what do you like? PREFACE: I was looking at great depression history, and as BAD AS THIS IS right now, the great depression stats, esp mortg default rates, GDP decline, and unemployment rates were FAR worse. I cant wait till this economy improves and America can once again be the greatest nation on earth. The worst strategy in the past 100 years has been selling into panic and trying to time entry and exits out of the market. FACT. IDEAS: portfolio allocation i like here: 20% cash, 30% staples, 20% health care. The rest I leave to you. Cyclicals like UTX and MMM, maybe?
I wish someone could come up with a bear case for consumer staples.
virginCFAhooker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wish someone could come up with a bear case for > consumer staples. there is one, food input inflation and stretched valuations, for starters.
daj224 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I cant wait till this economy improves and America can once again be the greatest nation on earth. ------------------------------------------------------- You make me sick. Give me quantitative facts proving your are the “greatest nation” please…
That’s such a ‘dumb american’ comment, there’s a reason the majority of the free world dislike america and it’s not jealousy…
or the non-free world for that matter…
no, the free world too…
But my country (Italy) still has the best food in the world 
strangedays Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But my country (Italy) still has the best food in > the world Definitely agree… +1
daj224 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > what do you like? > > PREFACE: > > I was looking at great depression history, and as > BAD AS THIS IS right now, the great depression > stats, esp mortg default rates, GDP decline, and > unemployment rates were FAR worse. I cant wait > till this economy improves and America can once > again be the greatest nation on earth. The worst > strategy in the past 100 years has been selling > into panic and trying to time entry and exits out > of the market. FACT. I agree that this is not the place to be puking out your investment holdings, BUT looking at great depression history and drawing parallels to the present environment is WRONG. How do you know the current environment is not going to be a lot worse 1 year down the road? How about drawing parallels to the environment leading up to the crash and the current environment?
daj224 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > America can once > again be the greatest nation on earth. Dude, when you have a Presidential election fought b/n Obama and Biden vs. McCain and Palin, you can bet those days are over. If 8 yrs of Bush doesn’t make you raise your game, it’s over.
Etienne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > daj224 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > America can once > > again be the greatest nation on earth. > > Dude, when you have a Presidential election fought > b/n Obama and Biden vs. McCain and Palin, you can > bet those days are over. If 8 yrs of Bush doesn’t > make you raise your game, it’s over. I dont see any legit challengers everywhere else blows
Just get a list of ETFs ( gold, china, oil, water, … whatever) , plug them into Matlab, get an efficient frontier, and then pick your risk level. I plan to do that when things stabilize a little. America is not going anywhere any time soon, in my opinion, it’s still the country that offers the most opportunities for people from all over the world. You’ll always have the brightest and smartest people trying to move to the US and make it big here. Just the fact that Obama (a Balck guy, with a Muslim middle name, originally from Kenya and who grew up on food stamps) is running for president makes me respect this country even more. You’ll never see a Frenchman from Arab origins running for mayor in France in a 1000 years (the same applies to Blacks in England, Turks in Germany, …)
farney Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Etienne Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > daj224 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > > > > America can once > > > again be the greatest nation on earth. > > > > Dude, when you have a Presidential election > fought > > b/n Obama and Biden vs. McCain and Palin, you > can > > bet those days are over. If 8 yrs of Bush > doesn’t > > make you raise your game, it’s over. > > > I dont see any legit challengers > everywhere else blows My point exactly. Or are you talking about challengers to US hegemony?..
mo34 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just get a list of ETFs ( gold, china, oil, water, > … whatever) , plug them into Matlab, get an > efficient frontier, and then pick your risk level. > I plan to do that when things stabilize a little. > > > America is not going anywhere any time soon, in my > opinion, it’s still the country that offers the > most opportunities for people from all over the > world. You’ll always have the brightest and > smartest people trying to move to the US and make > it big here. > > Just the fact that Obama (a Balck guy, with a > Muslim middle name, originally from Kenya and who > grew up on food stamps) is running for president > makes me respect this country even more. You’ll > never see a Frenchman from Arab origins running > for mayor in France in a 1000 years (the same > applies to Blacks in England, Turks in Germany, > …) 300m people can’t produce a better ticket than Obama/Biden and the second best is McCain/Palin (?!) and that gives you hope? Shocking that people like that can rise to such positions of power. Also disagree with your first point.
I think the US should exit NATO. I don’t understand why the hell we should be guaranteeing Europe’s security. F-em. They don’t really share our values anyway
Etienne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > farney Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Etienne Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > daj224 Wrote: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----- > > > > > > > > > > America can once > > > > again be the greatest nation on earth. > > > > > > Dude, when you have a Presidential election > > fought > > > b/n Obama and Biden vs. McCain and Palin, you > > can > > > bet those days are over. If 8 yrs of Bush > > doesn’t > > > make you raise your game, it’s over. > > > > > > I dont see any legit challengers > > everywhere else blows > > > My point exactly. Or are you talking about > challengers to US hegemony?.. just from your overall demeanor I am going to guess you are French America is still EASILY the best country on earth.
GOD BLESS AMERICA! THE GREATEST FORCE FOR GOOD THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
Do I hear bells of WW III.
Etienne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mo34 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Just get a list of ETFs ( gold, china, oil, > water, > > … whatever) , plug them into Matlab, get an > > efficient frontier, and then pick your risk > level. > > I plan to do that when things stabilize a > little. > > > > > > America is not going anywhere any time soon, in > my > > opinion, it’s still the country that offers the > > most opportunities for people from all over the > > world. You’ll always have the brightest and > > smartest people trying to move to the US and > make > > it big here. > > > > Just the fact that Obama (a Balck guy, with a > > Muslim middle name, originally from Kenya and > who > > grew up on food stamps) is running for > president > > makes me respect this country even more. You’ll > > never see a Frenchman from Arab origins running > > for mayor in France in a 1000 years (the same > > applies to Blacks in England, Turks in Germany, > > …) > > > 300m people can’t produce a better ticket than > Obama/Biden and the second best is McCain/Palin > (?!) and that gives you hope? Shocking that > people like that can rise to such positions of > power. > > Also disagree with your first point. I was not referring to the “quality” of the ticket, I am not American and I don’t get to vote anyway, so I don’t really care who wins. I am talking about the endless possibilities for people living in this country. A guy like that had not chance of making it out of poverty anywhere else in the world, here he was able to go to Harvard and is very close to even becoming president. And it’s not just about minorities, Russians have no chance of getting anywhere in Russia unless they’re connected to the “right” people. Chinese will get nowhere in their country either unless they’re associated with the communists, and the list goes on and on. In my opinion, as long as America remains the destination of smartest, brightest , most educated and hardest working people on earth, it will always rise back.