6 will get the rare opportunity to fill an open seat on Washtenaw County's 22nd Circuit Court bench and it's a choice between two attorneys who are political opposites.Īnn Arbor resident Carol Kuhnke, a pro-choice Democrat, is running against Ypsilanti resident Jim Fink, a pro-life conservative who leans Republican.īoth will appear on the ballot without party affiliation since it's technically a nonpartisan race. Investors and traders are recommended to do their own due diligence and research before making any trading/investing decisions.Local attorneys Jim Fink and Carol Kuhnke chat before the start of a Thursday night debate hosted by the League of Women Voters in Ann Arbor.

Note: This list is only provided as the starting point for interested investors to research further. The above list may not be suitable for investors seeking income as most of the mentioned stocks do not offer dividends, with the exceptions of AAPL, EBIX, and TESS. In short, conservative investors may want to focus on non-technology stocks with strong, stable economic moat to reduce the risks of rapid technology change. The list will focus on stocks with low P/E, low PEG ratio, high EPS growth, and a reasonable low-medium beta. The solution derived from Jim Fink's article is to look for stocks that will grow earnings much faster than declining P/E ratio can devalue them, which means the stocks with low PEG ratios.īy using Reuters' stock screener, a list of potential investment targets will be presented below. Yet, declining M/O will overwhelm the growth in real earnings and cause the stock price (in real terms) to decline by 13% between now and 2012, according to Jim Fink. However, the Fed authors also expect real earnings to grow 3.42% annually over the next decade. The decline in the M/O ratio has just begun and will continue until 2025 according to the SF Fed. In the 2000s, as the baby boom generation started aging and the baby bust generation started to reach prime working and saving ages, the M/O and P/E ratios both declined substantially. During the same period, the P/E ratio tripled from about 8 to 24. As quoted,īetween 19, as baby boomers reached their peak working and saving ages, the M/O ratio increased from about 0.18 to about 0.74. Jim Finks utilized a metric called the 'Middle-/Old-age rat io,' which divides the number of people aged 40 to 49 (prime earnings and spending years) by the number of people aged 60 to 69 (retirement age with declining spending). The aging trend will continue and will only start to stabilize in 2040.Īs written by Jim Fink from Investing Daily, the P/E ratio is highly correlated and falls with the increasing percentage of older age population (65+), as compared to the middle-age population (40-49). It also shows the percent of the population 85 and older, as well as the population 60 and older. The above chart shows the percent of the population 65 and older increasing from 4% in 1900 to 12% in 2000 and projected to be 19-20% in 2030 and 20-21% in 2050. Census BureauĪccording to the table, the percentage of population 65 and older is expected to increase from 15% in 2015 to 19% in 2025. Administration on Aging using the Census data from U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division (Released on December, 2012)Ĭhart of Percent of Population aged 60 and over, 65 and over, and 85 and over: 1900 to 2050 Projections of the Population by Selected Age Groups and Sex for the United States The potential implication for investment will also be analyzed in this article. Consensus Bureau in December 2012, the projections of the population by selected age groups will be reviewed. ' With the updated data released by the U.S. The number of older persons has tripled over the last 50 years and it will more than triple again over the next 50 years, as quoted from my last article, 'World Demographics: Embracing The Gracious Aging World.

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