2013/5/13-7/3 [Finance/Banking] UID:54676 Activity:nil | 5/13 Does FDIC ever matter? How likely is it that your deposit of
over $250k going to be screwed over in a major US bank?
\_ Was Washington Mutual a major bank?
\_ Was Washington Mutual a major US bank?
\_ Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Good one.
\- As with nuclear weapons, this insurance produces much of its value
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2013/3/6-4/16 [Finance/Banking] UID:54620 Activity:nil | 3/6 When I first joined my company, I got a sign-in bonus which was
deposited into my savings account the first month. I also got my
moving fees reimbursed, which was also deposited into my savings
account a few months later. However, neither entries show up on
W2 or any other official records (not even ADP). I asked my boss
if I should talk to someone about this, and he said "don't worry
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2009/10/29-11/3 [Finance/CC, Finance/Investment] UID:53483 Activity:kinda low | 10/29 Hey troll that said that 2 CS profs should make $1M/yr...
http://www.sacbee.com/statepay
Most CS Profs make around $120K. Now it's your turn to talk about how
if you're not wasting your money on fancy dinners and investing it all,
you'd make over $1M on real estate and stock market investments.
\_ Go back and reread and apologize. 1/4 != 1
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2009/9/29-10/8 [Finance/Banking, Industry/Jobs, Industry/Startup] UID:53412 Activity:moderate | 9/29 So let's say I have some money, about $100k. What are some things
I could do with it? What do you guys recommend?
\_ Hookers and blow
\_ Guns, ammo, MREs, to prepare for the coming apocalypse!
\_ I am thinking about buying some gold.
\_ Gold is a bad idea right now. The inflation hedge is
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2009/5/19-26 [Finance/Banking] UID:53014 Activity:nil | 5/18 What's a good bank with decent interest rate for savings or MM?
I'm looking for something that's not too inconvenient (with tellers
within 20 miles of major cities) and with higher interest rates
than BofA and Wells Fargo.
\_ Isn't there a canonical approach to keep a small amount of money
~$1000 in a large bank with prevalent ATMs and keep the bulk of
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2009/4/9-13 [Finance/Banking] UID:52830 Activity:moderate | 4/9 Wife and I have about $5000 combined savings. We're poor. What's a
decent checking or savings account to open?
\_ http://gmacbank.com is a pretty good value.
\_ http://gmacbank.com is a pretty good value. they almost always pay a pretty
competitive rate. one of the account types offers limited
check-writing and ATM fee reimbursements. the other doesn't, but
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2013/7/31-9/16 [Reference/RealEstate, Finance/Investment] UID:54720 Activity:nil | 7[31 Suppose you have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank earning
minimum interest rate and you're not sure whether you're going to
buy a house in 1-5 years. Should one put that money in a more
risky place like Vanguard ETFs and index funds, given that the
horizon is only 1-5 years?
\_ I have a very similar problem, in that I have a bunch of cash
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2013/5/17-7/3 [Finance/Investment] UID:54679 Activity:nil | 5/17 Tech stocks at all time high & Bay Area traffic and housing crisis
is now worse than 2001. BUBBLE 2.0 BEWARE!!!
\_ This time it is no bubble, at least not yet. Wake me up again
when the Nasdaq hits an inflation adjusted record.
\_ I don't know if this bubble qualifies as a tech bubble or a bubble
at all. Last weekend I saw hiring signs at McDonald's, Macy's and
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2012/1/18-3/3 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java, Finance/Investment] UID:54290 Activity:nil | 1/18 I own a bunch of NFLX stocks bought at several different periods
(from high $200 all the way down to $80). I dumped a few and
still have a few. Why the hell is Reid Hastings still making
$500,000/year? How do I join the pending NFLX Class Action
Lawsuit?
\_ Why would you buy stock in a company run by a narcissistic
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2011/12/9-2012/1/10 [Industry/Startup, Finance/Investment] UID:54254 Activity:nil | 12/9 A public company (NASDAQ/NYSE) needs to publicly disclose
important information right? Is there a way to find data that
shows who owns most of the stocks, when they're dumping (to measure
their confidence in the company), and how many people are shorting?
\_ It has been a few years since I took a business organizations
course, but from what I remember, there isn't a requirement for
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