The Wunderkind appears to be self-imploding, at least with respect to millennials. This following comes from Ron Fournier: The most startling finding of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics: A majority of Americans under age 25–the youngest millennials–would favor throwing Obama out of office. The survey, part of a unique 13-year study of the attitudes of young […]
Questions regarding President Obama’s competence have mostly been limited to management abilities, laziness, honesty and the like. Allison Martinez, however, opens an issue that many whisper about but dare not speak of publicly — his mental stability: Claims of grandeur that are not there, claims of accomplishments that have not happened, claims of seeing things […]
“Capitalism is not things; it is a mentality.” So stated Ludwig von Mises in a talk in mid 1952 in a series of lectures entitled Marxism Unmasked which he gave at the San Francisco library. Mises provided examples that illustrated this mentality or its lack. One pertained to India (my emboldening): Nehru [Jawajarlal Nehru, 1889 - 1964] […]
Below is an email message that I have gotten from several people. I believe there is a lot of truth in the content. Sadly, the people who think of themselves as Republicans do not have a party that represents them. They may be different than many Democrats, but their representatives don’t seem to be. For […]
… the American majority has, it sadly seems, been insulated against all moral shock by generations of public education, moronic popular entertainment, and a carefully cultivated mass cynicism that responds to all outrages with a shrug and a chorus of “They all do it.”
Humpty Dumpty would be a good metaphor for the ObamaCare disaster except that Humpty actually functioned fine until he had that incident with the wall. ObamaCare never functioned and never will.
Barack Obama is our Joe Isuzu President. Truth and integrity don’t matter. Joe was likable. Barack is not.
This country will die. History will record the cause as due to an event worse than the Great Depression. That diagnosis will be wrong.
In the beginning no one knew Barack Hussein Obama and his popularity was unsurpassed. Now we know him and his popularity is at a low point.
Obama stepped on the scene in the same fashion as the legendary Bagger Vance. He figuratively stepped out of the mists, unknown and seemingly possessed with mystic powers:
Ben Hunt, whom I know little about, has popped onto my radar screen primarily as a result of emails. It may be a site that investors or just the economically curious might want to delve into. Here are some provocative questions he raises: 1) Has the academic and bureaucratic capture of US monetary policy been duplicated […]
Suggested stops for the December rankings are provided below. These are mechanical calculations based on ETF volatility. As usual, the first column represents the price at the end of November and the second two columns represent possible stop levels. One is tighter than the other and whether you choose either or set your own is […]
The December rankings and performance of previous rankings are provided below. Suggested stop levels for each of the rankings will be provided in a separate post. December Selections
This update is based on market-close data as of November 22. Performance is based on beginning of that month’s rankings, assuming they were purchased and held for a full month. Stop placement or early selling would produce different results. So, too would different entry or exit prices. There is no way to account for early […]
The ranking of the 11 ETF Asset Classes routinely followed on this site is shown below. These rankings reflect the latest order produced by the algorithm used to rank individual ETFs. There have been some movements in these rankings reflecting recent market action.
The updated performance through November 13 is presented below. Additionally, the new rankings as of this same date are provided. Performance is based on the rankings as of November 1. The assumption is that you bought and held equal dollar amounts within a category and that you still hold these ETFs. If you entered at […]
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