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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.
@Dex,
Correct. It was not your own question.
OJ, as a longterm layout editor, I know filler (also pig latin). Do check out better modern ones (cupcakes, bacon, Pulp Fiction ....):
http://mashable.com/2013/07/11/lorem-ipsum/#ZcVH4Mit_qqy
>> or get from margin account
Yeah, I did not mention heloc, which is a good option to have at a low rate if you can get one.
Amazing the reactions in this thread to the simplest of questions (not mine). I myself would never ask the intrusi…
@soaring, I have had bad luck underwater the last 10 months with PDI, for the first or first few of which I did not reinvest, so it's tricky to figure against the standard growth-10k chart. Plus the discount to holdings. I will bail as soon as I get…
So to keep with the historical custom you cite, a better question would have been What percent of your total nut do you have in cash?
I was not expressing any opinion about privacy. It's not that I don't understand the issues. I was just surprised…
The question was how much in saving account. Period. No percentage. No nothin'. I don't want or need to know anything in this regard whatsoever. But few responded to it plainly, even though they chose to respond. No turnips involved. Lots of pols on…
Oh, no one feels that need; I get that. It is just that that (and only that) is the question here, so if one feels as so many do, why bother to respond at all?
l5b, no trash pickup (or sewerage) in our town; we pay for private pickup. Very well-paid teachers, though.
Interesting that almost nobody else answers the question and gives figures. Maybe I should delete mine.
x savings/checkings for a few months of bills, x cash in brokerage and ST bond, sounds okay except everything else is invested (chiefly equity funds, some bond and REIT funds) and sure would be better to let sit, also our annual runrate is above x …
Now, this is a stereotypical liberal kvetch, without offering any genuine feasible solutions. Wanh, okay, so what would Theroux propose? Is this better than the opposite?? Seriously. Should the rich piggies NOT do this?
Many of the comments are sm…
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…
