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Sorry-
Apology accepted.
Obviously, you don't get the connection between the USA entering the war and how changed the course of the war and what came after it.
For, example, Germany defeated Russia in late 1917. On the western front no battle line…
Americans never wanted to be on the wold stage and the founding fathers warned about it.
As to ww1 - if it wasn't for W. Wilson, who for a second term used the slogan 'He kept us out of war.' there might have never been a ww2, a militarized USSR, an…
Dex: Thanks for the Niall Fergusen link. His financial analysis is interesting. Hope others view it.
Regards
Did you smell Fox News on it? The link is there - start with Peterson.
Well - I thought initially that I sensed Fox News in this somewhere:
Well if FOX reporting on it means something to you.
How about this - I don't know if FOX reported on it - Niall Ferguson.
Says something similar.
http://www.iie.com/events/e…
One of my major points was that not all the estimated or overlooked numbers are negative and it's just as dangerous to emphasize the negative unmeasured quantities as the positive.
The other point I'd emphasize is that the law is designed to mini…
Yes Dex. Sorry. My questions?
"It seems a couple of people didn't understand my post and read into it points not stated. I don't do that. I do not project upon a person's post.
Simply stated, nations rise and decline like people.
There is no world…
@Dex, My concern with your analysis, is that it does not look at the money saved. By no longer having as many people declaring bankruptcies due to medical costs. Also, costs of those unable to pay but still being treated were passed on to other pati…
What's the point of your earlier posts Dax? (particularly the 3 successive ones which I responded to)
I mean, could you kindly explain how ACA is logically connected to the rise and fall of world powers? Any kid beyond third grade knows that natio…
It seems a couple of people didn't understand my post and read into it points not stated. I don't do that. I do not project upon a person's post.
Simply stated, nations rise and decline like people.
There is no world power that didn't follow this…
Dex: I can get all this I want on Fox News. (I'll hasten to add, we sometimes have it on nowadays just because CNN has gotten so bad:-). But everyone's welcome to their opinions. Thanks for the contributions.
I don't have cable TV.
So Fox is doing…
http://www.ucg.org/united-states/life-cycles-empires-lessons-america-today/
Seven steps in the life cycles of great powers
Glubb Pasha learned that different empires had similar cultural changes while experiencing a life cycle in a series of stages…
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spir…
These discussions about Obamacare, US debt, US deficit are like debating which music is best to play as the Titanic sinks. The major decisions for the USA have been made and we will no have to live with them. I'm just hoping to die before the ship…
From you experience with that site-does it appear very negative - dare I say bearish? Only 2 buys and 3 holds out of 16
It has a sell on money markets!
There is no one answer - it all depends upon her goals and needs.
Let's say she wants to leave you the largest possible inheritance. Then it might be better for her to take SS as soon as possible and not spend money from her assets.
@Dex: MJG doesn't need bonds, because his pension and SS are fixed income investments. what he is missing is equities, so his personal investments are all equities.
for the rest of us, who no longer have the "defined benefit" pension plan, the allo…
Dex-
Regards-
Joe,
I'm 59.
It saddens me to see how this great country that has given opportunity to many has followed the path to ruin as show in history.
If we would have followed the advise of the founding fathers and stayed out of foreign e…
I reject your assertion that success was an absolute given for my generation. That’s just plain wrongheaded thinking that lacks an historic perspective. If success was the outcome, it was achieved by hard work, sacrifice, and a little luck.
I lik…
Our family income must only support myself and my wife of 53 years. She was a military bride. Our kids have been on their own dollar for a long time, and they are all doing quite well. Although money was very tight earlier in life, we have no f…
Hi Guys,
Admittedly, I am an optimistic person. During the latter years of my other life, I was a major organizer and contributor to an endless number of aggressive, challenging engineering work proposals.
Best Regards,
MJG, a couple of question…
Thanks for posting that - interesting point.
Inflation will return at some point. But over the next 10? years deflation is still the problem. Markets tend to over-correct so from the peak in the 80s it might extend the cycle.
Ted,
Your friends didn't finish the article. They didn't answer their the question " With the index now above the top end of the sideways range it had been in for the last month, is a breakout coming?"
Tell them to to finish what they start.
It seems he's been saying it for awhile.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Harry+Dent&oq=Harry+Dent&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8
Steve999 you still riding your Ducati 999?
You should tell the folks here that you are from the UK, so your ethical perspectives are socialist influenced.
"I have doubts that either stock or bond investing is ethical."
Can you expand upon the ethical aspects and your doubts?
You haven't linked your questions/comments to ethics and your doubts.
Thanks
If I could only say one thing to the young me (decades ago) it would be something similar to:
"The goal is not to maximize the chances of getting rich, but rather to minimize the odds of getting poor." That’s the control risk axiom.
Something like:…
Have a conference call with a Vanguard Adviser and see what they suggest.
At 70 your father should be looking for simplicity and things he can understand.
