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Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Read a few good articles earlier this evening and I was blessed with a good fortune at dinner.
https://seekingalpha.com/amp/articl...gh-yield-alternative-strategies-choppy-market
https://www.thrivent.com/posts/wall...between-the-lines-of-an-oil-price-decline.pdf
https://seekingalpha.com/amp/articl...gh-yield-alternative-strategies-choppy-market
https://www.thrivent.com/posts/wall...between-the-lines-of-an-oil-price-decline.pdf
Oswego
n00b
Ever look into DE license plates? The return is double the average of the S&P 500's over the past 20 years 
Delaware low-digit tags: No bubble burst in sight for price of these status symbols
Delaware low-digit tags: No bubble burst in sight for price of these status symbols
Looks like good timing to build up a flock.
First rare earth processing facility outside of China to be built in Texas
First rare earth processing facility outside of China to be built in Texas
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Processing plant still importing from other countries. With a company like that it could take 3 years before it turns a profit, I’m sure they will also need a special air permit as well. I used to track silver and gold up to about 2009/2010, I can tell you that 95% of those rare elements are imported to the US and back in the 80’s the very few mines that had the rare earth metals here in the US most closed down.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
If there is a significant disruption in supply those rare metals prices will increase though, you can purchase ETF funds or actually buy the rare metals similar to like gold or silver bars, I know someone in the Woodlands who works for a supplier, at some point when the metals get at a high enough value the few mines here in the US will reopen again.
It is a good sign to see a plant opening anywhere outside of Asia IMO. I think the world market is seeing the danger of everyone being so dependent on Asia and things are slowly being done to help move back from that.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Ever look into DE license plates? The return is double the average of the S&P 500's over the past 20 years
I remembered this post for some reason...
I picked up a handful of Ol plates from the farm and brought them home, turns out they are worth about $700 total.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
“BP Plc bucked the trend of disappointing oil and gas earnings, beating expectations and increasing its cash flow as higher production offset the effect of lower energy prices.
The company’s performance brightens what has so far been a weaker-than-expected second quarter for Big Oil. While companies are more profitable today than they were at $100 crude after slashing costs, they were caught in recent months by falling natural gas prices. Total SA, Eni SpA and Equinor ASA all fell short of analysts’ estimates even as their output rose.
“What we have is solid performance in both upstream and downstream,” Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary said in an interview. In the last couple of years “we’ve had four of what I would call strong quarters. Everything is going well across the piece.”
The current BP price being est. 10% above the 52week low, $39.00. Hopefully it stays the same or increases until the Ex-dividend date 8 August/record date 9August.
The company’s performance brightens what has so far been a weaker-than-expected second quarter for Big Oil. While companies are more profitable today than they were at $100 crude after slashing costs, they were caught in recent months by falling natural gas prices. Total SA, Eni SpA and Equinor ASA all fell short of analysts’ estimates even as their output rose.
“What we have is solid performance in both upstream and downstream,” Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary said in an interview. In the last couple of years “we’ve had four of what I would call strong quarters. Everything is going well across the piece.”
The current BP price being est. 10% above the 52week low
, $39.00. Hopefully it stays the same or increases until the Ex-dividend date 8 August/record date 9August.
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Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
“BP Plc bucked the trend of disappointing oil and gas earnings, beating expectations and increasing its cash flow as higher production offset the effect of lower energy prices.
The company’s performance brightens what has so far been a weaker-than-expected second quarter for Big Oil. While companies are more profitable today than they were at $100 crude after slashing costs, they were caught in recent months by falling natural gas prices. Total SA, Eni SpA and Equinor ASA all fell short of analysts’ estimates even as their output rose.
“What we have is solid performance in both upstream and downstream,” Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary said in an interview. In the last couple of years “we’ve had four of what I would call strong quarters. Everything is going well across the piece.”
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The current BP price being est. 10% above the 52week low
Forward Dividend & Yield 2.46 (6.31%)
Bought and sold this particular stock over dozen or more times after the record date August 9th in the past 6 weeks, plus received $4,700 in dividend$ on September 20th.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
This was brought again by the liberal 2020 candidates today on Fox business news, If you hear anything about this; aka as, The SECURE Act, H.R.1994 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 it's bad for your retirement plans, ROTH, 401K, TSP, 529 etc... basically they want to tax your retirement again, especially the post tax retirement plans like the ROTH.
Are Concerns Over Stretch IRAs And The SECURE Act Justified?
Are Concerns Over Stretch IRAs And The SECURE Act Justified?
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
A few of the large brokerage companies out there now offer free trades, no commission fees, wether you buy or sell 5 shares or 50k shares. 10 Best Online Brokers for Free Stock Trading 2019 - NerdWallet
balakay
BabyMax
Yep, Schwab removed their $5 fee one week after I opened my account with them.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
yes sir, it’s a game changer for a small investor who might only have a couple thousand to trade, and if they know and track certain stocks, they could possibly day trade as well and make a few dollars and almost double that money in a years time.
Oswego
n00b
In the 22 years Ive been a legal adult Ive only ever had one financial consultant tell me to have the taxes taken out prior to investing into a 401k. 99.9% of the rest told me that's completely wrong and will screw up my savings. The one guy said taxes will only ever go up and they will never decrease so get them taken out while they are low. I understand that you won't be making any money on the removed taxes and it's a crap shoot based on how the current economy is doing but I took the one guys advice and have the majority of my 401k accounts taxed up front. I never even thought about the scumbags in gubment pulling our strings and changing the rules after the game started.
At some point the citizens need to start speaking up for themselves and stop letting ourselves be taken advantage of.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
You can’t trust the guberment, eventually taxes will increase and guaranteed to increase in your lifetime.
my recommendation, if you have 10 or more years to retirement and if your income is less than 122k and single, contribute to a Roth outside employer plan and the employer plan especially if any match is given, if >122k pay tax upfront in employer plan and this based on if your in the 24% tax bracket, pay the tax upfront, if single and income is over 162k put it away in a retirement account without paying taxes, estimated 6yrs prior to retirement get with a sound FP&CPA and brokerage firm and preform a conversion but keep it under the next tax bracket income that’s above your current bracket during that year.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
that is just a rough draft/outline not meant for anyone ...everyone will have a different retirement pathway based on income, pension, family, assets, insurance etc.
If a FP/CPA tries to sell you something, they are probably not in your best interest.