Kevin Slater

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

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

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

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

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

The new rate for the next 6 months is 4.28%.
 
Treasury Department announces new Series I bond rate of 4.28% for the next six months
WWW.CNBC.COM The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the new rate for Series I bonds through October 2024.  

Well played.
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

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
 

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

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

Citibank came out with their new CD rates. No change. Their best rate is still 6 months @ 4.75%. 

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

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

That's an old article from May 2023. This article came out today predicting a rate of 4.25% (2.95% inflation & 1.30% fixed)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/treasury-may-set-new-i-bonds-rate-at-around-4-3/ar-BB1loJWC
 

The link below provides an analysis of what the projected I-bond rate will be, both the fixed and variable rates.  It’s a fairly long video (22-23 minutes) but it explains how the rate projections are arrived at.  
 
For those not wanting to watch the entire video this video projects the fixed rate to be 1.2% and the variable rate to be between 1.98% and 2.8% (I think).  I’d have to rewatch the video to see what the upper-end variable rate would be.   
 
Prosperity to all.  

 
https://youtu.be/g1mVtOxYEHE?si=YU2ZvUViH9EN_UJ2

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

Again, I'd created a new thread about opining on the appearance of providers.  Let's keep this thread to specific discussion of the escort at hand.
Kevin Slater (qua moderator)
 
 

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

Yup! 😇

Having been in medical education for 40 years, yikes I am old, the cuts in the time spent in basic medical education alone are startling and the quality of graduates we are seeing now compared to even 10 years ago has dropped precipitously.  Medicine has become lots of algorithems and unnecessary testing. The art has been sucked out of it.  
Shortening the university education would only add to the lack of general knowledge and interactive skills of out future care providers.  Most physicians who take the traditional path have completed medical school at 26, those taking the 6 year course are 24.  Fairly good data shows brain development, especially in males, decision making and maturity, is not complete until at least 25.  The problem is not the length of training, the problem is the cost of training.  Albert Einstein School of Medicine recently received a billion dollar endowment and all tuition is free.  Without the burden of that debt, graduates can face their future without the cloud of untenable debt for years to come.  Two years more of training to allow maturity and a full broad based educated and well trained professional is, for me, preferable to a student who has rushed though medical school, with no other diversity in their education.  Give me a debt free individual who can speak with clarity and concern perhaps in more than one language and who understands medical ethics as well as other classic principles.  This is  who I want taking care of me.  

The problem with trying to answer whether "going to college is worth it" is that you will never really know until long after you have made the choice. It turned out to be worth it, for me, when I made the choice in the middle of the last century. Who knows whether it will be worth it for a particular individual trying to decide today? So much about the world can change within a lifetime, not to mention the changes within the individual. The important things to consider are what you know about yourself and your goals,  and what you know about the choices that are available to you.

According to an article in Fortune Magazine this week (sorry - it's paywalled),  there's a growing number of Gen Zers choosing vocational schools over college. They're learning to be plumbers, mechanics, electricians, etc - and jumping into these skilled careers where they can earn a six figure salary starting out.  Good for them.