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Nope, for 2 reasons.
1. Determining to 'buy' equities is hard enough. They are studies and articles out there that show even the considered best pundit's only get it right half the time. Determining to 'sell them short' is even harder. I'm willing …
@Ben - before someone else responds I hope - the gist of my original post is that in the past it had ALWAYS updated. I can't tell you why. Only recently has it started doing whatever it's doing now.
@rono - who said "The private for profit health care system is imploding before our eyes." Honestly I can't say that's a bad thing. I remember going to the doctor as a kid up through going as a dad through maternity/childbirth. Appointment-treated-d…
Safari Version 13.1 (13609.1.20.111.8). And yes, the OS updated around that March 24th time period.
Edit to add: Upon seeing the [ 2 New ] yellow-shape I clicked on the post to read who had added what. Saw, read and commented to catch22. Returned t…
To illustrate:
1 - After entering my comment in this discussion I used the left-pointing arrow to return to the discussion page with the list of discussions.
2 - I chose the Dodge and Cox discussion to read. The background to that post was white a…
@OJ - you said:
"@Mark- I think that I maybe see the issue: depending on the browser design, when you leave a particular site the browser may simply store all of the data needed to reconstruct that page from its internal cache. When you use that ar…
@OJ - I am using Mac OS High Sierra v.10.13.6 on a 2011 MacBook Pro. My continuing details relate just to this post on the discussion page.
@Ben - Yes, I am referring to the "Discussions Home Page" and not the MFO Home Page.
1. I logged into the D…
All I can add here about the D&C stable is that they are a 'value' oriented shop and value has been a fallen angel for quite some time. When value reign's D&C is right up at or near the top like like similar oriented shops. To compare their …
Got this from an article on Fidelity's website by Barrons re: March Payroll Data Understates the "Full Horror". I won't copy and paste the whole article but this is from the Manufacturing section.
"Insights
by Cresset Asset Management, cressetcapit…
Fidelity has reopened FSMEX (medical equipment) FSCRX (small cap discovery) and FCGPX (small cap growth) for those who are interested.
Fidelity Announcement
@VF - it's the exact opposite of what happens when the cost of a gallon of gas goes up when the price of oil goes down. "It just magically makes no sense." You have to keep those rich folks richer so they can trickle down on you.
And just what test would that be @Gary. Failure to cover an egomaniac's ass at the risk of the live's of his men? I say he passed with flying colors. He saw a threat to his ship and his crew, he met the enemy and he stopped it. That's what our best …
@JohnN - again it is my opinion that your anger is misplaced. POTUS, your numnuts leader, has mocked and downplayed this disease from the beginning as the common cold, the common flu, a media or democratic hoax, pick your poison despite having bette…
Wrong @JohnN, just wrong re: "china...communists liars"
Why damn a whole country? Why them? They may be communists (but check with the every day people first) and they may be liars (few saints on this side of the pond as well) but what exactly do t…
Note again - this article reflects holdings as of year end 2019. We as shareholders have no idea what these funds hold today nor will we until the first of June, 2020 at best AND even then those holdings data will be stale as well.
Beats having a grenade tossed in your tent.
@WABAC - I'm fairly certain other commanders-in-chief wouldn't have let it come to that point. The lives of the crew would have mattered more than their ego.
Tell me something @rsorden - what earthly good is a multi-billion dollar vessel floating around aimlessly in an ocean with possibly 5000+ dead sailors on it? The fact that you would sacrifice their lives so that their numbers weren't added to your t…
I know little to nothing about this fund but looking at the holdings Equity/Other as @LewisBraham noted you will see a significant dollar amount of currency hedges primarily the large allocation ($1.9B) to the British Pound. I wonder if they got cau…
A March 26, 2020 article in the Science section of the Washington Post discusses some of the issues with testing and a negative coronavirus test result.
A ‘negative’ coronavirus test result doesn’t always mean you aren’t infected
@VF - The article mentioned one, "An investor who bought MFA financial five years ago was up 70% as of February 20th. Now they’re down 73%. It went from $8 to $1.28 in 28 days. Unbelievable move."
Others include NRZ (-68.9%), TWO (-73.9%), LADR (-7…
Common in some CEF's but I don't recall mutual funds doing this. It didn't appear to be significant, a rounding error as the author noted, but should it persist the fund may drop their regular distribution amount to come inline with what the fund is…
Herein lies one of the biggest fools, Jerry Falwell Jr., and the foolishness you are dealing with.
Liberty University Brings Back Its Students, and Coronavirus Fears, Too
And Politico had this to say: ‘He’s Going to Do Whatever He Wants’
I've heard it said that many of the evangelicals believe that it is their God's will that we are being tested with this pestilence and that he will save us. You will not move them off that insanity.
Yes, not unexpected. I have REIT investments and have seen their valuations cut 50-60%. In my mind selling now would be ridiculous as I don't expect that all of them will magically go out of business although some very well may. The only single REIT…
@LewisBraham, @Sven - Correct. I Liked this from todays Washington Post and unlike 45 I fail to see the problem. Quite possibly the only true thing I've ever heard him sputter.
"In an interview with “Fox & Friends” on Monday, Mr. Trump summaril…
@LewisBraham - I am familiar with the Brookings study and I was not trying to insinuate that one should only look at the 'home' when viewing a persons total assets. However when looking at your average everyday buyer of a home i.e. the other 80% who…
