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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.
>> no one is allowed to disagree with the board cognoscenti. THIS is why mostly conservatives watch Fox and mostly Democrats watch CNN or MSNBC, no one likes to see the other side and acknowledge that some things the other side says may be rig…
Not a Warren fan much, or not yet (was frankly shocked at the Tx bar registration deceit from age 37), but this is close to revolutionary for this country:
https://slate.com/business/2019/02/elizabeth-warren-new-child-care-proposal-real-deal.html
v conservative and bond-heavy, won't hit 3% but of course you can also draw on principal depending on age and cashflow need and SS and maybe taxes.
I myself, and many others, would seriously suggest you consolidate and downsize, say everything int…
@BW, since you seriously believe that SS privatization and naturopathy would work, that healthcare isn't so difficult to resolve, and that a large part of the problem is corporate self-interest and greed, I think you should run for public office.
ah, got it
we should not pay for
'spending that will enhance society’s future productivity.'
tnx
back to your shelter.
I might be interested to hear in anything constructive you have to say --- what we should be doing, etc.
Well, if people looked at the really long term for performance, which they don't, even 30y, FLPSX would be the size of, you know, FCNTX, instead of half the size of DODGX. LC has so dominated the last decade-plus.
You might enjoy examining IVV vs RSP at MFOPremium, similarities and differences, the former with higher UI (yet less volatility in some senses) but also GO and HR ratings.
So how many years of post-SS cashflow do others have in cash or bonds?
And of that, what percentage is cash or equivalent and the rest in bondy things (PONAX or whatever)?
@hank, not to complexify your no-fee researches, but beyond Fido Elan Visa, I and some others here have pointed toward Amex Blue, Costco Visa, and recently BoA CashRewards, I think it is, all of which have niche 3% (or sometimes higher) cashback.
finnish to tamil was inspired, laughed at it about as much tonight as at this
https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51585711_1193696900798478_920164453603868672_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent.fbos1-1.fna&oh=6e208d8d0fe8a84ef9b4…
Right, did not imply, nor mean to imply, that it had any significance whatsoever. I completely concur in your take and have great sums (for us) in DSEEX, and it is all I can do to move large fractions of them to PONAX as part of prudent rebalancing.…
I went and graphed Oct-Dec $10k change for CAPE, DSEEX, SP500, low-vol LC ETFs, plus DOD, MMTM, QUAL, SCHD, VIG.... And yeah, everyone has already beat me to the point: DSEEX and CAPE did not do any better, to the contrary, did somewhat worse.
(I…
CAPE, again, has outperformed DOD the last 6/5/4/3/1y periods. (Slightly.) I shoulda considered it when looking for a CAPE standin, instead of QUAL and MMTM and a few others. DOD sure has a higher UI, though, and by some degree.
@Mark, I have often wondered, here in a wealthy progressive suburb of Boston, whether I was the only person who had been an NRA member 60y ago via the Scouts (much less own a .22 in the form of a Winch 94). Or maybe it was my maternal gf who gave an…
@BrianW:
PKrugman just now. I mean, figure it out (bf mine):
Health care isn't that hard an issue. Every advanced country besides the US has universal coverage, so we know how to do it: either government insurance or a highly regulated private sys…
I haven't looked recently at the holdings data for TWEIX and FLPSX, and doubtless the study considered such; but I do wonder if CAPE at least fits relative, perhaps not 'true', value criteria. It's supposed to, I believe.
>> the only way for us to deal with the mountain of government debt at this point will be to inflate our way out of it.
Studzinski has lots of quaint bearish notions, but in this matter he really oughtta study up mo and better, Blanchard e.…
And check this out --- the econ reality of our US adult lifetimes, forfeiting moolah to the already wealthy
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/opinion/democrats-wealth-tax.html
Charges of ingratitude aside, you could elaborate and pose a question or an answer or an observation; that would be helpful. And there is a search function, which if you employ you will see a fair number of postings about HOBEX details and behaviors…
