Gardener

80 Billion Dollars!

Thanks Roger. As with most retail advice such as Swedroe peddles the talk is all too simplistic but it is also a one shoe fits all approach. 60/40, buy and hold, etc do not take into account our individual needs. I have no interest in matching or beating an equity index and I'm not sure why there is this American obsession with equities in general. I do feel as though this canned advice that so many of these book writers publish does not serve most of their readers.

Why Do Equity Markets Disagree with the Data?

I would not look to the CPI as a measure of inflation. Not including energy and food prices in the metric makes it utterly useless except of course to the government.
I would also look to the low volume as an indication that equities should be avoided.

Short-Selling Hedge Funds Started the Fire

He should have been more explicit in his article. Another voice contributing to the chorus of anti shorting is irresponsible.


On May 14 07:23 PM Alan Young wrote:

> Gardener: Obviously, you didn't watch the video. It's not about short-selling,
> it's about NAKED shorting--flooding the market with bogus stock with
> no intention of buying shares to settle the trade.
>
> Judd: a nice piece of work; I respect your research. But it's too
> long for a video-clip education. Please publish it as text w/graphics
> for easier digestion and citation.

Short-Selling Hedge Funds Started the Fire

Very naive to blame short sellers. Shorts kick the tires and provide the markets with critical information as to the health of companies. Enron is am excellent example. Those who don't understand how vital short selling is to free markets should really spend more time in the library than posting silly articles with childlike understanding of markets.

Housing Prices, Stocks, Inflation and a Great Commodity Fund

Is LSC a holding of Barclays or HSBC ?