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Are You Superstitious When It Comes To Mutual Fund Investing?
Hi @Maurice I've found, more often than not; that I am on vacation or otherwise and without electronic access when some events took place or were pending taking place that would have likely caused us to have some holdings rotated.
As to your FSICX voodoo..... Performance chart beginning 1999. 1999 and early 2000's was a bit slow on the return side, but long term, excluding the 2008-2009 market melt/several months (HY bond holdings), tis not a bad bond fund.
Hmmm ... Generally not superstitious. But have a thing about the number 13. Might date back to the ill-fated Apollo 13 which launched @13:13 CST on April 11, 1970 and experienced a catestrophic explosion on April 13. http://www.apollo-13.com/no13.html
When given a choice, I avoid 13 in all manners. I'd never open a new mutual fund account for $13,000. Whereas $12,500 or $14,000 would be fine. Same would apply to booking the 13th floor at a hotel or the number of tomatos I might purchase.
I won't let that phobia interfere with higher priorities. On a flight to London this fall I booked seat 13A in both directions (and not sweating it). Put simply, it was the best available seat at the price I wanted to pay. Have to wonder if other passengers with a stronger aversion to 13 than I might have earlier "passed" on this choice seat. ---
Thomas Paine: "I have as little superstition in me as any man living ..."
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Regards,
Ted
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
I've found, more often than not; that I am on vacation or otherwise and without electronic access when some events took place or were pending taking place that would have likely caused us to have some holdings rotated.
As to your FSICX voodoo.....
Performance chart beginning 1999. 1999 and early 2000's was a bit slow on the return side, but long term, excluding the 2008-2009 market melt/several months (HY bond holdings), tis not a bad bond fund.
http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/perf.php?FSICX&n=4707&O=011000
FSICX vs PTTRX performance (or another long term multi-sector bond fund of one's choice)
http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/performance-return.action?t=FSICX®ion=usa&culture=en_US
FSICX composition
https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/composition/31638R303
Take care,
Catch
When given a choice, I avoid 13 in all manners. I'd never open a new mutual fund account for $13,000. Whereas $12,500 or $14,000 would be fine. Same would apply to booking the 13th floor at a hotel or the number of tomatos I might purchase.
I won't let that phobia interfere with higher priorities. On a flight to London this fall I booked seat 13A in both directions (and not sweating it). Put simply, it was the best available seat at the price I wanted to pay. Have to wonder if other passengers with a stronger aversion to 13 than I might have earlier "passed" on this choice seat.
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Thomas Paine: "I have as little superstition in me as any man living ..."