Comments on: This and That http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-57/ Helping you invest and prosper Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thomas http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-57/#comment-64677 Thomas Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:03:09 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/08/30/this-and-that-57#comment-64677 How come you didn't link to MY article on the BetaPro funds? =) How come you didn’t link to MY article on the BetaPro funds? =)

]]> By: Tom http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-57/#comment-64554 Tom Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:15:08 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/08/30/this-and-that-57#comment-64554 I agree with the HDTV idea. I'd wait til the new year and the christmas season is over. Like anything, items particularly electronics always tend to drop fairly fast. Just look at the HDTV DVD players right now, they have already come down quite a bit. I agree with the HDTV idea. I’d wait til the new year and the christmas season is over. Like anything, items particularly electronics always tend to drop fairly fast. Just look at the HDTV DVD players right now, they have already come down quite a bit.

]]> By: Tom http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-57/#comment-64555 Tom Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:15:05 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/08/30/this-and-that-57#comment-64555 I agree with the HDTV idea. I'd wait til the new year and the christmas season is over. Like anything, items particularly electronics always tend to drop fairly fast. Just look at the HDTV DVD players right now, they have already come down quite a bit. I agree with the HDTV idea. I’d wait til the new year and the christmas season is over. Like anything, items particularly electronics always tend to drop fairly fast. Just look at the HDTV DVD players right now, they have already come down quite a bit.

]]> By: Canadian Capitalist http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-57/#comment-64534 Canadian Capitalist Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:05:53 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/08/30/this-and-that-57#comment-64534 Phil: I am working on a post on the Bear fund. I am a long-term investor and firmly believe that nobody can consistently time the markets. Yes, markets can be overvalued but that has never stopped it from becoming more overvalued. I think it is folly to invest in anything which has a negative expected long-term return. Phil: I am working on a post on the Bear fund. I am a long-term investor and firmly believe that nobody can consistently time the markets. Yes, markets can be overvalued but that has never stopped it from becoming more overvalued. I think it is folly to invest in anything which has a negative expected long-term return.

]]> By: Phil S http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-57/#comment-64518 Phil S Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:09:17 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/08/30/this-and-that-57#comment-64518 With respect to purchasing computers and other high tech consumer products, it's always cheaper in price next year and six months after you buy it, it will always be half the price. That's just the nature of the market as cutthroat competitors like Sony and LG continually duke it out by producing better hardware at lower prices year after year to conquer the market. For consumers, if you want one, you have to resign to the fact that this is rapidly depreciating equipment and you just have to dive in and bite the bullet at some point. For me, I only do that when the stuff I currently have finally dies. I looked at the Horizon Funds some time ago. I found at that time that their effective MERs are really high (5%). So, I would have to be absolutely confident of, for example, a market meltdown in order to buy into one of their bear funds because it's only perfectly suited to short term trading. So far to date, the idea of shorting anything on the market makes me so nervous I would break out in hives... I may change my mind in the future, though. With respect to purchasing computers and other high tech consumer products, it’s always cheaper in price next year and six months after you buy it, it will always be half the price. That’s just the nature of the market as cutthroat competitors like Sony and LG continually duke it out by producing better hardware at lower prices year after year to conquer the market. For consumers, if you want one, you have to resign to the fact that this is rapidly depreciating equipment and you just have to dive in and bite the bullet at some point. For me, I only do that when the stuff I currently have finally dies.

I looked at the Horizon Funds some time ago. I found at that time that their effective MERs are really high (5%). So, I would have to be absolutely confident of, for example, a market meltdown in order to buy into one of their bear funds because it’s only perfectly suited to short term trading. So far to date, the idea of shorting anything on the market makes me so nervous I would break out in hives… I may change my mind in the future, though.

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