Comments on: This and That: Stock Market History, Emerging Markets, International Diversification and more…

By: MDJ

MDJ — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:48:51 +0000

Thanks for the mention CC!

By: Phil S

Phil S — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:35:26 +0000

For people like me who live in a 600 sq foot condo and only understand wine-making in very general terms from reading and visiting wineries… An alternative is to use the services of the many wine making stores.

There, you can participate as little or as much as you want with the making of your own wine. The bare minimum is where you have to pour the yeast into the juice and the people who run the shop do absolutely everything else, including bottling. Or, at the opposite end of the spectrum, you can do pretty much the entire process yourself if you like…

Some of the more skilled shop owners with the right raw materials can make some absolutely exquisite wines for about $5 a bottle if you let them do just about everything. If you do it completely yourself and if you’re a first-timer and use poor quality inputs (juices), then you can get 60 bottles of bad grape juice.

By: Preet

Preet — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:03:34 +0000

Thanks for the link CC – have a great weekend and congratulations for being one of Rob’s picks – certainly well deserved. I have certainly learned a lot from you over the years.

By: Big Cajun Man

Big Cajun Man — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:49:46 +0000

Thanks for the mention, have a great weekend

By: Michael James

Michael James — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:26:46 +0000

I take Zweig’s point that stock market data before 1870 is unreliable, but what does his last sentence mean?

“Another emperor of the late bull market, it seems, has turned out to have no clothes.”

I’m not sure what point Zweig is trying to make here. Does he think that Siegel’s conclusion about stocks beating bonds for the long run is wrong?

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:34:00 +0000

I would love to get another 1% for a few hours work.