How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
#7166
Vintage 80s PHOTO POLAROID Black KIDS Boys Girls PARTY
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=p5197.c0.m619
I guess they really do sell everything on eBay. Just imagine, someone out there is thinking "I've been looking for one of these FOREVER".
This seller is actually selling old photos for $5 a piece! I think I'm gonna start cleaning out family albums without telling anyone. lol
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=p5197.c0.m619
I guess they really do sell everything on eBay. Just imagine, someone out there is thinking "I've been looking for one of these FOREVER".
This seller is actually selling old photos for $5 a piece! I think I'm gonna start cleaning out family albums without telling anyone. lol
#7168
So now that our inflation is worse than Zimbabwe's (thanks, Keynesian policy wonks!), where should I be saving my money?
The market remains incredibly risky while investors try to predict what our capricious government will do.
Simple bank savings account will not keep up with the current inflation.
I was thinking of opening an ING savings account for the convenience of it, but I'm not sure if I'm leaving a significant amount of interest on the table by doing so.
The market remains incredibly risky while investors try to predict what our capricious government will do.
Simple bank savings account will not keep up with the current inflation.
I was thinking of opening an ING savings account for the convenience of it, but I'm not sure if I'm leaving a significant amount of interest on the table by doing so.
#7169
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So now that our inflation is worse than Zimbabwe's (thanks, Keynesian policy wonks!), where should I be saving my money?
The market remains incredibly risky while investors try to predict what our capricious government will do.
Simple bank savings account will not keep up with the current inflation.
I was thinking of opening an ING savings account for the convenience of it, but I'm not sure if I'm leaving a significant amount of interest on the table by doing so.
The market remains incredibly risky while investors try to predict what our capricious government will do.
Simple bank savings account will not keep up with the current inflation.
I was thinking of opening an ING savings account for the convenience of it, but I'm not sure if I'm leaving a significant amount of interest on the table by doing so.
I have some money at FNBO Direct but the better place for me to park my money right now is at Vanguard in a small-cap index fund. Since Vanguard is investor owned the expenses are minuscule and the expense ratios on index funds are around a quarter of a percent which is great.
A small-cap index fund puts you in a little piece of around 1,700 different companies so the risk of any single company or sector bringing it down is very low. Yet, because they are smaller corporations they have a propensity to grow more easily (General Electric will not grow by 30% in a year but a smaller corporation might). Therefore the small-cap companies outperform the S&P 500, for instance. And it was easy to open an account online with them and add or remove money without drama or hassle. And the Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund is tracking significantly better over time than the savings account rates (even with the market collapse of '08-09). Just park it and leave it. Here's some info: https://personal.vanguard.com/us/fun...FundIntExt=INT
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#7170
Minimum investment $3,000? Not for me, not right now anyway.
EDIT:
That sounded more ungrateful than I intended. It does look interesting, actually, but the $3,000 minimum investment is pretty much out of the question. I'm looking for something that I can open with $200-400 and drop in $40 a month, something like that. Yes, my wife and I live on a very small budget.
EDIT:
That sounded more ungrateful than I intended. It does look interesting, actually, but the $3,000 minimum investment is pretty much out of the question. I'm looking for something that I can open with $200-400 and drop in $40 a month, something like that. Yes, my wife and I live on a very small budget.
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Minimum investment $3,000? Not for me, not right now anyway.
EDIT:
That sounded more ungrateful than I intended. It does look interesting, actually, but the $3,000 minimum investment is pretty much out of the question. I'm looking for something that I can open with $200-400 and drop in $40 a month, something like that. Yes, my wife and I live on a very small budget.
EDIT:
That sounded more ungrateful than I intended. It does look interesting, actually, but the $3,000 minimum investment is pretty much out of the question. I'm looking for something that I can open with $200-400 and drop in $40 a month, something like that. Yes, my wife and I live on a very small budget.
Sorry. They also have an exchange traded fund that is a mirror of that one and has no minimum - https://personal.vanguard.com/us/fun...FundIntExt=INT
#7180
I did notice something funny though -- when I search at m.net, often the best answers are from mt.net members, but the info is more helpful to me because they are dumbing down the info for the m.net audience.
For what it's worth, it looks like I'll be going with the Amsoil MTG in the transmission and Amsoil Severe Gear in the rear end. I can't figure out why they are all ordering $20 a quart Motorcraft MTF from their Ford dealers when you can have Amsoil delivered to your door for less then that.