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- Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:32 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Thanks, TravelGeek. Aside: I only wish I had a front porch! I’d be installing that surveillance camera mentioned upthread. Might have to go for Ring one of these days.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:21 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Great. Much appreciated!3-20Characters wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:20 pmThey are usually independently run businesses, so each may have its own policy. But they are generally affiliated/approved locations by the carriers that pick and deliver there, so I think they’d have a motivation (if not obligation) to accept all packages.linenfort wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:45 pm3-20Characters wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:39 pm If you have one of those packaging and mailboxes stores nearby, you can usually have packages delivered to them to hold for you at no charge.
Thank you! quick follow-up- can they handle very large items? Amazon cannot.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:20 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
~ A single complaint won’t do it, but if they get multiple complaints about deliveries by a certain carrier to a certain local area, their algorithm will use a different carrier for that location. So definitely complain to who you bought the item from. quant, I have been in touch with the vendor. That’s good to know. Without my requesting it, the rep said that he called fedex while we were typing. I didn’t think much of it before your post, but you make a good point: a collection of complaints may tip the scales. Furthermore, I will definitely ask the CEO if he thinks outsourcing may be hurting business. The unspoken answer may simply be that they have to do it because DHL or someone else is doing it. Still, from the consumer’s viewpoint, ...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:58 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Great, willy, thank you. I have copied these bits of advice and anecdotes and will keep them on file.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:45 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
3-20Characters wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:39 pm If you have one of those packaging and mailboxes stores nearby, you can usually have packages delivered to them to hold for you at no charge.
Thank you! quick follow-up- can they handle very large items? Amazon cannot.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:31 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Excellent, fru-gal. Glad to hear it.
I appreciate my letter carrier. The USPS package deliverers have been hit and miss.
Ultimately, most of these retailers will tell you that they choose a carrier based on complicated logistics and timing, so it’s out of their hands, let alone ours.
What is actionable is having Amazon packages sent to a customer pickup center. Luckily I have that option with virtually all small to midsized packages. When it arrives, I pick it up, blissfully unaware of which carriers did what.
I appreciate my letter carrier. The USPS package deliverers have been hit and miss.
Ultimately, most of these retailers will tell you that they choose a carrier based on complicated logistics and timing, so it’s out of their hands, let alone ours.
What is actionable is having Amazon packages sent to a customer pickup center. Luckily I have that option with virtually all small to midsized packages. When it arrives, I pick it up, blissfully unaware of which carriers did what.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 1:01 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Thank you, guys. Forgive me for not going into further details on damage.
To recap:Estimating risk/reward from earlier posts, it seems unlikely that a claim will result in satisfaction, regardless of what I think about the severity. I have learned that FedEx Ground often employs subcontractors just as others use Lasership. I have learned that I can't be rid of FedEx if I want to stay on with Chewy. I will stick with Nisi's suggestion of a letter to a CEO, but that's it.
Thank you, all.
To recap:Estimating risk/reward from earlier posts, it seems unlikely that a claim will result in satisfaction, regardless of what I think about the severity. I have learned that FedEx Ground often employs subcontractors just as others use Lasership. I have learned that I can't be rid of FedEx if I want to stay on with Chewy. I will stick with Nisi's suggestion of a letter to a CEO, but that's it.
Thank you, all.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:07 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Hi psteinx
I'm not young. The aggravation was indeed intense, but fortunately I have a quick recovery time.
As has been said by a few posters, things happen. But, I wasn't quite ready to feel that after the original post and the subsequent blaming of me instead of the joker who does a poor job of delivering packages. Our UPS man is courteous and amazing, by the way. Communicative.
I've seen topics by others that result in similar responses, so I don't claim to be the first. "OP you did this wrong, you're reading the situation wrong, you're overreacting and are possibly delusional."
I've seen it all and it's my fault for seeking advice before calming down.
Doesn't matter now. Thank you for the advice.
I'm not young. The aggravation was indeed intense, but fortunately I have a quick recovery time.
As has been said by a few posters, things happen. But, I wasn't quite ready to feel that after the original post and the subsequent blaming of me instead of the joker who does a poor job of delivering packages. Our UPS man is courteous and amazing, by the way. Communicative.
I've seen topics by others that result in similar responses, so I don't claim to be the first. "OP you did this wrong, you're reading the situation wrong, you're overreacting and are possibly delusional."
