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This is happening under the guise of stopping animal cruelty. Part of our political correctness craze. In Mass efforts were successfully made to clean up abuses in the care of greyhounds at race tracks. It didn't matter. Abolishing dog racing was…
Two Thumbs Up.
Speaking of which I've always been surprised at the lack of emoticons on MFO. As well as not seeing a button which shows whatever is available.
I think more banks is good thing. Consolidation in few banks is the problem. "Economies of Scale" actually enables big banks to take risks with other people's money and cause financial problems.
I would definitely consider opening account with WalB…
So forget all the press. Someone tell me how this really happened.
Did SmartPhones + Social Media not leave enough time for people to enjoy a Circus?
Did people go to Circus only to watch wild animals and it became hard to procure them/bad press/e…
@davidrmoran. I have never laughed so hard as far as I can remember :D
I'm now going to go to someone else's house and learn to be a plumber at his expense. Eventually if I get it right, I'll work on my own sink.
Note to Trump - Please resign after DOW falls 1000 times. Then if it does not go up 1000 points, take the soothsayer to court.
Utter crap. Making a prediction predicated on something that's not going to happen in which case one cannot really say yo…
Who knew ?!?!?! For once, I would like all news channels to post an article on this every week. When you feel like publishing "who killed marilyn monroe?" when nothing else remotely interesting is happening, make sure you tell your readers about *th…
PVFIX has been taking a bit of a hit lately because of "value" bets on "energy". I am waiting patiently to add to my position with money from the distributions over last several years that I never re-invest.
but not his personal life or the industry.
What are you doing mfwire? You just made sure no one will read this article. Don't you know people are more interested in how much Love he has for Lace? Facebook might actually take links to this article d…
Err...say what now?
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=EEM&p=D&yr=0&mn=9&dy=0&id=p61021144082
Tailspin?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailspin
ONE country went down 10%. ONE. EEM went down 1.66%. How much did $SPX …
Oh!....Investors pulling their money out at the wrong time! What are we to do? Oh wait. Sovereign funds are not idiots, it's only individual investors. Now we know why we don't see periodic articles on how Sovereign funds are their own worse enemy. …
Not sure if people have read some of the EPA guidelines. I wouldn't go as far as to try and demolish the EPA, but let's not pretend incompetence and objectivism does not extend to that "industry".
Some of the rules the EPA has is utter nonsense and…
The problem with long term investing in picture. Please tell me when I should have sold. I have been selling a bit every year for last 3 years for taking tax losses.
I will now wait for "market divergence" articles, as in, "Is this the beginning of the end?". Especially if this is finally the tipping point of the market, we will hear more from experts who "predicted" this in a few weeks.
Famous for being wrong. One day he'll be right but since his investors have lost 45% of their principal over the past ten years, while the broad market has appreciated by over 100%, it won't help them much. The fact that he continues to make 'news…
sorry, but this is a zero cost prediction. I predict millenials kids will colonize mars. Means nothing.
Investing means nothing if stock market does not go up.
If this is a 1995 style market which "experts" are predicting, then growth should outperform value. So IMO tech outperforms financials.
I do think below from Bill Maher is a genuine problem for "tech". Something I have been saying for years as I re…
To me WHGIX is more like an "alternative" fund. FPACX would be a more apt comparison rather than vanilla balanced funds. And is why I asked Bob about the global version of WHGIX. GRSPX is also in this category. Reason is, outside of stocks they are …
Hussman taught me I should use ANALysis and not Analysis. There is some statement by someone regarding markets can stay irrational longer than you can remain solvent. If Hussman did not have a PhD, he would heed that.
Your thesis can be correct, b…
I'm contemplating buying WHGIX for a while now. I'm just worried I"m going to jinx it for everyone else. It does not seem to have any risky bonds, does have preferred stocks.
Similarly, what you do you think of WWIOX?
FWIW. Don't use Chrome on Mac OS. Opera works best if you need another browser on Mac OS. By the way never mix browsers. Always conduct financial transactions in one browser, every thing else in another.
Let each and every one of us suffer from the…
There is a reason I enter every trade in quicken manually. Tedious, but I have learnt it is best to keep good records. E*Trade and Ameritrade stunk to high heaven which is why I learnt to do this.
Thanks for the input. It's definitely struggled over the past few years during an up market. It seems to focus on more mid caps and small caps when compared to the average moderate balanced fund.
Yeah, another reason IMHO to own it. Also I think it …
VF...if Malware Bytes is often picking something up in a scan on your Windows machine, that would indicate that Microsoft Defender is missing it. A PC mag review indicates malware identification is a weak spot for the MS app.
Just as an FYI.
No i d…
I do own GLRBX. I think it has performed poorly because it went short bonds too early. Then again, that's why I like it. I DCA in here whenever it gets "oversold".
@PRESSmUP. Malware bytes has nothing to report on my MAC :-) For some reason it always has something to report on my Windows. However, I still prefer Windows. Mac is limiting...oh well
@bee. Honesty is a dying virtue. I got the posts mixed up. CCle…
I second Malware Bytes. If anyone wants to charge you for antivirus, ran far away. On Windows between Microsoft Defender and Malware Bytes Free, you are covered.
On Mac OS I use Sophos. I used to use Avira, but I found it slowed down the machine a …
VF, it seems to me that if you have a 50-50 mix of VIVAX and VIGRX, your results would be about the same as 100% in VFINX. I just looked a the 3-month total returns of VIVAX, VFINX, and VIGRX. They are 0.88%, 3.73%, and 6.85%, respectively. This isn…
Hmm....Just for kicks I went to Portfolio Visualized. Plotted VFINX in one portfolio vs a 50-50 mix of VIVAX and VIGRX in another. The 2nd portfolio came out ahead and the its max draw down was 0.3-0.4 percent.
I dunno about momentum, but what you …
@davidrmoran. The answer depends on whether the advisor/manager/etc is a celebrity or not.
I have a business proposition for you. Lets start a fund. I even have a ticker figured out. SBEMX. Let's find someone at CNBC, CBS MarketWatch and the like…
