Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
1hr ago
Interactive Brokers is considered the best.
I've generally heard them recommended for non-US clients. Are they worth it over Fidelity for US citizens residing in the US?
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
roastie
... isn't that a small potato?
“chud” has been reclaimed by wrongthinkers
Has it? Or is it just becoming universal? I still see it more from left-leaning people than right.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
Looks like ML has a cash management account that allows automatic dividend reinvesting, even if nowhere else, so that might be the best option depending on fees.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
However, the "grocery stores are not evil camp" tends to have shitty marketing (perhaps due to not thinking in terms of attractive narratives itself too much) and loses to people like Zoran Mamdani.
Isn’t the obvious solution just photoshopping Mamdani's head over Boris Yeltsin's and letting the memes take off? If there's one episode in history that points out the strength of a free market, it's specifically related to grocery stores
my broker does not have good tools for daily cash sweeps, so getting compounding interest requires too much micro-managing
I think I'm not fully understanding here -- are you referring to reinvesting dividends automatically, or is it that every time you make a deposit, you want it to automatically be invested in the MMF? If it's the former, I'd have thought for sure Merrill would have that option; if the latter, could you schedule an automatic "buy" that just doesn't execute if there's no cash in the account?
I'd strongly, strongly prefer for it to be accessible through Merrill so I can keep high status.
What benefits does that actually bring, out of curiosity? I've always wondered about that sort of thing.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
Your corded mowing experience (and patterns) are pretty similar to my own. The cord is a minor annoyance, but certainly far less of one than anything to do witn a gasoline mower is.
my cute little car
Please tell me it's the same shade of lime green that's in the wikipedia article.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
Man, we are going to be accused of becoming the Makita shill forum
As my favorite (now dead) nuclear scientist used to say, "They accuse me of being biased. Well, of course I am, because it's better!"
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
I don't know if XCom does this, but I've heard the Fire Emblem games will tilt the displayed vs. actual odds to be closer to how players mentally perceive chance... i.e. if the game says you have a 75% chance to hit, you're going to hit more than 3 out of every 4.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
I think the turn-based visuals really make it look goofy, as opposed to (say) the Ayys knocking your barrel aside right as you pull the trigger, or your character looking a bit more panicked at being right next to a berserker.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
How about Roller Coaster Tycoon? Or similar? Any of the classic 18 billion SimX games... I know SimTown was deliberately designed as a younger age version of SimCity, for instance.
Mandatory plug any time someone asks about games for a child, regardless of any other context: Once she becomes literate I'd recommend the old Super Solvers and Operation Neptune games, which were legitimately enjoyable as games even without the educational aspect.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Sounds similar to Anno, but piratey.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
CoH3's new Final Stand expansion pack(?) has been a ton of fun. Also picked up Fields of Mistria, which I'm liking more than Stardew Valley (but less than my nostalgia says I liked the not-yet-remastered Friends of Mineral Town). Only drawback is I can't quite fully recommend it to the missus, as she likes her cozy games sans delving and combat ("why would my character work in any mine, especially one that has dangerous monsters?"). Perhaps there'll be a mod at some point that'll take care of that for her, though.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
allegations that they made a backhanded bribe to get Iran to go easy on their blockade running ships.
That would also be acceptable for my spidey sense that "we weren't getting the whole story about Iran not controlling the Strait", if true.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Weirdly, a comprehensive wikipedia page probably would have been the worst possible thing for his career.
Well, second-worst, given what just happened.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Regional exports are rebounding, by some estimates up to two-thirds of pre-war levels. The UAE, for example, is already exporting at 85% of pre-war levels.
This one is causing my spidey-sense to tingle. I have no firm grounding, but my gut tells me there's some fuzziness/misdirection/technicalities going on here.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
I've heard rumours that "going to the shore/countryside for one's health" actually made a lot of sense given that the building materials/paint resulted in a decent amount of low-level toxins in the air.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
If there's one website that might be welcoming of such a post, it's this one.
... if there's one website where said post may turn hotter than the culture war, it's also this one.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
I both love and hate how eternally relevant "Yes Minister" is.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
I am a reasonably decent person/worker. I would like to think that I am an asset to my company and my country. Had they required that price to sponsor my wife, I would certainly not have been able to afford it. I would have just figured out a way to get hired/get a visa in a different country, such as hers.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
You also don't generally cite, say, a speechwriter or press release writer as "these words were written by Bob, and are not my own, though I stand by them."
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Replying again because I found this post that sums up my feelings on MFs vs ETFs:
For me the "ritual" goes something like this.
- On Saturday morning, take a look at the finances and realize you want to allocate $10K into this fund.
- Ah, but markets are closed, so write it down as a todo for Monday sometime.
- On Monday, take a break from the work day to execute this. Spend another 5 minutes double-checking, because it's been a couple of days since Saturday and some details have faded.
- Log into the account, go to the buy page. Watch the clever little Wall Street robots getting it on on the quote page. Briefly reflect on the incentive structure of modern capitalism.
- Check the premium/discount. Wonder if it means you're taking a 0.2% haircut right off the bat. Check the history. Oh well, it seems to be about average. Hopefully I'll get it back when I sell.
- Pick a number of shares and a limit price that's slightly above the Ask so your order gets executed quickly so you can get back to work. But not too much so you don't take it on the chin if an ETF share is temporarily under construction.
- Get startled by the yellow warning box. What did I do wrong? Realize that it's just Schwab telling you that the order may be executable. Well duh, I'm here to buy something not lay traps.
- Place the order and refresh a couple of times to see it executed. Notice that the price has inexplicably crawled up to right under your limit price; a clever little robot probably got you. Secretly hope that the robot's master discovers a hitherto unknown seafood allergy at the dinner you just paid for. Immediately feel a little guilty; seafood allergies are no fun.
- Realize that the clever little robot exposed a little mistake in your calculation: you rounded the limit price up. Again. Can never get those right. So now you owe Schwab a couple of bucks on your no-margin account. Set up a transfer and hope it makes it in time. 9.5, optional) Giggle as you recall asif408's apt description of the alternative, "cash turds leftover". Ain't that right.
- Log out, with that vague feeling of negotiation skill inadequacy that you always get after interacting with your car dealership. For the rest of the day, casually check your portfolio app to see how auspicious your choice of trading break time was.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Ah. $12.15 for the basic steak burrito from the Chipotle, then.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
What, really? What was it previously called?
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
It looks like you can take it and the standard deduction, since it's a credit rather than an itemized deduction. Kind of like the Lifetime Learning Credit.
Out of curiosity, have you ever watched the old Rowan Atkinson series The Thin Blue Line, from around the same time period he was doing Blackadder?
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