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Guys, what about articles we keep seeing that the "common man" has got his affairs in order after financial crisis and it is corporations who have doubled down on debt? The article cited above, is it referring to debts overall or one way or the othe…
Ultimately, does this do anything? No one prepared to say it was state sponsored hack. They are acting as if those 12 intelligence officers went rogue and did this without Putin's knowledge. Even if Putin were to acknowledge this all it would mean i…
Yeah...but he's still going to win Michigan next election.
Nothing is impossible. What is mind boggling is it is someone like Trump of all people is making that statement true.
FYI: Commericial Real Estate bubble may be about to pop.
http://www.businessinsider.com/commercial-real-estate-bubble-may-be-about-to-pop-2018-4
I think I will write a bot. It will google for 10 choice words daily and automatically post links to a…
@MFO Members: This is another example of a good thread gone bad thanks to MR. Foul Mouth, namely VintageFreak. I'm considering asking Dave to have him banned.
Regards,
Ted
@Ted. Herr Frogmeister Fartalot, I always call a dog a dog and an a-hole a…
I don't have an opinion. Sadly I also own this fund bought after years of due diligence.
And now this... :-(
Normally it is automatic sell for me when manager quits. I'll at least HOLD till NTF platform I hold it on does not charge me fee, then s…
Why have too much cash when you can feed the Casino (as LewisBraham put it elsewhere)?
Wells Fargo agrees with Citi Private Bank, their clients have too much cash? There's no reason for it?
These banks with whom clients have chosen to invest the…
Maybe we shouldn't help spread the word of such shysters who keep coming out of the woodwork spelling the demise of the stock market.
I can just imagine them huddled together thinking, "shall I say anything in July?" "No let me wait till September…
The question to ask is what if you told the folks who created that spacecraft some day we will hold more computing power than you can imagine in the palm of your hand? What would have been their response? I don't think it would have been "Effbook Pi…
The problem I have is WHY? NYMag not doing itself any favors. Trump wants to be President so bad he is afraid Russians will spill the beans on him? He is "afraid" of Putin? If he is a racist dictator why would he be afraid?
I can understand he migh…
Well, all "experience" can someday be discounted as "senile". Just wanted to point out the real "brain" behind the tariffs that's all. And it ain't Trump.
Let's see now. The graphic says that in 2017:
• the US sold ~130 B to China.
• China sold ~500 B to the US.
Let's say that-
• we apply a 10% tariff to the 500B: that's a tax of 50 B that US consumers will be paying.
• China applies a 10% tari…
Capital Appreciation is Closed. Income is open. Capital Appreciation And Income is necessary why?
This is why I hate(d) Royce. They allege(d) to be on the side of the shareholder and closed funds only to open near clones, some of them of course wh…
FYI: ( I don't like it, but I will bite the bullet. I own a 1,200 acre farm raising corn and soybeans west of Dubuque, Ia.)
You are saying you are taking one for the Trumpers? You have accepted that sacrificing your firm was justified to get Trum…
Well, what about Vanguard Developed Market Index? I don't see anyone ever mentioning it and wonder why it exists. Basically looks like Global fund without Emerging Markets?
Then how about using above fund with VEIEX and Vanguard Total Bond Market I…
@VF
>> regulations that make no sense
example?
Will take too long to explain any of them. They are after all regulations.
Google for "drilling pollution rule". Now of course material you will find would have changed because Pruitt would have…
@Mark I'm hardly in the "do away with the EPA" camp. However, I'm calling it like I see it. A certain amount of self-introspection is necessary on our part, or Trumps is going to be President till 2020. We can't keep re-doing/un-doing Pube vs Libe l…
2 funds in above list weren't around at the time of the financial crisis. As per MFO, these are there DD numbers
ETIHX -37.7%
DMCRX -28.9%
DD's for the rest...
AOFIX -49.9%
LAGWX -54.5%
WAMCX -62.6%
MPEGX - 63.2%
PHSKX -77.8%
PTSGX …
Oh man! The next stock market crash is really going to be very very bad.
"We are going to have the best market crash, folks. The likes of which you have never ever seen. It will be absolutely terrific!" - Vintage Trump Freak
@LewisBraham. I used distributions from CGMFX and FAIRX to buy COBYX. Frankly, I've thought of selling CGMFX a few times but for different reason. Heebner is Old, and there is no succession plan in place. Also his bond short - I thought that was a g…
Well his deputy taking charge. Not sure about "gambling pool" but am sure they come from the same "genetic pool".
What's rich is that he is resigning because of the "attacks" on HIM?! So if no one would have called him out on all the things he did,…
(Listening to my own blood boil.) Worthless scum, lower than worms, would do a thing like this.
Robin Hood is fiction. But you already know that. However, I would still reserve the choice 4-letter word you used for officials in OK who gave the Oil …
I am still not getting it completely.
Unless you can prove withdrawals were used for school, taxes are due. I think IRS should go after them.
More importantly, all companies want customers to "go digital". Apparently it is for THEIR benefit. It's …
Timing is ALWAYS key. The problem is the words "Market Timing" were usurped to ...
- describe the unsavory tactic of front-running trades
- describe the situation where day/week traders are ruining their portfolios
- describe investors who are alway…
I heard in the US we are spending our time developing Apps that tell you whether the baby is hungry, needs a dappy change, is sick, etc. etc., based on how its crying. Who has time to think about feeding the people?
@BrianW - The kind that is playing with the house's money. I have mentioned before the ONLY way to invest with CGMFX and FAIRX is to buy at right time, take your money out, and then "let it run".
I'm in both CGMFX and FAIRX.
And oh, remember...NE…
Fox News survived because CNN is/was crappy. It's not about misinformation, it's about quality of news.
I have mentioned before we live in an era where we go to Comedy Central to get news and News Channels for comedy.
I sometimes watch CNN and a…
If you have a roof over your head, and your medical expenses are covered, then social security will pay for your groceries. To me that's rich.
So basic, you would think the richest nation in the world could afford it. What? Vintage Freak, you COMMU…
So he didn't follow what you would have expected (or obviously many here). Hang the bastard... :)
If only that would do the trick...
By the way I'm very aggressive with my water usage when I wash my face. 100% of the water I use which does not to…
I have some respect for RA, but once again just as bubbles keep going, so do "value traps". Just look at $USD for god's sake. It's reversed its downtrend and international and emerging market funds are suffering.
Even I can understand Internationa…
Agree with jojo. I think Ted laid it out pretty well for a general overview of investments.
Sorry, but exactly "how aggressive" someone is investing in retirement NEEDs information regarding how much cash that individual holds.
If I have 90% cash …
Coming soon - Amazon Prime Savings Accounts. What's worse, it's been on the backs of minimum paying jobs leaving Government holding the bag with food stamps.
I'm not sure why all Trumpers here are not all over Amazon. For once, I am with Trump on A…
I've suffered this big time through my wife's 401k. That said, as echoed above, no one is going to listen. AND for good reason. Imagine investing in 401k if you worked for a big bank in 2009. You could retire.
BlockChain bubble is coming and will m…
Frankly, who believes your email service provider is not reading your emails.
No?
Then who believes individual employees at your email service provider and are not reading your emails?
Anything that is FREE has a PRICE, which basically means it is …
