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.
Support MFO
Donate through PayPal
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.
Yep, I'll give you that one. Which now leaves us with a ratio of a bit more than 16,000 to 1, according to the last count.
Not only that, but '52man pretends not to know the difference b/w making a mistake during evolving policy (and moreover acknow…
last 11 days down ~12%, SP500 down ~10%, bond sauce aggravating things rather than the opposite
But oh, those monthly dividends just keep adding more shares.
All my figs are from M* graph of $10k growth, so includes divs, not that it is computed d…
Note, though, that in this crisis, fwiw, since say 11 days ago, all are down, nontrivially, BSV least of all.
FDRXX / SPRXX up a hair.
So you pays your moneys etc.
davidrmoran You're right. ICSH JPST also lost money. TRBUX was up slightly and BSV was up 1.41% ytd.
Yeah. As of tonight, BSV is up $173 ytd on $10k, AGG $233, BND $217, BOND only $79, with GSY, MINT, TIP all down b/w $10 and $73.
(Forget PONAX an…
only in this kneejerk-rebel country enshrining immaturity do people go party en masse in response to near-orders not to do so
probable terror just starting:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-spread/
https://twitter.co…
Why are you posting this? Until today MINT was down $7.50 on a thou for the last week, not terrible of course, but no, not 'a safe place to park your cash'.
I don't know what he owns or invests in, or necessarily want to, probably indexes, although I worry about both kids, even more about their age cohort, and above all about my grandkids and their future. Etc etc etc.
(Otoh he just took a job w McKins…
When my son was in college in the early 2000s and majoring in econ and writing analytic papers on tech companies, he mentioned that he thought Apple looked good and really promising, still bright future, etc. I said Aw, man, look at its recent runup…
Moon-aiming or not, Miller outperformed for a very long stint (a decade, was it?) and through all sorts of markets --- which is all I was pointing out. I maybe recall it being touted as prudent at the time, some of the time anyway. Not gogo.
>> I sold ... PINCX ... BCOIX
>> I bought PINCX+BCOIX earlier last week
short-term-trading penalties / fees ?
PAID $49.95 ST for PINCX. Paid nothing for BCOIX. Made thousands :-)
I don't pay for buying Inst shares, selling doesn't …
VLAAX
\\ Not familiar with the VL option you mention.
VLAAX
be sure to use MFOP
Ok thanks. But as a diversifier in substitution for a foreign /international sector position...? Isn't VL a broad spectrum balanced fund?
by VL I meant Value…
his badness has been pretty consistent, ouch, ouch
23 stocks, or so
http://portfolios.morningstar.com/fund/holdings?t=CGMFX®ion=usa&culture=en-US
if I were still in it, and had only a few thou remaining or whatever, I would stick, just…
exactly
one other reason for my sticking w ML is that my wife if widowed can go into any BoA office and ask for help, or at least good instructions of what to do / where to call for next steps
same, partly, farther away, for Fido
