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As noted previous; and applied for our house having 8 different retirement accts; with 401k's, 403b's and our IRA's (trad. and Roth). One grabs what is available with some of these accts' and many plans are not all that great for fund choices. If a …
Reply to @Charles:
Yikes, Charles. FPNIX has a 3.5% load at Fido, plus the .57 ER and short term redemption fee. Pretty much a wash against plain old BND with its .10 ER; although with a higher losing % YTD.
Thank you for all of your time and effo…
Reply to @Ted:
Yup! And your point is ???
I'm sure more folks than yourself read his blog or Washington Post articles.
As to your link, too; looking at the time frames of the postings, I was in "post-production/edit" when you posted. "My bad",…
Perhaps China could just buy Detroit and all of its debt; a restructed "Renaissance Zone" for manufacturing. China could then have a more diversified international portfolio with nat. gas facilities in Texas, other natural resources in Canada, rare …
Howdy Junkster,
Before I crash into a pillow; as my very tired head is fully full of meaningless fluff tonight, I presume the balances shown for those age 60-75 are for an individual.
If this is the case, then it is possible that one could double th…
Well, will skip the writer's note about "Whip Inlfation Now" and Jimmy Carter; although the writer did get the proper decade.
As to bonds and safety....tis just a matter of full faith and trust and how many folks want to hold and buy them........ot…
Thanks, Hank.
From the story.
"In a statement, Schneiderman said that "the securities markets should be a level playing field for all investors." Preet Bharara, who is the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has also invoked the …
Howdy Charles,
You noted: "mixed feelings about Fido".
Might you write what you have found or find with Fido that causes you concern.
Thank you for all of your time and efforts here at MFO.
Regards,
Catch
Yes, indeed; related in part, to boomers retiring and rolling 401k, 403b's and related. I know of two folks just by chance. These folks need and want someone else to advise and place the investments.
So, not necessarily related to commissions; but …
Morn'in STB65,
Here is the MFO link:
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/index.php?p=/discussion/7079/efficient-sectors-and-indexing/p1
Search via Wordpress/MFO is a very weak function. I used only the word "index".
Take care,
Catch
Junkster, you beat me to the post...but same thought.
Stansbury/SEC
Marketing; ah, yes; what a publisher needs, eh?
A side note might indicate for the article; that if the junk bond market is crashing or has crashed per Mr. Stansbury, there woul…
Hi Ted,
Whomever is at 20% YTD would be at least 80% equity, I suspect.
Now, exceptions would be 60-70% equity; but with funds that are currently setting at +35% YTD.
I doubt our house will see 80% equity holdings again; until perhaps, in the nex…
Hi scott,
As noted to Ted:
About 40% equity via VIIIX, VSCPX, DODGX, PRHSX and some equity exposure from FRIFX, FAGIX and LSBDX.
But, we have about 16% cash from earlier bond sales. This is the head scratcher right now and the temptation to add …
Howdy Ted,
We're okay here, too.
About 40% equity via VIIIX, VSCPX, DODGX, PRHSX and some equity exposure from FRIFX, FAGIX and LSBDX.
But, we have about 16% cash from earlier bond sales. This is the head scratcher right now and the temptation to…
A few that probably wouldn't be on the list, eh?
---Barren Oak fund, long term poor performance
---Blackjack Oak fund, aggressive fund; but with poor management and returns
---Maul Oak fund, poor management style, psuedo hedge fund style
---Possu…
Howdy VF,
Oligarchy has always worked for me:
ol·i·gar·chy
[ol-i-gahr-kee]
noun, plural ol·i·gar·chies.
1. a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
2. a st…
Perhaps an important note from the below linked article: The 2012 Census of Governments counted 38,917 general-purpose governments throughout the country, 21,683 of which were located in states with laws permitting Chapter 9 filings.
Cities and Cha…
This whole area is real very nice. We have visited the area, too, a few times; over the past 30 years. I don't recall traveling anywhere and finding so many homesteads planted with flowers of all types. Of special value for us was being able to spea…
Fidelity's internal view of this fund.
Fidelity started a new format "x" new of months ago. Not that this data is different from M*; but the layout is different and I feel, easy on the eyes for a nice overview. Other data/info tabs are available at…
Hi MikeM,
You noted: To Catch22's point, why would you not take care of that sinus infection before it got more serious? Why would you leave it untreated?
I guess I should have prefaced; that the infection was attempted to be treated with sinus pa…
Hi Rono,
Hope you and yours are doing well.
Presuming that you currently favor the small cap area, eh?
Are you looking towards etf's or active managed funds?
You may find some comments of value in the below link.
A recent discussion here: …
Hi equalizer,
You noted: "We can have better medical outcomes by getting rid of insurance except for catastrophic care."
Which insurance? Company, government sponsored or ?
I'm attempting to determine what type of medical insurance I would elimi…
Howdy Investor,
You noted: "I think you are beginning with a wrong assumption. If you invest in Roth instead of IRA, you are likely to have contributed less since you had to pay taxes on that amount so you had less money to invest (assuming that al…
Reply to @davidrmoran:
If you would please capitalize the fund ticker symbol so that readers here may have a quick direct linkage to further review a fund.
Thank you and regards,
Catch
Fiddled with simulators previously.
However, if my math with calculators is correct; one finds that at least for traditional IRA accts. and MRD/RMD (minimum required distributions, per IRS), the following applies for a variety of inputs I placed i…
Howdy Mark,
OJ and I ? Are ya look'in towards us for a market direction clue(s)? :)
Hell, our house can't even front-run itself regarding investments. 'Course this does not mean that our investments may indeed be a contra indicator as to where one…
Howdy Matt,
Disclosure: I'm only 1/2 of a large cup of coffee into this morning; and normally would not write in the morning until 2 full cups have been consumed. But, I did a "walk about" outside of our house on this lovely Michigan morning and d…
Hi hank,
You noted: " Alot of the discussion here in recent days has been that the Fed doesn't really understand how their curtailment of QE will work & how it might affect the markets."
I do believe that Mr. Bernanke's comments from a few wee…
Isn't it ironic ??? The text tells the story in this short write.
You won't have to remind me to not give them my business.
MICH law firm dumps underfunded pension plan to PBGC
Howdy BondInvestor,
lucid
Adjective
1.Expressed clearly; easy to understand: "a clear and lucid style".
2.Showing ability to think clearly, esp. in the intervals between periods of confusion or insanity.
For the above, lucid; I will use descri…
My inflation adjusted two cents worth of comment for precious metals and any other investment sector one may choose to review; is that much of the actions in pricing of the investment have and are today greatly affected by and with the very large po…
