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davidrmoran
I myself see a big pullback coming in the next six months but I don’t know that I have ever been correct over 45 years. I will put a lot of money in if a 10% pullback comes. I expect you r being prudent depending on how old you are. The thing is, if you’re young, you might as well stick it out and not try to time. He said.
Can't find the post where someone interestingly pointed out what happens w/ DSEEX / DSENX when US LCV persistently lags (a bit), but graphs are here (I added div etfs for the heck of it):
2y
http://quotes.morningstar.com/chart/fund/chart.action?t=D…
Wordworth ~1802 England, getting sentimental for even then:
The World Is Too Much with Us
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts aw…
@msf,
An opinionated 'analysis' that probably does not pass your deep-dive criteria, but Krugman today tweeted (following Johnston's approach) 'An estimated 30 trucking businesses paid *any* estate tax last year. Using same method, I get 10 (ten) f…
local angle, little add
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/10/12/fidelity-said-fire-star-fund-manager-after-sexual-harassment-allegation/MG5q1Mmcvo6xsooVc2tODI/story.html
You're so welcome.
Yeah, Leonhardt is sometimes really good at synthesis.
(I was given a heads-up to this latest Summers-Blanchard work by a sib who's a fellow at PIIE, which for me is handy for augmenting the lay data stream from Krugman et alia.)…
Who said it was not opinion?
Here TCP says 50, unless I am reading this wrong, as I know you will explain:
http://thefederalist.com/2017/09/28/heres-need-know-estate-tax-family-farmers/
This from
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/ten-facts…
Yeah, I subsequently found some of that info, tnx, pretty much identical to the other way, into ML. I shoulda done more but wanted to keep a big slug in Fido. Maybe in 10 months I will do the reverse and see if I can hit $2500, depending on how the …
@msf,
>> Wait until Fidelity has another cash promotion
have not seen such; they have had?
All the $50 xfer fees were reimbursed by ML. Our 'benefit' total will be $1150 all told, plus the zero commissions thing for all ML trading, although…
Uh, it's an analysis (not really an editorial) of how completely fraudulent his grifter outreach to miners and truckers is. With data!
I figure most here know by now how to launch a private / incognito browser session to get around many paywalls.
I just earned a thou from ML for transferring three retirement accounts from Fido, leaving one. The downside is unavailability of some funds, of course, but they did transfer ones they do not 'carry'.
I asked Fido beforehand about retention / stay …
Yeah, thanks, I read it a while ago, and found it very troubling and stirring.
Of course it is true the guy [Coates, this is --- edit] does not and cannot see any white actions or behaviors through any other lens; for him there are no other contex…
always looking for the ACA death blow, and this seems close
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/trump-executive-order-could-gut-obamacare-markets.html
>> his main economic appointments have been smart guys with some kind of qualification for their jobs
nah, not really, but yeah, Warsh would be further serious beclowning
It's also often not the reliability, it's what to do with the reliable mammogram or change in PSA.
I always wonder what the practical effect is.
One thing that is helpful is hearing oneself have the conversation, and having further on the way ho…
I always wonder what the practical effect of such fine distinction-making is.
'For the particular kind of [prostate, breast] cancer you have, the new data show that watchful waiting outcomes are as good in terms of mortality and life quality as tr…
'synthetic repeal':
https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/916069859066286081
'... the healthcare bill was about hidden tax cuts. Now the tax bill is about hidden healthcare cuts.'
and:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/trump-personally-…
Well, this looks to get explosive, yet again, and unproductively so. Amazing prospect:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/obamacare-premiums-set-to-skyrocket-in-2018.html
>> ran a valuation screen ... designed to identify “deep value” stocks. The screen looks at earnings yield relative to bonds, dividend yield relative to bonds, total corporate debt. and 10-year price/earnings ratio. Using that test, “in the US…
