[Railroad activity]

Could be affected by flooding.

 

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/railroad/midwest-floods-stymie-rail-operations

 

 

[Where are people in this forum from?]

Glen Ellyn, IL

[Self-Driving Trucks: Will They Disrupt Railroads]

1) You wouldn't need a convoy of 100 trucks because you could just as easily have 15 convoys of 7 trucks.

 

Yes, the term the industry is using is "truck platooning." A small number of vehicles "linked" together with autonomous systems. There is a lead vehicle that controls all the following vehicles. Still lots of testing to do. It would likely just be a small number of vehicles (less than 10), but I'm sure they'll figure out the optimal number based on the roads, etc.

 

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/truck_platooning/

 

 

 

 

[Where are people in this forum from?]

Glen Ellyn, IL

[@Parsad - Politics Section?]

I vote for a separate politics/philosophy board.

[Space X]

SpaceX's Elon Musk goes ballistic over Jeff Bezos' rocket feat

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/11/24/elon-musk-jeff-bezos-rocket/76317842/

 

[The Big Short, the movie]

Eisman is with the stripper. Bale plays Burry.

[Interview with Keith Smith]

Great article about Packer!

 

Packer, we owe you a debt of gratitude for all you've contributed on these boards!

[Seth Klarman: What I've learned from Warren Buffett]

Copy and paste link into Google web search. You should be able to read the article.

[FNMA and FMCC preferreds. In search of the elusive 10 bagger.]

Thanks for the summary onyx1!

[FNMA and FMCC preferreds. In search of the elusive 10 bagger.]

VIC has a new FNMA write-up today. Any VIC members willing to give a brief summary of the write-up? I'm guessing there's not much there that you can't find on timhoward17 blog, but, of course, I'm curious.

[Recessions & the stock market]

I work with an economist who shows similar data to his clients and that there is no predictive value between a bear market and recessions.

 

His joke is that the stock market has correctly predicted 15 out of the last 10 recessions (or something to that effect).

[What Global Warming!]

I'm not taking sides, but wanted to post another viewpoint from an "expert."

 

http://www.desmogblog.com/richard-lindzen

 

Richard S. Lindzen is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

 

Richard Lindzen's scientific stance on climate change and anthropogenic global warming is that the earth goes through natural periods of global warming and cooling.

 

According to Dr. Lindzen, the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are problematic and limited because they are based on computer models which Lindzen says are "generally recognized as experimental tools whose relation to the real world is questionable."

 

Furthermore, he feels that the issue of global warming is completely political, and that policy makers and the media not only manipulate science but also force scientists to produce work that supports a particular agenda.

[Best (book) introduction to Buffett and/or business]

For an extremely quick read, the article, "The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville" by Buffett.

[Seduced by Food: Obesity and the Human Brain]

One man's experience by taking a year off sugar:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-foster/no-sugar-diet_b_1397439.html?ref=tw

 

 

[Seduced by Food: Obesity and the Human Brain]

Eric,

 

I'm just starting my research into the Paleo diet and came across this website on "bulletproof coffee". Ignore all the coffee they are trying to sell, but I'd be curious on your opinion on this. Basically the breakfast is coffee blended with butter (grass fed only) and MCT oil (or coconut oil). Lots of claims on the site, but I'd be curious to get your opinion.

 

http://www.bulletproofexec.com/how-to-make-your-coffee-bulletproof-and-your-morning-too/

 

 

[Seduced by Food: Obesity and the Human Brain]

Where do you buy wild caught fish? Wholefoods? Local shop?

 

Just curious because I haven't seen in most chain grocery stores (although maybe I'm not looking close enough).

 

Maybe it's a regional thing too.

[A Couple More Dictators Taken Down A Peg!]

The one thing I love about these boards is the great investment information and advice about value investing.

 

The one thing I hate is the political discussions. It's just opinion after opinion after opinion.

 

Perhaps Sanjeev could start a "Polictical" category for those discussions?

 

 

[Copy of "Margin of Safety" for sale]

What does it cost to rent it for a week?

 

Nothing. Check out a copy from your local library.

[Value Investors Club now defunct?]

I was invited several times to join, but humbly declined.

 

Parsad,

 

I thought admission to the Value Investors Club required a person to submit an investment idea which was then judged. Are you saying you were invited to join without submitting an idea? Just curious.