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davidrmoran
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.
yes, there is history
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/03/02/the-real-reason-trump-wants-to-start-a-trade-war
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/us/politics/trump-embraces-a-trade-war-which-could-undermine-growth.html
https:…
(PK NYT today)
... you go out for dinner with a wealthy acquaintance. “I’ll take care of everything,” he says, and orders you a hamburger. Then he orders himself an expensive steak and a bottle of wine, which he doesn’t share. And when the waiter co…
It's a lost cause, at least for some time, to rail against the mistaken Heller decision and insist on reading the nominative absolute that opens 2A in strict-constructionist fashion, as it was intended and written. But for those who are interested:
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@Mark, sorry, rono wrote
>> that assault rifles and high capacity magazines can and should be banned without gutting the 2nd
and I was pointing it out that that was how it used to be, long upheld by courts etc.
sounds to me like you should be in charge
you do know the difference between inside and outside the house, of course, protection vs social endangerment
A seemingly thoughtful response, but your reading comprehension is subpar at best, and your kneejerkness to go troll and go loony rhetorically vitiates any appearance of thoughtfulness.
>> ... 40,000 people are killed in the U S A in automob…
That’s odd...nowhere in the original post does Senator Warren dictate what security could or should be purchased. Maybe I missed it.
You missed nothing, and trolling and insulting a smart and capable and hardworking (and somewhat obnoxious) public s…
...4-5y worth. Taxable, alas.
@davidrmoran, what do you mean by that? My 4 year bucket #1, MM and CDs, would remain tax deferred if that was what you referred to.
My nearterm bucket, bonds and cash, is in rollover IRAs, and a brokerage account …
>> More than 2 buckets just confuses me
Me too. Bucket 1 is cash plus bond funds (PDI, PTY, PONDX, FRIFX) that have been pretty steady but on paper, and eventually probably in reality, are more volatile than bucket 1 typically should be. 4-5…
Thank the Lord these factor articles never mention CAPE and the fund based thereon, which handily outperform all of the above (or appear to; could not find graphs for some).
>> Squeal for someone else to help you when you are in trouble.
That's the spirit. You too, k ?
Are you part of the "faction in our country that sees public action for the public good, no matter how justified, as part of a conspiracy to dest…
but always, always FREEEEEEEEDOM
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/opinion/guns-nasty-brutish-trump.html
(PKrugman NYT)
"For whatever reason, there’s a faction in our country that sees public action for the public good, no matter how justified, a…
That's right: hunters, sport shooters, rural folks, all that sort of thing, has never been the problem. Praying that this is a tipping point against the kneejerk slippery slope argument, with the result being a return to sane controls on assault wea…
PIIE POLICY BRIEF 18-4
Why Has the Stock Market Risen So Much Since the US Presidential Election?
Olivier Blanchard (PIIE), Christopher G. Collins (Federal Reserve Board of Governors), Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar (Federal Reserve Board of Governors),…
David, surely you jest.
Seems unlike Ted, but that aside, when someone tells me to don hip wadders [sic], I take it to mean to prepare to stomp through crap, material that is itself crap, not making an argument about it. No?
Wonder who writes these things? A committee?. Nothing like the precision of this CYA stuff..
seeks to balance
potential ... appreciation
may also aid
the relative stability
could help to moderate
intended to reduce
could reduce
may respond…
Note LSE Brian Klaas quotes midway through this nauseous judicial and legal litany:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/opinion/trump-republican-realignment.html
“Gerrymandering, in a word, is why American democracy is broken. While no party is inn…
Do not watch Cramer
Do not take all of your funds out of the market
You can post your fund list and get good (also less-good) advice about consolidation and diversification
Do not spend money on courses
If you just cannot bear it, or need cash withi…
Sounds good on paper, but I always wonder about longterm expertise and policy memory, since so many newcomers are inexperienced (even when not rabblerousers) ...
I suppose continuity of staffing could address some of that, ha.
to get back on point, this is interesting, coming through the long sunny calm and back into normal waters and skies
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/business/stock-market-turned-nasty-long-overdue.html
