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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.
Right; this is one of many sites that dismiss the notion:
http://www.bakertilly.com/insights/hiring-your-children-tax-savings-and-doing-it-the-right-way/
:)
They still have a faint lingering of that ag tradition, like the big Midwestern publics; I had a cousin-in-law who was a farming prof there, dept head or something, I think.
Younger than you, U of R '65-'66.
k, thanks, but I would not do it even then, and did not.
If after 5 summers he or she has grown a large mowing service, has bought several machines, includes pals, and advertises, then maybe.
No one is ever going to check, and no one cares. Fideli…
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Did not say it was news.
But typically it is not like using oak barrels in France, where they were never bourbon barrels. Bourbon barrels are charred inside, and that adds color and sweetness and complexity to scotch. Every scotch I know of has …
? Boilerplate meant also such as from the great Fairmark.
I know something (a little anyway) about compliance, doing this sort of copy / paste editing and original writing / rewriting of prospectus text for freelance work, irregularly. It is not ea…
Carrying now means ball coming to *rest* with the palm on the underside (below the equator), I believe. It did modulate, yes. It was probably overcalled prior. It is perhaps undercalled now.
The steps thing is not only clarified but much stricter …
Oh, sorry, nothing all that esoteric. I have always bought blends and tweaked them. At least for the 50y I have been drinking whiskies seriously. I am not a finicky single-m type. I love Macallans, most; Balvenies, all; Highland Parks, all; and Glen…
Scotches are very commonly colored, even the famous. Not permitted w/ bourbon. The very pale scotches not so much.
I add things to them. Water, and sometimes drops of other whiskies.
'Burned wood' is a handy referent, but not (or not always) 'pl…
'Lafroig' or 'Lafroe-aig' is a little closer
JW Red is their peatiest blend except for Double Black, which is really strong. Most blends that have black in the name are like that (the 'new' Famous Grouse Black, e.g.). JW Green and Gold are wonderfu…
Yeah, Zags will give UNC a game and may well prevail. UConn women's inexperience showed under immense pressure. Nice and rare today to hear an adult, Auriemma, sound truly mature and with perspective.
Coal extraction was automated long ago and moved west of the Mississippi --- no more human mines, just machines cutting the tops off mountains.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/coal-country-is-a-state-of-mind.html
http://cdn.americanpro…
ooh, am I the first?
this is some major lolz:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/business/dealbook/valeant-bet-was-a-huge-mistake-hedge-fund-chief-ackman-says.html
So far as I can see and have tested, none of the bankrate ones does what I wish for.
The Fido site, which I had used before and revisited thanks to msf suggestion, comes closest to being useful, with some manual labor.
I just thought in this day a…
Yeah, HSA in one's 60s or even 50s, with Medicare coming soon, seems an unpromising calculation.
All this libertarian blather centers on whether one thinks the richest country in the history of the world should offer healthcare to all without qual…
>> Why not just look at 10 years? I give you WWWFX
Just plot it at 3-4-5y, and there's the answer to why not. But if you believe in the decisionmaker, sure. Same as CGMFX and Heebner. 'Twas ever thus. Gotta believe the manager's skills abide.
@Mark
Because it's draconian and unserious. Check it out:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/15/freedom-caucus-ready-for-obamacare-replacement-that-expands-hcas-bans-abortion-funding/
I understand the points, but I don't have anything to say on these issues as smart or informed as those I cite, and since I learn from others' posted links, usually more than from what they themselves say (except for msf, e.g.), I'm glad to have lin…
@msf
In case you missed these high-level analyses today:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/opinion/how-to-build-on-obamacare.html
(None of these tweaks will happen, almost certainly.)
also
http://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2017/3/24/15055636/aca-rep…
Because it can't be done, really. We can take broad educated guesses, and some supposedly have done this (sell spring 2000, rebuy late summer 03; sell late summer 08, buy early summer 09), and others have supposedly done with same with sectors (fina…
'Manager execution' is different here, right?
CAPE alone has been backtested to '02, fwiw:
http://investwithanedge.com/new-barclays-shiller-cape-sector-rotation-etn
... annualized return [['02-'12]] of +10.8% (adjusting for investor fees) with 1…
>> other than the fact it has performed well.
What else is there, ultimately? Plus the method.
I just now looked at the best LCV at M* for 3y and 5y, and graphed IFUTX and TWEIX, their winners, against DSENX since inception (3.5y ago). Ou…
These confound (not really the right word) your pricing principles while seeming to partly conform, correct? (not being facetious):
(MO'Brien Wapo just now)
Obamacare [forces] healthy people to buy insurance (or pay a fine) and [gives] poor and si…
>> quite impressed with the design of the ACA. ... it is well designed.
You're never gonna get anywhere with that attitude :)
Recent analyses of actual behaviors, which you likely have seen:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/03/kan…
Clearly by private the doctors I have spoken with mean chiefly employer insurance, as opposed to Mass. MA nonprofs. I've had no need or interest to query about ACA efficacy, or lack. Theirs was more a 'Tufts or gov way easier than Anthem.' Oh, one E…
Was quoting doctors, not making it up myself. Will be sure and tell the next one who mentions it that he cannot be correct in what he says, and will cite your extensive analytical work, if only it were published and not in some minor forum, as some …
