves, not just in for five years and doing the same old trick only to pull their golden parachute and worse keep repeating that regardless of the losses they caused, that they will always be the one to buy when all else panic." This is about the same as what Buffet does. If you take a look at the companies when he initially bought them, he relied on their management. Some companies he bought after only a few days of back checking. Most cases, the management was kept intact. (He also owns Forest River which he bought with only a few days of due diligence). MbnKen: "Your Tesla stock is doing fine...not great." I am not sure what you 'FINE not Great' is but at 28 percent which now is my return on Tesla. Sure I could sell it, but what would I buy that has a return of that much?

RV: Oh shut up. I am riding along.

I don't know who you work for but I would move my 401k out to a national broker immediately upon retiring. Depending on who your company uses for the 401K, you should be able to put the money into the same exact or very similar funds. This creates two things, you won't be dependent on your old company doing your business, and also you will probably get a little better return as there would be no internal fees that your company now pays (you pay actually)for managing the 401k. There are too many instances of companies raiding pension and 401k systems when they need money. Sure it is against the law but when has that every stopped someone from doing it.

Although no one specifically asked, now is the time to be planning to get back into the market. I say planning because one of two things will happen. The market will take off in the early Jan.Feb.Mar or the market will drastically drop in early Jan.Feb.Mar. If it takes off, you might want to be in a position to get back in where there might be a nice return to be made for the year. If it drops, you want to be in a position to buy low. If you do some planning now on what might be good to buy (either way) you will be ahead of a lot of people. Two things to think about while you plan. 1. A lot of funds owe a lot of Apple stock and if they start selling it off, that will create a lot of capital gains next year. You will be paying the CG even if you didn't get the rise in the stock. 2. After a lot of reading, it is for sure that no fund can beat the market year in and year out. Indexing is the only thing that can match the markets.

Yeah I agree with you RV. I very seldom read any of John's posts. I haven't seen anything worth while from him in a very long time. I haven't a clue if he thinks he is the main guru here or posts so he can hear himself. Actually I think he only posts so that he can show everyone how much he reads/listens to on the net. I saw a cartoon a week or so ago and it was a teenager asking his school economy teacher that if he was so smart, why wasn't he a working on wall street.