Normally restrained but I have taken notice of your opulence
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Been that way forever. If they started paying based on number of days held or something then its a bank.
It usually provides a bit of a boost to the stock price, so if a long term investor wanted to sell it might help them get out - cap gains might be taxed less than the dividend?
I sure wouldn't feel sorry for Ford. What should not be allowed is the Ford family has only 2% of the shares but 40% of the voting rights.
Manna from Heaven.
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So its ok for me to victimize Ford but not the founding family? Thanks...
For you to own the shares at ex dividend date you had to buy them from someone. The number of shares are fixed. That person sold them willingly knowing they were passing on the dividend. So how are you vicimizing anyone?
Now the Ford family owns 2% of the shares but votes 40 % of the voting rights. So they set the board, and essentially control Ford, but only have 2% skin in the game. Another reason not to own Ford.
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Looks like Meta is going to axe 15% possibly more of its work force. An indication of the massive spending to stay ahead or at least relevant in the AI race. Media claims up to 20% and that is why I reduced it to 15% 
I love this company but glad I got out at a nice profit. It will be interesting to see market re-action, good or bad. I thought I would re-invest but this stuff gives me pause.
AI made it possible last year to lay off 10,000 workers and not the total is 30,000 less workers over the last few years.
I love this company but glad I got out at a nice profit. It will be interesting to see market re-action, good or bad. I thought I would re-invest but this stuff gives me pause.
AI made it possible last year to lay off 10,000 workers and not the total is 30,000 less workers over the last few years.
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Monthly?
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No they are every three months
I got in the required two days before the record date. The payout is two weeks later thus the 31st
Your not wrong, except the primary difference now is the index is dominated by 7 companies with absolutely huge earnings and no debt. Of course there starting to take on debt, so that might be the canary.
I don't know how others hold their gold but I know my concern is always the spread between buying and selling, and storing them safely without being robbed.
So I picked GLDM. I am buying the gold just as a hedge against currency devaluation instead of the world going WW3 and I have to get on the last lifeboat to New Zealand, so I don't need too much physical one. 0.1% a year is a reasonable cost to be honest and much lower than a lot of ETF out there.
If things hit the fan that bad it is very hard to defend against someone with a militia trying to rob your $1M physical holding, and it is very hard to hide and store that much or carry that much into a lifeboat as well.
If you don't need to diversify your storage into multiple continents then probably you don't need to really go physical on a huge amount, if you do then you have other things to consider than just some small fees, and you may want to have a few successors in case any government on earth wants to torture the crypto wallet's key out of you. Maybe $50k worth of physical gold then a few accounts all over the world holding some in vault some in ETF would be the best.
If you were preparing for TEOTWAWKI you would be better off hoarding bullets and beans.
The real reason to hold PM's physically is you then have zero counter party risk.
The real reason to hold PM's physically is you then have zero counter party risk.
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For more tips on what to hoard see Mad Max.
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I noticed this link yesterday..
Found it pretty interesting on their thoughts on PLTR....a source of conversation for those that got in at the beginning so don't get your knickers all wadded up
Go down mid page for 2026 predictions and start looking at June and July.....
Me and a friend still have some long range hold shares floating around...
just incase....
https://coincodex.com/stock/PLTR/price-prediction/
Found it pretty interesting on their thoughts on PLTR....a source of conversation for those that got in at the beginning so don't get your knickers all wadded up
Go down mid page for 2026 predictions and start looking at June and July.....
Me and a friend still have some long range hold shares floating around...
just incase....https://coincodex.com/stock/PLTR/price-prediction/
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