kahunacfa

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kahunacfa posted to the Improve the Fool board. 6:08 AM

"Keep Me Logged-in Until I Logout...

This is the default checked box at log-in. Several questions: 1. Why, 2.Whay, whatever is TMF thinking?, 3. Infinite server capacity?

Issue: went to the local library, did not catch the default option. Went back to same branch, same [more]

Mon May 20

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kahunacfa posted to the Baby Boomers board. 9:40 AM

It starts...

Tornado season in Kansas, of course. Actually runs March through October each year.

Kahuna, CFA
Currently in Kailua-Kona
Hawaii 96745

Sat May 18

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kahunacfa replied to the Improve the Fool board. 6:17 PM

Re: "Recommend this Article" broken in

IE10 = Internet Exploder10 from Microsoft. I now primarily use Mozilla's FireFox(R).

Kahuna, CFA
Kailua-Koana 96745

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kahunacfa posted to the Folly in Hawaii board. 5:55 PM

Fresh Whole Pineapples @ $1.98 each

Went to the grocery store on the Mainland today. Bought four fresh, whole pineapples Del Monte Gold(R) for $1.98 each. Good price, good pineapples.

Kahuna, CFA

Fri May 17

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kahunacfa replied to the Buying or Selling a Home board. 5:59 AM

Re: 100% financing now available at:

Besides mortgages Federal Credit Unions such as NFCU have TRUST powers. They can act as custodial institutions for investment Limited Partnerships in low to zero income tax states such as Florida, Texas, and Nevada -- all states with extensive [more]

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kahunacfa replied to the Foolish Collective board. 5:08 AM

Re: Valspar up 7% on str earnings

SO!!!???

KCFA

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kahunacfa replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 5:03 AM

Re: I HAVE WATCHED THE FOOLS FOR YEARS

You took an extreme asset allocation position and DID NOT change when the facts changed. You are now exactly where you deserve to be -- STUCK!!!

Kahuna,CFA
Investment Professional
1974 - Present

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kahunacfa commented on an article. 4:55 AM

When Smart Investors Do Stupid Things

When I first encountered Modern Portfolio Theory at the University of Wisconsin we used the now classic textbook by William F. Sharpe "Portfolio Theory & Capital Markets". Risk was again defined "classically"

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Thu May 16

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kahunacfa replied to the Apple board. 7:02 PM

Re: Google Focusing on Services.

How is Apple not competitive in computer hardware? - HMALETTER | Date: 5/16/2013 10:22:17 AM | Number: 193641

Just as real estate is LOCATION, LOCATION, and location. Hardware is price ** 3 or price ^ 3. You can easily purchase two [more]

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kahunacfa replied to the Apple board. 6:38 AM

Re: Google Focusing on Services.

Well it certainly makes sense to make Google more "sticky". Something many people complain about with Apple. I had this discussion yesterday with someone that wanted an Android phone because they didn't want to get tied down to Apple's [more]

Tue May 14

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kahunacfa replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 9:06 AM

Re: Stop loss guidelines

I'm a fairly new investor and member. Most all my portfolio is from SA advice. In order to protect my investments I would like to set up trailing stop loses for these. How does on figure a good loss number? Is there a guideline - Greenone101 [more]

Fri May 3

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kahunacfa commented on an article. 5:07 PM

What I Learned From My Housing-Bubble Screwup

Housing is two things:1. A consumption expenditure and decision as well as 2. An investment decision. Never, ever confuse the two roles for housing...

Kahuna, CFA

Wed May 1

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kahunacfa replied to the Falling Knives board. 1:58 PM

Re: COH sale rumors

Also the possibility of a Short-squeeze at COH!!

Kahuna, CFA

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kahunacfa replied to the Apple board. 1:52 PM

Re: Laptop lowest price Mac = $999.95

The product you cite is NOT a Laptop, the Mac Mini.



Kahuna, CFA

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kahunacfa replied to the Apple board. 1:50 PM

Re: Apple Gives Finger To Analysts

Analysts give finger right back to Apple and stick it in Apple's ear!!!

KCFA

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kahunacfa replied to the Improve the Fool board. 1:12 PM

Re: Reccing Messages STILL not working...

It's working for me.

Tried to rec your message. It do NOT work for me!!!

WIN8, High-speed broadband Satellite up-link.

Kahuna, CFA
Kailua-Kona 96745

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kahunacfa posted to the Apple board. 1:07 PM

Laptop lowest price Mac = $999.95

According to Mac/Apple lover Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal -- http://www.WSJ.com, the lowest priced Mac is still a pricy one thousand dollars plus sales tax.

WINTEL laptops are far, far [more]

Mon Apr 29

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kahunacfa replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 7:30 PM

Re: Shorting a stock

In order to short stocks the objective is to initiate a short position at HIGHER prices NOT LOWER prices. The profit is the difference between the Higher price and the lower price where the short is covered.

BTW: If you do NOT understand [more]

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kahunacfa replied to the Credit Cards and Consumer Debt board. 9:10 AM

Re: Discussing Credit Card Debt

The intelligence gathering capabilities of Law Enforcement, the DIA, NSA, CIA as well as the Infernal Revenue Service(IRS) <http://www.irs.gov> with or even without subpoena power are awesome.
They do NOT [more]

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kahunacfa replied to the Alyce Lomax board. 8:53 AM

Re: New Buy: Apple

I have owned Apple since I first learned Steve Jobs was returning to re-take control of the Company he founded. My Apple cost is %5.125 per share <split adjusted>. Not too worried the shares will EVER drop below my IRA portfolio cost. For me, I [more]

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