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davidrmoran
I myself see a big pullback coming in the next six months but I don’t know that I have ever been correct over 45 years. I will put a lot of money in if a 10% pullback comes. I expect you r being prudent depending on how old you are. The thing is, if you’re young, you might as well stick it out and not try to time. He said.
Huh? $10k into SPY New Year's day of last year is now worth $373 more as of close yesterday, more as of close today, looks like. Not much, sure, but not nothing.
Stunt is a nice way of putting it.
Sure, totally self-inflicted.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/british-lose-right-to-claim-that-americans-are-dumber
>> Old to go and young to stay. College-educated to stay and those not to go. [rono]
>> a meme by the stay side - it was to say if you are old and stupid you will vote to leave.
meme or not, actual polling data before and after the v…
Puddn,
In retirement I am a big believer in serious simplifying and in true diversification. Nothing wrong with leaving as is. But if you backtest and compare 2/3/5/7/10y, and more, you may see that your diversification spirit has not really added …
Nice, but for me, too many, too equity-light and too much high-level overlap.
Also since you're such good shape, maybe go for a little more risk?
So ... if someone gave me this for myself, while keeping your goals partly in mind, I would (and this …
What Press and Crash said.
This is wise, albeit late (K.Rogoff):
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/06/24/britain-democratic-failure/Mx888Cle7t6OUyuWyX8n2M/story.html
Oh, I don't know. While fretting dips above all often seems a fool's errand, if you seek active management that explicitly pays attention to such (TWEIX, PRBLX, some others), the ride is less bumpy. Different allocation balance of course is preferab…
Well, especially when the information dissemination is so poorly (half-assedly) done and the idiot media prevail:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/24/mail-sun-uk-brexit-newspapers
>> Your such a breath of fresh air, and a ray of sunshine, I don't know how
MFO can get along without you !
I know! Thanks!
And I am glad MJG filled us in again on multivariate possibilities and outcomes!
Another duh, entirely obvious article: 'entirely to be expected', 'there isn't a right answer', 'investors and advisers should use them as a guide rather than take them at face value.' etc. Jeez louise. MJG can remind us again what monte carlo means.
Ain't got new Fido card yet, nor new Costco card; setting aside an afternoon to be online switching all autopay accounts from old Fido Amex. Next week, looks like.
see
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/notes-on-brexit/
Some misunderstanding here of democracy vs representative gov, odd. We do not want the former almost ever.
Noted. I have recently switched my own personal preference from SCHD to NOBL.
Keeping an eye on the new OUSA, courtesy Snowball.
You might like looking into CAPE.
(I also track RSV, RPG, and RPV, though they're not div-oriented.)
>> A low cost S&P 500 Index fund is highly likely to have a better 10 and 20 year return than any other fund you choose....
I cannot find a period where PRBLX has not surpassed SPY. Can you? Not saying that it's highly unlikely, but.
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>> From Carlos Santana: "Those who do not remember ..."
No, no; dude, you're thinking of:
Some songs are just tattoos for your brain; you hear them and they're affixed to you.
lolz! This made my day.
Thanks much!
- Was avoiding Fido commissions else I woulda listed my faves OUSA, NOBL, CAPE, and SPHD. (How come you did not mention them yourself?)
- Was thinking DVY would provide the breadth, and the proportion to HDV would be modest. May scrap …
Man, what a dumb-dumb article, even (or perhaps especially) by Fool standards.
If I take it early and I invest it luckily (really luckily) and leave it alone and do not need it (wait, why then did I take it early??) and my spouse is going to die ea…
Way too coarse, though there are other, finer filters, as someone pointed out.
Born and reared in southern Ohio and long transplanted to Boston, I was pleased when Larry Bird arrived with the Celtics and spoke without an accent :) .
@msf, thanks yet again for thoroughness. Not wealthy enough to decline or give away (want to do more charity than we do anyway). Itemize deductions (mortgage interest among other things). 70.5 is next year also.
Thanks; been looking at HSA since posting and it is a nonstarter, yes.
There are no other accounts for funding.
There would be no circumstance where a 20% withholding would apply. Had not thought about the 10% penalty, which settles it.
Thanks v mu…
