Coming out. Ok. If theres any members of the public that would like to address the commission about going to closed session, now would be the time. Seeing there is no members of the public, we will not have Public Comment. Will everyone please vacate the room that doesnt need to be here . Should we call the meeting to order . Is there a motion not to disclose . Is there a second . Great. Could we do that without objection . Ok, great. Item passes. First order of business is Public Comment. Are there any members of the public that would like to address the commission . My name is john stenson. Id like to give you four good reasons why you should divest from hedge funds. This is a highrisk, highcost, lowreturn and they dont give protection during a down market. I think all you members, including the Investment Consultant have been sold on the theory that hedge funds gives protection. Which is not true. Lets go back to 2008. That was our last down market. What happened to hedge funds in 2
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay, lets go. Senator bennet we will turn to you. Mr. Chairman. It just seems to me was close to a quarter million americas children living in poverty and im sorry im calling up amendment 11. With almost a quarter for children living in poverty and the middle class struggling with lack of wages Early Childhood education is up and health care is up, that it seems to me we could have thought about a lot better use of this money then giving 39 billion to 1 of americans that are making over a Million Dollars a year and by the way its year after year after year. Thats when the deficit is so huge. Its year after year after year. I was at a meeting with some of my colleagues and President Trump called and im not saying anything that hasnt already been put in the newspapers but one of the things he said on the phone calling from asia was how terrible he said this plan is for the rich. I dont refer to people that way but he said turbo for the
Address the commission about going to closed session, now would be the time. Seeing there is no members of the public, we will not have Public Comment. Will everyone please vacate the room that doesnt need to be here . Should we call the meeting to order . Is there a motion not to disclose . Is there a second . Great. Could we do that without objection . Ok, great. Item passes. First order of business is Public Comment. Are there any members of the public that would like to address the commission . My name is john stenson. Id like to give you four good reasons why you should divest from hedge funds. This is a highrisk, highcost, lowreturn and they dont give protection during a down market. I think all you members, including the Investment Consultant have been sold on the theory that hedge funds gives protection. Which is not true. Lets go back to 2008. That was our last down market. What happened to hedge funds in 2008. The average hedge fund lost between 18 and 20 . Im sure youre all
Do we need a motion to go no, were just coming out. Coming out. Ok. If theres any members of the public that would like to address the commission about going to closed session, now would be the time. Seeing there is no members of the public, we will not have Public Comment. Will everyone please vacate the room that doesnt need to be here . Should we call the meeting to order . Is there a motion not to disclose . Is there a second . Great. Could we do that without objection . Ok, great. Item passes. First order of business is Public Comment. Are there any members of the public that would like to address the commission . My name is john stenson. Id like to give you four good reasons why you should divest from hedge funds. This is a highrisk, highcost, lowreturn and they dont give protection during a down market. I think all you members, including the Investment Consultant have been sold on the theory that hedge funds gives protection. Which is not true. Lets go back to 2008. That was our
Points s p turned negative. Down by lows to 3 points the nasdaq down by 72 points this morning a mixed bag again dow futures indicated up by 43 points s p down by 3 points the nasdaq down by 27. Overnight in asia, the nikkei ended down by 0. 3 the hang seng down by 1 shanghai down by 0. 20 in european trading, ret arroir across the board, though the ftse is at the flat line lets check out currencies yesterday cruel oil prices were down 1. 5 . This morning the dollar is up against the euro at 1. 1862 dollar yen at 112. 45 Republican Leaders in the house and senate are racing to merge the tax plans and send the bill to President Trump before the end of the year. A Conference Committee plans to reconcile the two pieces of legislation starting this week among the differences the house has four individual rates, the senate seven the house cuts the corporate rate to 20 right away the senate waits until 2019. The senate repeals the individual mandate while the house doesnt. Another point of p