volfanhill
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I have been thinking about just that. Maybe an S&P fund or total stock market, and the rest in a bond fund or CD's. I have also thought about Vanguard's Balanced Fund, which is 60/40 stocks/bonds. Which funds are you considering?I don't care anymore, I'm winding down my participation in the stock market except for a couple of low cost index funds. 40 years of investing in the markets taught me that I can't out smart them.
I have been thinking about just that. Maybe an S&P fund or total stock market, and the rest in a bond fund or CD's. I have also thought about Vanguard's Balanced Fund, which is 60/40 stocks/bonds. Which funds are you considering?
They would never in a million years figure out a way around that.@Thunder Good-Oil
"I'm also not opposed to placing some sort of limitation on executive compensation at public companies."
Government imposed salary caps?
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"I'm also not opposed to placing some sort of limitation on executive compensation at public companies."
Government imposed salary caps?
First of all, I agree that Jamie Diamond making the kind of coin he makes is ludicrous. But.... having the .gov step in and impose some sort of limit is just outright asinine. These C suite bubbas have teams of lawyers that will sharpshoot the hell out of these regulations and find a way to keep the gravy coming in. It is the exact same problem we have with members of the legislature. You want to stop this? It is up to the voters (shareholders), and as long as they make money, the Jamie Diamonds of the world ain't going anywhere.There needs to be some sort of limitation on how much executives can put in each other's pockets when they're utilizing financing by the citizenry. If it's a private company then sure, the corporate officer's can take all that they dare. But when a company is owned by the public then reasonable limitations are justified.
There needs to be some sort of limitation on how much executives can put in each other's pockets when they're utilizing financing by the citizenry. If it's a private company then sure, the corporate officer's can take all that they dare. But when a company is owned by the public then reasonable limitations are justified.
Good Luck getting any consensus on the levels.
That will also drive the better people to private.
The idea is making the street happy every three months isn’t good for long term strategy. It could possibly lead to companies making short sighted decisions to maintain their stock price or ratings. I think the good companies just do what they do and don’t worry about the short term. Amazon was savaged every quarter when they plowed everything back into AWS and other long term ideas. Every three months was another round of articles bashing them as overpriced and unfocused on the day to day. That was when the stock was in the $250-300 range. Think Bezos lost much sleep over that?I dont really know anything about business. So maybe those who do can explain how this would be better than what is in place now.
The idea is making the street happy every three months isn’t good for long term strategy. It could possibly lead to companies making short sighted decisions to maintain their stock price or ratings. I think the good companies just do what they do and don’t worry about the short term. Amazon was savaged every quarter when they plowed everything back into AWS and other long term ideas. Every three months was another round of articles bashing them as overpriced and unfocused on the day to day. That was when the stock was in the $250-300 range. Think Bezos lost much sleep over that?