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even better can you get the top bar with the column headings to "stick" when you scroll down to look at more than ten funds? Without this it is almost impossible to look at a screen which returns more than nine or ten results
almost half from just American funds and Vanguard. If you insist on cheap and "parent's rating of positive.. based on M* criteria" all you get are the behemoths. There are really two criteria people should focus on in evaluating single category f…
we have had several accounts at WFC for 5 or more years and have been relatively satisfied. The people are friendly branches convenient and if you have to use a big corporation they are better than our previous banks.
People's United lost a compu…
About 5 % of my total portfolio is in Alternative type funds
General wide ranging ideas like (MASNX), more standard Merger/Arbitrage ( MERFX) or managed futures (AMFAX ).
I have an additional 2% in GLD and 2$ in real estate
I don't know anything about Dunham but I suspect Domini markets their "social awareness"
As for Hussman, I can speak from personal experience. He called the 2008-2009 meltdown right on and had ( and continues to write) attractive and extensive disc…
I agree bonds usually protect value in bear markets and VWIAX has all of the advantages mentioned. As an acid test I look at the 2008 losses to see what happens in the "perfect storm" ... VWIAX lost about 18%. If this was the loss of your entire p…
this is like Jeremey Grantham at GMO talking about timber.. It is a great investment ( for him and GMO ) if you have $500,000 in a total net worth of $10,000,000. There are few publicly traded alternatives PCL, WOOD and the ones that exist don't w…
1) I admire anyone willing to stare these demographics in the face and tell the truth. If he really believes this, his current investment policy must require him to also believe that the threat is a long long way ( over 2 to 5 years ) in the future…
