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@hank- I knew that you were just kidding, but I wasn't sure that everyone recognized "disparate", since you don't see that word too often. It's funny with words... I certainly don't remember using "disparate" with any regularity, but sometimes as I'…
"market volatility does present, at times, some good buying opportunity. So, why be so concerned about it? After all, volatility is part of investing and has been, thus far, during my lifetime."
Yes, for sure. Especially for shorter-term traders.
Yes, I think that @Derf's point is a good one. If the idea is to consider market behavior over a longish period of time ("Average 401k soared 466% over past 10 yrs") why would you deliberately start from a cyclical low?
disparate |ˈdispərit; diˈsparit|
adjective
essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison : they inhabit disparate worlds of thought.
• containing elements very different from one another : a culturally disparate country.
noun ( disparates…
@Catch22- Well, he's been busy here, for one thing:
Trump declares national emergency over telecom threats
"The order, which has been under review for more than a year, is aimed at protecting the supply chain from “foreign adversaries to the natio…
@Lawlar: Yes sir, you make some astute observations and powerful arguments. I get the impression that David doesn't really disagree with most of what you're saying, but rather that he just doesn't think that a tariff contest is going to be very help…
@rforno- Yeah, I know. Seems to me that England has the right approach- confine the Huawei equipment to the non-critical RF transmission/reception and other peripheral stuff, and keep them well away from the data-processing side of things.
Of cours…
Pilots confronted Boeing with 737 Max fears after first fatal crash
The Guardian is reporting that:
American Airlines pilots angrily confronted a Boeing official about an anti-stall system suspected in two fatal crashes of the manufacturer’s 737 Ma…
Freedman's work seems pretty solid, although his mid-east predictions have sometimes missed the target. Then again, who has ever been able to predict the mid-east, other than the probability that there will be trouble there about almost anything at …
@johnN- I'm sorry, but I really can't qualify as any sort of expert in this area. We owned a 4-unit apartment house in SF for three or four years, and believe me, that was long enough. We were lucky in that we bought at a good time, the market then …
"be it equities, high yield, collectibles or an apartment building."
@Hank: Having been there and done that (albeit a very small 4-unit building), I can testify from personal experience that the very last thing that I will ever do again is own anyt…
My wife and I were discussing this subject at dinner last night. We talked about, of all things, garlic, using it as an example because much of the US crop is grown just to the south of us, in Gilroy, CA.
Unlike msf, I'm not going to research the e…
Boeing Max: A Tale of Two Crashes
Well, here's a pleasant surprise. @Ted came across a new article in the Wall Street Journal which provides a nicely animated report detailing the sequence of events in the two 737-MAX crashes. The report doesn't in…
I look at some of the things that pass for reporting and wonder "what are they thinking?"
@msf- Perhaps you have an unnecessary word in that question. Maybe it should be" I look at some of the things that pass for reporting and wonder "what are th…
Thanks, @msf. David Moran's article really laid out the whole thing for me, from beginning to end. Much of what that article said has been covered in bits and pieces by many contributors in the previous five pages of this thread, but that article pu…
The 737 MAX is intrinsically and inherently unstable and unsafe. A little bit more from the article-
"So Boeing produced a dynamically unstable airframe, the 737 Max. That is big strike No. 1. Boeing then tried to mask the 737’s dynamic instability…
@Ted: Can you please clarify whether no one can respond to catch22, or just MFO members? If it's just MFO members then maybe I can talk to him after all, since you also kicked me out some time ago.
Regards,
OJ
@catch22- Jeez catch, I'd like to share my thoughts, but @Ted has decreed that "you are no longer part of the MFO family, and therefore not entitled to any kind of response" (see above) so I really can't. Maybe someday he'll change his mind and allo…
From that article:
Last year, the U.S. government established a program meant to provide economic support to farmers affected by the trade war. A spokesman for the Agriculture Department confirmed the total amount paid out by that program as of Mon…
The original FAA Eisenhower-era certification requirement was a testament to simplicity: Planes should not exhibit significant pitch changes with changes in engine power. Now software stands between man and machine, and no one seems to know exactly …
FAA Didn’t Treat Suspect 737 MAX Flight-Control System as Critical Safety Risk
Conclusion is part of internal agency review of jetliner certification process
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that "An internal Federal Aviation Administration rev…
Well, after all, Uncle Sam needs income from whatever source possible to send money to @Ted for not growing stuff. $15 billion here, $15 billion there... pretty soon this starts to add up.
"Given that much mass produced clothing comes from China, we may expect a significant reversal."
Nah. That guy in the White House assures us that China will be paying for all of these tariffs. Pay attention!
He was one of the greats. And his supporting cast was right up there also. I can still remember the wonderful overhead camera shots of the June Taylor Dancers who usually were the opening act for his show. Unfortunately I can't seem to locate any of…