I've seen it all and it's my fault for seeking advice before calming down.
Doesn't matter now. Thank you for the advice.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:00 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
I hear you. I'd love a steel one, but we live in an area that is designated historic and are allowed to buy exactly one type of door. Repaced it a few years ago at great expense. Maybe some disagree, but the delivery man should have known better than to set a heavy box up to fall against a wooden door like that. All he had to do was knock.
(If anyone has anything to say along the lines of, so move, so rent, etc, please save it)
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:57 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Already canceled an unrelated subscription that only uses FedEx. I think buccimane's right, and I don't feel the need to do business with FedEx's subcontractors. Ahh. Thanks to those with advice and anecdotes. Well, here’s another anecdote. We order a lot from Chewy (two dogs, two cats, meds, bird feed, etc). They only use FedEx. I had a poorly handled delivery by FedEx and called Chewy, explained why I was upset, and they seemingly did follow up with FedEx, because deliveries have been A+ since. Uh-oh. We just began using Chewy. We were supporting the local store but the cat needs special prescription food now. I didn't even have time to notice that Chewy is also FedEx, as we've only received one box so far. Can't deprive the greatest cat...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:53 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Well, he did say "almost." Knocking down a stone wall sounds like the sort of thing that would be kicked up to the top.TomatoTomahto wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:45 amI don’t know. FedEx driver managed to knock down a stone wall in my driveway. Insurance adjusters did the hokey pokey for a while, but photos and an estimate for repairs seemed to do the trick.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:43 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
I think this is a good candidate for "letter to the CEO." Collect enough documentation to show them that you aren't making it up. Quickly, get the <snip> It will shoot an hour or so of your time, and you may feel lousy (and angry at me) if it doesn't work, but I think there's a much-better-than-50% chance of success, if it's only a couple of hundred dollars or less. Nisi, this actually sounds like a fantastic idea. The only part where I disagree is the possibility of anger at no response. Of course, if I filed a claim, I would want satisfaction, and I'd be frustrated if it went nowhere. From the first (non-insulting) response here, I determined my chances of that kind of satisfaction to be slim, so there's no point in filing a cl...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:38 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
I will definitely have it corrected, and I didn't know that about the panels. Thank you for that! Thread became more useful.oldfatguy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:36 amThis is a wood door with panels? If so, it doesn't sound like it is broken. Wooden door panels are free floating to allow for expansion and contraction of the wood. If there is now an edge of unpainted wood visible on one of the panels, that just means the panel has shifted slightly. You might be able to bump it back into its previous position ... if not, you can either touch-up the unpainted part, or repaint the entire door.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:18 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Ok, I found a sort of resolution. Bob600 didn't read very carefully after the scratch part, but although the door is damaged, it still functions. So, it looks like seeking a claim is only going to result in compounded frustration. (The power of compounding). What is needed is some kind of psychological, feel-better fix. All I need to do is return the item and tell the vendor why. Anything less would just be them telling FedEx -- it's FedEx Ground -- and then getting back to me about how "we take this very seriously." At that point, everyone keeps on doing what they're doing. Already canceled an unrelated subscription that only uses FedEx. I think buccimane's right, and I don't feel the need to do business with FedEx's subcontracto...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:15 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Thank you rantk81.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:15 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Are you sure the damage was due to the packages? They would have quite heavy to do the damage you're describing. Especially as corrugated cardboard is forgiving to impacts by design. If you're sure, then I would certainly take photos and file a complaint making it clear you where there and heard the packages hit and confirmed the damage happened at that time. I would press the delivery company until they pay to have the door repaired/replaced. You're opinion of the driver's state of mind isn't relevant. He either did the damage or he didn't. Ok, let's put his state of mind aside. He definitely did the damage. This is my only residence and I see the door every day. The door was fine, and now it isn't. I am 100% certain. I was just about to ...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:12 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Yes, and not attempting to remove them to talk to me. And looking rather confused when the smile went away and he nodded.barnaclebob wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:10 am You described him as smiling and wearing headphones...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:11 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
I'm definitely going to dtry. There are other scratches, but it's worth a try to shift it, yup.barnaclebob wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:10 am You can shift the piece of wood back. Knock it the other direction with another piece of wood. Things happen in life.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:10 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Re: Package delivery man damaged door
Guys, I've just had my door damaged for no reason. Person only had to knock. Think you could save the snide comments? He was on drugs.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:09 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:07 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:01 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Package delivery man damaged door
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7731
Package delivery man damaged door
Can I file a claim? I heard something against my front wall and looked through the peephole just in time for some packages to slam against our door. I opened it and turned off the alarm. Turned around and saw a scratch on the door. He was just smiling. Never took off his over-the-ear headphones or sunglasses. I said, can you knock next time. No response. I said can you knock next time , using my fist in a knocking motion. His smile disappeared and he eventually nodded slowly. Probably on drugs. At no point did he take off his headphones or say a word. He left while I was still hauling boxes inside, and I looked at the door for more scratches. The door is actually broken. One part of it has shifted so that a column of paint-free wood is visi...
- Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:48 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is Vanguard Treasury Money Market yield so high?
- Replies: 196
- Views: 65254
Re: Why is Vanguard Treasury Money Market yield so high?
Thank you!
My VPALX (long term state munis) is yielding the same as treasury money market. It’s just crazy.
My VPALX (long term state munis) is yielding the same as treasury money market. It’s just crazy.
- Sat Jun 22, 2019 6:34 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is Vanguard Treasury Money Market yield so high?
- Replies: 196
- Views: 65254
Re: Why is Vanguard Treasury Money Market yield so high?
This is where most of my cash is, VUSXX. I’m reluctant to make a change. Assuming you have VUSXX, will you be moving on to something else? I know you’ve made a sort of hobby out of squeezing extra yield by going from CD to tbill to CD.
- Fri May 17, 2019 8:21 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Capital One Eno
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7667
- Tue May 14, 2019 3:07 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Capital One Eno
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7667
Re: Capital One Eno
Yes I suppose. Not to sound cynical, but it is also a good way for the bank to collect data on your surfing habits even when you're not using the card.
Still, I've been in the habit of using it for years and I will continue to do so. When I tried to make a library donation recently with the same virtual card I'd used last month to buy tickets for an event at the same library, it didn't work. I thought, "Well, good. This is a feature, not a bug."
Still, I've been in the habit of using it for years and I will continue to do so. When I tried to make a library donation recently with the same virtual card I'd used last month to buy tickets for an event at the same library, it didn't work. I thought, "Well, good. This is a feature, not a bug."
- Tue May 14, 2019 2:58 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Capital One Eno
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7667
Re: Capital One Eno
Old thread, but hey it's only one post. I love Capital One Eno. It took me a while to get the hang of it, though. What is it? If you have a Capital One credit card, this browser extension called Eno will help you create virtual credit card numbers on the fly. Ultimately, your real card will be charged, but without your ever having entered the digits you see on your physical card. I don't remember if you can get it in other browsers (edit: yes, here's the firefox one ), but in Chrome, you install this extension and then you see a button near the top right of the browser, forever. When you're on the page of a merchant or charity site, you click the button and log in. Log in as if you're logging into Cap One's official site to look at statemen...
- Fri May 10, 2019 11:41 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Charlie Munger_WSJ interview
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4606
Re: Charlie Munger_WSJ interview
Great, thank you for posting it!EvelynTroy wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 5:35 am The full transcript of a six hour interview with Mr. Munger, by Jason Zweig and Nicole Friedman of the the WSJ
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- Mon May 06, 2019 2:19 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Vanguard Lowers 21 ETF Expense Ratios
- Replies: 76
- Views: 9980
Re: Vanguard Lowers 21 ETF Expense Ratios
When I look at Vanguard ETFs, and the premium/discount is a premium, I pause. "Should I think on this further?"livesoft wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:16 am For Vanguard ETFs vs mutual funds, I think the main reason to choose one over the other is not expense ratio, not tax-efficiency, not Vanguard, but instead it has to do with investor personality: Can you buy ETF shares without feeling regret that you possibly could have gotten a better price a few minutes later?
...
When I look at fund shares: Time to get the asset allocation back in order. (Click)
In any case, Vanguard ERs are the one cost that goes down in my life. They are near zero. Even 0.05% is amazingly cheap.
$5 on every $10,000?
- Thu Apr 18, 2019 10:43 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: What is your one favorite fixed income for retirement?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 9657
Re: What is your one favorite fixed income for retirement?
