Here's a statement of the obvious: The opinions expressed here are those of the participants, not those of the Mutual Fund Observer. We cannot vouch for the accuracy or appropriateness of any of it, though we do encourage civility and good humor.
Yep. Weak yen is one driver. Japan's economy is growing albeit slowly but that's good compared to the previous years and even decades. PM Abe is favored by most as they have seen improvements.
Regarding small caps, a lot of that has to do with the probability of business tax cuts and those affect small cap companies much more that they do large caps. We see that as the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 and others are outperforming the larger cap indexs.
Thanks, @Ted. Hi. I tried to get that link to work for me, but I come up with nothing but a blank, black screen. I attempted to watch the vid before my original post, above. (??????)
.....About my high-flying small cap fund, since the election: MSCFX. I always rob it and dump profit each New Year into sister-fund, MAPOX. Maybe I should let it run, even if I missed Pamplona, this year.
Using Firefox. .....Just a thought: the latest "update" to Windows 10 removed my registry cleaner (!!!!!) Probably screwed up my ability to watch that stuff, too. But OTHER videos are watchable for me. EL BIG-O SUCK-O.
I had to pause my ad blocker on the linked page to get it to run. @Crash -- you might want to try that if you use an ad blocker.... a short ad needed to run before the interview. But, the interview made it worth the wait....
I had to pause my ad blocker on the linked page to get it to run. @Crash -- you might want to try that if you use an ad blocker.... a short ad needed to run before the interview. But, the interview made it worth the wait....
Comments
Regarding small caps, a lot of that has to do with the probability of business tax cuts and those affect small cap companies much more that they do large caps. We see that as the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 and others are outperforming the larger cap indexs.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-12-15/parker-uncertainty-and-volatility-will-be-larger-in-2017
Regards,
Ted
Regards,
Ted