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Good MorningTed,
I am not ungrateful. I appreciate your efforts digging through news items and posting such, which you feel are of value to this investing community. Everyone learns something from all of the postings and discussions here. Thank you…
Howdy Hrux,
You noted: "I thought this was an open medium to exchange ideas and did not realize it was to discuss mutual funds only."
You are correct with this statement.
I will comment that this particular subject matter should be posted in the…
Howdy Old_Skeet,
Without power for a few days and many are still without power from last Sunday. Sadly, many are going to discover a problem with frozen water pipes in their houses, which will or has already caused more serious problems.
Most of t…
Hrux,
Ted's MFO status
He is a member, nothing more, nothing less; as all the other individuals involved in this disucussion.
The "LC" discussion is not closed, if you or anyone else choose to continue their thoughts.
Respectfully,
Catch
Side note:
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Morn'in Old_Skeet,
You noted: " I am thinking the Fed is still going to keep us guessing."
Although the Fed has piles of data, including a lot that does not have public access until time periods later; they too are working on the "guessing" side o…
Gotta be after March, 2014; if even then. The Fed folks will want to gather all data they use to discover what became of consumer spending and employment numbers after the holiday period.
Many smaller stories will likely be in place for any variety…
Morn'in bilvihur,
Agree with a likely Chrome problem. Our ISP has an "update, to improve one's online experience!"
After numerous notifies, I allowed the upgrade.
After the upgrade, our pc began to have problems loading some web sites. The most c…
Hank noted: "In Michigan the state has really put the onus on the fiduciary to do mandatory withholding and the state's requirements appear more rigid than what the Federal government requires."
Not unlike many tax rules in place; there are any numb…
Morn'in hank,
A decent news and blog source listing here. The links do rotate off the list; not unlike the FundAlarm posts that eventually fell off the list end into electronic nirvana.
http://finviz.com/news.ashx
Already tired of the below norm…
Welcome to MFO jlev,
You will likely receive an answer regarding tax implications between the funds you noted; I can not provide a worthy statement about this.
I will ask as to whether your fiancé has a Roth IRA into which this money could be place…
Howdy Mark,
I find this note at M*; stating that discount was removed Jan., 2013.
As "bee" notes below, I too, have access to and use TROW for the M* portfolio tools.
Regards,
Catch
Fed plans to taper bond buying is still a mixed proposition of the how or when; without the seeming consequence of raising borrowing costs in many areas, in what remains a still tepid economic status. 'Course, blend this with a .1% price drop at …
From the article:
Bond outflows surpass all-time record
Investors have pulled $70.7B from bond mutual funds YTD, according to TrimTabs - that's more than the $62.5B pulled amid the serial Fed rate hikes and bond market rout of 1994.
Since June alo…
We have been with Fidelity since 1981 for IRA's and brokerage, and have not had any difficulties with telephone discussions (out of state reps), the local office personnel or with the transition of monies from other vendors to Fido.
The online acco…
Howdy cman,
You noted: " Trading market for bonds is so illiquid and spreads so high. It gets worse when everyone is trying to do same thing."
Which bond market(s) do you reference as being illiquid?
Thank you.
Regards,
Catch
Almost bought one of these in early 2012. Check the video footage at this homepage link. After selecting video from the first page, scroll down to "best user videos".
A neighborhood crime watch group has a new and better meaning.....!!!
'Course, b…
The transistion from defined pension plans to 401k, etc. plans; still favors the employer. I will suggest companies are more than happy to "cough up" a few extra matching dollars to forgo the costs of a long term pension plan.
In the end, those able…
CrawlingRoad forum has been discussing and fiddling with the Permanent Portfolio for some time now; as well as the Boglehead web site, which has had numerous discussions with methods of constructing one's own Permanent Portfolio. I have not reviewed…
If she too is writing about bubbles.....?????
As to the charts of long ago and p/e stuff, well, is this really valid from more than 10 or 20 years ago?
Some chartists would place this bubble talk or not, into the "Elliott Wave Theory".
I persona…
A static, Federal Reserve Note paper money piece tacked to a wall in 1913; never being used to purchase anything since, would not buy much today. This simple statement would be true.
The article is wishy-washy, IMHO; as to a clear comparitive of v…
Nominally, if a retired couple had $1 million in traditional IRA accounts (rollover 401k's, etc.) after age 70.5 years (both the same age); the required minimum distribution would force a withdrawal of about $35,000 in the next tax year, whether the…
Thank you for the article, Mark.
Here is one (article) that I have had parked on the pc for a week or so, about the "funny" accounting that has continued to find its way into the mix. I was reminded of item 2 in your linked article. My linked arti…
Hi Crash,
You noted: "He showed me a list of funds they typically use. I noticed a great many are run by insurance companies. I've been warned about that."
This then means that you only saw a list of funds, but don't have the list of funds?
What…
Hi Anna,
Yes, I looked at that date path, too. That was a strange and new period, eh?
The old clock sure moves too fast most days for me.
The date page I pulled was more to the one month after the market bottom. I am sure there was a lot of interes…
How much more will the deflationary/delevering hole continue to swallow is the question.
The jobs numbers don't mean "jack" at $10 or $12/hour without benefits. Three percent unemployment is available today; but without meaning.
Charles, I'll have to await a reply here as to "what-is-though"; as I am not and won't be registered at "seekingalpha". So, no next page 2 for this house.
Thank you.
Catch
Good Gosh ! No inconvenience.
A most large thank you to everyone involved. I would buy the drink and dinner right now if possible.
David, you noted: "We haven't yet heard back from them on whether they'll cooperate."
A long time associate and a …
Hi OJ,
Thank you for the article. Hybrid bonds resemble the function of "so-called" cheese slices at the grocery store, eh? One could note that, "well, it looks, smells and tastes like cheese" but the product is just chemistry.
Ah, better living t…
Ted,
Absolute, Ted. FLPSX is a great fund. I used it for the example as to attempting to place such a fund into a defined category and/or investing style.
Regards,
Catch
Howdy msf,
You noted: "This is, unfortunately, only a surprise to those who chose not to inform themselves of what to expect." For example, NPR (via the California Report) reported this last August.
http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/08/26/ob…
Would that be richest with or without Federal funds.
Federal funds by state list
johnN...........not pick'in on Texas (I lived in Texas for a year in the wayback days, and probably should have remained in Austin). The numbers are too high for all…
