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To me, bloat is when the AUM forces a fund to buy outside of its agenda. A small cap fund that becomes bloated ends up purchasing shares of mid caps. That would be one sign. Another would be that the fund owns so many shares in multiple venues that …
@BrianW, You are correct. Experts should have seen the effects of the boomer generation a long time ago and planned back then. What happened however was LBJ who opened up SS and used it to pay for his "guns and butter" agenda. The lid hasn't been …
I put this article up to see if it would spur some discussion and it did. I don't agree with a lot of it. @Mark, the businesses are already putting in the 9%. From what I understand, prices are expensive in Oz. High labor is a big part of that. Peop…
@Crash, The current president pushed for birth control availability but I don't recall if it passed or not. For the poorest, contraception would be free.
As for TB's statement, you must understand that it is not the amount of money one has but h…
I agree shareholders would like to see some visibility here. Also I keep reading stories how Amazons retail operations are having troubles with increasing fake and counterfeit items. The Chinese are getting better at it. It has become more like EBa…
@Crash, As a substitute teacher you had a front row seat on this whole thing. I was surprised you used the term "feral". I think in another time the use of that word in conjunction with children would have been described as shocking and deplorable…
That is the key. A lot of people do not know how to be frugal. They grew up spoiled by their parents or parent who couldn't say no. That is the end result when they are adults. There is a lot of stuff people can cut back on. Going to the movies ever…
The thing about these silly articles as others have stated is that the author can cherry pick time frames. He picked 2004 as the beginning year. What if it was 1999? Totally different circumstances.
With that said, perhaps the bucket or sleeve con…
What is that picture on the front page all about? Looks like someone getting a ticket. It's pretty crowded viewing on a iPhone.
Yea I know, style drift.
Geez, look who's throwing links at the wall now? ( your words).
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/16346/goldman-sachs-in-talks-to-acquire-etf-provider-indexiq#latest
There are places on the coast where $50k is not much. It all depends on your lifestyle. Seattle and San Fran are expensive.
Maybe when you are forced to take more, consider traveling @Junkster. Enjoy your harvest. You've earned it.
I am not familiar with this newsletter but I do remember Richard Lehmann. He is sometimes a guest on various financial shows.
My opinion only but I favor learning on your own. Read opinions of many smart investors for free on the web and by listen…
What is not mentioned here is that the outflows continue at Janus. For the quarter ending Sept 30, outflows added up to $2.1 billion. It remains to be seen how much of an attraction Bill Gross will be there. The last time Janus had positive inflows …
@VintageFreak, Nothing is invincible so is Apple Pay the end of identity theft? I doubt it. The bad guys always seem to game the system somehow. But with that said, Apple has a state of the art security system for their servers. They do not save yo…
With the news of the doctor testing positive for ebola in NYC, I thought I would bump this thread. From this distance, it appears the New York City response has been excellent and thorough and hopefully this will be an isolated case. Time will tell …
Checking the futures, they seem to have pared back the declines some. Asia is finishing mixed with a bias towards red. The Nikkei which has had a splendid week gained another 1% today. Europe is solidly in the red as yesterday's news of promise was…
@catch22, you are probably right. Some gains in Asia have slightly moderated. I was away for a bit. Nikkei and Australia are some of the first to open here.
@Old_Joe, Nobody is banned yet. That is a figment of someone's imagination.
