Recent content by Thingamajigger

I appreciate the thread Nords I can't make any sense out CPF --- it would take me a whole day just to figure out what is going on with the reverse splits and the option to buy at a lower price and the fact that our taxpayers money is the mix what a complete mess --- I hope it works out for...

don't know if anyone can give you an exact number but I would certainly run a screen and look at some break downs like top 20% in volume and assets there would have to be a very compelling reason for me to be in an ETF that is not highly active

the reason an investment company uses different share classes is so that it can award different fees and loads to different types of customers sometimes you will see a different share class not make as much money because they are taking more fees out often if you have 1,000,000 or you are in a...

I am not sure so many are looking at things by calendar year any more .... the average trade is measured in seconds ... and a long term investor might be looking at just weeks or months it's nice to guess where the market will be on December 31, 2011 ... but if I am being active instead of...

thanks for the reply ... I am trying to get a handle on investing in preferred stock ... much less info out there through regular google searches on preferred stock ... and the discount brokerages have limited info available too I am learning that some preferred securities are redeemable ... so...

any opinion on buying some preferred shares of a company like Arch Capital Group? ... Arch-A is paying about 7.5%

ah yes, the "healing process" is exceeding expectations and the "new normal" might not be so bad :laugh: there will be several surprises in 2011 --- all of which will be used to shake the tree so I am keeping some powder dry at this point --- if I miss some of this January effect --- oh well...

while I generally I agree with this, it is worth noting that the last two crashes had victims that never recovered many folks overweight techs never recovered from the crash at the beginning of the decade and folks overweight financials never recovered from the last crash of course this is a...

it's a good benchmark for large cap stocks that are actively traded on either the NYSE or Nasdaq. It is included in the index of leading indicators.

interesting .... I buy toilet paper by weight ... I don't bring a scale with me so I just kinda hold it up with one package in one hand and the other package in the other hand if prices are equal, I take the heavier one I wonder if there is some water content that evaporates and causes the...

I appreciate the responses ... I admit that I am slacking off that is not say that I have completely lost the proper mindset of scrimping for dollars ... because I have a lot of extra space in my house ... my new thing is to buy large quantities of things on sale (in Hawaii given the cost of...

I know pretty much everyone here understands the time value of money --- but our money is now earning next to nothing in a bank accounts (I realize there are diminishing promos to get a little more than nothing and your investment accounts do better than nothing over the long term) my question...

the NAV at the close of the day (less expenses) is what you get if you redeem your shares when the fund does a distribution ... the NAV will drop by the amount of the distribution as these funds are being paid out (most investors select the reinvestment option and additional shares are...

oh, the memories of the locking gas caps .... :laugh:

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