TMFGalagan

Boards Post

TMFGalagan replied to the Deranged Monkey Criticism board. 8:46 AM

Re: Pivot Capital report

I wonder if this is the future for: KSS, JWN, et al.

I firmly believe the Nordstrom family will take JWN private if the stock gets cheap enough. Would probably take a bigger decline than what we've seen so far though to make it [more]

Boards Post

TMFGalagan replied to the Estate Planning and the Fool board. 7:22 AM

Re: Estate allocation question

I was just wondering if this a "common" way of handling it.

In my experience, it's more common for a deceased child's share to go to that child's children than it is to disinherit the deceased child's line. [more]

Boards Post

TMFGalagan replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 8:14 PM

Re: Helpful calculator for TY2019 estimated tax

Failing to pay on time for the full estimated tax year will trigger a penalty even if the income occurs later in the year and the estimated tax is paid currently when the income is earned.

Not to nitpick too much on what's [more]

Boards Post

TMFGalagan replied to the Stereo 8 board. 11:41 AM

Re: Yet Another Value Blog Follow-up

I have a vague recollection that one of us has commented on the stock expense connection to FRE versus carry income previously.

This what you're looking for?

My couple early thoughts from a cursory review were at [more]

Boards Post

TMFGalagan replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 9:40 AM

Re: Economic impact of Medicare for All

Proponents of Medicare for All want to sweep away our complex, confusing, profit-driven mess of a health care system and start fresh with a single government-run insurer that would cover everyone.

The premise of the article's [more]

Boards Post

TMFGalagan replied to the Mechanical Investing board. 9:23 AM

Re: S&P P/E a harbinger of a fall?

Looking back to 1871, the chart shows the P/E for the 24 years with the highest P/E.

That's not what the chart says it's depicting. The chart refers only to years in which the market peaked immediately before [more]

Boards Post

TMFGalagan replied to the Stereo 8 board. 8:35 AM

Re: Retirement 'Merica

I think the study results mostly stem from the fact that U.S. workers are further down the path of realizing that they can't ultimately rely on outside support for their own financial stability. Young U.S. workers have no expectation of a pension [more]

Boards Post

TMFGalagan replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 7:37 AM

Re: BRK-B board ...

You might also let them know, that 20-year "members" of this board have never heard of the premium version!
;)

I think that's the first time I've seen a board post that said that TMF wasn't doing *enough* [more]

Boards Post

TMFGalagan replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 3:02 PM

Re: Valuable News Sources

I wonder if the 'News Sources' aren't just playing to what their customers demand? While they call themselves News, they are in fact businesses that need to make a profit? With so many people so far on the left/right extremes (or [more]