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- Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:24 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Krugman on taxes
- Replies: 47
- Views: 18864
Re: Krugman on taxes
tax policy toward the rich should have nothing to do with the interests of the rich, per se, but should only be concerned with how incentive effects change the behavior of the rich, and how this affects the rest of the population. . . . Or to put it a bit more succinctly, when taxing the rich, all ...
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:43 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 385604
Re: Trump as tragicomedy
I’m shocked. I had no idea JacksonM was a Muslim woman! I have only a high school education in grammar. How could I have better said what I did to indicate I was not the Muslim woman I was talking about and avoid the confusion? Sometimes there's not really much that can be done. And just because so...
- Sun Jan 06, 2019 2:46 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Desert Portfolio Question
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17418
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:26 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 385604
Re: Trump as tragicomedy
Can't it be said that statism is the emergent order that forms out of anarchy?
- Thu Dec 27, 2018 8:12 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: How to calculate average maturity including cash?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2928
Re: How to calculate average maturity including cash?
Allen,
I believe maturity would be calculated correctly if you used zero in the formula you gave. You're right that "that part" of the formula will always be zero, but the amount that's zero will be the percentage of your portfolio that's in cash. That's exactly what you're looking for!
I believe maturity would be calculated correctly if you used zero in the formula you gave. You're right that "that part" of the formula will always be zero, but the amount that's zero will be the percentage of your portfolio that's in cash. That's exactly what you're looking for!
- Thu Dec 27, 2018 11:45 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Worst investing year ever...
- Replies: 67
- Views: 38038
Re: Worst investing year ever...
A belated Merry Xmas and happy new year to you, Budd. It's not belated; Christmas is twelve days long, starting Christmas Day. There's a song about it and everything. Fair enough. O0 So are you celebrating the other eleven days, beside the partridge and turtledoves and whatnot? Well, the tree is up...
- Thu Dec 27, 2018 9:48 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Worst investing year ever...
- Replies: 67
- Views: 38038
- Tue Dec 25, 2018 3:07 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6707
Re: Merry Christmas
Thanks, Ad O. And a merry (early) Christmas to you too!
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 2:57 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Prometheus Award nomination!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3766
Re: Prometheus Award nomination!
My first book as a publisher, "The Fractal Man", by J. Neil Schulman (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D994VRQ), has been nominated for the Prometheus Award for Best Novel of 2019! Wow, Tech, that's a big deal! Congratulations. Is this different from being a "finalist"? When...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:44 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
I disagree. Just because you don't believe in organized religion, or any God for that matter, does not mean there is no meaning or purpose to life. Meaning and purpose is what you make of it. Well, a couple of things on "Meaning and purpose is what you make of it": 1) This is a religious ...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:09 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
If there isn't God, then there is no right or wrong anyway. I don't understand that statement. The 'Golden Rule' is a good place to start. My kids, like Corto's, were raised in a non-religious setting, but clearly know the difference between right and wrong and are very moral individuals. I am not ...
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 2:53 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
So you are saying we pragmatically have organized ourselves into societies that have determined what is right and what is wrong and those beliefs may no necessarily jive with God's right and wrong? If he made us in his image, I would think that what we've organized ourselves into is a pretty decent...
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:26 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
I agree that right and wrong can be learned without religion. Is there an absolute, objective right and wrong? That's much harder, right? Is the death penalty a good example? Death penalty is I assume against commandments. So anyone following the bible is 100% against the death penalty? For someone...
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:44 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: The Lively HSA
- Replies: 70
- Views: 74148
Re: The Lively HSA
Not at all scolding here, but it's worth noticing that the Lively exit fee kept many of you with them long enough for them to respond. In retrospect, you may be glad that fee exists, and also by staying you're rewarding them from having the fee, even if you wish they didn't.
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:04 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Well, you said, quoting me: Most importantly "This is all about something much deeper and more important, like what our situation is as human beings, how should we treat each other, is there such a thing as objective right and wrong," I agree 100%. I just did not need religion (personally)...
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:04 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing, Corto. I'm asking what your source of objective morality in fact is, not how you learned what you currently believe to be right and wrong. What is the foundation of your belief of what's right and wrong? What is the source of your objective morality? ...
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:12 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Thanks, Xan, I appreciate the thought out responses. Touching on a couple things from my experience, many times growing up I would sit through the part of the mass where the lines about eat of my body and drink of my blood come up wondering what an alien deposited on earth into a mass would think o...
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:46 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Stock scream room
- Replies: 1438
- Views: 656182
Re: Stock scream room
They have medicine for that now. :-)
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:38 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
I hope I can represent the answers correctly and faithfully! Serious questions from a non-religious person (me). --Was there something about the time period 2000 years ago that God felt he needed his son down here? Vs. some other time period? I don't think it's any particular event or situation that...
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:46 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Definitely I would not. I'm intrinsically self-centered and need to repent, as I believe we all are and do.
- Fri Dec 14, 2018 9:04 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1429375
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Would you say that you love God with all your heart, mind, and soul; and that you love your neighbor as yourself? Always?
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:38 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Fascinating article about Fox getting the NFL
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2093
Fascinating article about Fox getting the NFL
It's been 25 years. Even if you don't care about the NFL or sports in general, this is an intriguing story about an upstart company making some amazingly gutsy calls to jump straight to the bigtime. https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/12/13/18137938/nfl-fox-deal-rupert-murdoch-1993-john-madden-terry-...
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 8:25 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Fear is the mind-killer
- Replies: 108
- Views: 49663
Re: Fear is the mind-killer
A college advisor once told me that a good SAT/ACT score won't get you in, but a bad one will keep you out.
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:40 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Fear is the mind-killer
- Replies: 108
- Views: 49663
Re: Fear is the mind-killer
Right, barrett, it seems that PS could just as easily put everything into T-bills.
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 5:40 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Funny car advertisement
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1207
Re: Funny car advertisement
As Top Gear proved, those trucks are nigh invulnerable.