RobertC314

Article Comment

RobertC314 commented on an article. 10:41 AM

The Curse of Success, and Why Most Mutual Funds Fail Miserably

To 2motley4words,

You bring up a good point about stocks in general.... that is, when people move in and out of the market they tend to do so together. Not only do scores of funds have to buy/sell together, but

[more]

Article Comment

RobertC314 commented on an article. 9:59 PM

The Curse of Success, and Why Most Mutual Funds Fail Miserably

Everyone read and re-read Xander's post until they understand everything in it. It's vitally important both in understanding how mutual funds work and how investors shoot themselves in the foot.

Article Comment

RobertC314 commented on an article. 9:15 PM

Will Amazon Really Benefit From an Internet Sales Tax?

It's also interesting to note that technically people who buy from out of state are required to pay a "use tax" in the state they ship to which is equivalent to a sales tax. The only difference is that this is the

[more]

Article Comment

RobertC314 commented on an article. 9:08 PM

This Is Exactly How Much Debt Will Help Apple

How much *does* taking out $50bn in debt increase the enterprise value... I might get better answers if my questions make sense.

Article Comment

RobertC314 commented on an article. 5:01 PM

This Is Exactly How Much Debt Will Help Apple

So.... what is the gain? How much taking out $50bn in debt increase the enterprise value of Apple?

Article Comment

RobertC314 commented on an article. 12:58 AM

3 Attractive Acquisition Targets for Oil Majors

A point that I'm not sure this article makes clear (though it is touched on) is that unreliability of focusing on "value per barrel of reserves".

"Reserves" is defined as the amount of oil in

[more]