# Finance board here?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finance-board-here/795695>\
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**Created:** [September 7, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finance-board-here/795695 "2017-09-07T00:48:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finance-board-here/795695/1 "2017-09-07T00:48:19Z")

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Does anyone want to have a board for personal and other financial and investment topics?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finance-board-here/795695/2 "2017-09-07T01:09:58Z")

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What’s wrong with IMHO?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finance-board-here/795695/3 "2017-09-07T05:28:16Z")

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Some of those ousted Thai prime ministers need a place to deposit a few billion dollars stuck in their country. Give me your banking details and I’ll see you get to keep at least half a bil.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finance-board-here/795695/4 "2017-09-07T06:22:10Z")

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I think that’s too narrow of a topic for a forum on the SDMB. Good luck in finding one, all the personal finance and investing boards seemed to get filled with conspiracy theories, penny stock scams, and other ‘can’t miss’ schemes.

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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finance-board-here/795695/5 "2017-09-07T17:06:35Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> What’s wrong with IMHO?

I ask because I was part of two threads on this topic in different forums. It’s hard to imagine such a large everyday common topic being orphaned off to different forums.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finance-board-here/795695/6 "2017-09-07T18:08:35Z")

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> [@dalej42](#):
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> I think that’s too narrow of a topic for a forum on the SDMB. Good luck in finding one, all the personal finance and investing boards seemed to get filled with conspiracy theories, penny stock scams, and other ‘can’t miss’ schemes.

Bogleheads is good.