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LewisBraham
Hi Hank,
Your satire came across very well. Don't worry about the user name.
Best,
Lewis
@MJG Again, how were the submittals to the topic divergent from its main theme and how was your submission itself not divergent when the main theme of this thread was "Did King Trump cancel Federal workers pay raise to take attention away from Sen.M…
@MJG In this instance, I used the term "meaningless" because, in my opinion, the submittals for this topic were diverging from its main theme.
Huh? The title of this thread was "Did King Trump cancel Federal workers pay raise to take attention away…
The IRA/401k system of retirement savings is really a regressive form of taxation that benefits the wealthy with the most to contribute to their plans the most and the poor with nothing to contribute the least or in reality not at all. The longer yo…
It's MJG's "Enough of this meaningless stuff" that is more offensive than the song he posted if you ask me. It is dismissive of basically anyone who doesn't see the world the way he does. Reminded me of a bumper sticker I saw many years ago--"The mo…
@JoJo26
All gov't workers are severely over-compensated already.
No, that's not true. It depends on the education level:
https://cbo.gov/system/files?file=115th-congress-2017-2018/reports/52637-federalprivatepay.pdf
Federal civilian workers whose h…
And the cruelty continues:
nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/trump-administration-questioning-citizenship-of-hispanics.html
https://washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-is-denying-passports-to-americans-along-the-border-throwing-their-cit…
@BrianW Resisted what? I agree regarding McCain's war heroism and respect him as well. It's the guy you voted for who lacks any sense of respect or decency regarding the late senator. If you're upset with the tenor of his crappy reaction, take it up…
Here's an older one that is at least complete from that time period:
https://qz.com/1242652/china-tariffs-the-complete-list-of-128-affected-good-class-of-goods/
As for what the U.S. is charging China, you can find it here:
https://usitc.gov/tariff…
@MSF The sentence in the story is: We included only fund share classes with over $500 million in assets, as the money flows in tiny funds are too volatile.
I am not saying that flows affect the fund's performance, but that in a smaller shareclass o…
@Ted Where are you getting these 3-year performance numbers? They are incorrect:
performance.morningstar.com/funds/etf/total-returns.action?t=XRLV®ion=USA&culture=en_US
Alpha, the actual term, is not just a measure of outperformance, but a calculation of risk adjusted outperformance. Also, you are mistating cumulative returns. This fund produced slightly better returns with less volatility, and earned an alpha stat…
@Ted Correct me if I'm wrong but is not a 14.19% 3-year annualized return higher than a 14.15% one? And with less volatility: performance.morningstar.com/funds/etf/ratings-risk.action?t=XRLV®ion=usa&culture=en_US
Better returns with less …
Periodically, I will go to CampaignMoney.com and use their screener to see how fund managers are contributing to different political campaigns: https://campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp
For instance:
https://campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp?searchtype=co…
@davidrmoran Fine for Singer, but it's this that I have a real problem with:
Like many financiers who have achieved his level of success, Singer sees himself as more than a skillful player in the markets; he conducts himself like a public intellectu…
@BrianW The headline for this thread is "Trump pushes..." with a political figure in it from the start. Why did you click on it if you thought there should be no political connection?
Sorry, but just because someone’s a billionaire or someone naively believes in Homo Economicus and therefore markets are efficient so we need no government regulation despite massive evidence to the contrary doesn’t make them a hero. The Chicago Sch…
Vote this November. Tell your children and friends to vote. Tell your children’s friends and their parents to vote. Tell your neighbors, clients and their kids to vote. Scream it from the rooftops if necessary.
@Ted Just remember our Treasuries will always be popular
There's no such thing as "always" in securities markets. You're right that Turkey and Russia are no big deal. But China sure is. Every empire in the history of the world has eventually faded. …
Good! How can you have justice when there’s a financial incentive to put people in jail? The private sector should have no place whatsoever in the criminal justice or court system. Otherwise, you end up with the prison industrial complex we now have.
The answer I believe is the truth that no one likes: It depends. The higher the average REIT’s yield is the more bond like they behave. The lower the yield, the more stock like. They’re called hybrid securities for a reason. When analysts expect mos…
