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Bad example. Physician scarcity exists to limit health care expenditures by govt. Once it was supposed that more physicians would mean more competition & lower prices. Didn't work out that way - health care costs skyrocketed. We now know that each physician, PA, NP is a cost center and...

Not sure I agree. Currently reading Fareed Zaharaia's book "The Future of Freedom" which appears to argue the opposite - that democracy(illiberal) does not protect the interest of most people. Consider Hong Kong, which was a thriving uber capitalist society minus the democracy before china's...

Amen. Have you looked at RYJUX? May be 'cleaner'.

If you think about it, neither the capitalism we believe we practice in the States is really capitalism, nor the socialism practiced in Europe is really socialism (but closer to it than our capitalism is). A truly capitalistic society would devolve into anarcho-libertarianism, which would...

Just perusing the thread... In case you haven't noticed, we're about the only real military superpower around with army, navy, and air force capabilities. Throw in the biggest & baddest toys, and we're pretty much kicking a wherever we go - as long as it is against a real army. Problem...

"Aw heck. Us poor folk in the red states are gettin our cumm'upannce on all those commie pinko liberals in the blue states at last." "I just bought a new 4000 s.f. house for me and mammy with nothing down and a speshul loan becauze the banker said I was a "sofisticated investor." All I...

EUR/USD >1.50 That should get them to defend the currency, not until. Watch yield curve invert then though as brief spike in interest rates is not maintainable. Nice spike though for those who are prepared.

Japan - Yes. Unquestionably. US - maybe. However, its hard to argue with dudley doright and the rest of the kids at golden snax for opinions worth at least considering. BTW - pass us in exactly what? population? GDP? Wealth? Productivity? Everything and a bag o' chips?

The market is big enough and opinionated enough that sharing information on this small scale won't really affect anything. And out of the limited (~300) number of people who have actually read what billbuild said, how many do you think will follow it? No real market impact... just friends...

Friend of mine who is heavily into real estate just bragged to me the other day about making mid six figures selling two condo units. I was happy for his profit and his good fortune. But what is he doing with the profits? Buying TEN units! Don't you see, its because the market is...

In case you were wondering, land in parts of Florida just got a lot cheaper in the last 12 hours c.f. Charley.

Some posts elsewhere on this board about P/E ratios in real estate markets with the rental price being the numerator. Those are useful. Looked into buying rental real estate locally but despite low mortgage rates income does not cover expenses. Large number of properties here for rental...

Gosh! Is THAT what I've been doing wrong for the last decade! I feel so silly. Will get back to work post-haste and develop the holy grail with that information. Once I've done so, will be sure to share it with everyone so that we can usher in a new era of prosperity... Just heard about...

As you get down to smaller or larger time intervals, the elliot wave doesn't seem to hold. But, if you look at intermediate time intervals, the whole 1-2-3-4-5 and A-B-C thing does look fairly seductive. The only major problem I have with elliot wave is the concept of a long term A-B-C wave...

Did you know that 25% of college grads earn LESS than the average salary of a high school graduate? And of course, these poor shmucks have to pay their student loans back. Ouch. Insult to injury. Once upon a time, college taught you how to think. Those critical thinking skills were...

Bought my place a year ago - was absolutely convinced that I was paying too much and was going to get caught in a bubble and lose about 10-20%. By buying in an excellent area, I rationalized that I would at least be cushioned from a complete collapse. Needed someplace to live, tired of paying...

Robust trading system should: 1. Have variables which produce reasonable profit that are not only your chosen variable. For example, you're using the 20 and 50 day moving average. What about the 19 and 49 day MA's? And the 21 and 51 day MA's? The system should also be profitable with...

IMO, the factors most important to me in a good trading system are: 1. Profitability (duh) 2. Lower drawdown 3. Percentage of winning trades >50% (so I don't 2nd guess the system) 4. Reasonable # of trades (so it is statistically valid) 5. Sharpe ratio >1.0 (makes me feel better) And...

The point is that this data is automatically importable into a backtesting, charting, and analysis platform in AmiBroker, and that you don't have to pay $200 a month for the data to use it.