Investing Returns on the S&P500

Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by xiaoma on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @03:11PM (#12003933)

Actually, I find Europe's passenger service uninspiring compared to Japan or especially Taiwan.

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Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by reddytowns on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @06:04PM (#12005159)

Taiwan's trains are subsidized

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Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by xiaoma on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @06:32PM (#12005324)

So are Japan's. The idea isn't to get a profit off of tickets vs operating costs. The idea is to improve the efficiency of the country and economy. It's an investment.

If the US had a similar political climate the east coast would already have high speed rail from New York to Miami.

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Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by nerfhammer on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @08:44PM (#12005901)

Rail needs to be profitable, but roads certainly don't. For some reason.

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Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by reddytowns on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @11:29PM (#12006384)

Japan has a very low subsidy and most of its railways are private and receive none.

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Re:Investing Returns on the S&P500 by knd775 on Thursday June 30, 2016 @11:20AM (#12009126)

I think that Japan's population density and relatively small size makes it much easier to make money on railways.

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