I recently inherited stock from a sibling who died with no heirs.
Apparently she had stock invested in quite a few companies from across the spectrum.
I received a lot of mail to vote for each companies Board of Directors . So I had to do my homework on what each company did and who they were requesting I voted for. Anyone who was a member of the world economic forum got a vote of no from me. In some cases I was given up to 3 votes i believe is based on the number of shares I hold? But not sure. The majority of them were one vote only.
I voted the opposite way down the list for everything in Google, Goldman Sachs and a few other woke groups I inherited. Since I inherited the stock in Jan it took a dive in general so I may wait and see what it does.
Since I do not have a clue how to follow stock buy it or trade it I’m on a learning curve. I may decide to sell it and cash it all in at some point.
Prayers you are able to get to the USA. May you find yourself with many choices to settle down. Whatever you do stay away from the solid blue states.
Here in NC we are still mostly a rural state. Housing is still reasonable in rural areas. Climate has semi tropics in the southeast coastal regions vs snow in the mountains.
In spite of the state going for Trump 3X We have a Dem Governor and almost all state offices but that will most likely change now the Republicans control the State Election Board. The Republican house and Senate passed a law to send control of State Board of Elections to the State Auditor (Republican) right after the 2024 election while they still had a super majority. Its now been implemented removing the head of the state Board of Elections whom Soros supported.
I am a mother who adopted a baby with was given life from a pair of teenagers in 1983. I would love to thank them for giving my child her life! I don’t know who they are as it was a closed adoption but if you know of anyone who gave a child up for adoption please thank them.
He needs to go on something. High blood sugar levels will kill the kidneys. My sister was diabetic for years. Was on insulin but she didn’t really take control of her diet nor did she exercise. Her blood sugars stayed so high she went into renal failure. She ended up on dialysis the end of August. She was dead by the end of September after her heart gave out at the age of 76.
There is a catch 22 with osteoporosis/osteopenia. Some people are so fragile they will fracture a verterbrae from just bending over. So there is a need to do something for many. Unfortunately these drugs can have significant side effects for some.
Was diagnosed with Osteoporosis about 20 years ago. Little did I know back then that these drugs were a problem. I believed my doctors back then and was taking whatever meds they suggested. The only problem I noticed with the drug was some reflux a couple days after taking it.
I was placed on them and took them on/off for almost 20 years with a break every five years. In 2011 they came out that you should only take them for 5 years max. I didn't know this until recently and when I moved here I was still working and didn't remember to send any of my medical records from where I moved from so according to my Dr. when she put me back on them she didn't know I was on them that long.
I was on a hiatus from the drugs for over a year and was being monitored with annual Dexa scans. In April 2021 I was told I was in osteopenia and bc I had never broken a bone in my life I was at low risk for fracture. One month later I fell on my back and fractured my L4 verterbrae. It never healed and collapsed inside of me requiring a two day surgery 5 months later to remove the verterbrae that collapsed and install a cage lined with protein on mesh with a cadaver bone inside. Then I had rods and long cemented in screws placed from L2 to S2.
I am now considered at high risk for fracturing. I found out from my Endo the Bisophosophonate drugs never leave your system and can cause your bones to become more brittle. Thus why I fractured. They make your Dexa scan look great, however.
I am currently on Evenity injections which are bone protein. You can only take them for a year. I will go on respite from meds if my dexa is still in osteopenia or better.
FWIW If I knew what I know now I would use diet and exercise to forestall bone loss. My PT told me after I fell that jumping jacks are one of the best exercises for you to do with weight and resistance training.
There are multiple programs to check out on your own that use natural means to help keep your bones strong. In spite of this, your bones may continue to lose density. The other thing to try instead of getting a Dexa scan is to locate a place that offers REM scan instead. REMS is a bone scan that gives an estimate of bone mineral density, t-scores and z-scores, the same as DEXA, but the scan uses ultrasound instead of x-rays and, so long as the operator is fully trained, is more reliable because it's more fully automated than DEXA. REMS also gives a measure of bone strength, something that DEXA can't do.
I suspect many of us are seeing this disease due our diets and for some of us (myself included it is hereditary. I had a great aunt who was a hunchback due to fractures of her spine and my dad ended up that way in his late seventies.
We switched away from them about ten years ago after they raised our auto loans significantly. We’d been with them for both our house and two auto loans for 40 years at the time.
They won’t be the only insurance company looking to raise their rates I’m sure.
We had similar requests from insurance companies here in NC. The back to back damage on the Eastern NC and Coastal plains from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Flo in 2018 and the recent hurricane damage in Western NC, of course.
We were supposed to get a 40% increase here in Eastern NC bc of hurricanes. But it got whittled down to 17%
So I feel your pain.