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Freedman's work seems pretty solid, although his mid-east predictions have sometimes missed the target. Then again, who has ever been able to predict the mid-east, other than the probability that there will be trouble there about almost anything at …
@johnN- I'm sorry, but I really can't qualify as any sort of expert in this area. We owned a 4-unit apartment house in SF for three or four years, and believe me, that was long enough. We were lucky in that we bought at a good time, the market then …
"be it equities, high yield, collectibles or an apartment building."
@Hank: Having been there and done that (albeit a very small 4-unit building), I can testify from personal experience that the very last thing that I will ever do again is own anyt…
My wife and I were discussing this subject at dinner last night. We talked about, of all things, garlic, using it as an example because much of the US crop is grown just to the south of us, in Gilroy, CA.
Unlike msf, I'm not going to research the e…
Boeing Max: A Tale of Two Crashes
Well, here's a pleasant surprise. @Ted came across a new article in the Wall Street Journal which provides a nicely animated report detailing the sequence of events in the two 737-MAX crashes. The report doesn't in…
I look at some of the things that pass for reporting and wonder "what are they thinking?"
@msf- Perhaps you have an unnecessary word in that question. Maybe it should be" I look at some of the things that pass for reporting and wonder "what are th…
Thanks, @msf. David Moran's article really laid out the whole thing for me, from beginning to end. Much of what that article said has been covered in bits and pieces by many contributors in the previous five pages of this thread, but that article pu…
The 737 MAX is intrinsically and inherently unstable and unsafe. A little bit more from the article-
"So Boeing produced a dynamically unstable airframe, the 737 Max. That is big strike No. 1. Boeing then tried to mask the 737’s dynamic instability…
@Ted: Can you please clarify whether no one can respond to catch22, or just MFO members? If it's just MFO members then maybe I can talk to him after all, since you also kicked me out some time ago.
Regards,
OJ
@catch22- Jeez catch, I'd like to share my thoughts, but @Ted has decreed that "you are no longer part of the MFO family, and therefore not entitled to any kind of response" (see above) so I really can't. Maybe someday he'll change his mind and allo…
From that article:
Last year, the U.S. government established a program meant to provide economic support to farmers affected by the trade war. A spokesman for the Agriculture Department confirmed the total amount paid out by that program as of Mon…
The original FAA Eisenhower-era certification requirement was a testament to simplicity: Planes should not exhibit significant pitch changes with changes in engine power. Now software stands between man and machine, and no one seems to know exactly …
FAA Didn’t Treat Suspect 737 MAX Flight-Control System as Critical Safety Risk
Conclusion is part of internal agency review of jetliner certification process
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that "An internal Federal Aviation Administration rev…
Well, after all, Uncle Sam needs income from whatever source possible to send money to @Ted for not growing stuff. $15 billion here, $15 billion there... pretty soon this starts to add up.
"Given that much mass produced clothing comes from China, we may expect a significant reversal."
Nah. That guy in the White House assures us that China will be paying for all of these tariffs. Pay attention!
He was one of the greats. And his supporting cast was right up there also. I can still remember the wonderful overhead camera shots of the June Taylor Dancers who usually were the opening act for his show. Unfortunately I can't seem to locate any of…
@Ted: I'll cheerfully concede the "cynical". As to who may or may not be an old fool, I'll leave that to the judgement of the members.
On another subject dear to your heart- have you noticed that the interest in the ongoing 737 story is now past 22…
I hate to be totally cynical (as opposed to my normal stance of being only mostly cynical) but the credibility gap between both of these governments and the public is so great that I have no faith in what either says about the other or even about th…
Yes, very good article. I never really thought of balanced funds as "target risk" funds, but it's true. For over thirty years we maintained a substantial investment in American Century's "Strategic Allocation (Moderate)", a "balanced" fund. There we…
@Jerry- Well, I started to put together a summary for you, but realized that the article is so long and detailed that it wasn't possible to do that without really violating their material.
Essentially the article gives a detailed description and hi…
"the Charles Schwab Corp. SCHW -1.60% chief executive"
@Ted: Nice work! You cant even be bothered to properly edit a sentence that you are plagiarizing without proper reference as to the source. How very professional.
@MFO Members: Time to put this very, very, very, tiresome post to rest !
Regards,
Ted
You've made it very clear, in this and other discussions, that as long as there is money to be made safety is at best an unimportant consideration. It occurs to m…
"technology is designed to"
If you had spent 40 years working in audio, radio and electronics as I did you would immediately recognize the fatuity of that comment. What is "designed" and what actually happens are frequently completely different sit…
@Ted: If you had bothered to read the new report you would have saved yourself from yet another display of ignorance.
I've attempted to prevent this post from being bumped by requesting that no comments be added here. Evidently you still haven't fi…
Following are selected excerpts from a current NPR news report. They have been lightly edited for brevity.
Boeing Knew About 737 Max Sensor Problem Before Plane Crash In Indonesia
Boeing knew that there was a problem with one of the safety feature…
@Art- Well, since the funds that you mentioned are only 10% of your portfolio, that gives a much better overall picture. It's reasonable to surmise that the other 90% is invested so as to give you decent diversity. In that case, it seems perfectly r…
I'm not commenting on any particular fund in your holdings, but I believe that putting your entire resources into ANY one holding is close to insanity, for the reasons that Old_Skeet mentions. The person who made that suggestion is very wealthy, no …
