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@Old_Joe & Old_Skeet: Never was one of my favorites. Another turkey for Thanksgiving Day.
Recent struggles appear unrelated to asset bloat, as major macroeconomic bets have reversed course. The fund tried to juggle too many balls at once
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@Tony: Yes, X the time it took for my cat Pink to do his business this morning in 24 degree weather.
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Ted
https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/cryptography/random-algorithms-probability/v/bayes-theorem-visualized
@Ralph; Lipper classifies GABCX as an event driven fund, and I agree. Typical of Super Mario, he is a big believer in M&A.
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Ted
Lipper Snapshot Of GABCX: http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/gabcx
@openice: Thanks for the heads-up. George has been with Royce for 23 years, and managed Royce Trust (FUND) that I owned on several occasions.
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Ted
http://www.roycefunds.com/people/whitney-george
May Ye rest in peace !
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Ted
https://www.google.com/search?q=harry+patch&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&imgil=yPpwDz0xa53vWM%3A%3B2FusdvHfB76DTM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.theguardian.com%252Fuk%252Fgallery%252F2009%252Fjul%252F26…
Old_Skeet: A couple of contact at M* you might try. They always have been helpful when I've had a problem
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Ted
M*[email protected]
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@John Chisum: Its all about location ? location ?--what's the mystery, where the hell is "31 degrees Celsius. Clear with UV Index reading of 11. Light winds from the northeast. Visibility should be very good. Calm sea. "
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Ted
@hank: Sorry to hear about you pending weather. On Monday and Tuesday it will be a balmy 58 & 52. Thinking of going to the beach for a little tan , and a dip in Lake Michigan.
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Ted
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/olympia-fields-il/6046…
@John Chisum: Patrick O’Shaughnessy was 22 when he started a career in money management, just months before the financial crisis of 2008. “My timing could not have been worse,” he says.. After a particularly bad meeting with a client, who referred …
@slick; One of Chicago's great investment managers.
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Ted
The Greatest Investors: Ralph Wanger:
http://www.investopedia.com/university/greatest/ralphwanger.asp
The real question is who has the best football team and fight song.
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Ted
Football: Harvard vs. Yale:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard–Yale_football_rivalry
Harvard:
Yale:
@Old_Skeet: I always use Yahoo Finance for mutual fund quotes. It might have changed ,but closing NAV's are sent to First Data in Omaha by the fund companies and released to the public at 4:45 PM CST, however; there are occasions when NAV's aren't…
@Old_Joe: You are correct, many are made overseas.
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Ted
Recently, the top brass at Sears had decided to outsource the manufacturing of Craftsman hand tools to places like China and Taiwan. The sockets, ratchets, wrenches and other hand tools…
@MFO Member; If you going to play the precious metals game, I suggest you double your pleasure, double your fun, by killing two birds with one stone. You can own both gold & silver bullion without the 28% tax by holding Central Fund Of Canada …
@David: Got to get up very very early to keep ahead of the linkster. I intend to make 'ETF Vital Signs' a daily featured link.
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Ted
http://www.mfwire.com/common/artprint2007.asp?storyID=50101&wireid=2
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@JohnChisum: Drivel !!! I'll show you drivel.
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Ted
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