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Not clear why anyone should point another toward greater understanding, someone who posts without substance that Krugman is an idiot. But interest can be (and is) part of the self-dealing, self-owing, self-paying cashflow. I recognize it's hard to g…
This is in addition to whatever public investment takes place in infrastructure, education, research, and the like. Larger deficits, sufficient to recycle savings out of a growing gross domestic product (GDP) in excess of what can be recycled by p…
L5b, that's the whole point, no need to pay it off.
That's not the whole point - other point missing, the interest has to be paid. Think about it.
Fiscal year 215 - US interest $350.8B @ 2.3%
Double the interest rate and double in interest p…
Krugman is an idiot ... many economies have past the point of no return.
http://thespellmanreport.com/2015/04/05/the-point-of-no-return-for-government-debt/#.VddXaiVViko
"Their research, contained in their book “This Time Is Different,” shows th…
I fully, fully agree with you on the pricing power statement. In terms of retail space, I kinda ponder warehouse space given continued rise of online shopping vs B & M, but high quality retail in dense areas is fine.
The large online seller bu…
We will have a low interest rate environment for 5-8 years more.
In about 10 years we will have a VAT to deal with gov't deficits and interest on the debt which will keep interest rates low.
I'd say the only thing what will have large pricing powe…
Dex, in 2008 the average open end junk muni fund lost 25.27%. HYD wasn't around then but since it underforms the open end funds the loss would have been more. The safe haven is Treasuries and to a lesser extent high grade munis. Still, as you said…
Unfortunately, the author is a believer in the 1 variable school of thought - i.e. a change in one variable is a good thing.
A crash in stocks could mean fewer jobs and/or lower wages for the younger investor. It also assumes the younger investor …
Unfortunately, the author is a believer in the 1 variable school of thought - i.e. a change in one variable is a good thing.
A crash in stocks could mean fewer jobs and/or lower wages for the younger investor. It also assumes the younger investor …
"Is there any country that has just a VAT and no income tax????????????????????"
Newly minted - as of January 1, the Bahamas instituted a VAT of 7.5% to replace their 10% hotel tax. There is no income tax there.
http://www2.deloitte.com/content/…
Is there any country that isn't an island that has just a VAT and no income tax????????????????????
I'm not going to look it up ... because I don't think there is.
The USA will have a VAT AND an income tax ... just as Europe does.
You read it her…
Yellen has said in the past she's not against NIRP.
Do you have any idea how NIRP could be implemented in the USA?
I don't see how it can be done? If I get interest from a mutual fund and re-invest it, it shouldn't be taxed, right or wrong? …
Tell that to the Japanese - 25 years. I don't think we will have that type of decline and for so long. However, maybe a drop and then a trading range for many years - % and years your guess. The cause if you want: Fed foolishly raising interest …
Monetary rewards from one's investment efforts are always nice to see on a printout or from your own math on a piece of paper; but there are times when a piece of this monetary reward is circulated into the economy. Such was the circumstance on a pl…
@junkster,
I'm missing something here. Is this the right fund?
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SPFLX
The chart doesn't look like much to me, the yield is 4.89%
I am torn between wanting to see him kill it in the debate tonight and not wanting to see this good man ripped apart.
You can only hurt yourself in those things.
/scott-walker-just-got-punked-at-a-new-hampshire-pizza-shop/
That's why politicians have planned events with screened participants. It is also why politicians don't have a lot of press interviews - they don't want the gotcha question.
It is also …
@OJ
But, it's a very good rhetorical question nonetheless. Agree we're heading in the wrong direction. 50 years ago, folks foresaw automation making life easier for the working stiff. Shorter hours. Better pay and benefits. Earlier and more prosp…
As investors we can learn from Churchill’s checkered career. He survived early failures to be a decisive player in WWII decision making. Investing has many parallels given its uncertainties and critical tradeoffs. The ability and resolve to “Sta…
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That is what I was thinking - there aren't any ...
The investment markets remain perverted from many directions and factors.
I think that sums it it for the foreseeable future.
Fundamental and technical analysis are out the window. Macro - Fed and Gov't actions/perceived are what will rule …
It seems like the good far outweighs the bad with AV technology. One thing is for sure, you cannot stop technological progress.
We think alike.
The article says a fleet of them won't be ready for 20 years.
I wonder if the Luddites will return…
@Dex I believe the subject matter is better suited to a Off-Topic Discussion, wouldn't you agree ?
Regards,
Ted
OK - I thought it was tangentially related to investments.
@Dex- A while back MJG mentioned a great quote from H. L. Mencken: “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong”.
You seem to specialize in such answers, but if it works for you, go for it.
What amazes me is the p…
@Dex- Well, I tried to make the point that there has always been a certain ratio between students who try to their maximum ability and those who don't. Evidently you don't believe that's a relevant factor in educational results.
When I was a studen…
Good grief. You really don't know what you're talking about. Yes, there is lots of low quality, absolutely.
Well, Charlie Brown, don't bother replying to my posts in the future.
Have a nice day!
Someone looking back decades, as some of this research seems to do, would likely not even be measuring computer skills or knowledge.
Thanks for any thoughts.
Definitely agree. Look at web sites that are geared to mobile phones - all you have to d…
"Sure blame the victims/kids. They are the failures because they didn't "hit it hard". "
Well, Dex, it's pretty obvious that you got nothing useful from my attempt to explore that area. Let me try again: the educational system can only work with th…
>> Why have primary and secondary education failed the students
Who poses that question?
The kids today who hit it hard in HS and college in this country are immensely well-educated, in my experience, and not small in number at all.
Sure b…
Your timeframe on open admissions is a bit off
The question the paper raises, and should be asked in general, is whether there is a better way to do this. This is not talking down the Education Industrial Complex - it is recognizing that differ…
