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@MFO Board Members: Here's a little secret that I use to draw in viewers and comments. I use left winger do gooders and godless communists to draw flies to the honey, and guess what, it works.
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Ted
@slick: The stop loss order should conform to the individual stocks volatility. My suggestion would be to plot an individual stocks volatility over an extended period of time in order to determine the percentage of the stop below cost. I've been …
@John Chisum: I saw this same story on Bloomberg, but did not link it because the new vehicle is a private equity fund not available to the general public.
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Ted
@John Chisum: Maybe not !
Here’s why. The decision by Rite Aid Corp. RAD, +0.84% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT, +0.27% and other retailers to either reject or drop Apple Pay comes down to three issues. The first is obvious: Many chains don’t have the …
@John Chisum: Not at Rite-Aid or CVS !
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Ted
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2014-10-26/apple-pay-face-challenge-as-cvs-rite-aid-reject-system.html
@Scott & John; What Brazilian Mutual Funds do you own ? Stocks sell-off !
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Ted
http://www.businessinsider.com/fleeing-investors-are-decimating-brazilian-equities-after-the-election-2014-10
@Charles: This is a screaming buy at it's present price of $22.50 a share plus a very nice dividend of 12%+. My year end target for KKR is $26.00.
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Ted
JoihnChisum: Largest mutual fund owners
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Ted
http://investors.morningstar.com/ownership/shareholders-major.html?t=XNAS:AMZN®ion=usa&culture=en-US&ownerCountry=USA
@hank My toes hurt ! Please don't step on them !
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Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/16436/000-00-0000-cola-to-rise-less-than-2-again-in-2015#latest
@varmit No thanks !
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Ted
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@Accipiter: I'm sure you are aware that I was against Off-Topic when MFO first came on the web as well as the old FundAlarm days. Yes, an occasioinal Off-Topic post is fine but when every day news headline events such as Ebola, credit card fraud, …
Its the John & Scott Off-Topic show best suited for twitter, facebook, or other social forums ,not a mutual fund discussion board. No offense gentlemen, but I call them as I see them. Do you realize that 95% of your posts have nothing to do wi…
@Mark: I hate people who keep track of my bets. Failed to mention I beat the spread on last Sat. nights ND-Florida State game. Took the Irish +8.
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Ted
Max: The Royals In 4 ! Jackie Robinson played for the Kanasa city Monarchs in the old Negro American League.
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Ted
https://www.google.com/search?q=jackie+robinson+kansas+city&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&imgil=EDtv09VzjEAn2…
davidmoran: Go for it !
The Key Is; The largest installer of residential solar systems in the U.S. ( SCTY ) has already amassed some $325 million selling asset-backed securities to institutional investors—a strategy that has made it a standout i…
@hank: A bleeding heart liberal, that's what we want people to think. Steven is actually in counterintelligence for the CIA, rooting out those godless communist bastared's.
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Ted
@Kaspa: I look at the sticker price including destination charges and make a starting offer of 20% less than the sticker. See how the salesperson reacts. I recommend buying a new car, when you buy a used car, your buying someone else's problems. …
@heezsafe: Sounds good, but I don't believe Bain Capital is not a public traded company. As to Dave's Insanity Hot Sause, I drink a bottle or two every night.
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Ted
Dave's Insanity Hot Sause: