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Once again thanks for the links Old Skeet. I also ended the week on a up note. The correction gave me the incentive to put a small percentage in a long-short fund. I don't think you have to worry about Ted.
Reply to @catch22: Your comments match what I am hearing also. Companies are still laying off. Older workers are being offered buyouts. Pension plans are being revamped. Any new job is usually part time.
I am also hearing that job cuts in healt…
If this fund focused on emerging technology it might be a good play. Besides 3D printing there is bionics, wearable tech, and a whole bunch of other ideas.
Reply to @Crash: True. I think sometimes that people's expectations are over what many would call needed. This is where government fails as they hand out benefits to many who could do without thus saving the funds for those who really need them. Thi…
Another view;
It might surprise some here about the amount of philanthropy and charity the wealthy do involve themselves in. It is easy these days to paint a broad brush.
Many years ago, our nephew was born with cerebral palsy. After the initial …
Reply to @cman: Cman, I agree with your point of view on this article. The writing is horrible. Too many references that have no relation to the headline. Barrons is a good reference point for fund investors but I stopped reading this blog a while …
Reply to @scott: The Nikky is leading the way again and the Hang Seng is open following a holiday. Both are down over 2% this morning. The Straits Times is down 1.07%.
It is feeling a bit oversold right now.
Actually this is a good idea the companies provide transportation. They figured it was the cheapest way to go. Many companies in metro areas offer transportation options like discount bus passes to get employees to ride mass transit. Boeing in Seatt…
Reply to @bnath001: I would look for funds that include this technology in their holdings rather than this sector alone. In his comment above, David says there was only seven stocks. That is very focused. I'm sure others here will have some funds f…
Reply to @MaxBialystock: Those insurance companies must be giving something back to the hospital. I wondered about that myself. Of course one cannot accuse them of something like that. The worst thing was their so-called experts who came in once a y…
I had a similar plan at the hospital I worked at through Lincoln. They love annuities. When it comes time to take the money, the insurance company wants you to place that money into another annuity (more fees) and pay you monthly from that.
I was…
Reply to @catch22: Back at ya Catch.
This news coming across this morning over here. Japan's labor force wants a raise. In the case of Toyota. they haven't had one in five years.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-30/abenomics-at-risk-as-worke…
Reply to @scott: Good points. On the energy front, that's why Japan invested so much in nuclear energy. Fukushima placed a dark cloud on that. This one of things that we will not know the outcome for some years. Either this will be the beginning …
Reply to @scott: No doubt this is a big thing going forward. For whatever reasons, I am reminded of the Bruce Willis movie Surrogates. This could make that possible. Will that be our future labor force?
Or, dating myself further here, Logans Run an…
I worked in hospital pharmacy for over 30 years and the one thing biotech pharma worries about is payment from the insurance companies for the treatments. Some of these drugs run in the five figure cost per treatment compared to cheaper drugs used f…
I see this as mostly positive for MSFT. First they won't have Steve Balmer to kick around anymore. Second, the new guy is a virtual unknown. I 'd bet there are a lot of Google searches on his name going on right now. With that said, he has no baggag…
Another thought to throw in here. The idea of raising the retirement age because we are all living longer is not something everyone agrees with. After working for almost 40 years, I was very happy to leave the work force at a early age. It was due t…
Reply to @cman: I have brought up this idea before in other venues and it either gets likes or gets shot down.
Take the 12.5% SS deduction. 10% would go into your own private retirement account that would be portable wherever you go. It would have…
These are just feel good proposals by 0bama. Workers who do not have a employer based retirement program already have access to a automatic IRA as it is. Any mutual fund company will open the IRA for you and automatically take the money from your ba…
Thanks Old Skeet and Kenster for those links. If investors are diversified appropriately then they should not worry about these blips in history. As an example, if one has 5% of their portfolio in emerging markets, then the impact of this downturn s…
Reply to @Crash: Sorry for the diversion. The OP wasn't looking at EM funds in particular but I used them as an example of volatility he could expect from MSMLX.
Reply to @clemg64: I would hold onto MAPIX as long as you can unless something happens to Matthews which I sincerely doubt.
As far as I can see, Asia is still going to be a big engine of the worlds economy. The volatility you see in EM is actually…
I like Matthews. Both funds invest in the same geographic overlay. MEASX seems to be more all cap style while MSMLX is small cap only. The latter has a lower ER.
It would depend on what style of fund you are looking for. I might lean to MSMLX as M…
Reply to @cman: Good points cman. I don't necessarily agreed with the ephemeral products view since their products have become mainstream.
To answer your previous question on why payment isn't just a phone feature instead of the next big thing, I …
Bloomberg is now reporting that AAPL is down 7.87% after hours. Seems oversold to me. I would expect a bump back in the next few days. But that is only my opinion.
Reply to @cman: Exactly. Nobody wants a VHS or Beta argument anymore. People wonder why Apple is holding on to so much cash. Could it be they want to be the bank for this next big thing?