I'm a little different than most folks on this site, I use individual corporate bonds (A rated and above), Treasuries, and CDs, all in a ladder that goes through the next 7 to 8 years. You'll see mention here and in the field to it as a "Liability Matching Portfolio", and I used corporate bonds mostly. I'm somewhat unique here though. While individual corporate bonds are probably unusual for Bogleheads, I use a mix of an intermediate investment-grade corporate bond ETF (Vanguard Interm-Term Corp Bond ETF, VCIT), Treasuries, and muni's (the latter in taxable). The muni's and treasuries are laddered. If we have another 2008, my corporate / Treasuries mix will likely do a bit worse than Vanguard's total bond fund, as it did then. Sh...
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 4:30 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: For those who were wondering what really happened...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9768
Re: For those who were wondering what really happened...
Sorry you had to go through that, but congrats on winning.
- Fri Apr 05, 2019 3:48 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: End of debit cards for me
- Replies: 135
- Views: 19615
Re: End of debit cards for me
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OLD THREAD
I READ PAGE ONE ONLY
(LOTS OF ANECDOTAL FILLER)
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If you have a debit card that you want to keep for ATM visits only but cannot get an ATM-only card issued, there is another option.
You can have the bank set your purchase limit to something very low, like a dollar. I did this recently.
OLD THREAD
I READ PAGE ONE ONLY
(LOTS OF ANECDOTAL FILLER)
===========================
If you have a debit card that you want to keep for ATM visits only but cannot get an ATM-only card issued, there is another option.
You can have the bank set your purchase limit to something very low, like a dollar. I did this recently.
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:41 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Good VPN?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6400
Re: Good VPN?
I have one anti-recommendation: beware Avast. I loved them in the early 2000s for free antivirus software and never had a problem. However, I know someone who tried what she thought was a free trial of their VPN. She was charged over $85 dollars and cannot get her money back, as she used a debit card. That's a separate issue of course but- beware Avast.
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:30 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Vanguard is Discontinuing their VanguardAdvantage Accounts
- Replies: 645
- Views: 92611
- Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:45 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why does dividend investing not work?
- Replies: 206
- Views: 41068
Re: Why does dividend investing not work?
That was certainly the case for me before I discovered bogleheads. Exactly as you said.animal_drawing wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:20 pm I still feel like many people are drawn to this strategy {dividend growth investing} as an alternative to passive investing because the idea of owning a future income stream is emotionally appealing. Yields may start low, but from the DGI posts that I've read, posters talk a lot about how much they value the future cash flow, or how what they've acquired so far produces a good cash flow. Maybe their idea if DGI doesn't match yours, but that's what I'm picking up here.
Also, I haven't reached the level where taxes are an issue. Essentially zero taxes on dividends.
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:04 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Customer Service with Vanguard
- Replies: 386
- Views: 39973
Re: Vanguard Customer Service is Horrible
I've done a change from joint ownership to individual (my) ownership at Vanguard. It wasn't too bad. We did have to go to a bank for a stamp, but as as been said here, it shouldn't be made too easy.
Also, it wasn't from a divorce. My dad had bought index funds for me when I was a kid -- thanks, Dad! -- and a year or two ago I noticed that you cannot have a beneficiary if you already have a joint account with, what is it called, Joint Tenant Right of Survivorship. So, I needed to take him off so that I could make my wife the beneficiary.
Also, it wasn't from a divorce. My dad had bought index funds for me when I was a kid -- thanks, Dad! -- and a year or two ago I noticed that you cannot have a beneficiary if you already have a joint account with, what is it called, Joint Tenant Right of Survivorship. So, I needed to take him off so that I could make my wife the beneficiary.
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:37 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Buffet's Cash Position
- Replies: 71
- Views: 7160
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:38 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3759
Re: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
Good to know, thank you, Tropik. This thread has helped me to learn as much about Vanguard funds as about that silly stock!
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:50 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3759
Re: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
Why is it expensive? I'm not saying it's overpriced for what it does, just that it's not cheap. I'm spoiled by VTSAX and the small- and mid-cap blend funds, I suppose.
@ThriftyPhD, @IvyHedge. Interesting that Total World does have it. When I didn't find it in Total International (VTIAX/VXUS) or VFWAX/VEU, I didn't even bother to look at Total World. A mistake on my part.
Total international has 6,350 holdings and excludes the US. Total World, while it has more stocks (8,000), does not exclude the US so I made the false assumption that they also would not have it.
