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Ya, reports said European bourses shot up by 1% but then fell. My Europe fund PRESX is still waiting, hanging on. Talk the talk. But that's all. TALK. Oy.
:) Yes, you guys must be using the Institutional share-class ticker. I'm glad I'm in DLFNX. Over two years, now.
http://quotes.morningstar.com/fund/f?t=DLFNX®ion=USA
EXCERPT: "“We are in the calm right now before the hurricane. I’m talking about the aging of the great powers, which is undeniable and can’t be quickly reversed. The retiree-to-worker ratios, the size of labor forces globally. China will have no one…
.....I figured I'd just register my thoughts late last night, and then that would be both the opening and closing of this thread. There have been quite a few thoughtful contributions, up and down the line, though. "Kibuki Theater" perhaps nails it b…
@fundalarm: criticism of the policies of the State of Israel is not the same thing as antisemitism. Further, the heart and soul of Judaism is to be held in the highest esteem: justice, compassion, equity, liberation. No one is to be ignored. Even t…
Triangular arrangements. Dysfunction. Political Correctness. Let's protect each other from each other, for each other's sake. Jesus.
Genuine interaction--- including annoyance---even when justified and to be expected, given the way this conversati…
Sad to hear, too. I giggled at the credits at the end of the show, too. Actually part of the show. Were those credited positions ever the same thing twice in a row? ;) I recall the mention of the law firm which represented them: Dewey, Cheetham…
Oy. Talk about complex. I'm still holding Europe. It's not a trade, it's a long-term play for me. PRESX. It's all uphill, until this new mechanism gets established and becomes routine. Will Cyprus and Greece and Portugal and Ukraine EVER get up to s…
David, Charles, Ed: THANK you, once again. I found the Fall photos to be stunning. And this phrase grabbed me, too:
"...The structure of the investment company industry is such that the funds you should consider most seriously are the ones about wh…
@Tampabay: that's your latest "contribution?" Talking right past my point. Guess you've got nothing of value to add. Go ahead, then: get on a plane to Denmark and quit being such a pain in the ass here on this message board.
One item none of us had mentioned, I don't think, not only about SS but income and wealth in a general way: the GREED factor is simply taken for granted, like a pass-through, an assumption that we cannot dare examine. Gordon Gecko said "Greed is goo…
@msf: "..... and a second tax, paid only by high earners, where they pay in on top of that first (current) tax, but get zero extra benefits for the second tax. It makes SS look like a welfare system, not a retirement system, and is a political loser…
Hot topic. Just permit me to repeat: remove the cap. Done, fixed. No, I have no links or research at hand, but I did see an item or two or eighteen some time ago which backs-up my point. Let all income be subject to the SS tax. All. Ding.
""Live below your means and build a nest egg," he advised. "It's certainly not easy with today's incomes and a weak job market." But it's the only way, he said."
Great quote, JohnChisum! I can see George C. Scott on that ridge, with a big silvery-…
Well, anyhow....Capitalism is the only game in town. I'm glad I decided to invest when the first of my blessed aunt's inheritance money arrived, 11 years ago. I hung on and ached and worried through the Financial Crash of '08-'09, all the while addi…
18-10, with a 2.98 ERA and 4 complete games for the regular season. He was in COMPLETE control, and DOMINATED in the W.S. Gotta hand it to him--- and the Giants.
Bumgarner stats page: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bumgama01.shtml
That "left wing do-gooders" crack has been kinda sticking in my craw. Personally, I'm completely agnostic, but there's no denying, from a purely historical standpoint, that a man called Jesus Christ did in fact live some 2000 years ago, and that man…
“The latest report from the Social Security Administration makes it clear that the American economy continues a 40-year trend of moving in the direction of becoming a Third World country where the vast majority of people are struggling to keep thei…
You might be right! I didn't analyze on that basis, but I just thought that trying to get the inside-the-park home run would have been asking too much... Now there won't be baseball until pitchers and catchers report, in mid-February. Gotta hang on.…