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I had not known about the other two so thanks. I checked them out. Cyber dyne also submitted their exoskeleton for FDA approval in Nov. of last year. The exoskeleton field is going to be a focus industry I think. Not only are they looking at stroke …
In the case of the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, if Vanguard were to sell shares of companies they felt did not abide by their standards, then it would not be an index fund any longer.
From the article; "One more thing: A bit of history. The last major recession was 1973-1974."
I wonder if she has been sleeping under a rock lately? The comment about MFO is also head shaking.
Regarding the cash component of this fund, M* shows this statistic. The first number is net percentage, second is percentage short, and third is percentage long.
Cash -106.15 237.97 131.83
Two major forex houses have suffered significant losses in the wake of the Swiss Franc debacle. FXCM (Forex Capital Markets) and Excel.
Edit: According to the linked article, Excel has closed. They cannot perform business due to massive losses.
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Dittos. If you cannot trust the numbers, then there is no use in the rest of the package. While M* has a unique position in the research arena, other sites like Schwab and Fidelity have some decent sites themselves.
@LLJB, No, I know of nothing beyond what has been mentioned already. Looking at PRHSX, the Fidelity Biotech fund and JAGLX, they are pretty much the same. Same holdings for the most part. One stock I do know is Ekso but that is on the Nasdaq OTC c…
BBP could be another alternative as noted in the article. I'll check to see if any healthcare or life science funds hold companies like these ETF's do.
The portion of the healthcare sphere that involves robotics, wearables, bionics etc has huge gr…
There seems to be an increasing number of events that throw the markets into a frenzy. Those ranges sound very extreme for a currency, especially a sound one like the Swiss Franc.
Once again, Gundlach had quite a bit to say about Europe in his web…
It looks like Chapter 11 is going through.
http://mashable.com/2015/01/15/radioshack-bankruptcy-february/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss
I was thinking very speculative but only for a tiny percentage of anyone's portfolio. There are some very promising studies and therapies out there. Will this ETF capture more than its share will be the million dollar question.
Interesting studies, though I would prefer for the tasty side an excellent London Broil done in the British fashion with a crust on the outside and med rare on the inside. For the opposite, boiled calf's liver.
The choice of foods could change the…
Samsung implying that it would pay a premium for a company that has long ago headed into the sunset. Samsung should stick to copying the competition. That's what they do best.
Honda has been working hard on fuel cell cars and refueling stations including a solar powered refueling station that can be used at home. There is a lot of fascinating stuff here.
http://world.honda.com/FuelCell/SolarHydrogenStation/
@scott, Speaking of Gundlach and oil, here is a tidbit from that webcast yesterday.
Gundlach says that once oil broke $70, it would create acceptance that oil isn't going back to $95, causing producers to increase production because they need t…
@hank, "Lower fuel costs stand to hurt Alcoa."
I might be missing something. I was thinking of the manufacturing process of aluminum. From what I knew, it takes a large amount of electricity to make it. That is where I was coming from. There are …
@Ted has a new thread that mentions some possibilities why the markets did what they did today. All in all, it sounds like everyone is poised to head for the exits on any negative news. KB homes getting slaughtered but is it an overreaction? Troops …
Thanks @Old_Skeet.
I see these phrases used a lot in sales promotions. they come across as gimmicks to me anyway. It's not too often we see someone tie these phrases to an actual process.
I had read that Alcoa's earnings were off. Sometimes the markets develop this skittish behavior and yes, over analyzing things tends to exacerbate the process. Funny thing is, what exactly has changed ?
Thanks for that info @scott. It seems there is not one single event that might have triggered the sell. Earnings started off poorly but hard to believe that would do it alone. Is this market getting that skittish?
Xiaomi has been a thorn in Samsung's side and something they didn't expect. Samsung was focused so much on Apple they didn't notice the other guy.
My 4s is showing its age so I will upgrade pretty soon. My old eyes would appreciate a bigger and be…
Futures showing oil down another 3% plus to below $45. One of the oil ministers from OPEC blamed the shale oil producers for the oversupply.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102332070
What, no Crudman links?
I won't stoop to your level by acronym insults. If that is what you need to do to get a point across, I would suggest returning to Marketwatch as the troll. Cartoon characters were your specialty.
I am out of this thread. T…
I have a hard time envisioning what Radio Shack would be reinvented. One idea might be home automation. That is a going to be a hot market one of these days. A name change might help too.
Maybe the powers to be could cut me a slice of that loan fo…
