Recent content by TJamesHTX

Ahh yes, good ole PBR...

Hi Everyone, I have been following the Boeing (BA) and Embraer (ERJ) JV talks and based on what I've read, it seems like Boeing has cleared many hurdles to take an 80% control of Embraer's commercial aviation business. What I'm confused about is the fact that Embraer's commercial aircraft...

Thanks for the additional replies! :)

Oh, right, good point. We are living in Texas :)

Ideally I'd like to work for a multi-national, so there's less risk of being screwed over by a local (unless it's a young and pretty lady, heheheh ;-) ). I know there are horror stories of people in say SE Asia who get a Thai, Vietnamese, Khmer, what have you biz partner and they are forced to...

Thanks for the reply! I definitely noticed that while I lived in Thailand; they often have a tribal mentality and say "farang" continuously. Granted farang just means westerner, but you can tell that there's the Thais, then there's non-Thais. I know that as a teacher in a public school, Thai...

Thanks for the additional replies! :-) I forgot to mention, I'm married and my wife is Thai; I bring that up since we may move back there one day, but only if she can start her own business and I do some imp/exp work. I agree about having a social life, people who just earn nonstop and are...

Thanks again everyone for the great replies! As follow-up to my OP, I have been more of following the markets for the past 8 years, but never dove in full-throttle. I woke up today saying, "Whoa, I've been following the markets for this long and haven't made consistent returns? Yowzer, I...

Hi, Oddly enough, I taught overseas for three years in Asia, so I agree that traveling abroad is great. :-) Are you talking about doing Import/Export business there in those places? Thx!

Thanks, poorboy! I am actively improving my self-confidence, so I'm confident in that regard (heheh). Thanks, I will analyze myself and see what it is I could truly do well within the investments world.

And for the record, I realize that since the meltdown of '09 or what not the markets have recovered and prospered, so I was hoping we could all avoid the obvious, "How could you not succeed in an upmarket?"

Hi, Not being argumentative, but what do you mean exactly by invest my time in my social life?

Yeah, not something I'm proud of by missing out on the big bull market. But, hey, maybe that was a big enough sign that I should just focus on B&H for the long run and stick to quality names.

Hi, Not sure if this is the right forum, but long story short, 8 years ago I started to get the "investing bug" and in the past off-and-on I tried to invest with a small amount of capital, and each year I tried and failed, mostly due to poor strategies (not being diversified, buying crap penny...