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@larryB- Forgot to mention it, but there is a pretty decent "Help" section for getting the most out of MFO. Up at the top, in the green bar, click on "Resources". On the screen that comes up click on "MFO User Guide".
That will download an extensiv…
@LewisBraham- Actually, there was quite extensive consideration of those aspects on FundAlarm, the predecessor site to MFO, and also intermittent discussion here on MFO as Bernanke attempted to keep the leaning tower from toppling over. Before you j…
@hank- Nah, stuff happens, Questionable judgement on the part of management, I think, but then I don't have to put up with all of the guff that they do. No big deal.
@PopTart: Now, don't you start getting all upset too. :) I'm sure that larry did…
@larryB- Linking certainly isn't complicated... if it was Ted would be out of luck. There are two ways: basic/unsophisticated, as in "Ted", or "cool", as in "not Ted".
First, of course you need to go to the article itself. The article that you're i…
@larryB- Thanks for your comments. I hope that you will rethink your "I am outta here". This country, and this board, need all of the support possible from people such as yourself. To be driven away by "that one routinely whiny poster" (to steal rfo…
I also agree that Bill and Melinda should be entitled to exactly the same level of decent health care under the same financial rules as anyone else, just as they are entitled to service by the fire and police departments. As Lewis suggests, efforts …
"what about articles we keep seeing that the "common man" has got his affairs in order"
@VintageFreak- I was reminded of your question by an article in this morning's WSJ:
The Dark Side to Rising Consumer Spending
Revised sales figures also sugge…
@Ted: Like the potential right-wing politician that you are, your attempt to deflect the question is a small masterpiece.
The issue under discussion is why you feel that you are exempt from your own rules with respect to posting in the "Fund Discus…
@Ted: I wouldn't have thought that Bill Gross buying a home qualified as a "Fund Discussions" topic. One set of rules for you, another for everyone else. Typical. You should run for congress... you'd fit right in.
@msf- Yes sir, I did, but it really was rather more in the hope that we could engage bartab in some sort of reasonable exchange of viewpoints. He is so adamant in his disapproval of everything that's been attempted so far that I though perhaps he ha…
@Anna- Not trying to be facetious on this, but facts are facts regardless of what Congress may or may not think. With respect to prosecution for treason however, your are correct: that's up to Congress. And the miserable bunch of sots comprising the…
@hank- Yes, I agree with all of you who have made this observation. It was a (probably misguided) attempt to introduce the subject without appearing to be so emphatic as to start a major political fight on MFO. Or, as Ted so eloquently put it, I was…
And this, from a current Wall Street Journal article:
Whirlpool Wanted Washer Tariffs. It Wasn’t Ready for a Trade Showdown.
After the Trump administration announced new tariffs on imported washing machines in January, Marc Bitzer, the chief execu…
1) Excerpt from above post:
"The untold story of the world economy — so far at least — is the potentially explosive interaction between the spreading trade war and the overhang of global debt"
2) Ted's recent post:
"Foreign Investment In The Unit…
Older MFO members may remember a former major contributor who went by the name of "Scott". He was very much an economic conservative, and argued strongly that the actions being taken by the Fed after 2008 would ultimately lead to financial disaster.…
@Crash- A good question. For one thing, post WW2 the president of the United States was not referring to "the European Union As A 'Foe' Of U.S.", and the largest economy in the world was attempting to enhance world trade, not destroy it. Sorry, but …
@larryB- You are absolutely right, but I'm afraid that your suggestions are falling on deliberately deaf ears. Ted imagines himself to be a major functionary of MFO, and that's just the way it is.
@MikeM- Yes, I've wondered about that myself, since I've owned NTF ETFs at Schwab on and off over the years. I always assumed (not a good thing to do, right?) that Old_Skeet had some sort of set-up which was a bit out of the ordinary.
@VirtueRunsDeep-
I very much enjoyed reading your post, especially as it really reminded me of a similar situation with respect to lack of detailed financial knowledge with respect to our families. One area of financial knowledge that they were aw…
Last Thursday, on the previous page, I made an honest and extensive attempt to engage @bartab in a non-combative exchange of viewpoints on one aspect of health care. No response, of course. Why is it that those who tend to his side of the political …
Certainly. Once our Dear Leader sits down for a private chat with his new best friend Putin that's the first thing that will happen, because the Dear Leader and Putin have a deep respect for the due process of law above all else.
@larryB- I've heard that word used, and used it myself, to describe anyone who is of dubious trustworthiness. Mountains out of anthills, never mind molehills.
