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@hank
Thinking the same thing when I read @rono and his observations. I've watched this with a Sinclair station to which we have access.
Required local station promo about fake news and related from August, 2018. Scroll down the linked page a bit …
@hank
Yup, your post is good to go here for investment information. Our largest direct equity holdings remain with tech.; from medical to robo and whatever lies between. Go tech., go.
Hi @Junkster
I remain in the "this time is still different" crowd.
Couple of items with this.
Watching the interest rate calls from 2011 or there about from the big houses. They all had and still have a hell of a time getting used to things these…
@Crash While not a Catch22, I think.........but you've been Patriot Act"ed".
USA PATRIOT Act
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING OR CHANGING AN ACCOUNT
Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act requires all financial institutions t…
@Crash
A form of easing is already in place. Numerous articles over the past several weeks, but this one will do for a broad example.
This fits into the topic category, although likely deserves its own subject.
Don't know about the $ going down, …
@hank @Old_Joe ...et al Both of you in particular may find of interest the video linked below regarding FAA regulations for these type of aircraft.
My first post just above has a small recount of a flight on this plane.
The post has a clickable…
@hank and @Old_Joe
I keep peeking at any updates for this crash; although not today.
Yesterday, one individual noted that just prior to the attempted landing that the right wing was tipped too low. This would be the same wing as engine 4 mount; whi…
@hank
Yes. Lots of manufacturing then in the U.S., with little automation and the 5 or so other jobs created by large manufacturing.
ALSO, for 1964,65,66,67 and 1968; 1.5 MILLION young ones were pulled from any civilian work force number by the mil…
From my post about 4 years ago (see below link). The experience was wonderful. Yes, one must always consider a risk to such endeavors; but such is the nature of life, including driving the roads and the many foolish things drivers are doing/acting n…
For we old turds, such as @Old_Joe , myself and others here............the wayback machine indicates this, relative to the DJIA and a 500 point hit; would be significant for another early October in 1982. The DJIA was running at about 900. Now, a dr…
ADD: my reply was based upon the original subject title of "Everything down today".
Everything ??? :):):)
Everything is a fairly tough word to deal with in investing markets, for proper descriptions of a broad investing arena.............wouldn't…
@bee @hank @msf et al
I use this site link to view pricing and other data for a fund, etf or stock. The search block at the top, left of the page will accept any valid ticker. As one enters letters, the search will begin an auto fill list to ver…
One may view local tv ads to get a sense of what types of vehicles, dealers and incentives from a given auto company to help determine the "flow" of sales. And to know that these monthly payment numbers may based on mostly really low loan rates, per…
FROM the article:
The first is that free trading may cause bad trading behavior. In the markets, medium- or long-term investment decisions are generally better. This paper supports the view that long-term holding periods can lead to better investme…
@hank
.....Course, we always have market forces, yes?
A question could be whether convexity helps dictate pricing regardless of duration, or more so from supply and demand.
I'm sure with various areas of the markets that what may be more pure math…
Money is money, and methods of growth are similar around the globe; but I'm not interested in Canadian investment vehicles, EH???
Fortunately, I'm fluent in reading, writing and speaking Ontario dialect Canadian; and while the country is a short dr…
@MikeM
This is how these organizations make extra cash on accounts. From a few folks I know who have managed accounts that are "sweep" type; they're losing money on this feature all day and night long. Many don't know this could be otherwise.
And f…
Thanks @msf
I use StockCharts to provide data that I may find useful, or to settle a dispute from whomever (not at this forum) about such and such a fund, vs another.
I find the visual of charting to satisfy how I absorb information, in additional …
I found this information connected to M*. No date stamp was with this information; so I can only presume this is their correct method as of today.
Growth of 10,000
The Growth of $10,000 graph shows a fund's performance based on how $10,000 invest…
@davidrmoran I don't dismiss what one may discover at M*, just that I use the chart info provided to obtain a "total return" for whatever given period.
Yes, it is not easy to get an exact start date, but I was able to review the chart with a star…
@davidrmoran The site wouldn't let me set the below chart for the time frame you mentioned. But, you may slide the left end of the 5210 day slider to the right to obtain your time frame for a better overview of total returns in percentage terms. …
Hi Art,
Not that my 2 cents of thought is really worth 2 cents; but we departed away from all non-U.S. equity in May of 2016, with the exception of whatever may be held by a fund for some foreign exposure. To the best of my recall, we used the best…
Hi @Old_Joe
Thank you for your efforts with this. I have dug around on the net for similar information. Smithsonian has decent reference for similar findings.
I was a seller on ebay for a number of years from their startup period; and from this I u…
Part of GS forward forecast for markets in 2011
Interest rates won't be hiked until 2013
Goldman Sachs
While interest rates won't move until 2013, the yield on the U.S. 10-year will rise from 3.0% to 3.75% by the end of 2011, and 4.25% by Q4 2012.…
Couldn't resist @hank
Think of the investor and the markets with these lyric words.
The "girl" in the lyric being the markets.
The other words being the decision making and the temptations of the markets to the investor; and how she/he consider…
@msf
While Lake Woebegon may be atypical, based upon the verbal descriptions of the population; I would be wholly interested in an in depth study of that area, relative to monetary investing styles and total returns. :)
The Investment News from 'L…
Hey, hank......... et al
The futures markets just loaded into the system, from the previous numbers from Friday.
Have to wait and see what really becomes of these numbers, eh???
https://finviz.com/futures.ashx
Although a Kiplinger published document; I find no valid background information for the article writer.
Have you looked at the various links provided?
No FINRA background at all, that I can discover. No pertinent background info of any consequence …
I suppose.....hopefully; not unlike the spread today on a 30 year mortgage.
But, as a low profit spread; not unlike a grocery store today, or how Kmart started and operated for years........a boat load of product, volume, volume, volume. I'm still …
Well, I sure don't know, but how the heck does a lender make a reasonable profit on a negative rate mortgage? Can't be only from transaction fees. I'm imagining even the smallest amount of inflation during a 30 year fixed mortgage period. Perhaps an…
The ECB announced monetary policy this morning. Based upon what I think/see, is that having investments in IG bond funds should find a decent uptick in pricing (profit). Whether this holds for the day or the remainder of the week, I don't know, of …
Hi @hank
Yes, part of the reason for the post. Aside from profits from IG bonds, where do all of these other areas of interest rate sensitive land ???
msf's post about callable bonds is also very valid. I checked before I posted, but could not find …
"The Federal Reserve should get our rates down to zero or less".............
POTUS tweet early this morning.
Well, folks; this should boost your bond returns for a tiny bit, once it happens.
Hank, I recall the info in your linked Barron's article; from 2016.
Also, a section of the Investopedia article discusses the problem of folks removing large amount of "cash", as during the 2008 market melt.........a run on the banks.
A cashless …
@johnN
You asked: "If you buy bonds what would you buy??"
First note: We're full up here with our current allotment of investment grade bonds. With this in mind; and IF the equity markets begin a serious down trend, we would monitor the affect on …
