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Yes, especially if the top is uncut. Kevin Slater

No opinion on whether you should use it or not, but want to point out that Orajel has the same active ingredient at a much lower price. Kevin Slater

Huh? How would one party purchasing equities fund dividend payments to shareholders? Kevin Slater

Moderator's note: Let's get back to personal finances. Kevin Slater

VOO and SPY are virtually identical, except SPYs expense ratio is triple that of VOO. SPY is somewhat more liquid, so if you're looking to day trade or use complex derivatives it may be a reasonable choice, but if you're looking to buy and hold, VOO (or IVV) makes more sense. Kevin Slater

VOO Tracks the S&P 500. .03% expense ratio. VTI Tracks the total stock market. .03% expense ratio. VO Midcap stocks. .04% expense ratio. VB Smallcap stocks. .05% expense ratio. IDEV International large cap. .04% expense ratio. /investment-products/list//pkg/1.1.0/web/favicon.ico Vanguard Investment Products List INVESTOR.VANGUARD.COM Kevin Slater

NVDA reports after market on Wednesday. That may make waves. Kevin Slater

GLD has the highest expense ratio of all the Gold ETFs at .4%. GLDM, for example, is .1%. Kevin Slater

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I'm an idiot. I posted the 2023 article and rate. Thanks for the correction. Kevin Slater

No, the reports showed GDP growth decreasing. GDP is still increasing, albeit at a slower rate. Kevin Slater

Fiscal Service Announces New Savings Bonds Rates, Series I to Earn 4.30%, Series EE to Earn 2.50% — TreasuryDirect WWW.TREASURYDIRECT.GOV The new rate will be 4.3% (down from 5.27%), with a .9% fixed rate (down from 1.3). Kevin Slater

I don't like holding very much gold. It produces no income and in fact takes money to store and secure (even if in the form of an etf). Kevin Slater

... cuz if I can't have it, I don't want anyone else to get it? Kevin Slater

I suspect he'd be much more concerned with what percentage that was of what he took home that week. Kevin Slater

but they're no longer going to have a monopoly, either. (Ok, not 6% cheaper, but most analysis I've read suggests fees may drop to 2 - 3%.) Kevin Slater.

And today we finally hit it. Kevin Slater

Paying attention to PE is a good idea. Interestingly, NVDA's PE has gown down drastically recently. The stock has soared, but earnings have soared even more. It actually has a lower PE than most its peers. Its largest supplier is TSMC, based in Taiwan. Kevin Slater

The Nasdaq is flirting with its own record high close, which last happened over two years ago. (Although as of this post, we've dipped below the record.) Kevin Slater

This thread has veered way off the topic of personal finance. Giving it a break.

...And today the S&P closed above 5k for the first time. Also, MSFT set a record for the biggest market cap ever achieved. Kevin Slater

S&P hit 5000 intraday for the first time today; closed slightly under. Kevin Slater

If Meta's gains hold til the close, it'll be the largest single-day market cap gain in history. Kevin Slater

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Work with his often. Nicest guy there is. Kevin Slater