Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   can't resist Date:   12/10/2018 10:53:54 AM

Architect, did you comprehend where I specifically wrote “... if I MUST assign ‘blame.’” in my last sentence.

 No… not from your charge: “… in the same manner you did for 8 years while Obama sat in the Oval Office?”  I merely stated that if I MUST assign “blame” based solely on numbers, then my portfolio performance during the Obama years would imply that Obama was the fault.  Not getting the connection with my previous five paragraphs, and not ending with your reasonable discussion… you added a snarky phrase which served to undermine your argument. 

 I have to ask.  With the collapse of the Greek financial system and the right turn in Italian politics, should I blame my 2018 losses in my Mediterranean Fund stocks on President Trump?  Maybe, I should blame the losses on Obama… because the Greek decline was in crescendo during his tenure.

 You see, you and I were in agreement until your last condescending statement. Then you alienated me with your non-sequitur.