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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:40 AM Original message |
I'd like to move my money... but how exactly? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. I haven't read these yet, but I spotted them here last week... |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Thanks for the response but ... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. If you have that much invested, see your financial advisor. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Plus, a financial advisor may even feign being impressed |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yeah, I know but ... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I can't help you. I've never dealt with investments of that size. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. OOh, it's so BIG! I don't know if I can TAKE that big, bulging portfolio all at once! |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. There was a show on Air America hosted by Marc Sussman. He seemed to have good advice |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. Tax free muni's baby! |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. How do I buy and hold them without going through a big bank to do so? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I don't think you can. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Good question, and I don't know the answer. |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have no credible suggestions as to how you could move your money and maintain your income. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't see why you'd want to move |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. Have you looked into CDARS? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
16. 4% strikes me as pretty darn good in this climate |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. So you have $1,000,000 and its hard to live on 4%? Ask me if I give a damn. |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Nice ... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Good luck with your $1,000,000 retirement fund! |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. OK I'll die right on time just to suit you |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Will it be a gold or platinum coffin sir? |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Have you ever seen an armored car in a funeral procession? |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. Wow...grow up. And don't bother showing up at any OWS protests. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #62 |
81. I can't afford to show up anyway. I have to work until I die. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
74. I'm guessing he hopes to live more than 25 years. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
18. You could hold your bonds directly and not via a trading house |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. But doing that wouldn't give the same opportunities of telling every one about it. |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I wish I could but that's not how it works. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
21. Some of the reactions here explain why the rich hang out with the rich |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Really? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. maybe because he's hunting for answers he doesn't have? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. It's rude to tell people how much money you have, just for starters... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. OK ...a guy with $1,000,000 and can't afford a financial consultant? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. lol ... you're both embarrasing yourselves. nt |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. There must be a better DU subforum for this type of question than GD... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
23. You're asking an InterTube discussion board... |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. Ten Ideas for What to Do With Your Investments on Move Your Money Day: |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Thanks for your honset response. |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. We talk about the 99%. |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Correct. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Calling it "a paltry amount" |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. and they have so much in common with the 60 yo guy with only 20k saved and makes 16k a year. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
36. I am not a pro, but here's what I have done |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
37. I do not know what to suggest but I do remember back in the 60s |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. You and others became rich off of the banks' reckless behavior |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Hardly. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Oh bullshit. You're a capitalist boot-strapping bank-loving apologist. Go away |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. My father died a millionaire. And no, he didn't get it through banking. |
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letmebefrank (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Wow some real jerks on here |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. +1000 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. "hard work" and "sacrifice" are not rightwing talking points |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. So every member here struggling in this capitalist shithole economy simply lacks virtue? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You call "hard work" and sacrifice right wing talking points |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. They're Reaganesque buzz phrases. But perhaps you didn't know that n/t |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Some of us actually live it. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. +1 |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Bravo. Plenty of people in the 99% who AREN'T poor or lower income. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
80. I stand corrected. Good luck |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. A newscast on the bank switching noted that most people doing the switching had accounts exceeding |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. It was $75,000., I was surprised by that number... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I would call that bull shit. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Don't believe it? Well take it up with ABC news. Don't know why they would lie about that. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Common sense says that those who can't keep a lot of money in their checking... |
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RevStPatrick (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
55. Working Assets |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. +1000 |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
58. For what it's worth, I hope you are able to find some good advice. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. And you're asking this on an Internet discussion forum? |
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RevStPatrick (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Yes, apparently he is! |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. It's DU. Where the OP probably assumed any subject can be discussed.. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Nope, if you feel like looking for it I once started a thread asking about annuities. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
70. Move your money. Accept lower interest. Get a job like the rest of us. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. He worked for 43 years. He's had a job. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. If he's that old, he can afford to dip into his principal. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Let's assume he's 65. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
77. Plastics. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm sorry people have treated you rudely. |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
79. If your living on the interest their are better ROIs than bonds |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Though at retirement age you probably want ... |
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