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Howdy folks,
Geez, a bit of an election and all y'all go nuts. ;-)
CNBC started this insanity with their attack questions. Seems the networks were more about touting themselves and their moderators than the candidates.
Donald is busting Fox cho…
What has always made this forum great was the diversity of the posters and their views. This or that 'expert' have come and gone but the forum lives as does the quality of advice and information.
Count your blessings, campers.
And so it goes,
pe…
Howdy campers,
Started wicked ugly but recovered so very well. Geez, this morning, I was even flashing back to Gary Smith 'true selling day' and was contemplating drastically reducing all equity positions. feh. Held off.
What has changed? Wh…
Thanks for posting this. It harkens back to the 'cargo cults' started in WWII. With the C-47's supplying the troops the natives looked on in wonder as these steel birds brought all kinds of goodies from afar. It ended up becoming a quasi-religio…
Howdy campers,
While currently being a republican office holder, I am a lifelong democrat based upon my voting.
Hillary is a war-mongering industrialist fluffer for Wall Street. And I'll probably have no choice but to vote for her considering …
Howdy professor,
Been dead for a couple of years now - since they peaked. feh. It was a great run - one of the all time easy bulls to ride.
Have some great holidays,
rono
chill campers,
yeah, he was a jerk on many different levels. nevertheless, he was a great artist that contributed a lot to contemporary music.
golly, it's not as it he's the first nor last great artist that's completely dysfunctional in any ot…
Am I the only crazy one to think that Detroit has a better idea?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/12/drive-pot-shops-worry-officials-detroit/72156168/
and so it goes,
peace,
rono
Howdy,
It's been going on for quite a while - the extermination of the middle class, if you will.
Here in Michigan, Ballard states we hit our mfg peak in 1973. That might be somewhere around middle class peak growth. That's about when the wager…
Howdy folks,
Interesting article. They use potential carbon pricing and/or regulatory regime as headwinds the fossil fuel industry, I'd be very curious to see how all fuels competed in the marketplace if they were completely free of any tax breaks…
Howdy,
Sure looks like the bull market is over. That said, it was a wonderful ride. Historically, commodity type bull markets run 12-15 years or so and we're right there.
I still believe in a 'security blanket' holding of pm's representing a …
Howdy folks,
Thoughts for the families.
There is a huge issue with a sizeable portion of our citizenry - that they flat do not trust the U.S. gov't. Where do you think Donald is garnering so much support? Not only don't they trust the gov't, th…
Howdy campers,
Why not take away their ability to expense advertising on their books. That's why you see a prescription drug advertised on TV every 2 or 3 minutes.
Oh, and BTW, just to go on record, I am for socialized medicine across the board. …
We need some demand side economics (e.g. raising the minimum wage, rebuilding the infrastructure) to stimulate aggregate demand.
Oh, and BTW, every person in jail for a marijuana offense should receive an unconditional pardon and have their rec…
Howdy folks,
Alas and alack. This sounds like pure fraud and theft. However, it's still sad for the folks involved.
However, there is possibly a looming bit of a problem in the gold and silver arenas with a lot more paper bullion existing than…
Howdy,
Yeppers, happened after the crash in '29. If I recall folks pretty much avoided stocks until the war and later. Hell, my folks just passed in their mid-80's and they wouldn't ever buy a stock. CD's and Series EE. Oh, and don't even sug…
Hi Mark,
Hope you're doing well.
About time they cracked down on high finance crimes. Geez, you rip $500M and IF they catch you and IF they convict you, you get a $500K fine and 3 years in a Federal country club prison. Where do we sign up?
Ins…
Howdy folks,
They demonstrated two things - if you are witness to a terrorist operation, you can either attempt to stop it . . . or die.
And two - in spite of our official foreign policy causing so many to see us as 'the ugly Americans' - as indi…
Howdy folks,
Gold is a complicated play with so many different facets to demand . . . and price. The greatest impact these days is the strength of the dollar and the POG being expressed in terms of the dollar.
While I still recommend a core ho…
Howdy campers,
Nice discussion . . . and way to complicated for me. What I'd like to see, is 15% on everything with NO deductions and let's say a $40K personal exemption. That's 15% on all forms of income - cap gains, income, corporate.
Just…
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aaaarrrgghh. You have this block of the republican party that has sworn to never raise taxes. You have a LOT of people that are saying they don't want higher taxes period. And until they dial 911 and no one answers, they will continue to …
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Indeed. Thanks to one and all that make this an invaluable service to the investing public. Particular thanks to the participants willing to share their thoughts and knowledge. What do you call "Investing Synergy"? Regardless, it result…
Howdy folks,
Part of the problem with the price of gold is that it's expressed in dollars. And you are all aware of how well the dollar has been doing relative to other currencies. This has made it cheaper for us and pricier for everyone else. …
Howdy campers,
With plants they have actually started using phytomining
http://www.livescience.com/28676-plants-grow-gold.html
They've long used plants for phytoremediation at environmental problem sites. Quite a few native plants enjoy heavy m…
Howdy folks and particularly linter,
The others all had great advice. I would like to add one twist that I have as a retiree seeking income in a zero rate world. I own my utilities and various other companies that I do business with on a fairly r…
Howdy campers,
Going back to the start, yes, Grasshopper, you ARE naïve. I doubt that there is any print or digital media in the world that doesn't have it's politikal bias. C'est la vie.
IBD has long been a right wing leaning paper. If that bo…
Thanks Mark,
You staying warm?
Good stuff and BTW, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre is the auto-biography of Jesse Livermore and a must read by anyone even thinking about investing in stocks. Here's the wiki article.
http://en.…
Howdy campers,
I feel sorry for Rudi. Trying desperately to be listened too. It's like the dog or kid that wants attention acting out - jumping up and down and barking like crazy.
As for politicians and patriotism, geez. Whether you agree with …
All y'all are seriously hellbent on bringing forth the ghost of Harry Bridges . . . and for the guy that successfully called out San Francisco in a General Strike . . . not a good idea.
peace,
rono
Howdy campers,
Wow. Interesting discussion.
I see gold pretty much the way I always have - as a security blanket. Hell, I didn't even play gold before 2002 . . . and I have collected coins for over 50 years AND played silver since the Hunt Br…
Howdy,
I'm offended for several reasons. Not only was he a news reporter by trade, sworn to report the facts and nothing but the facts, but he's effectively America's nightly news anchor following in the steps of Cronkite, et al.
Second is the…
Howdy,
I too have fond memories but geez, it's like they're still selling tubes and this is the transistor age. They never progressed out of the industrial age.
peace,
rono
Howdy good people,
I'll start with the original postie with a story from 'nam. As some recall, I was RADAR O'Reilly for a Marine Corps special forces unit from 3/68-11/69.
In Alpha Deuce, we had a kid from New England, white, scored a 128 on th…
Howdy campers,
Watching the coverage, they had about 48 hours to prepare and post-Sandy, I am very sure they all took full advantage. They're all hunkered down around the fire at home making babies.
Yeah, expect a bloody huge baby boom 9 months o…
Howdy,
Being a grand father and contributor to two 529, this is on first blush, outrageous.
I say this because this country and OUR government is making billions of dollars every year on student loans. This is obscene. For a people to succeed, t…
