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I myself see a big pullback coming in the next six months but I don’t know that I have ever been correct over 45 years. I will put a lot of money in if a 10% pullback comes. I expect you r being prudent depending on how old you are. The thing is, if you’re young, you might as well stick it out and not try to time. He said.
Except for the recent tear, not seeing what this offers over say RPG and/or FDGRX the last 5y. Lower risk, it says. Recent outperformance, well, nothing like it, is there?
This interesting 'survey' might be of interest:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/10/02/are-there-any-economic-indicators-pointing-towards-the-need-for-a-fed-rate-hike-some-of-my-econ-pals-weigh-in/
>> ... efforts from the government to stick more dirty little fingers in the pie. Most times they do that, however, the effect is to take more out of your co-worker's and Derf's pocket ...
Wait, is the thinking here that gov is responsible fo…
I guess you did not study or even read the WEF report.
>> the Wapo article was not written to seriously address trade issues, but to discredit Trump. Wapo is part of the Establishment. Gawd forbid some candidate NOT in harmony with Establis…
As someone who (like so many here) studies the Commentary texts intensely, I am trying to fathom the extreme Leuthold valentine.
>> They’re an independent firm that produces financial research for institutional investors.
okay
>> The…
BMI thresholds are rather severe, even moreso if you have a genuinely large frame. Also being slightly overweight is a health plus (rich world problem).
But most what is under discussion is pretty awful (morbid) obesity for all the usual reasons, …
>> steady income yet not losing NAV or gaining due to capital appreciation?
Is this what anyone calls 'total return'?? Confused. What fund or etf does not lose nav or have any capital gains except for you-know-whats?
Further. This is the best brief summary of the issues I have seen:
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/author/teresa-tritch/
Also:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/memo-to-fed-dont-raise-interest-rates/2015/09/01/448996b6-5012-11e5-8c19-0b6…
@MJG, k, you struck out, but that's okay, I shan't express further curiousity about what you wrote about using more.
>> a few words that are innocuous, are a soft projection, and are not pertinent
Very good.
@rjb112:
If you want to separate out refined, that's cool, but did you not then proceed to glom everything together? Including paragraphs on energy, which is yet another category. Sure, we do not consume much crude in the U S directly, it's true. I…
Rather than wait again for your take on that gov page, I emailed a working oil broker, who explained:
\\\ We export more refined products (gasoline, kerosene, raw materials used for plastic, etc) than we import. It's still against the law to expor…
Although surely not like your own expertise, actually I do a little bit of work in this area, as an irregular editor of international trade papers since OPEC's rise to prominence 40y ago. Which is why I posted that particular link for you to study a…
@rjb112
>> PmU: the main point is that we (the US) do not produce nearly enough oil to meet our needs, so we import oil for our use. That's been the case for as long as I can remember, and will continue to be the case.
See http://www.eia.g…
MJG,
Wow, you should run for office, with redirection like that.
>> I will likely use more if the price is lowered.
I wonder why you wrote that if you cannot tell how, specifically. So, again, in what way would you 'likely use more'? From…
Jeez, you made a simple assertion about using more, and I asked a simple, curious question. No need to pontificate again, about price and demand! Just answer the damn question. How would you react like the nominal individual? In what ways? Specifica…
Not fully following, sorry (much ignorance here on my part).
No one quite equates income stagnation w employment. I do agree that econ improvement is the job of policymakers as much as if not more than the Fed.
One simple Costco-like start of a so…
See
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/07/opinion/you-deserve-a-raise-today-interest-rates-dont.html
There are much more important things to address meaningfully in this economy than interest rates, except for the opinion bankers and their business spr…
haha, right, not interesting or complex in the least, just dirtbag comedy:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/09/21/ceo-of-company-that-raised-the-price-of-old-pill-hundreds-of-dollars-overnight-calls-journalist-a-moron-for-…
Single payer would be awesome, but unlikely in this country for now.
The daraprim $1-to-$750 story may be a little bit more interesting and complex than the headlines. Or not:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/09/20/huge-overnight-increase…
>> Will a politician surprise the nation and successfully make difficult decisions and actually bring down healthcare costs,
How would that work, do you think? My sense is pretty limited political powers and capabilities. (Other than welcome …
Nice hed. This is chiefly cuz it's her, not cuz there is news here.
From Politico a month ago:
… there is growing evidence that even GOP voters are more concerned about curbing drug prices than dislodging [ACA]. In April, the nonpartisan Kaiser F…
>> low interest, low to no wage growth with prices in housing and health care increasing.
Already is!
>> Then investors and workers will get increased taxes
Not sure that will happen
>> and a VAT at some time.
As you keep h…
esp if Fla goes underwater in the next couple decades ....
No, never lived there, many friends though, and have a timeshare on Sanibel. Live in the v expensive Boston suburbs.
Maybe those mile after mile of newish but abandoned and grassed-in fore…
Wow, there is a building boom in Fla again?? (Pardon ignorance.) Last time I drove through Ft Myers, seems only a few years ago, it was nonstop abandonment of new-looking stuff.
The usual advice, may not apply to you, is if you need a place to live…
Subsequent dca has a charge too?? Wow, $5 per hit. Even if it is 6 shares? I thought we were all told always to mind fees. Why pay extra unless the performance is significantly superior? And does Vanguard have anything that is *significantly* superi…
Whoa, tyvm! This is really rich, and I had no idea.
No wonder nobody takes IBD pol reportage seriously. I did laugh out loud. Maybe it was at this:
\\\ Obama's oppressive mix of higher taxes and massive new regulations choked off what should have …
True dat.
Always glad to be unhelpful; in investing it's often second nature !
I did not mention, and you can find this out for yourself and see how it comports, that Pinto et alia get notably lower risk ratings than Fido and maybe even Vanguard.…
Right, sorry. No need to switch Vang for something else unless you have losses, sure. No harm in being led by Pinto (Janus) and by the Fido guys, both groups, both real good. But since you wish to consolidate, I would flip a coin; you will not go wr…
