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@MFO Members: Its the same old story ,what have you done for me lately. In my opinion, Dr. Mark has been over rated for years besides being a pompus ass in his white suit, living the good life as the world's self-proclaimed authority on emerging m…
@Maurice: I got this joke in my E-Mail this morning. The first person I thought of was you as Hillary's #1 fan.
Regards,
Ted
Man died and went to heaven. As he
stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks
behind …
@MFO Members: This fund was so bad it didn't ever deserve a wake. 90th percentile, performance, a real turkey.
Regards,
Ted
M* NGHAX Performance:
http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/performance-return.action?t=NGHAX®ion=usa&culture=…
@Old_Joe: Any first year Econ. graduate student knows that 000-00-0000 payments are an income stream that can be considered as party of your overall fixed-income asset allocation. Therefore, any changes in the ability of the government to pay bene…
@Shostakovich: Scroll and read today's article on Fidelity Brokerage from Barron's. "Fidelity Tops In Price Improvement for Retail Investors"
Regards,
Ted
@MFO Members: You better believe it take a lot of work to maintain MFO as the #1 Mutual Fund Website. Yet, for their own selfish interests a tiny few think this is a social site where anything goes including tabloid material, politics, religion, o…
@Maurice: Apple and orange compairsons ! U.S. Government control of monentary and fiscal policy is far different than outright stock market manipulation .
Regards,
Ted
@John Chisum: I think you will be happy to know the Linkster repelled the cyber-attack on his great city of Chicago ! Believe me it wasn't easy, but someone had save the Windy City !
@bee: Excellent links ! When the Linkster retires, dies, or gets kick off MFO, I'm going to nominate you to be the new Linkster. Of course you have to be tough minded because lots of slings and arrows will come your way !
Regards,
Ted
@JoihnChisum; U.S. futures looking good. And fireworks, I'll show you some fireworks, the best I've ever seen !
Regards,
Ted
U.S. Futures:
http://finviz.com/futures.ashx
Fireworks:
@MFO Members: 4 million, 6 million, 10 milliom, 25 million, 32 million, who cares, their Government Employees ? These are the folks who mistreat, the taxpayers when they go for help at the VA, SS, PO, IRS, and so forth. !
Regards,
Ted
@MFO Members: ( Click On Article Title At Top Of Google Search.) Once again the Magnificent Linkster to the rescue.
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Regards,
Ted
https://www.google.com/#q=China’s+Stock+Plunge+Is+Scarier+Than+Greece+wsj
@MFO Members: Here are snapshots from M*, Lipper, and fund category ranking from U.S. News & World Report. Unfortunately, the funds is closed to new investors. Thanks for the link Ibartman.
Regards,
Ted
M* Snapshot PRNHX: http://www.morni…
@BrianW: In my opinion, a brokerage website look should not be a compelling reason to switch to a different broker. You should be more concerned with maintance fees, order execution and alike. MikeM has hit the nail on the head, namely, learn to b…
@catch22: I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that you got correct the name of Everett Dirksen. The bad news is that he never made that statement.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.everettdirksen.name/print_emd_billionhere.htm
@Dex: I think I do my fair share of keeping the discussion board alive. A large chunk of David's Commentary was information regarding the M* Conference that I linked 6/24-6/26 ,which in my opinion, was a complement to David's excellent summary of …
@ John Chisum Great idea, but not this time of year. Why would the Linkster want to go to Hawaii in July, when I go to a Chicago Lake Michigan beach and gaze at the tax filled azure blue clouds !
Regards,
Ted
https://www.google.com/search?q=azure+…
@MFO Members: I started to read the Commentary, but unfortunately I fell asleep and began dreaming. I dreamt I was on a beach reading James A. Michener book Hawaii. However, when I wake-up I'll dig right into the meat of the matter. There's a l…
@PressmUp & Old_Joe: Greenwich Conn, is located on the Atlantic Ocean, which the last time I checked, is considered to be a body of water. I believe there a section of Greenwich called the north coast. Therefore, you both get a F- in geograp…
