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pkcrafter wrote:
It should be obvious that no market timer could capture all the highs and miss all the lows
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Enter: algorithmic market software equations that take care of that ..(afaik)

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I would suggest viewing Professor Perry Mehrlings Coursera Class, The money view, Micro and Macro, (Economics of Money and Banking (Parts 1-2) : Lectures of global financial history, its workings, collusions and manipulations.

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Except for its concentration, w/ VFWIX @ 2400 holdings v.s Total Internationals (VGTSX) @5900 I see little difference.

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King of Capital: An account of Steve Shwartzman's rise in venture capitals world. By Carey and Morris./ Same book as noted by abuss368 above.

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The New Lombard St., How the Federal Reserve became the dealer of Last Resort, by Perry Merhling.

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Levett wrote:My most important lessons re finance were learned from my mother.
Lev

Mine were from my Father.

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I'd suggest doing it annually. Possibly along side rebalancing ones investment's date maybe. If you consider the compounded savings its substantial, just ask yourself if you'd rather X in your pocket or X in MegaCorp's pocket/bonuses.

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"National Security and Double Government"/ Mike Glennon

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However, I worry every day that I've made the wrong decision by going down this road, and continuing to stick to it. Although by saving so much at a relatively young age, I may be able to take it easy later in life, and retire earlier, I don't know whether it will have been worth it. The impact of ...

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raspino wrote:I also suspect that the $100 million dollars was just paper money, including stocks that were way over valued.

Indeed 50% leveraged minimally, I'd suspect its all "a show/advertisment" of the nonsense its promoting.

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After all, the Dow was at 777 in August, 1982, and rose to 11792 by January 2000, only 17 1/3 years later. Not to mention the unprecedented rise in real estate values. A bunch of people just had to score big. SP500, a more diverse equity instrument was close to 666/ on 3/9/09 too, just 6 yrs ago. (...

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Money-Driven Medicine, and Doctors of the Darkside, and "Fight to Live" the FDA!!

free on Amazon Prime*.

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//"Doctored"//: on Amazon. Yes, It suggest "do no harm" first and foremost, its indeed thought provoking.

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kmedina8, You say 'My hobbies are no where near expensive but retirement is a top priority'! Would your being FI in your 40s be more important? and now buying a 5-7k used Camry to drive till you become FI? Taylor's numbers are telling ......good luck!

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BEST BDAY to you Jack!

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Concentrating that risk in market timing w/individual equites escalates yields ballistically too, if you've speculative funds to gamble with. EXAMPLE, "A.I.G", several times went from cents to its current 50.00 levels. There were many other financial services companies in the same circumst...

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ETF are all the rage! This is a broad analysis i've read intertwined with mine I'm posting to your query... ETFs are a newer option. Like Index funds, or open ended mutual funds were new after the 1926-70s closed end mutual funds era. ETFs are the same to this market currently. As with many financia...

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Broken Markets: How high frequency/predatory practices have .... by Arnuck and Saluzzi

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Markets evolve every decade, year, month, & day. The market is different today than it was 25 yrs ago, and different than it will be 25 years from now. Smart people are currently creating and implementing trading strategies and algorithms that neither the public understands, nor the regulators. ...

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I'd suggest buying used. I see many 35-45k auto's sold at auction for 1-5k. Do you really need heated windshield wipers?

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My friends replace the O2 sensors themselves. So do-it-yourself. A web search says the part is less than $50. Labor would be $0. Check out repairpal.com for estimates. I checked out repairpal.com for both Toyota and Lexus SUV on a 30k miles service; the former is cheaper by a whopping 50%!!! The fi...

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Great OP Rick!

Thx!

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The Investors Manifesto : By, BH.org's contributor, William Bernstein.

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TwoByFour wrote:Thanks nisiprius. I always learn a lot from your posts. Very clearly written.

+1

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white_water wrote:This person asks a reasonable question and got a lecture on why he shouldn't buy.

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You only live once, they might just "want" some PMs

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"Chasing Madoff" on AMZN. Quite telling, not like the media. It was black and white fraud.

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M*....will follow many newspapers going forward. Financial markets will continue to invent "things", or implement strategies, or algorithmic schemes faster than the regulators can comprehensively understand them, or appropriately regulate them. ETNs are now ETFs, and so on and so forth, th...

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I changed the first column to "Before Inflation Returns" from "Real Returns" because most investors don't know what "real" means in investing. Several people thought it meant expected "realized" return while many others just didn't know. Rick Ferri Rick, grea...

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EmergDoc wrote: Heaven forbid people have to actually pay for medical care consumed!
That's a great idea. I'm going to recommend it to other docs.

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I'm really dismayed that more people haven't come forward to sign this petition to have Mr. Bogle receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. To date, there have been 7,747 views on the original thread here; at the Bogleheads.org site, so right there, 9,674people have been reached, and only about 1 ...

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I sincerely want to thank all responders and advice given on this complex problem. I hope no one else lets this circumstance befall them. Thanks all.

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Blood Ties by Sigmund Brouwer

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Kenschmidt : Thank you for your suggestions Ken, I will implement them once MassMutual has officially responded to the surviving spouse and myself as DPOA. So far, its like MassMutual think's its a hoax inquiry. Time will tell, everything usually comes out in the wash, or leaves identifiable stains...

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MassMutual is not co-operating so far No financial institution should be cooperating until you can demonstrate that you have a legal right to be inquiring. The remaining spouse has "aphasia", ( trouble responding verbally ) on the phone calling MassMutual for this information, and snail m...

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Thank you all, sincerely, for your input in this perplexing matter. MNFinance/littlebird By lock box, I mean a oversized "sentry" type lock box, sitting on the bed stand. To me, It looked like advertising a beacon of wealth. By amiss*, I meant, it was easily opened, there was a key in the ...

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The spouse that survived is the executor, and beneficiary, and getting better health wise. However, I've been named their DPOA. So tracking these funds down will help them continue to get well. TIA!

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Thank you all for your reviewing this inquiry. The people owning the "products" were married. One ran the financial aspect of the relationship with the other not involved. The one that ran the financial aspects of the relationship has passed on with everything left amiss. The other one rem...

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Thank you so much for that advice itstoomuch!

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Hi, I impressed by the tone and level of discussion on diehards.org, as well as the diversity of informed posters and readers is apparent reading the discussions. I've been a reader here for quite some time. An issue has manifested itself and I hope someone might help. Back when the market was tanki...

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