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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rdkflorida2 who wrote (1454)	6/24/2014 11:19:28 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26534

Yeah for sure! We all hope we don't get hyper inflation. I believe that would bankrupt the G20 so my guess is they raise taxes to fund the obligations first. For years, I've talked in my newsletters about how the Fed is implementing Hilary's plan (discussed in the early 1990s) to tax IRAs... without actually doing a 2% tax... use artificially low rates. One thing for sure, the players holding the strings will land on top. I saw it 20 years ago and is why I bought my house where I did... I figured saving on rent would more than offset lack of income from the added capital to move here and it was far more attractive to look at the land while living on it than looking at a statement saying how much gold I held... BTW, I believe this hyper inflation for housing in top places to live will eventually come to other good places to live... I uploaded some data that came with real estate ads (brokers looking for listings) this weekend: Los Altos Home Prices for May 2014 I also just updated my personal account summary as Vanguard paid a bunch of dividends yesterday and discovered my REIT funds were up between 15.8% and 17.3% YTD! There is a whole generation that remembers two bear markets over 50% AND a collapse of housing... so they may be renters for a lifetime and are still not in stocks.

To: rdkflorida2 who wrote (1454)	6/25/2014 11:56:02 AM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 26534

I have and use often a 1st gen Nexus 7. I can use it to watch anything on my Dish Hopper with Sling DVR in bed over my home wireless network. Dish and their partners also let me upload ANY of the movies or shows I've stored onto the tablet to watch when away from a fast internet connection., such as when flying. Google expected to partner with HTC to launch dual-brand 8.9-inch tablet Monica Chen, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 24 June 2014] Google is likely to announce a partnership with HTC to launch the third-generation Nexus, an 8.9-inch tablet, under Google/HTC dual-brand sale at Google I/O 2014, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. The 8.9-inch tablet is equipped with a Nvidia Tegra K1 processor, 2048 by 1440 touch screen and supports 4G LTE. Shipments will begin in July 2014 and retail pricing will be between US$399 and US$599, the sources said. Shipments in 2014 are estimated at 1.5 million units, the sources noted. Google cooperated with Asustek Computer to launch the first- and second-generation Nexus 7 7-inch tablets for dual-brand sale, helping Asustek gain a foothold in the global Android tablet market. Tablet markets in North America and Europe have reached saturation, while markets in China, Southeast Asia and Latin America are growing but are dominated by inexpensive models priced below US$199. Large-screen smartphones have been in competition with 7- to 10-inch tablets, and 8.9-inch tablet are struggling, the sources said. Therefore, HTC unlikely to substantially benefit from the partnership with Google, the sources analyzed. digitimes.com