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@VintageFreak, for large holes it is best to cut the hole large enough until you have joists in this case to nail/screw the new piece in. That part is not too hard but when it comes to the mud and finish the professionals know how to blend it in wi…
Well, MSFT is still pushing out Windows while everyone else is going mobile. The last version of Windows didn't go over very well. I read that the new version is code named Threshold.
As for Chinese operating systems, they probably have many back …
I can only use ARYVX as an example but last year was very good until the last couple of months where it gave it all back. This year also had been good so far. Hopefully it's not a repeat.
It could go to 3000 but on the other hand it could drop to 1000? There. Can I be a analyst?
I know they use formulas and extrapolations to come up with this stuff but in the end it comes across as guess work. They seem very optimistic versus all t…
@hank, even if you use a telephone or paper these days, eventually it goes digital along the way.
BTW, Apple has sent out a release saying that the iCloud system was not breached but that certain celebrities were targeted and hacked. I'm not a te…
That caught my eye a while back but I hardly ever invest in single country funds, usually regions. That said, India is going to be a force and with the Japan alliance that should be a positive.
I must be getting old. I never heard if half of these so called celebrities.
It hasn't affected AAPL stock price. It's having a very good day so far. Volume is up lately ahead of the Sept 9 event.
As a user of Apple products including iCloud, th…
One of the side stories in Asia is the new alliance between Japan and India as they get together to go against China and Russia. Both countries a ramping up their military and Japan recently changed their military stays from self defense to a proact…
"I predict that after the market goes down someday after that it will go up again sometime. Prove me wrong!"
Old_Joe, you should write articles for MW.
All 26,000 readers must have hit the site when the commentary went up. I couldn't get in for about ten minutes. The price of popularity.
As always, an excellent read.
"The pity is DFA's funds must be purchased through a financial adviser who charges a fee on top of DFA's."
To paraphrase a quote from the movie The Sand Pebbles, "that's his rice bowl."
I wouldn't expect that person to work and provide his service…
@DavidMMP,
I am guessing that as long as everything went smoothly there were no complaints on running the colony. The same might have been said for Singapore which was run by a dictator for 30 some odd years I think, albeit a benevolent one.
"China fearing that somehow a pro-foreign country puppet ruler could be installed in HK in order to gain footing in the area?"
I hadn't heard that one yet. Paranoia?
It was thought at the time of the handover that China would not mess with Hong Kong due to its success. Well that didn't last long. China could kill the proverbial goose here and it would serve them right.
@STB65, that was one thing that stood out when I researched these kind of funds. The assumption is when we do get the correction or worse all funds will drop but the recovery of these short term bond funds tends to be much faster than equities for …
I don't know exactly. Maybe a follower of the fund may have some insights. This news just broke overnight so that had no effect on it. Looking it up on Matthews site, China and Hong Kong are placed together as stats go with 27.7% of the portfolio in…
If someone is religious, then what they learn from their religion is applied to all aspects of life. This depends on how devout they are and this widely varies. So you have a point @Crash.
Using the Ave Maria funds again as an example some peaceni…
Bitzer brings up an interesting point regarding active management with bond funds. The trend does seem to point in that direction what with all these strategic income funds as of late.
The Ave Maria funds seem to be well run but my thought has always been to not mix religion with investing and instead use or give some of your profits for the greater good how you may see fit.
Yes, it is one more thing to worry about. If this is prolonged or becomes set in stone then Singapore would be the likely winner. They have been in a tug of war with HK to be Asia's financial center.
I don't have a favorite. M* seems the more reliable as far as their quotes go. A lot of sites don't even have YTD stats. They default to one year. Also depending on the site they will choose a different symbol for the SP index whether that makes muc…
I had checked Bloomberg too and wondered why the discrepancy? A lot of sites use M* data for their quotes. There is usually a disclaimer somewhere. I didn't see that on Bloomie.
"QE is going to end in October, so some of that support will be gone. The Fed Funds rate is still 0-0.25%, so there is still a lot of Fed support."
I understand the QE program is coming to an end but the Fed has other methods they will use. It soun…
