{"id":34992,"date":"2016-06-22T10:45:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T14:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=34992"},"modified":"2016-06-22T10:45:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T14:45:30","slug":"watch-for-fees-and-idiocy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=34992","title":{"rendered":"Watch for fees and idiocy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s too hard with this Brexit thing hanging over everyone&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yet the S&amp;P500 is still holding in. Good argument for index funds:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SPOYTD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SPOYTD.jpg\" alt=\"S&amp;POYTD\" width=\"646\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SPOYTD.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SPOYTD-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Banks and brokers are going nuts with the fees. <\/strong><\/span>Watch out. One just charged me $26 for a simple wire &#8212; after promising that the wire would be free. Don&#8217;t believe promises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Check each bank and brokerage statement you receive. Sneaky new fees and higher old fees are appearing everywhere. <strong>CHECK. CHECK. CHECK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It&#8217;s the summer and everyone is stupid.<\/strong><\/span> Cars and trucks block the box. Then honk and honk. Then go through red lights. People walk off curbs while texting. They get crazy over the smallest irritations. I have no idea why summer is crazy. But you need to be extra careful. \u00a0Please.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Everyone is being injured.<\/strong><\/span> They lift weights too heavy. They bike too far. They copy Nadal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You&#8217;re not 25, any longer. When you injure something now, it takes a long, long time to repair it. Don&#8217;t pretend you&#8217;re 25. \u00a0Moderation is good. Physioterrorism is not fun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Save your work every minute.<\/strong><\/span> There&#8217;s nasties around that Norton doesn&#8217;t catch. My ultra-reliable machine just blew up this morning &#8212; for the first time ever. I don&#8217;t know why. I may revert to a cloned drive I made recently. That drive won&#8217;t have the nasty on it, maybe. I&#8217;m praying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I love Instagram. <\/span><\/strong>It&#8217;s great eye candy. Super interesting. Super easy to install. Download the app. Then subscribe to feeds that produce fantastic photos, e.g. arountheworldpix, wowscience, natgeotravel, \u00a0stevemccurryofficial, science, daviddoubilet, natgeo, nytimes, taylorswift, natgeocreative, katiagoffingardens, emrata, and of course, victoriassecret.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From natgeo feed &#8212; what Instagram looks like on my iPhone. I get a photo and a tiny explanation. Feeds my need for visual stimulus and more useless facts:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/natgeo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/natgeo.png\" alt=\"natgeo\" width=\"350\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/natgeo.png 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/natgeo-168x300.png 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It was Yoga Day this week.<\/strong><\/span> I went into LuLu Lemon and eyed a pair of shorts (for me).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/YogaDay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/YogaDay.jpg\" alt=\"YogaDay\" width=\"450\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/YogaDay.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/YogaDay-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">They were $68. They had one pocket. It was too small for my cell phone. I&#8217;m cheap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No one cares about pockets, however:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LULUYTD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LULUYTD.jpg\" alt=\"LULUYTD\" width=\"637\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LULUYTD.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/LULUYTD-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Stupid, but funny <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Identifyasado.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Identifyasado.png\" alt=\"Identifyasado\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Identifyasado.png 400w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Identifyasado-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Thoughts for a gorgeous day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. &#8211; Victor Borge<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Don&#8217;t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. &#8211; Winston Churchill<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he&#8217;s too old to go anywhere. &#8211; Billy Crystal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\" alt=\"HarryNewton\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarry Newton who sees Brexit as giving boredom a whole new meaning.<\/p>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');\n\n  ga('create', 'UA-45200733-1', 'technologyinvestor.com');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s too hard with this Brexit thing hanging over everyone&#8217;s head. Yet the S&amp;P500 is still holding in. Good argument for index funds: Banks and brokers are going nuts with the fees. Watch out. One just charged me $26 for a simple wire &#8212; after promising that the wire would be free. Don&#8217;t believe promises. 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