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I changed my opinion on risk vs return after the March 23 bottom when my health funds PRHSX and FSMEX dropped the same amount as the higher risk ARKG. Now, I compare returns and SD (3 year) and own only ARKG and PTH.
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FD 1000, thanks for the lucid explanation. I understand how you can make your goals
by your plan. Unfortunately for me, I can't do it. Using the IOFIX example, one would have to invest 1 million (minimum required) in IOFIX to make $7500 holding t…
@expatsp. I must not have made my point. The current data--be it from U Pitt or wherever -- are not reliable or are incomplete, and any extrapolation (e.g., "over 800,000 deaths) is speculation. I think the "investment analogy" would be "with the…
JohnN and Mark, the numbers you quote are using different denominators. The 5.8% number is deaths divided by the number of patients testing positive for the Covid-19 virus. The number 0.45-0.9 is the universe of potentially positive patients if the…
Ted, "'Buy' clicking the link," did you mean buying a subscription?
Clicking without buying doesn't work for me. Let's simplify the problem:
just give the symbols for the funds and I can do my own due diligence.
In addition, I really admire t…
I don't comment much. but I can't fathom why anyone would complain about the
length of a well-though-out presentation and interpretation of hard-to-access facts. I shudder to think that Prof. Snowball might be influenced by the twitter crowd. I do…
I use the board daily. I also get tons of mail asking me for $3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, or $250 "donations" to this or that political party or newsblogs or PAC. I'd much rather contribute to MFO. Please consider a (small) monthly charge. It'd prob…
David, thanks for the explanation. Usually I miss the less-than-subtle reasons for
internet behavior. And Catch, my wife will "hate" you for tying me to the computer
for another 30 minutes a day. Seriously, thanks for exposing me to this link.
Sticking tight/uncertain right now, but ready to sell if things go south with high volume. I'm 31% cash, 19 US and 4 Foreign equities and 44 bonds. I have so little conviction on how the market will go that I vacillate between cutting the bonds to…
Reply to @bee:
Hi Bee, I've been in PONDX over 3 years and done very well by it.
I add to it quarterly, but it's strictly B&H and not the "sweep" type
fund you seem to use, because it's with TD Ameritrade and there's
a 6 month hold to take out…
Hi MJG,
Always enjoy reading your interesting perspectives.
I'm afraid I don't know how to pick funds other than by past results.
I'm not privy to insider info on new products, who's closing what plants,
etc. I simply go by a fund having staye…
This is a joke, right? Or else, MFO has become a site for the 0.01%, let alone for the 1.0%. Only one of the listed funds was for an initial deposit for less than 50 MILLION, with most in the 100 MILLION category. Perhaps you'd warrant an answer …
