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    Boghie replied to the thread The Tariff Talk.
    Voodoo, by definition tariffs will increase costs and prices. However, there are a LOT of moving parts, so prices can fall even if...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Shutdown is here..
    My health insurance costs were declining till 2010 or so. Then, they started going up. I do agree that our health insurance and...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Shutdown is here..
    This whole tragic mess is actually a filibuster. Too funny and too tragic. 60 aye votes are not required for a CR. The vote is being...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Shutdown is here..
    Yeah, some agencies, departments, whatever are doing 'The Washington Monument' thang. The Marine Corps is 'doing the dumb' - which is a...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Shutdown is here..
    If you are marked 'Essential' you come in, work, and will get paid. If you are marked 'Non-Essential', but are called back to work, you...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Boghies Account Talk.
    Are we starting to see the New Normal being the same as the Old Normal, but different from the Emergency Normal... Equities go down...
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    Boghie replied to the thread The Frustrated Underinvested.
    You didn't have to 'catch a pullback'. This year, as in most, you just had/have to be 'in to win'. There is little or no value trying to...
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    Boghie replied to the thread The gov't shutdown persists, yet so does the rally.
    Nobody really cares about a gubmint shutdown... It's too late in the year to be on vacation to D.C. or Yosemite.
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    Boghie replied to the thread Is the economic data too hot for rate cuts?.
    The FED is not part of the Federal Government, they are private sector bankers. They are, however, appointed by the Federal Government...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Is the economic data too hot for rate cuts?.
    We are at a NORMAL FED Funds Rate: And, yes heavy Federal and States (some) borrowing is pressuring market actual interest rates...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Is the economic data too hot for rate cuts?.
    On Topic... Interest rates are in the normal range. We are not facing 2008. Our government is not shutting down the economy like...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Is the economic data too hot for rate cuts?.
    Adam Smith wrote something about this in 1776. Something about a 'hidden hand' in some small philosophy book called 'Wealth of Nations'...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Government Shutdown and the TSP.
    Ok, so the Democrats will fight back against layoffs resulting from a Gubmint shutdown. What will be shutdown? Will it be to Senator...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Government Shutdown and the TSP.
    We won't shut down. The House will pass the continuing resolution - with no issues from Freedom Caucus. The Senate Democrats will have...
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    Boghie replied to the thread Boghies Account Talk.
    My wife would kill me if she saw me chowing on Ruby's grubs:p Happy wife, happy life - so, Alpo it is!!!
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