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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #105 on: August 04, 2017, 04:53:41 PM »

I had to take a second nap before beer time.
Sounds like you're getting into the rhythm!
Yeah, I think that year of regular practice helped.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #106 on: August 04, 2017, 04:56:24 PM »

DOW closed up +66.71 as the bull keeps running.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #107 on: August 04, 2017, 05:06:45 PM »

DOW closed up +66.71 as the bull keeps running.
Yet you choose to hate Trump, talk about a hypocrite!  Or I guess maybe you think Lindsey Graham and Paul Ryan have driven the DOW up over 3600 points in 6-1/2 months while significantly reducing unemployment and increasing monthly GDP at roughly double the monthly rates of the last 8 years.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #108 on: August 04, 2017, 05:35:15 PM »

DOW closed up +66.71 as the bull keeps running.
Yet you choose to hate Trump, talk about a hypocrite!  Or I guess maybe you think Lindsey Graham and Paul Ryan have driven the DOW up over 3600 points in 6-1/2 months while significantly reducing unemployment and increasing monthly GDP at roughly double the monthly rates of the last 8 years.
Giving Trump (or Obama) much credit for the stock market is like giving them credit for the weather.  If you have to give credit however, the 8 years of Obama weren't too shabby, and as markets don't respond to policy immediately, much of this would still be Obama carryover.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #109 on: August 04, 2017, 05:41:10 PM »

DOW closed up +66.71 as the bull keeps running.
Yet you choose to hate Trump, talk about a hypocrite!  Or I guess maybe you think Lindsey Graham and Paul Ryan have driven the DOW up over 3600 points in 6-1/2 months while significantly reducing unemployment and increasing monthly GDP at roughly double the monthly rates of the last 8 years.
Giving Trump (or Obama) much credit for the stock market is like giving them credit for the weather.  If you have to give credit however, the 8 years of Obama weren't too shabby, and as markets don't respond to policy immediately, much of this would still be Obama carryover.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #110 on: August 04, 2017, 05:54:19 PM »

DOW closed up +66.71 as the bull keeps running.
Yet you choose to hate Trump, talk about a hypocrite!  Or I guess maybe you think Lindsey Graham and Paul Ryan have driven the DOW up over 3600 points in 6-1/2 months while significantly reducing unemployment and increasing monthly GDP at roughly double the monthly rates of the last 8 years.
Giving Trump (or Obama) much credit for the stock market is like giving them credit for the weather.  If you have to give credit however, the 8 years of Obama weren't too shabby, and as markets don't respond to policy immediately, much of this would still be Obama carryover.
Presidents can and do have huge influences on the markets.

Yeah, and health care premiums went down an average of $2,500/year for families too.

Molina Healthcare has announced it is exiting the Obamacare exchanges in Utah and Wisconsin and has experienced a $230 million loss in the second quarter of 2017.

In the remaining Obamacare exchanges, the health insurer is planning to increase premiums by 55 percent next year, which will account for the loss of cost-sharing reduction subsidies. If the program was funded, premiums would only increase by 30 percent.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #111 on: August 04, 2017, 08:10:27 PM »

Presidential politics lull. The worst kind. 
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #112 on: August 04, 2017, 08:28:49 PM »

Presidential politics lull. The worst kind.
All caught up. Sheesh. Ready to hit the hay.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #113 on: August 04, 2017, 08:29:03 PM »

DOW closed up +66.71 as the bull keeps running.
Yet you choose to hate Trump, talk about a hypocrite!  Or I guess maybe you think Lindsey Graham and Paul Ryan have driven the DOW up over 3600 points in 6-1/2 months while significantly reducing unemployment and increasing monthly GDP at roughly double the monthly rates of the last 8 years.
Giving Trump (or Obama) much credit for the stock market is like giving them credit for the weather.  If you have to give credit however, the 8 years of Obama weren't too shabby, and as markets don't respond to policy immediately, much of this would still be Obama carryover.
Presidents can and do have huge influences on the markets.

Yeah, and health care premiums went down an average of $2,500/year for families too.

Molina Healthcare has announced it is exiting the Obamacare exchanges in Utah and Wisconsin and has experienced a $230 million loss in the second quarter of 2017.

In the remaining Obamacare exchanges, the health insurer is planning to increase premiums by 55 percent next year, which will account for the loss of cost-sharing reduction subsidies. If the program was funded, premiums would only increase by 30 percent.
Unfortunately most if not all of the price hikes and insurers exiting state programs is due to ongoing Republican meddling, rules changes and gross instability in the market caused exclusively by Trumpf and Republicans.  No matter how potentially positive your 401K plan is, how do you think it would trend if politicians continually undermined it and threatened to change rules or tax policy etc?  That would go down the tubes as well.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #114 on: August 04, 2017, 08:29:22 PM »

Presidential politics lull. The worst kind.
For sure.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #115 on: August 04, 2017, 08:30:26 PM »

Presidential politics lull. The worst kind.
All caught up. Sheesh. Ready to hit the hay.
Tough working for a living isn't it.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #116 on: August 04, 2017, 08:36:24 PM »

Presidential politics lull. The worst kind.
All caught up. Sheesh. Ready to hit the hay.
Tough working for a living isn't it.
Yes sir. I'm still really enjoying the job but I've been swamped. Hopefully that's a good thing and they'll keep me around longer.
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #117 on: August 04, 2017, 08:39:36 PM »

FSU receiver suspended indefinitely

Phillips is reportedly facing five felony fraud charges including four charges of "fraud cash deposit bank item with intent to defaud" and a charge of grand theft of more than $300.

The former 4-star recruit is one of only seven wide receivers on the entire Florida State roster and regarded as arguably having the best hands on the team.

Guess he does have the best hands...sticky too!
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #118 on: August 04, 2017, 09:14:46 PM »

@NJDave: I'm asking because you're probably the closest to it...

When colleges look at your net worth to figure out financial aid, etc. Do they look at retirement accounts too? How about pensions?
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Re: 8/4/2017
« Reply #119 on: August 04, 2017, 09:30:48 PM »

@NJDave: I'm asking because you're probably the closest to it...

When colleges look at your net worth to figure out financial aid, etc. Do they look at retirement accounts too? How about pensions?
Retirement accounts are included, pensions are not unless you are drawing on it at the time.
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