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There will be many things said between now and November. "Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.” - Mark Twain
Edit: However accurate the statement may be it may not have been Mark Twain who originally said it. See …
@hank - Have you ever checked out DiscountMags.com for your magazine purchases? They don't have everything of course but I just checked for Kiplinger and it's listed at $12/12mo. I like to read National Geographic and I get it here at a greatly redu…
Good article. I'm leaning toward a bumpy slowdown myself but who knows if a recessionary sinkhole or a black swan or two isn't hiding in there somewhere along the way. As for the wealth disparity 'If you can't say something nice Mark ....'
Bought VIAC, streaming and all like that. Opened a position in the battered energy & materials sectors via BCX. Fence sitting on BBBY, maybe the housing market and a new CEO will help out.
@dtconroe - there, now we have a start. You said "At M*, the Discussion section is divided into various subcategories, called Investing Forums."
MFO has such a thing although it is not as sharply separated as you seem to prefer. When you login to t…
My own feelings are that the fossil fuels may present "trading" opportunities along the way but that they hold little if any value in terms of being a future long term growth investment.
Well not exactly. M* and/or their analyst said all that, not Mark. I just linked the article. I guess I should have put all the text within the quote marks.
I'm not trying to be snarky (I know, I'm shocked along with everyone else here who knows me) but you responded like a politician. I asked specifically about your 'discussion board' comment which you mostly if not entirely dodged around. I'll wait un…
@dtconroe - for the benefit of all please expand on this statement: "In some respects the M* Discussion platform is far better in design to MFO, but in some ways MFO is better."
I tend to disagree especially with respect to "far better in design" …
I've used two for some time now, MGGPX a world fund and GLFOX a sector fund mentioned by WABAC which M* categorizes as a US Infrastructure fund but it's mostly not. I would love to hear the logic behind that placement.
I think that this is a great and exciting topic @bee but I'm not adequately versed in most of them to comment intelligently. I think that soon enough, if not already, Nasdaq will be the market of choice vs. the S&P 500 which gets everyone all ex…
I believe they will Lewis because that's the way the world is moving. Progress might be slow and measured but I think we might be shocked by the investing landscape 10 years from now compared to today. Just in energy related issues alone we'll see m…
I agree withe the basic premise of the article but then maybe because I'm a dividend growth investor I tend to be biased. According to Ned Davis Research, from 1972 to 2018 dividend growth stocks outperformed the broader market by 2.3% CAGR and with…
Fear and greed make for great headlines. You need to manage risk as part of a total market strategy instead of allowing markets to manage you. Have a plan ahead of time.
@MikeW - I will share a post later about why I wanted to do all this. Nothing earth shattering. However I do agree with you about MGGPX, at least as long as I've been involved with it.
@msf - thanks for your input. That might work, I'll try later. At first I was going to tell you that it failed. My fault for clicking on the fund symbol instead of the blue highlighted text contains the word 'chart'. That gave me the legacy chart yo…
Thanks @bee. I should have mentioned that I was trying to take the M* graph. I'll try using a different graphing platform first and if that doesn't work I'll move on to figuring out how to Jing. Or vice-versa. I'm enjoying the beach right now so it'…
I am in general agreement with all of that. I also think that going forward the best opportunities outside the US probably lie in Britain or the emerging markets, small caps and tech.
This from Andrew Chung at Reuters published Dec. 31, 2019
"U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts expressed concern on Tuesday about disinformation amplified by the internet and social media as he focused his year-end report on the weakening state of civi…
"Crazy how many high priced homes I see owned by folks who drive older beat up cars. Don't want to sound elitist but something tells me they are leveraged to the hilt which could spell trouble if interest rates/job market/economy changes."
Maybe dr…
If you're trying to get a handle on derivatives you might read this article from Forbes written in September 2018. They're not all bad. The article is not behind a paywall.
Do Derivatives Mean Danger For Mutual Funds?
You know I get all this and I understand people's hesitancy. However, I seem to recall a similar message at the start of 2019 and I wonder how that turned out for those who held back, sat on their cash or even sold out. While the US market may seem …
