Steve in TN

ETF Spotlight: iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond

LQD is my largest holding, BUT I am very concerned about the relentless rise of this investment over the last 6 months. I hope some of the readers will give their opinions about the potential overvaluation of corporate bonds in general. Is LQD in a bubble environment?

Commodity Producer ETFs Hold Enticing Bargains

I would love to buy to commodity ETFs instead, but our hyper-regulatory govt. will put an end to that idea.
Thanks for the article.

Are We Seeing a New Cycle of Inflationary Moral Hazard Yet?

Cetin, I'm sure you've never seen the inside of a classroom at MIT.

U.S. Travel to Canada at Lowest Level Since 1972

I took my family to Montreal for a vacation in June and the airport was deserted both when I entered and when we left 5 days later. Almost no American tourists in the city either.

The Healthcare 'Rationing' Canard

Why doesn't Obama include tort reform in the proposed health care reform legislation? I wonder why. This would lower costs dramatically by eliminating defensive medicine and malpractice insurance costs. Could it be that the trial lawyer lobby contributes so much to the Democratic party?

Bond Expert: Monday Outlook

John, your priorities are in the right place!
Have a great day with your grandchild.

Why Another Stock Market Collapse Could Be Imminent

Overlaying charts of '29 with our current market and making conclusions based on that can be dangerous to your wealth. Sure, the market may have a big correction, but no two time periods are alike with respect to economic conditions. The same chart comparisons were made in '82, '87, '91, etc. They looked so similar at the time, but then the current market diverged away from the past every time.

Yale's Shiller Still Glum on the Economy, Housing

First of all, economist Dr. Robert Shiller is NOT Jewish. This brings up to question all the "facts" that you state in your anti-semitic rant.




On Jul 25 07:11 AM Mike Stathis wrote:

> Mr. du Plessis, with all due respect...........rather than echo the
> lies of the financial media (i.e. that Shiller "predicted" a real
> estate bust) you might want to start checking track records thoroughly.
>
>
> Crying wolf for several years (ie. Shiller, Schiff, Shilling, Krugman,
> Roubini - all JEWS btw...hmmm coincidence?) does no one any good.
>
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> If you are not at least reasonably timely in your predictions, you
> are useless as far as investments are concerned.
>
> Shiller is a data collector. Amyone who sees him as more (other than
> his quality contributions to behavioral finance) are merely proving
> they are sheep; followers trying to ride piggyback off of a manstream
> media hack/idiot.
>
> Surely you can do better for yourself.
>
> I suggest you research the track records of real experts. Did Shiller
> predict a 35% decline in housing prices in 2006? What about in 2007?
>
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> As the facts show, Shiller only predicted a 30% decline in housing
> in the summer of 2008 AFTER housing prices were already down by over
> 22%. That's more like BROADCASTING rather than FORECASTING as far
> as I'm concerned.
>
> Perhaps you might do better to stop focusing on the Zionist-go-to
> guys (Shiller, Shilling, Schiff, Roubini, Schiff) who are promoted
> by America's Zionist-controlled media, and have a look at my track
> record, which is UNMATCHED in the world. ofcourse, I am not Jewish
> so I have no media exposure.
>
> You cannot dispute written accounts. Only by failing to address those
> that provided the most accurate and timely forecasts are you showing
> the world what little you know.

Bond Market Leadership

"The orange equity curve below tracks this approach."

I think you omitted this chart.

A Glimmer of Fiscal Discipline

Obama is quick to remove funding for defense related projects but the real problem is his strong tendency to grossly overspend on his big government, socialist agenda.

Pimco's El-Erian: Bernanke Signaling Less Fed Activism

I think El-Erian doesn't speak what he really thinks about the administratiion and congress for rear of offending PIMCO's customers who happen to be of the liberal Democrat persuation.

Just 24% of S&P 500 Stocks Are Above Their 50-Day Moving Averages

Interesting. I guess from the charts investors should only be buying health care, utilities, and consumer staples. These are the sectors with positive relative strength.

The Rollover Question Revisited

A lot of 401K plans limit the number of transactions per year in the account. For some investors this might be a plus since it would somewhat eliminate rapid churning or excess transactions that might be harmful to the total return of the account.

Emerging Markets: Betting Against Conventional Wisdom

I'm not sure if the downtrend is any greater than the SP500 or any other major stock market index. Corrections do happen every few months or so and until proven otherwise it's probably a good time to buy emerging market ETFs.
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On Jun 24 11:55 PM Missing_Link wrote:

> EEM is in a very serious downtrend right now. Not sure how long it
> will last, but I think it's definitely not a good time to buy.

Investing Opportunities in Range Bound Trading Are Limited

Looks like td4 is the alias for Cetin.
I thought he was banned from the site.