The investment..speculation, out right gambling thread

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7021

<p>Doct, why???</p>

7022

<p>As you point out, at 589, I break even and lose my initial 21 at 610. I’m greedy and always want the most!</p>

7023

<p>Lol…</p>

<p>I don’t know what is wrong with me. I am not that greedy. :)</p>

7024

<p>I thought about buying nflx last week but didn’t feel comfortable about it - too bad</p>

7025

<p>I have no idea how well nflx is going to do… I don’t use nflx either.
My sister’s boyfriend has nflx. My superficial observation is nflx looks interesting.</p>

7026

<p>[Why</a> everyone is wrong about austerity - Brett Arends’s ROI - MarketWatch](<a href=“Why everyone is wrong about austerity - MarketWatch”>Why everyone is wrong about austerity - MarketWatch)</p>

7027

<p>Medicare and Social Security are not assets. Calling them assets is part of the problem. They are simply means of income redistribution from younger to older generations.</p>

7028

<p>They are assets. They can be taken away though.</p>

<p>I just watched the frontline show on retirement.</p>

<p>The show was very depressing. </p>

<p>Jpm is just sleazy… That retirement guy… Omg.</p>

<p>The fees the financial industry charges are sickening. </p>

<p>I do like Jack Bogle though.</p>

<p>I am trying to be optimistic… So…
I probably shouldn’t watch shows like that.</p>

7029

<p>I like Brett Arends quite a bit. The problem with his article is that austerity does not work in this kind of economy. Mathematically. Period.
Doesn’t work. If a policy doesn’t work mathematically… I don’t care about the bs arguments. Austerity does not decrease the debt to GDP ratio. GDP and debt may both decline but the ratio doesn’t really improve. </p>

<p>I don’t disagree with his arguments either. That includes using history to decide what to do. I have made those arguments myself. Like the 4 percent rule…history does not work.</p>

<p>The choice is who is going to feel the pain after a bubble. Somebody is going to feel the pain. We just have to watch the retirement video to see pain.</p>

<p>If a country inflates, you can lower the GDP to debt ratio. Of course there are losers. Savers and buyers of bonds get screwed.</p>

7030

<p>I don’t know if this is hype or not but…</p>

<p>[Marc</a> Andreessen on Google Glass: ?Oh my God, I have the entire Internet in my vision?](<a href=“Marc Andreessen on Google Glass: ‘Oh my God, I have the entire Internet in my vision’”>Marc Andreessen on Google Glass: ‘Oh my God, I have the entire Internet in my vision’)</p>

7031

<p>And…how are these specs?</p>

<p>[More</a> Google Glass specs emerge: Dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM and Android 4.0](<a href=“More Google Glass specs emerge: Dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM and Android 4.0”>More Google Glass specs emerge: Dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM and Android 4.0)</p>

7032

<p>Two of my stocks went ex-div this weeks so that’s about $3.8K in a few weeks. I guess that makes up for my loss today.</p>

7033

<p>$1,500 is pretty steep for those specs. Those specs are comparable to very cheap smartphones. The difference is the packaging.</p>

7034

<p>I would take 3.8k.</p>

<p>So…google glass is a crummy phone? </p>

<p>Is that going to matter?</p>

<p>What should be the price point to sell millions of these glasses?</p>

7035

<p>And you bought psec back?</p>

7036

<p>$100.</p>

<p>They have to figure out how to prevent people from crashing into things while they are walking, running, bicycling, driving, skateboarding, etc.</p>

<p>Remember the monocles in Firebirds?</p>

<p><a href=“Fire Birds - Jake in the flight simulator - YouTube”>Fire Birds - Jake in the flight simulator - YouTube;

<p>Yup, only got 1/3rd position at what I felt was a reasonable price.</p>

7037

<p>That was a great clip…</p>

<p>$100? </p>

<p>What is the cost to make one of these glasses?</p>

<p>$600 is not going to work?</p>

7038

<p>It’s not a phone. It’s used with your phone. $600 is not going to work.</p>

7039

<p>Ok…</p>

<p>And there is a very negative article about google glass…</p>

<p>[Eric</a> Schmidt Is Right, Using Google Glass Is Weird ? Here?s My Experience | TechCrunch](<a href=“http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/26/eric-schmidt-is-right-using-google-glasses-is-weird-heres-my-experience/]Eric”>Eric Schmidt Is Right, Using Google Glass Is Weird — Here's My Experience | TechCrunch)</p>

7040

<p>I find this interesting…</p>

<p>[Amazon</a> Creeping Up On Google and Apple in Key Markets - Forbes](<a href=“Amazon Creeping Up On Google and Apple in Key Markets”>Amazon Creeping Up On Google and Apple in Key Markets)</p>