DooDiligence

I've always liked her outspokenness (maybe because she's outspoken on things I agree with) but this is definitely an example of how a quick mouth (or rather keyboard) can make you look bad. My admiration of her will continue (especially if she gives an unqualified apology which would reinforce my opinion of her character...)

Looks like we want to help China secure an alternate source that doesn't rely on ocean transport. Is this a stick we'll use to threaten the Saudis which we'll eventually try to hide behind our backs (maybe I'm trying too hard & it's just a naked grab at cash...) Or maybe it's really an altruistic attempt to build good relations with Russia & China & at the same time keep the ME down (can that be considered altruistic?) Someone needs to sort out my insanitideas...

If a larger portion of the population of developed countries thought this way, we'd all be a lot better off (I'd probably get some disenting views if we had a thread dedicated to the idea of leverage in life...)

I agree that the thoughtful discourse & restraint shown on here is mos def conducive to better returns on investment & in life! Beats the hell out of rattling around that howler monkey cage at Yahoo Finance...

I may have skewed the bush results a bit...

The author may need to add another chapter on unilateral leaders in 2020... What's the name of your foundation?

Mnuchin doesn't threaten his manhood. Warren would be an advocate for common sense. Not much chance of that in the Donalds world...

Buying opportunities mmmmmmmm!

He'll need to fill one of these out... Hurt_Feelings_Report.PDF

I agree; I've been trying every search term I can think of & don't get too many leads out of Google. Any tips for finding these type of companies?

I read the Outsiders a few months back & loved the idea that a guy like Henry Singletary would view dealing with analysts as a waste of time. This kind of attitude used to make me think that management was not "shareholder friendly" & now I see it as being potentially the very opposite (concentrate on running the business & the results will take care of the shareholders.) Do you guys have any current management teams you admire for getting things done while blowing off conference calls & guidance?

Glad u grok it...

Exactly!

It's all good (I sometimes react inappropriately & then wiser individuals nudge me towards the middle path...) I agree with your opinion of COBF participants & hope to improve myself by association.

LOL, basically me and Doo are just boring nice guys I didn't accuse you of being nice or boring. I prefer "misguided". Guilty as charged...

LOL, basically me and Doo are just boring nice guys I'm feeling a lot of love here & will do my best to remain worthy! Now if I could just get as intelligent as you guys & actually contribute a valuable idea here instead of just color comentary (maybe then I could stop being boring...)

You are welcome, but not too welcome. ;D

Truth

I think there are a lot of us. We are lacking a party to represent us. Libertarian. Then I am not adequately describing myself with the terms socially liberal & fiscally conservative. That is because you probably mean: Socially liberal, but not too socially liberal, & fiscally conservative, but not too fiscally conservative. I believe the term is moderate. That's the nicest thing I've been called recently - thanks...

Although I despise the Donald I do hope he accomplishes some gratuitous cuts (I'm socially liberal & fiscally conservative & am trying to reconcile the two...) I also rather liked his Taiwan thingy.

Make America Hate Again

I sell when: 1) I find a better risk / reward (most of what I sold this year went into real estate.) 2) I need the money (no sales for #2 yet.) 3) The business no longer looks attractive to me or I discover that I don't understand it as well as I should (sold Polaris because I think competitors are getting much better while Polaris gets worse.)

I don't know, but I do know that doing something and tweeting about it are quite different things. True enough, Obama said he was going to end Bush's wars (and was given a Nobel Prize just for saying it) yet expanded the number of bombings massively, as well as the number of countries being bombed. There is a huge difference between saying you are going to do something and actually doing it, but Trump can't do anything yet. When he says he is going to do something liberals hate everyone acts as if it is a done deal and he has already done it, when he says he's going to do something good, like cut spending, he's criticized because he hasn't done it yet (even though he isn't in office). Is there anything this guy could do or say that you'd be ok with? Yes; he could say this was all just a publicity stunt & he's stepping down before the inaugeration...

Waiting with baited breath & a bag full of cash...