Official Investing Thread

[SportsFromA2]

Oh yeah, fwiw, I went to the Briarwood Schwab office shortly after it was discussed in this thread, and what they do is physically accept checks at the local A2 office, but nothing is actually processed here... They have a daily overnight to some central office and they add the checks in with that, and that's where the actual processing is done.

so it's not a bank branch (no dealing with cash) or anything like that, just gives a quicker option to "deposit" checks..

but access to cash isn't an issue at all, since all ATM's are free (all charged fees are automatically reimbursed @ monthly billing cycle end).. Just depositing cash is a problem with that setup

[pGekko]

Who deposits cash in the first place, other than criminals? I think I'm going to move all of my banking/investing to schwab.

[SportsFromA2]

Who deposits cash in the first place, other than criminals? I think I'm going to move all of my banking/investing to schwab.

when my sister moved back from Boise last month, she sold a ****load of her stuff so she didn't have to move it (first time she had to move herself / the company wasn't paying for it), and she had a lot more cash than she wanted to carry though the airport.... Ended up just buying a money order to herself for a $1 or so and "deposited" that at her local Schwab office.. Not a bad option if you ever have to do it

[pGekko]

Yea, I'm sure you can get around the random occasion where you have significant cash you need to deposit.

[SportsFromA2]

fwiw, Schwab Bank's rate table:

https://online.schwabbank.com/rateTable.do

[pGekko]

fwiw, Schwab Bank's rate table:

https://online.schwabbank.com/rateTable.do

That's so depressing I can't articulate further.

[SportsFromA2]

That's so depressing I can't articulate further.

lockstep

Ford Interest Advantage FTW I guess... I've been with them for close to a decade now (had a gap of about a year or two around 2008 without one)

[pGekko]

lockstep

Ford Interest Advantage FTW I guess.

Right. I plan on keeping liquid emergency in that pig account, but I just meant in general that's really depressing. Nothing to do with Schwab really.

[pGekko]

I think it's about time to buy Ford btw.

[SportsFromA2]

I think it's about time to buy Ford btw.

seems like it's been on one heck of a plateau for some time now...

do you have simple explanation for the difference between "Regular" stock and "preferred" stock? I think the symbol for Ford's PS is F-PS but I don't understand the differences between the two

[pGekko]

Just a hunch.