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A little bit info on where this software is installed:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/carrier-iq-which-wireless-carrier-is-the-biggest-user/2011/12/16/gIQAY3LkyO_story.html
http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/15/2639904/att-sprint-s…
Another fund to consider for the mix is GLRBX. But like others I would not bet everything on a single horse. Spread your money on a number of funds mentioned in this thread.
Reply to @catch22: I hope you don't actually imply that it is OK for 12 year old girls to be touched by Dad at inappropriate places... I know you did not mean that. I'm messing up with you.
Having said that, I am OK with TSA screening 90 year olds …
Reply to @00BY: Last week, I've rolled over 3 older 401k plans which I have been holding because I liked a couple of funds but I finally chose to simplify. I've also merged wife's two Roth accounts back in November.
Another article on Forbes questioning potential usage of collected data by Carrier IQ by FBI for surveillance.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/12/13/is-the-fbi-using-carrier-iq-for-domestic-surveillance/
Reply to @David_Snowball: The URL works if you remove the period at the end.
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/article.php?article=artisan-opportunistic-value-artlx
Reply to @MikeM: I agree. Payroll tax cut allows goes to the section of population that is more likely to spend it as opposed to save it. Spending in turn allows companies providing goods and services to increase their workforce or at least reduce t…
Good for him.
However, he is the owner of business and working because he choose to do so. Besides genes, he might have lived a better life then average and that could help as well.
I wish I live to that age, healthy (physically and mentally) and…
Reply to @BobC: Oh, that is a very hard constraint. I am looking at Conestoga Small Cap (CCASX) but it has assets around $170Mil. Perhaps, David can have this fund in his microscope some time.
Bernankes response:
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11334544/1/bernanke-defends-secret-bank-bailout.html
He says: Reports contains errors and a lot of inflated numbers is a result of double, triple or quadruple counting.
Reply to @fundalarm: Maybe so but I believe it still riskier than most think. If it is yielding more than a money market fund, it is riskier. I still do not like these less transparent vehicles.
Reply to @Kenster1_GlobalValue: No really thanks for this more focused repost. I thought it was a good paper too. Given emerging markets have fallen big this year, some investors cooled to the idea right now. So, fund companies are looking at produc…
Thanks for pointing to this again. I've kind of pointed to the article when I posted about new Fidelity emerging market funds.
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discussions-3/#/discussion/1533/fidelity-offers-2-new-emerging-market-funds-
Reply to @fundalarm: I will disagree. In 2008 some Stable Value funds in 401k plans suspended redemptions because they had invested in largely illiquid, junk grade stuff. Higher yield in bonds typically implies lower quality when everything else is …
Reply to @catch22: I am not saying insurance companies and pensions effect price movements. All I'm saying they hold individual bonds to meet specific future payments so that when that specific payment is due for payout they can make sure there is m…
Reply to @msf: On the summary tab Fidelity reports 2.65%. On the Fees tab they actually reveal the effective ER after waivers. I think they really should report the current net ER (after waivers) Currently, Summary tab is misleading.
Reply to @MaxBialystock: You might need to pay taxes on your Pfizer (PFE) dividends and other taxable assets that generate distributions even if you choose to re-invest. If distributions are big enough they may bump you to next bracket. You may use …
No it is not correct. I've seen a number of funds having wrong ER listed at Fidelity.
For this particular fund, if you check filings at M* and read Summary Prospectus you find it is 1.25% for retail shares after 1.40% expense waiver. Fidelity is no…
How GOP is trying to deflect anger with coordinated talking points:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/republicans-being-taught-talk-occupy-wall-street-133707949.html
But this is nothing new.
http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/archive…
Reply to @Sven: Still, it is not clear if Wireless carrier where you got your phone has installed the software. Everyone is pointing the fingers everyone else.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/02/technology/carrier_iq/index.htm?iid=HP_River
"It may be imperative that an insolvent household cut costs; however, applying the same approach to an insolvent government (i.e., austerity) may worsen an already weak economy."
"Austerity is no panacea, and if pursued blindly, it may derail alrea…
Here is another article that surfaces today. This time about Treasury Secretary Paulson tipping hedge fund friends:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-29/how-henry-paulson-gave-hedge-funds-advance-word-of-2008-fannie-mae-rescue.html
This fund holds long term bonds, typically 30 years to mature from first issue. It is zero coupon meaning that someone split the original bond into two, zero coupon (strips) and the coupon trading independently.
http://bonds.about.com/od/bonds101/a…
David,
Thanks again for the monthly commentary and thank for your gift. I've printed the paper and will read it soon. Can I forward it to friends, family and co-workers? Some of them might be interested.
Investor
Reply to @bee: I browsed through your linked web site. There are no good information on who owns it, who is behind that operation. Browsed through articles and they only seem to like Ron Paul. In their articles, their material is not backed up well.…
Reply to @chip: When I have a bit more time, I will look at this issue a bit more. I do work on a laptop with 1366x768 as well. This is actually pretty common format for widescreen laptops that are truly portable.
Reply to @Accipiter:
First, I am sure you remember I have spent my personal time in various issues related to this site. In other words, I did volunteer as much as I can. Unfortunately, I do not have access to the site at a level to fix some of th…
Reply to @Ginko: Ginko, your views are known as "Modern Monetary Theory" (MMT). Here are a couple of resources that explains it:
http://pragcap.com/resources/understanding-modern-monetary-system
http://hir.harvard.edu/debt-deficits-and-modern-monet…
Reply to @MaxBialystock: Max, to see the new site design you need to visit the home page: http://www.mutualfundobserver.com and descent from there. There is really noting new for board except that when you follow the link, there is an additional unn…
Reply to @kevindow: Good try Kevin. If you want to dilute the meaning of something, just associate it with other stuff. This is exactly what you are doing with the word "greed".
No, really we are talking about common sense meaning of greed that is …
Reply to @MaxBialystock: You don't have to wait for new leaders. They are already here.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-27/republicans-try-to-starve-wall-street-watchdog-william-d-cohan.html
I am thankful for the work but I am disappointed with one thing that is not addressed and the issue is now worse. I was hoping that the site would be redesigned to use less vertical space when reading the discussion board. Not all of us are reading …
