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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.
Last week I was emailing one of my old high school buddies and I was lamenting the timing of my retirement (Oct 1) . He told me he never trusted the market and had his money elsewhere. I didn't give it much thought until the market closed today . To…
@Derf
don't see any comment from her except quoting him, and I sure love his 'lathered in derp' locution
yes, almost everything looks oversold, and if I had any cash I would be buying bigtime, not only CAPE and ARKK but PCI and now PDI
@davfor, I was asking about your specific 'zombie companies' that would have significant impact (upon shakeout or no shakeout)
yes, corporate debt has been bruited for some time now
(figure GE's plight has been baked in for some time now)
>> DODIX is an intermediate term bond fund, A category I have never and won’t ever trade
uh, only sort of:
http://portfolios.morningstar.com/fund/summary?t=DODIX®ion=usa&culture=en_US
Core is what Lipper designates.
Whatever. I …
@Junkster
>> some including me moved on to bond funds instead of the more volatile equity sector funds, Fund Alarm and MFO were/ are forums for those who invest/trade in mutual funds.
Sure, but even when you look at, say, DODIX since winte…
>> I would be on suicide watch if I was down 4.6% YTD (or for that matter 1% or 2%).
So what are you in to keep you alive with 1% or 2% drops,
and more important why are you on any investment forum in the first place?
The $12 is for you…
being cramer, this is all moronspeak, given the ongoing fundamentals, but admin idiots have gasoline readily available today, from a beach in mexico:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/treasury-departments-odd-attempt-to-reassure-investors-may-have-…
sure, by definition bad actors in a police state or otherwise with vast and unremitted powers, yes, lots can go bad and stay bad for a long time
this is not that
this is just a case (just, he said) of rightwingnut minority and its media setting po…
actually, many would argue the opposite, that bad actors do not have longterm or lasting effects on the general markets
of course, planetary destruction is something else ...
you can read only the first two paragraphs to catch the suffering
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-small-town-cost-of-donald-trumps-trade-wars
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>> each have performed well at different times with different fund ideologies and different managers. For me, the benefits of owning one will complement the downside of the other(s).
? Can you elaborate? Looks like marked, overlay-level corr…
At 43, I'm riding this out and adding each month. Already have a high % of cash, but don't have good enough karma to dump it all at once. Appreciate the voices of more experienced investors here.
yes, at 43, try and ride out anything
I would consi…
@Ted, I've been buying 1 years through Schwab with similar yields. At least one of them sounds pretty far from home, Bank of Hapoalim. No idea where that is but guessing India also. They are all FDIC insured.
Israel !
rom the FNSXX prospectus:
“Shares of the fund are available only to accounts beneficially owned by natural persons."
As opposed to “unnatural persons”? :)
as opposed to 'legal person', which is (can be) an org
Huh? There was broad and slight decline before 9/08, sure, but Monday 9/15/08 is the point of the gulping, newsmaking drop. Some of us remember it vividly.
For SP500, breakeven was achieved toward the end of 4/10, as I said. ~20mo.
Further break…
Slightly OT, but has anyone used NewRetirement's simple retirement (do I have enough?) calculator??
It is unbelievably pessimistic even on its optimistic setting, compared with other calculators, and I am curious why.
