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Lots of questions

Who is actually in charge of the deal in Venezuela?
Why wouldn’t Venezuela sell the oil to whoever they want?
Is the oil being brought to the US or will be stay in Venezuela?
If coming to the US, who is bringing it?
Are American oil companies included?

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Per CNBC
1) They are dealing with “interim’ decision makers in Venezuela
2) We control their shipping lanes
3) Coming to the US
4) TBD
5) US refiners (likely Valero and Phillips)

There’s an update to this. It is an initial 30-50 million barrels, with additional sales later. The oil will be given to the US, the US will sell it at market rates, and the proceeds will be placed in various US banks (in escrow esssentially). Once the US deems Venezuela stable, the proceeds will be released to benefit the Venezuelan people. Sanctions are also going to be lifted on Venezuelan oil.

This seems like a reasonable plan.

ETA: This oil was originally intended for China, it will now go to US refiners. Valero and Phillips are expected to be the biggest beneficiaries.

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The better course after ousting Maduro, he said, was to compel Rodríguez to initiate a transition of power, but the problem is that it doesn’t appear that “anyone in the U.S. is actively engaging in negotiations.”

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Which is why she is the only one in Maduro’s circle that doesn’t have a bounty on her head. They’ve been talking to her.

I wonder if it’s actually a power struggle between the collectivos and the military.

Grindelwald Switzerland and Lake Maggiore in Italy.

In Lucerne, take a gondola to the top of Mount Pilatus, a cruise on the lake, and take the funicular to Hotel Château Gütsch for a drink.

Rolling over a 401k can “cost you money” in some cases. Some plans require the funds to be converted to cash so that a check can be cut to the new custodian. The cost (or benefit) results from the time you’re out of the market. This happened to me last April. I had some money left in an old 401k that I moved into an IRA elsewhere. They cut a check payable to the new custodian, that money was out of the market for about 2-3 weeks. I was lucky because the market took a dive during that time.

That being said, you might be ok since your old 401k is at Fidelity. If you’re planning to rollover to a Fidelity IRA, they may be able to do it in-kind and do it instantaneously. Even if you don’t want to keep it in Fidelity, it’s possible their rules will allow for in-kind transfers elsewhere, however if you’re in institutional funds it could cause the problem I mentioned above.

I think this is the US sitting down with the military and telling them they can play along or join Maduro. They’ll install someone quickly that will play along on an interim basis while the US helps rebuild the oil infrastructure.

I think it’s a few things. Trump hates drugs, but I think it’s also a message to the Chinese to stop screwing around in our hemisphere, and to let the Russians know we’re going to neutralize their buddies.

Ole Miss should have made an attempt at it.

lol. Kirby Smart, best coach in college football.