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  1. RE: The Last Resort

    We are all aware of the soap box. They took that away. Then they took away the voting box. And sadly a photo appears, and it reminds us of the last resort, the cartridge box.

  2. Re: The Clueless Fed

    Yep, the Fed is dead, if confidence dead, and it is dying. There is no mark to market, no price discovery, no valuation that backs the assets that are in the plumbing, that are only turds in a sewage system. The only thing that keeps it flowing is toilets flushing with the confident that the plumbing will not back up. But what happens if it backs up? Who wants those turds?

  3. Many investors make use of S&P500 index mutual funds. These have been excellent choices over the years, as the US stock market has gone up. Their low internal cost provides little “drag,” too. Investors can own a broad cross-section of the largest companies in the U.S. with one purchase. Their very success is now making them dangerous, IMHO.

    There is so much money in these vehicles — a significant percentage of the entire market — that investors should be concerned. In a crisis, when everyone’s trying to sell their fund shares, there could be what is called a “liquidity” problem. This means — if there are no buyers out there, your investment, at least temporarily, has no value.

    Mutual funds keep cash on hand for normal redemptions, so they don’t have to always sell shares of the stocks they own. In a crisis, though, when many many people want to sell, they’d blow through that cash very quickly and have to start selling the stocks they own. The question is: to whom? If there are no willing buyers, the funds might not be able to sell the stocks and might have to suspend redemptions for a while — meaning that eventual sales would have to take place at extremely low prices in the depth of the crisis. Think of it this way — the music’s still playing, but if you want to keep dancing, you’ve got to dance near the door.

    You may have capital gains, and it’s worth paying the tax now — would you rather pay 15-20% of your gain or 80% of your entire investment? Your choice. My suggestion is to get out of index funds now and limit your stock investments to individual stocks that can be sold quickly. And, as I’ve said before, use out of the market trailing stops (www.tradestops.com) on everything.

    You could simply put a trailing stop on your index 500 fund, but you’d have to be willing to pull the trigger immediately to get out the exit before the rush hits.

  4. I’d sure love to have some of those transit cases. But he seems to be selling them as an all or nothing proposition. Might be good for someone with lots of time and storage space who wants to haul a couple dozen to sell at gun shows for the next year or so.

  5. Colts so called announcement is just as you say it is, political. Political grand standing to put a feather in their cap and give gun grabbers a flag to wave and say “we’re winning the war on gun violence”. Plus, the decision to stop selling to the civilian market probably doesn’t hurt them anyway with all of the government contracts they have. As for the civilian market, I would say that a majority of Americans wouldn’t even buy a Colt AR. Heck, most couldn’t, the price being what they are. Someone could build one themselves for half the price or even buying one used for a third of the price of a Colt AR. Then spend the rest on magazines, ammo and accessories.

    1. Your point is exactly why I don’t think this was a political decision. There are so many cheap ar15 style weapons on the market that very few people care about having “the” ar15 any more. I know in my area of the South alot of dealers stocked le6920s but outside of there most dealers I’ve seen dont even stock them. It doesn’t make sense to keep making a product they cant sell. I’ll admit the timing of this announcement is suspect but this has been a couple (or more) years coming.

  6. Hmm, I’ve had a colt ar 15 Hbar for close to 30 yrs and with the colt produced 22 adapter, I’ve help more than one ground squirrel and rabbit learn how to run faster than they thought they could. And the only thing that it has killed is some of those ground squirrels and rabbits and a whole bunch of empty tin cans and more than a few bull’s eyes and paper targets. Other than that , it just sits there looking contented.

  7. I heard last week that there is over 400 businesses that manufacture and sell AR’s

    As other people have commented on is Colts price points. They have been high for some time but with the government contracts, they did not care since the private sector sales were a low percentage of their profits.

    But sadly Colt has backed the wrong group and I think over time it will be one of an epic mistake.

  8. I am from Connecticut, prior to moving to a “free state” and I personally can think of a lot better AR rifles for the money, from companies who offer a lot better customer service than Colt. So, they got government contracts, big deal.

    Besides, I refuse to purchase items that can be shipped to free states, but, due to demoncratic politicians passing draconian laws, the residents of the state are not permitted to own.

    Just my opinion.

  9. If my “old age” memory serves me correct, didn’t Colt make the decision to stop selling to the private market somewhere around the year 2000 but after a while started selling to us guys again shortly there after?

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