John Q. Public

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    • ON: Tue Apr 1st 16:08 PM
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      Hitting the Reset Button On Home Mortgages
      Hymans idea is the best one that I have heard yet, both personal and from the expert pundits!!
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    • ON: Tue Apr 1st 13:43 PM
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      Hitting the Reset Button On Home Mortgages
      Most of these comments are good and some others go to show you that knowledge and reason and owning a computer do not go hand-in-hand. Like a friend of mine says, opinions are like a--holes, everybody has one.
      Anyway, I retired after 40 years of working, at the end of 2004, the same year I purchased a new house and doubled my mortgage payments. I intend to pay for it with my pension and with my savings and investments. If I fail to do so, I do not expect the government to bail me out. It is a risk that I took upon myself and if I come to the point where I cannot may the payment to keep the house, I will sell it and purchase something smaller that I can afford or rent if I have to. My point is, these are my choices, made with the backing of my money and no one elses. I certainly do not expect the government to step in and bail me out with TAXPAYER money. What is wrong with people? You make the decisions, you reap the benefits........or the disaster. Take responsibility!
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    • ON: Thu Mar 13th 12:48 PM
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      Dividend Analysis of General Electric
      As a GE retiree, I agree the dividends are great and that they keep increasing. And to the other comment above it doesn't matter the stock price until the time you cash out but still, with double digit growth each year I fail to understand why this stock is not doing better than it does. As a retiree, there will come a time, and it could be at any time, when you need to dip into the well and then it is too late to wish the reservoir had grown more over the years. I have been diversifying since I retired since the stock price hasn't done hardly anything since 2001 and there are much better opportunities for growth in the market. Still I own a few thousand shares. Look a GE as a one stock mutual fund since it is so diversified.
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