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:14 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3759
Re: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
Yeah, Hedgefundie got that wrong. I guess I didn't make that clear in post 1. The stock is in the Russell-1000 so I searched for that in Vanguard and found VONE, a little known Vanguard fund that holds the Russell-1000. It's not cheap.
VV, the equivalent- well, the offering that Vanguard suggests is an equivalent to VONE, holds 300 or 350 fewer stocks, and not Atlassian.
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:34 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3759
Re: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
Ah yes, Ownership tab.
Held by both "Contrafunds" and simple large-cap growth funds, but not Vanguard. Hmm.
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:32 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3759
Re: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
This is why I settled on the the particular topic title above, despite the fact that VONE has it.HEDGEFUNDIE wrote: ↑Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:28 am You guys are chasing down the wrong rabbit hole.
This is a Vanguard issue, pure and simple.
TEAM shows up just fine in the iShares Russell 1000 ETFs: IWB and IWP.
Yeah, I mentioned that in post 1.And btw, Atlassian’s Jira software is ubiquitous in software development. This is hardly some unknown small cap stock.
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:28 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3759
Re: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
I guess I should add the disclaimer that I'm not plugging the stock or anything, even if this is already a smart crowd of indexers who are immune to that. Nor the newsletter. It is ok overall as long as one doesn't try to pick their own subset from the list, but still quite painful for me to see the losses from some of these stock trades. And it's not even my money! Just index.
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:12 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3759
Re: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
Yes, I do see it in the GS/Global Select list:
https://www.nasdaq.com/screening/compan ... e=0&page=3
https://www.nasdaq.com/screening/compan ... e=0&page=3
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:02 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3759
Re: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
The GS exchange is for smaller, younger companies. Critically, its listings requirements are lower than NASDAQ. Lower volume, less disclosures, audits are not as detailed Aha! That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you, Alex. Nasdaq GS. I'd never even heard of it. Wiki says Global Select Market (NASDAQ-GS large cap) is a market capitalization-weighted index made up of US-based and international stocks that represent the Global Select Market Composite. The Global Select Market consists of 1,200 stocks that meet Nasdaq's strict financial and liquidity requirements and corporate governance standards. The Global Select Market is more exclusive than the Global Market. Every October, the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department reviews th...
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:00 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Whats up w/ Vanguards website?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3448
Re: Whats up w/ Vanguards website?
Search for any Vanguard etf that is not VEU. Works.
Now search for VEU, or even click on the link from the VFWAX page. Does not work.
Now search for VEU, or even click on the link from the VFWAX page. Does not work.
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 8:50 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3759
Re: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
Thank you. I was just searching the ticker at Vanguard, and noticed they also wrote London. The Wikipedia entry is out of date.
That would be a cruel pick for a stock newsletter, then.
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 8:42 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
- Replies: 24
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Why is this stock not in Vanguard funds?
Care for a Saturday morning mystery? I strove to write a clear topic title, but this question is not really just about one stock. It started when I was reading a stock newsletter. I don't use it for myself, but I trade at the request of an elderly relative. One of the new buys is Atlassian, with the ticker TEAM. It is my habit to find any given stock in my index funds and pat myself on the back, although I cannot always find a company in my holdings. Atlassian piqued my curiosity because it is supposedly traded on the Nasdaq and is also a component of the Russell-1000 index. When I didn't see this company in mid-cap or small-cap blend funds, my largest holdings, I searched for Russell-1000 at Vanguard and found the etf with the ticker VONE....
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:56 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Do others dislike Vanguard's new website as much as me?
- Replies: 205
- Views: 30220
Re: Do others dislike Vanguard's new website as much as me?
I dislike the changes, too.
I’m grateful that at least there are ways (extra clicks) to see the old display. Things haven’t gotten as bad as the bank sites that put a big mobile-optimized screen on your desktop, with icons that don’t make clear whether they link to “contact us” or feedback.
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I’m grateful that at least there are ways (extra clicks) to see the old display. Things haven’t gotten as bad as the bank sites that put a big mobile-optimized screen on your desktop, with icons that don’t make clear whether they link to “contact us” or feedback.
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:46 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: More Bad News for USAA Bank
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16285
Re: More Bad News for USAA Bank
My parents had a lot of problems with them in 2018. Very disappointing.
I think their insurance arm is still ok.
I think their insurance arm is still ok.