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Just googled "age based investing" and narrowed it to the below articles for basic and somewhat pertinent info. Anyways,some good ideas posted by everyone here.Being retired myself and always being a small-cap fund investor and believer,I have tri…
Reply to @scott:LNG about 6 times higher in Japan.Only going higher as Yen depreciates.From this AM:
Price levels for landed LNG cargos range from USD $19.75 MMBtu (million British Thermal Units) in Japan, $17.75 MMBtu in Korea, $15.25 MMBtu in Spai…
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Over a year ago, but still pertinent today. Especially concerning leadeship or the lack there of.
Speeches by Richard W. Fisher
Austin, Texas | December 16, 2011
Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? (With Reference to Wode…
Reply to @scott: Quite in agreement Scott. With oppotunities like these ,I usually refer to this, as most other investors should!
http://seekingalpha.com/article/212463-timeless-investment-classics-part-iv-where-are-the-customers-yachts
Here's one of my favorite articles from Seeking Alpha with a more common man (and girl as Cranky states) theme.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/949001-almost-no-one-makes-money-from-the-stock-market-alone?source=email_the_daily_dispatch&ifp=0
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Here is a somewhat dated M* article with some other ideas in the same space.The above link to arrowshares should take you to the fact sheet.It's not in the Gov't TSP,which i am tranferring/withdrawing from over the next 8 years as …
Reply to @MikeM2:Certainly agree with you MM2 concerning letting the hybrid fund managers make the bond portion decisions.Isn't this the reason we invest in funds like FPACX,VDGIX,VWELX,Greenspring, and James.
Here is a bit of a primer on MLP's and …
Reply to @goldenwaterox: I'll see your 3 Mark Yockeys and raise you 3 Laura Geritz's. An excellant manager @ a good shop with an excellant support staff is a good sign for continued success in a new but similar endeavor. …
Reply to @scott: I hold MFLDX along with BRUFX and FPACX as my core holdings four years into retirement.Three fund managers I trust for asset allocation and as you say,the fund structure to go most anywhere in the investment universe.I want to be sh…
Click on the 5Yr return column and and research the top 1-15 funds, especially how they "conserved and preserved" capital in 2008!
http://news.morningstar.com/fund-category-returns/conservative-allocation/$FOCA$CA.aspx To me ,and I don't own it b…
Reply to @Sven: Very solid choices,Sven,but good Scandinavians like you? and me need a little NORW/ENOR in our portfolios.Bought both on weakness in the past two years,good choices for oil/oil service exposure.
John,another and probably bigger decision for you personally is if/how you convert from 401k style to the Roth option now available @TSP savings.Good Luck
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Thanks Scott for the reply.I personally do not consider the Koch brothers infamous but they certainly have been characterized as that or worse by the same people who will continue to extol wind and solar as the best(only?) alternat…
Reply to @scott: Scott you are a very informed and I believe perceptive investor. Thanks for all of your detailed comments and the reasoning behind them.The pure infrastructure mutual funds mentioned here and elsewhere on this board, (TOLLX,NMFIX),d…
Initiated a small position in the retail class this summer.Intrigued by "Hedge Fund Style Approach"? Adding to my retirement position weekly @TD Amer.Low minimum initial and no minimum subsequent,check it out! If any of that "rosy scenario should g…
Reply to @Mark: Thank you for the input Mark.Here is a link that I and others can use for a more detailed review of MLP's in retirement accts.http://www.naptp.org/PTP101/MLPs_Retirement_Accounts.htm
Lots of options for this investment.But watch the tax ramifications.(mostly extra paper work) I have read that in retirement accts, up to $1000.00 in dividends/return of capital will not involve additional paper work or other red flags??. I own GYLD…
Here is a link to Crescent's Annual Report.Mr Romick states his case for a continued high cash position and his current strategy.He continues to believe the current economic situation will not end well.Their is even a slight hint of closing the fund…
