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by th
Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:32 am
Forum: Town Center
Topic: I have retired
Replies: 44
Views: 57844

Yeah, it was quite a duel. :roll: SG - I agree with what you said exactly. In that scenario, thats what happens, exclusive of tax considerations, which are different for every person. I also pointed out that by paying off the mortgage from your fixed income assets and moving to a 60/40 split of the ...
by th
Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:05 am
Forum: Town Center
Topic: I have retired
Replies: 44
Views: 57844

SG - Who said I was talking about you? . . . . TH, I don't want to waste more of anyone's time on this, but in answer to the above question: You did. You addressed me specifically. You wrote SalaryGuru - You give sage advice. . . then followed up with the paragraphs that I quoted. I can only say th...
by th
Mon Jun 14, 2004 8:22 pm
Forum: Town Center
Topic: I have retired
Replies: 44
Views: 57844

SG - Who said I was talking about you? Did that description fit you so well you felt obliged to reply? Do you really want to bring all that back up again? I cant help myself... In my recollection of our two discussions you contradicted yourself repeatedly to argue with me, YOU started the name calli...
by th
Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:53 am
Forum: Town Center
Topic: I have retired
Replies: 44
Views: 57844

Greetings th :) just a little confusion Indeed. A little confusion is possibly the reason for most wars, disagreements and bad feelings. Unfortunately once the ball gets rolling the original confusion is lost and the 'children' born of it becomes the main issue. Sigh.
by th
Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:26 am
Forum: Town Center
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 55
Views: 72324

Thanks. I'll keep trying. Ataloss...consider my latest "gosh I can quote someone else with deep thoughts" sig from Dory's board: "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. - Niet...
by th
Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:11 am
Forum: Town Center
Topic: I have retired
Replies: 44
Views: 57844

Ataloss - Correct me if I'm wrong, but what you're saying is: 1) People smart enough to accumulate millions and retire early arent smart enough to comprehend a strategy and understand its ups and downs before implementing it, and will take on a defective strategy because a couple of guys on a web si...
by th
Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:55 am
Forum: Town Center
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 55
Views: 72324

th - must be a hearty feeling to be the one with all the "right" knowledge... Boy are you late to the party. I would say the prime claimant of 'insight' into matters FIRE resides at the SWR board. As a matter of fact, he has annointed himself as "the most knowledgable person" in...
by th
Sun Jun 13, 2004 6:38 pm
Forum: Town Center
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 55
Views: 72324

The one problem with the many descriptions of "trollishness": - not answering direct questions - evasiveness - providing "wrong" information that must be corrected - write long posts - go on endlessly without a point - harm of the community blah blah blah... Pretty much applies a...
by th
Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:45 am
Forum: Town Center
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 55
Views: 72324

The funny part is we all claim to be experts on trolls, but the same experts then proceed to feed the prospective beast beneath the bridge. I said this to someone privately, but it bears mention publicly. When we dumped our jobs (and in many cases, personal and professional friendships and connectio...
by th
Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:35 am
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: The Facts about Hocus's Investment Decisions
Replies: 22
Views: 20747

John - thanks for the info. Honestly, I probably wouldnt know what I was reading, or if it rang true. I was an engineer by trade, both hardware and software, but spent my last 10 years or so in the executive ranks. Which means all my brains fell out and I've become dependent on ranks of smart people...
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:02 pm
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: The Facts about Hocus's Investment Decisions
Replies: 22
Views: 20747

I'm not disparaging it, really. I just dont trust such things in general, as many of their predecessors looked pretty good and didnt pan out. I do understand the basic mechanics of it, and in the right circumstances such tools and philosophies, combined with other tools and philosophies, should give...
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:55 pm
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: For "TH"
Replies: 13
Views: 13806

I agree with bpp. Time to move on. Dont make me put you and Intercst into a workgroup together trying to figure out how to optimize factory techniques.

I hear you say that theres no anger. Perhaps you might want to reflect on that.
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:10 pm
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: The Facts about Hocus's Investment Decisions
Replies: 22
Views: 20747

Sorry if you took my post to imply that you took pe10 or anything else from thin air. I simply said that while you apparently staunchly believe it, I dont know what to make of it other than another measurement of past data that may or may not work going forward. Dont get me wrong, it may be great. B...
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 3:28 pm
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: For "TH"
Replies: 13
Views: 13806

Aye.

Its been written on every annual performance appraisal I ever received: "Needs to be more concise in written reports".

Which is about true. Curiously, I hardly ever string together more than 3-5 words at a time verbally, and those strings arent exceptionally frequent.

Go figure.
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 3:21 pm
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: The Facts about Hocus's Investment Decisions
Replies: 22
Views: 20747

JWR1945: If I may rewrite your response, PE/10 is, in your opinion, a good measure, and in your opinion, the prices in 96 were unreasonable. Since I'm not bought into PE/10 (or any other formulaic model), and I felt the prices were ok in 96, that doesnt make either of us right or wrong, just differe...
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:45 pm
Forum: Town Center
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 55
Views: 72324

The knowledge could be most helpful if we lose most of our money :lol:
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:43 pm
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: The Facts about Hocus's Investment Decisions
Replies: 22
Views: 20747

I cant speak to financial esoterica because I dont follow any of it. I've found the further you dig into something and the more complex, the more ways you've discovered to prove the scenario will play out the way you want it to. What I can speak to is that from memory, stock valuations back around 9...
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:23 pm
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: From Chapter 7
Replies: 23
Views: 19851

In terms of hankjoy's high dividend approach, I have not studied it enough to reach firm conclusions. I have. The strategy as I read it is to buy high (6+%) dividend value stocks. Such a contender would probably be a stressed company or one paying unusually high dividends that may not be sustainabl...
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:14 pm
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: From Chapter 14
Replies: 5
Views: 6693

I do however look at Buffett's goal of a 15% annualised nominal return As a sidebar: our brokers in the United States almost always project a 15% total return for their investment recommendations. This seems to be the magic number that maximizes commissions. Have fun. John R. Or the magic number th...
by th
Sat Jun 12, 2004 10:25 am
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: The Facts about Hocus's Investment Decisions
Replies: 22
Views: 20747

Couple of things: The interest rates at which you got your cd's and bonds arent available today, and may not be available for a while. So its not possible to "follow in your footsteps" at this time. If I could get those rates I might be dipping in as well. Had we had more of a "tradit...