Recent content by markplus4

Must you use personal attacks in conjunction with your political posts?  I don't recall people referring to you as a "left wing nut."  Just a suggestion.

Not quite me, but thank you for the name calling. Glad that SOB is where he belongs.

Does he believe in cutting marginal tax rates a la Kennedy?  An inconvenient truth for libs is the last round of marginal cuts by Bush resulted in a net gain in government revenues.

IMHO, the next big energy solution which will be embraced by the greens and the conservatives is nuclear power. It's clean and very cost efficient. How to make money on it is dicey since the lead times are VERY long.

Sold the last of my small REIT holdings into the strength yesterday. Can't see any value in a 6% REIT yield when Money Market offers a safe 5% return. They were good to me in the 1999-2005 time period.

Spending more as above plan financial returns have tempted us to ...1) Eat out more...2) Travel a bit more...3) Also had a few thousand in unexpected health care costs. Need to reread "Your Money or Your Life"....where are those dryer sheets?

Global bankers all have their sights dead set on the speculative excesses in the following markets: 1) Base metals...2) Oil/Oilservices...3) Housing/related construction. Hedge funds margined to those sectors are getting their collective heads handed to them uncerimoniously. Probably some more...

5% roughly YTD....as of 5/23. A not so nice 3.5% haircut the last few days though

New trackage cost around $1.25 Million per mile.

DW and I pay 525/mo in SC for BC/BS individual, high deductible major medical policies. No drug coverage, or coverage for routine office visits/tests. If you're not height/weight proportionate, you have zero chance of getting covered by these people. I dropped 25 lbs on a high protein/low carb...

Several posters have got it right. I went from 205 to 175 effortlessly by eliminating sugars (except for holidays/special occaisons), cutting out white flour (pasta/pizza/bread), and starchy foods. Voila. I feel better and have much more energy. No frequent heartburn either, unless I go off the...

Here's 5 I've been buying recently: MMM- I like it in the low 70's...got clobbered on a pretty decent earnings report. PHM- Diversified homebuilder well off it's 52 wk high...taking share from smaller builders and has a ridiculous forward PE of under 6. DOW - 9 PE, 3.3 % yield....margin...

I don't invest in companies that aren't shareholder friendly....i.e. that self deal themselves fat options packages and/or golden parachutes for poor performing executives. It takes some analysis of the fine print in 10k's, but it's worth it.

Forbes is the only decent one IMHO....BizWeek is a lefty joke, Fortune isn't much better. Money is a good contrary indicator....Kiplinger isn't the best of the rest.