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@Junkster
Agree, too much sideways in most bond areas recently (excluding the HY muni area you've written about). The only blip of value was when things were a bit more rough with the Russian moves.
'Course, the big question is where does the "big…
Howdy @msf
Thank you for your efforts with this. I was reviewing the Loomis web site this morning and the numbers did not match with the "implied" scenario from the article writer. Hoping Mr. Fuss read this article and understands the perception of …
Ah, the rub.....Locking up money, albeit; with an apparent excellent management team, as of today!
At least with our 529 educational account, one may move the monies once a calendar year.
Oy, what to do with GPROX.
Regards,
Catch
Howdy @Junkster
I have recommended the "Millionaire Next Door" book several times here. The numbers data are "old", being from 1996; but the "how to" is never changing.
We have given this book several times as one of the wedding gifts; to help the …
MJG noted: "A few days ago a distinguished MFOer didn’t understand the logic of an asset allocation plan with an equally weighted partition of its components."
I do recall did not agree, vesus didn't understand, too. No time to review the thread to…
Okay. I marked my calendar, ITOT will do well, too; then. . Hoping the Euro zone will do better, as the folks there will have to continue the easing machine.
Health should continue upward too, eh???
Ah, hell. Does't matter really. I'm only "in it"…
@rjb112
You noted:
I went onto stockcharts.com to put in the data that Charles presented on the other thread, SPY from Nov 1, 2007-June 30, 2014. You titled this thread "the quick method". Messing with that slider bar did not seem like "the quick…
Howdy @rjb112
You noted: "in that stockcharts.com, as you mentioned, cannot often easily accept any start and end date you wish......although apparently it is easy to get within 1, 2 or 3 days of your desired time frame."
>>>At the 200da…
Not so sure how DSENX will hold during a nasty period.....;as shown against SPY reference in the below chart. May have had some help from bonds since April, but the patterns are similar, otherwise.
Chart
Howdy @davidmoran,
You noted: "Notable to me also is how far down FAGIX is; I used to happily own a lot of it, but traded out as I grew more conservative and approaching my 60s."
Question. What do you mean with, " how far down FAGIX is"?
Thank you…
Are ya wondering whether there is or is not any really silly stuff taking place from and with central banks, and continuing to attempt to prop up soft economic numbers in most places, globally???
In spite of what or who one reads about growth here …
VTI and VBMFX, just for the heck of it, U.S. centric, buy and hold for the past 15 years = 7.12% annualized.
At the below chart, right click on the "200 day" icon in the slider bar and select "all" for the period back to July, 1999.
Insert ticker…
There's this from Aug 14, here at MFO.
During the sell-down, none of our active managed HY funds moved below a -2% retreat for the time frame. The return, on average for these funds for the past month is about +.5%.
Howdy @Old_Joe
A note from the very beginning (March, 2011) of MFO and the guidelines; for the newly arrived and slow learners:
Following long FundAlarm tradition, I expect that the moderator will keep a low profile but will still act to help pres…
Howdy @rjb112
A note about the FundAlarm page that you viewed. You will see about 8 days of posting, more or less. As a new post (at the top of the page) was added; the oldest post (the last line of the page) was dropped and gone forever.
Of course…
Strategy or Strategic funds.....
Scroll down a bit to the Mutual Funds listings.....a whole bunch; in spite of redundant class types.
https://www.google.com/finance?q=strategic+fund&ei=yXftU5j0KoekqwGmooCYDA
Howdy @rjb112 @Old_Joe
April 1, 2011 was the active opening for MFO.
The below link is a view only, archive page; for FundAlarm in April, 2011.
You'll find a few names that you see today, here.
https://web.archive.org/web/20110423104354/http:…
I am imagining someone from Colorado, who just finished the "sampler" pack; from "We are Cannabis" reading this thread and wondering if they stumbled into a snipple from a new book, but that they are not sure of the subject matter.....:)
I recall that Norway has been asked to be a supplier, too; in addition to what they may already provide.
I recall from an early 1990's article, I believe; about the possible problems with the NG lines that were being built from Russia to the Euro a…
Howdy @Maurice
You noted:
"I haven't a clue what I am doing. I know enough to be dangerous."
Heck, I feel that way, at times; with investing. :)
Take care,
Catch
Howdy @Old_Joe
Thank you.
A related story; Euro Zone general info.
And the deflation thing, still.....
Not yet time to sell some of those bonds, eh???
As Ed Sullivan used to say; "It's a really big show!"
Take care,
Catch
@bee @ron
You noted to bee: "Bee, I don't see it as equity insurance because how much are you going to buy if for example you have a $500,000 or more equity holdings? Insurance is a premium you pay for protection. You might consider trying to cover …
A re-do from August 7, here.
Many sectors/funds slip past our view, in our ever changing world of investing. Most of us are too busy with family and making a monetary living to watch everything, all of the time.
Since late February of this year, w…
Lower/steady. Too much nasty stuff going on globally; and higher rates would also place a further grinder on weak economies.
'Bout time, in the timetable of history, for another good war.
Ah, good old Hedonism
Quite sure this arrived shortly after the first woman and man touched one another.
Then next, came the marketing folks to profit from all of the tendencies of hedonism.
The end result has been and will remain, consumerism.
Pret…
From the FundAlarm days; my question to any web site was what their use policy may be, other than what may be stated at the web page. In general, 200 words of copy/paste and a link to the full article/story was the common reply.
I have read, but no…
@rjb112
Glad to see your success with the URL. I have not used the "image" button; but that the "Jing" method provides a most suitable method.
As to the HTML, one may get as fancy as you may choose to take the time, i.e.; with bold, colors, etc.
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The quote:
“People aren't stupid. The problem is that our educational system has an amazing blind spot concerning risk literacy. We teach our children the mathematics of certainty -- geometry and trigonometry -- but not the mathematics of uncertai…
Howdy @rjb112
Below is an internal link to the MFO User Guide found within the "Title Bar" under the heading of "Resources".
MFO User Guide
Check the index of the user guide (PDF file) and read through this. In particular, related to a URL link …
Howdy @rjb112
The economies and monetary system is still much perverted.
The monetary shock to the social systems (many regular folks) is still not normal; and may not be again, whatever the Phd's and similar consider to be normal at any given tim…
@VintageFreak @rjb112
OSTIX and its current 2* relative to the HY sector; to the best of my recall is related that OSTIX was not or was not ever fully a high yield bond fund, but that is where the fund is postioned now.
I can only suspect that th…
I do believe I will determine what is best regarding this area of investing; some time before I leave this third rock from the sun.
But, I have yet to place this decision process onto my bucket list.
