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@Sven- Already our Dear Leader is shaking his fist at the fellow who he just appointed to run the Fed, for raising interest rates. Lets see now: Dear Leader causes inflation with tariffs, then blames Fed for trying to keep inflation in check. The ma…
Supplementing hank's comments, rono is one of the oldest and most respected contributors to both MFO and it's predecessor, FundAlarm. Anyone familiar with his posts over the years immediately notes his very uncharacteristic strong language as an ext…
We've owned no-load ABALX just forever in varying amounts. Very decent fund of it's type. Not adding to anything right now, Battening down the hatches with establishment of a CD ladder. But remember, I'm going on 80... were I younger, I'd be much mo…
Some apparently feel that the tone of rono's comments is more important than the probability that Trump is apparently well and truly in Putin's pocket. Evidently they feel that it's more important to affect politeness than it is to worry about the s…
The article actually said "a married couple would require a net worth of $4 million" rather than "the $4M portfolio". I read that as including their home equity, which could be a big number, especially if, as msf notes, "you've owned your home for m…
As usual, @Ted has given himself yet another free pass to post garbage having absolutely nothing to do with economics, finance, or mutual funds. One set of rules for you and me, another completely different set for Ted. Just another wealthy right-wi…
Ted has, in the past few weeks, threatened to have a number of board members "banned", simply because he doesn't approve of their postings. I simply do not understand why he is allowed to present himself as if he has some official capacity with resp…
To me, "censorship" is simply the act of suppressing a particular statement or point of view. I would be the last to suggest that the owner of a private site such as this one doesn't have the right to administer it in anyway preferred, including cen…
Health-Care Coverage Is Increasingly Determined by Where You Live
That's the word today from an article in The Wall Street Journal. Here are a few selected highlights from that article:
"Across the country, the details vary but the story is the sa…
Please note that so far, rforno, larryB, hank, Crash, JoeD, oletimer63, LewisBraham and davidrmoran have posted protests on the censorship, in various threads. As has one additional poster who has privately emailed me. Again so far, exactly ZERO pos…
Please note that so far, rforno, larryB, hank, Crash, JoeD, oletimer63, LewisBraham and davidrmoran have posted protests on the censorship, in various threads. As has one additional poster who has privately emailed me. Again so far, exactly ZERO pos…
@larryB- Forgot to mention it, but there is a pretty decent "Help" section for getting the most out of MFO. Up at the top, in the green bar, click on "Resources". On the screen that comes up click on "MFO User Guide".
That will download an extensiv…
@LewisBraham- Actually, there was quite extensive consideration of those aspects on FundAlarm, the predecessor site to MFO, and also intermittent discussion here on MFO as Bernanke attempted to keep the leaning tower from toppling over. Before you j…
@hank- Nah, stuff happens, Questionable judgement on the part of management, I think, but then I don't have to put up with all of the guff that they do. No big deal.
@PopTart: Now, don't you start getting all upset too. :) I'm sure that larry did…
@larryB- Linking certainly isn't complicated... if it was Ted would be out of luck. There are two ways: basic/unsophisticated, as in "Ted", or "cool", as in "not Ted".
First, of course you need to go to the article itself. The article that you're i…
@larryB- Thanks for your comments. I hope that you will rethink your "I am outta here". This country, and this board, need all of the support possible from people such as yourself. To be driven away by "that one routinely whiny poster" (to steal rfo…
I also agree that Bill and Melinda should be entitled to exactly the same level of decent health care under the same financial rules as anyone else, just as they are entitled to service by the fire and police departments. As Lewis suggests, efforts …
"what about articles we keep seeing that the "common man" has got his affairs in order"
@VintageFreak- I was reminded of your question by an article in this morning's WSJ:
The Dark Side to Rising Consumer Spending
Revised sales figures also sugge…
@Ted: Like the potential right-wing politician that you are, your attempt to deflect the question is a small masterpiece.
The issue under discussion is why you feel that you are exempt from your own rules with respect to posting in the "Fund Discus…
@Ted: I wouldn't have thought that Bill Gross buying a home qualified as a "Fund Discussions" topic. One set of rules for you, another for everyone else. Typical. You should run for congress... you'd fit right in.
@msf- Yes sir, I did, but it really was rather more in the hope that we could engage bartab in some sort of reasonable exchange of viewpoints. He is so adamant in his disapproval of everything that's been attempted so far that I though perhaps he ha…
@Anna- Not trying to be facetious on this, but facts are facts regardless of what Congress may or may not think. With respect to prosecution for treason however, your are correct: that's up to Congress. And the miserable bunch of sots comprising the…
@hank- Yes, I agree with all of you who have made this observation. It was a (probably misguided) attempt to introduce the subject without appearing to be so emphatic as to start a major political fight on MFO. Or, as Ted so eloquently put it, I was…
