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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.
PByrne was treated outrageously way back when (15y ago) by naked shorters, whose actions eventually resulted in increased crackdown and the rare prosecution attempt (it's flatly illegal, goes the argument). Herb Greenberg (MarketWatch and elsewhere)…
Well, Orange County... what's new? Let them have their school- at least they won't be causing trouble at the other public schools.
if only
https://www.salon.com/2022/03/17/the-far-rights-national-plan-for-schools-plant-charters-defund-public-educa…
A 14-point thread about frontloading of inflation expectations, longterm prospects and maturities, and construction timing:
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1504158983669616642
a good primer
weird that investopedia does not include SP on that deferred page I linked; a taxonomy of this stuff at the level of your writeup would be excellent, and distinction b/w deferred and deferred income would be clear.
I knew Mass. did…
PK tw today, slightly upbeat:
Thinking about the macroeconomics of the Putin shock. In the '70s oil price shocks were associated with severe recessions. But did they *cause* those recessions? A classic study including some people you may have heard…
Did not intend to mislead or confuse; Fidelity e.g. makes little distinction.
Create future retirement income
This Fidelity Viewpoints article explains how deferred annuities work and the role they play in a retirement income plan.
which is the …
In this kind of market phase, anyone who thinks a drop of 5% 'stinks' has simply not been through enough rodeos. I would luuuuv it if my portfolio were down only 5%.
The democratic socialism proposed and practiced widely elsewhere has nothing to do w socialism where gov sets prices. But serious people know that and don't scaremonger.
WWKS answers (not that that is what is really being asked, I bet) are easy to…
A sophisticated thread this is
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=116&emc=edit_pk_20220311&instance_id=55524&nl=paul-krugman&productCode=PK&regi_id=22268089&s…
I'm a proponent of clean energy but oil and gas will still be needed in the near future.
You're absolutely correct that some people are/were overly optimistic regarding the
timeframe needed for the transition to clean energy.
I never heard anyone c…
Some years back the WSJ or someone ran a brief piece noting that the hybrid battery had not been replaced on a single Prius in the US except for trauma. Surely not the case by now, 22y in. But a remarkable article which I wish I could find.
oh, are you in trouble now.
He lives next to the guy in Urbana Ohio at the diner having coffee, who always represents real America, from guns to school committees to epidemiology.
sure ... if only he had simply said not my experience, as many here have, with examples, however anecdotal they are.
'alternate fact' is always good.
But NYT? Did you even read the links with their content ? Thinking maybe you did not.
https:…
Hybrid vehicles have improved considerably in the last 15 years. They are now in the 5th or 6th generation with improved battery life and reliability. My neighbor has a Prius that gets over 40 miles per gallon on average and it is so quite while op…
DS:
The purpose of MSTR [[ in-house synonym: 'MSTR seeks to invest in “non-market sources of return,” that is, returns that can be delivered whether the market rises or not. That’s possible by choosing investments that are intrinsically uncorrelated…
no 'possibly mistaken' to it :)
That DS link is over a year and a half old, although he too lists the two managers only.
Suggest going to the TRP source.
Why are you selling? Its 3y return is 'comparable'. It is kinda expensive.
https://w…
>> the 5-manager setup that’s partially to blame. Perhaps there’s little coordination among the competing members? And (just a guess) they’re probably relatively inexperienced people.
You really think these are plausible conditions in a sho…
What, not whom.
Sure about the personnel. I just wonder ... what content? Such odd phrasing. Someone totally devoted to the belief that things are actually horrible?
Wow! I'm so impressed by you elite bunch of arrogant pricks that I don't think I deserve to share the same pages with you. Enjoy BS..ing each other. I'm out.
What is this in response to ?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/opinion/biden-economy-inflation-jobs.html
According to the long-running Michigan Surveys of Consumers, a plurality of Americans say that their personal financial situation is better than it was a year ago. This i…
THANKS for the responses. :)
fyi, general state of US play as of some years ago (from an expert who has repaired to Europe), so perhaps things have changed, but I thought it a good summary:
The entire thing can be explained in a few words:
- In US…
