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• Appreciate that extra bit of information! After reading Arthur Levitt's book Take On The Street 20+ years ago, I once brought up window dressing to the rep at my brokerage and got the deer in the headlight look. She had no clue what I was talking about. By the way, I've just started reading My Money Journey.

  Post: They Said the Darndest Things by Jonathan Clements

  Link to comment from October 4, 2024

• Thanks Jonathan for an enlightening article. "Don’t worry about fund expenses because they’re already reflected in returns.” I often read about investors putting money into Closed End Funds (CEF's) which come with high expense ratios (ER), but with higher dividend yields. They say the ER is baked into the dividend, but I'm a skeptic and avoid them altogether.

  Post: They Said the Darndest Things by Jonathan Clements

  Link to comment from October 4, 2024

• I was thinking along the lines of the door-to-door peddlers and hold special meetings at shady restaurants begins with the letter E.

  Post: They Said the Darndest Things by Jonathan Clements

  Link to comment from October 4, 2024

• Thanks for mentioning Morgan's book. I already have it, but haven't read it yet. I look forward to reading it now.

  Post: Sequence of Return Risk

  Link to comment from September 28, 2024

• We love, love, love Toyota vehicles. I sometimes feel guilty saying that as I grew up in the state where the big 3 auto makers are headquartered. When we bought our first Toyota in 1997, there was no going back.

  Post: Conflicting and Confusing Economic Indicators

  Link to comment from September 27, 2024

• David, you write many thought provoking articles, and this one is probably one of your best...at least for me. We both have many similarities in self learning. I don't have the auto mechanic mind like you, but after retirement and having a long interest in antique clocks since my 20's, I took a long weekend class on clock repair. It has been a hobby of mine for 14 years now and I belong to several clock groups where we get mentorship from very experienced horologists. I've only been to NYC once, over 40 years ago and I don't keep up with much news about the city, but what or who do you think was responsible for " fixing problems helped return New York City to its glory?"

  Post: Don’t Procrastinate

  Link to comment from September 25, 2024

• I firmly believe merchants are doing this pricing game on purpose. Sometimes I take a picture of the item and the price shown on the shelf because of past experience, They always have an excuse or blame it on some other employee for not updating the shelf price. Recently, I was at Walmart getting some items and noticed they sell an organic energy drink I like. Didn't buy it there as my next stop was Costco where I usually buy it, but did make note of the price. Costco was $4 higher or roughly 12% more. I wasn't going back to Walmart to save $4. I mentioned it to an employee at checkout and they just laughed.

  Post: Getting Rolled by Jonathan Clements

  Link to comment from September 19, 2024

• Regarding Second Look: The five articles displayed are automatically refreshed every two hours.  That explains why I keep seeing a rotation of the articles. I might see 3 that I want to read and after reading one and I go back to the list, the others are replaced. So, I've learned to open each one in a separate window.

  Post: Behind the Curtain

  Link to comment from September 19, 2024

• Thanks Laura for sharing your research and implementing your plan. Many people don't go through the process that you did, or don't even know where to begin. I hope it will help others; at least it got me thinking and doing a little research thanks to you.

  Post: Laying Down a Floor

  Link to comment from September 14, 2024

• Years ago I was watching CBN and a female doctor was talking about her husband with Alzheimer's where he could not draw a clock. Through her research she started him on coconut oil and it didn't take long before he could draw a clock. Attached is the article referencing the tv segment. https://www2.cbn.com/article/not-selected/coconut-oil-may-reverse-alzheimers-and-prevent-it This is also another article supporting the use of coconut oil. https://bebrainfit.com/coconut-oil-alzheimers-dementia/

  Post: Avoiding Alzheimer’s

  Link to comment from September 13, 2024