Kungolicious

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[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Axa has shit life/annuity products too

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I disagree. A higher turnover rate means paying the new guy less money. You’ll see this more often when they want to annoy people into quitting so they don’t need to pay unemployment.

They’re using the psychology correctly. It’s just awful for people as a whole. But it can temporarily make their books look good (high sales, low expenses) and justify bigger bonuses for the board.

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I hope this will make it clear how much people actually pay on their retirement accounts. Far too many people I talk to don’t realize that they are paying an “expense ratio” on their investment funds.

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I’m pregnant…

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

The groan I just grunt. Well done, hotdogman. Well done.

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most 401k’s will mail checks when people want to roll funds over. Sometimes to the receiving companies, sometimes directly to the client. They won’t even overnight it or put a tracking number on it either. Just snail mail hope it shows up some day.

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

If you need me, I’ll be in my tent. Stroganoff.

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fair. The 2% inflation that the FED is pursuing by raising rates is because that’s the economic sweet spot. If we end up in a 10 year deflationary period then that would be catastrophic. I was moreso referencing a short term “return to 2019 numbers” type of deflation that I believe could be a good thing for people.

Since the FED is focused on a 2% inflation hedge and we’ve raised interest rates so much, they would just lower them again to prevent a repeat of Japan. They’re predicted to lower them next year because of this.

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Financial planner here. Deflation is bad for “everybody” that wants to talk to you about it. It’s bad for financial planners because it makes the stock market go down, so we make less money. It’s bad for politicians because everybody that votes seems to think the economy consists of however high the Dow Jones gets. It’s bad for companies because it’ll cut into their profits. The more these entities can convince you that deflation is bad, the more likely people are to campaign against it.

The real truth of it is that deflation is good for PEOPLE. People are not the economy. The concern I have is that during a deflationary period companies tend to do more layoffs and cut corners on quality control. As long as income & unemployment stay the same then deflation would be a very welcome reprieve from these last couple of years.

This is why the union strikes are so important right now. If people see that the current union strikes work, then they’re far more likely to unionize when companies start to do layoffs. Really the only way for companies to protect themselves from deflation is to screw over the workers, and unions stand in direct opposition to that move.

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Honestly they should apply the same CPI-wage index that social security/va pensions use to all means based testing and social nets.

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Corporate person only when convenient.

[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

DOJ wants people to realize just how large Google is. Google doesn’t want people to realize how big they are.

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