• Exactly So
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 9:25AM - in reply to K5 detector
      • Exactly So
      • K5 detector wrote:
        Nice to Know wrote:
        Nice to see censorship of facts that put Israel in a true light are still being censored on letsrun.com.

        What does it say about the strength of your argument is you need to censor everything that does not conform?
        What censorship was that, K5?
        Note that they took my post down. This is called censorship. But they missed K5 detectors reply which repeats my post.

        100% censorship on Letsrun when it comes to facts that run counter to the pro Israel propaganda.
    • K5 detector
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 9:32AM - in reply to Exactly So
      • K5 detector
      • In many cases, what you call "facts" are actually delusions of a disturbed mind. Just because something is printed on a hate mangers web site doesn't mean it's true.
    • My facts v your ad hominems
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 9:59AM - in reply to K5 detector
      • My facts v your ad hominems
      •  We all know this will not remain posted for long but I did want to compare what I do -- post facts from very reputable sources -- with what you do -- fact free ad hominems:

        "The Israeli colonies are an American problem in a whole new way. Nearly one out of six settlers in the West Bank is an American. Haaretz broke the story. Oxford scholar Sara Yael Hirschhorn says Americans are starkly overrepresented among West Bank settlers: Roughly 60,000 American Jews live in West Bank settlements, where they account for 15 percent of the settler population, according to figures revealed Thursday by an Oxford University scholar and expert on this population. Newsweek’s Jack Moore reports the American policy angle: Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said that the new figures revealed that the settlement enterprise in the West Bank was not only an internal issue but “an international problem.” “Unfortunately, while the Obama administration has been persistently vocal against settlement developments, some 60,000 American citizens are taking an active part in an attempt to make the two state solution impossible,” says Anat Ben Nun, Peace Now’s director of development and external relations. The study leaves out all the settlers in East Jerusalem: 200,000 of them three years ago, per the United Nations. -
    • Ghost of Igloi
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 10:22AM - in reply to My facts v your ad hominems
      • Ghost of Igloi
      • I came under attack several months back for having the gall to suggest that high quality bonds may be a better asset class than stocks. I hold by that view, but would lean to higher proportion of short term high quality bonds with a percentage in intermediate high quality as a market hedge.

        Year-To-Date Performance as of 9/3/2015 (includes dividend and interest)
        DOW -6.52%
        S&P 500 -3.89%
        10 YR Treasury +1.71%

        Igy
    • Just Asking
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 11:34AM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
      • Just Asking
      • Ghost of Igloi wrote:
        I came under attack several months back for having the gall to suggest...
        Ummm...self-aggrandize much?
    • Face the fax
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 11:53AM - in reply to
      • Face the fax
      • Ghost of Igloi wrote:
        I came under attack several months back for having the gall to suggest that high quality bonds may be a better asset class than stocks.
        And I came under attack from you yesterday for respectfully disagreeing with you.

        Ghost of Igloi wrote:
        Yes you are ignorant and foolish as well.

        Sorry if you are insulted. Go back to your studying of investments since you failed the first exam.

        Igy
    • Ghost of Igloi
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 12:38PM - in reply to Say wha?
      • Ghost of Igloi
      • Say,

        Bonds move both on interest rates and fund flows. In times of poor market performance large money managers need a place to park large amounts of money and Treasury bonds become that place. Rising demand results in higher prices.

        Igy
    • Face the fax
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 1:26PM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
      • Face the fax
      • Ghost of Igloi wrote:
        Fax,

        "I accept your apology."

        Igy
        Indeed I did accept your apology after your first round of thoughtlessness. I thought I was doing the adult thing. But then you doubled down on the insults with what I quoted above. Did you think my apology was good for your past and future immaturity?

        It's quite obvious that you are not a nice person. You and I are done. Good day.
    • Ghost of Igloi
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 1:42PM - in reply to Face the fax
      • Ghost of Igloi
      • Fax,

        I am actually a nice person and I admit I was a little hard on you. And you are obviously not stupid, but I do believe you have some learning to do on stock valuation methodologies. You frankly blew off my response to you which was both factual and accurate when you said: "I agree that energy is overvalued, but most of everything else is not. "

        Read more: https://www.letsrun.com/forum/f...z3knRVc8Rw

        That statement is way off the mark, to the point it makes me a little testy.

        Anyway enjoy your Labor Day weekend.

        Igy
    • Say wha?
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 1:53PM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
      • Say wha?
      • Ghost of Igloi wrote:
        Say,

        Bonds move both on interest rates and fund flows. In times of poor market performance large money managers need a place to park large amounts of money and Treasury bonds become that place. Rising demand results in higher prices.

        Igy
        Isn't it true that bond prices and yields move in opposite directions? Do I understand correctly that you believe a higher price trumps a lower yield?
    • Ghost of Igloi
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 2:12PM - in reply to Say wha?
      • Ghost of Igloi
      • Say,

        Yes, that is correct. Again, the point is that in a stock market sell-off funds must find a home, and generally that is in Treasury bonds. Think of it this way, for the average investor they can park money in money market or CDs. For large money managers that is not an option, so the funds flow to the Treasury market.

        That said, I am saying this is a hedge. At the start of the last two downturns the 10 Year Treasury stood in the 5% range. So as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates and the stock market declined, Treasury bonds gained from both the drop in interest rates and fund flows. In the current environment we are starting at a 2.15% yield on the 10 Year Treasury Bond so there is markedly less upside via interest rate drops and risk it may move the other direction. Funnily enough the debate among Federal Reserve members is whether or not to raise rates to give the committee ammunition in the future.

        Lastly, the vast majority of investors assume that rising interest rates will continue into the future. However, the German 10 Year Bund sits at 0.707% and the Japan 10 Year JGB yield 0.391%. So there is an argument that we are in a deflationary environment and Treasury bond yields will fall.

        Igy
    • Just Asking
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 4:04PM - in reply to Me Aussi
      • Just Asking
      • Me Aussi wrote:
        Just Asking wrote:
        Ummm...self-aggrandize much?
        Speak English much?
        OK, so you are either unimaginably stupid or just new here.

        I guess I should give you the benefit of the doubt, Newbie. Welcome to LRC.
    • Pointing Out the Obvious
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 9/4/2015 11:11PM - in reply to Just Asking
      • Pointing Out the Obvious
      • He's not new here. It's just Igy using a different handle in an attempt to avoid getting bitch slapped again.