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Yes, watched a tv story about this last year on Charlie Rose program.
Hey, I forgot to mention to you. One of your recent post(s) noted about the use and related of social media and of course, all of the interesting apps that keep coming to the mar…
johnN......whether one considers something O.T. or not; you have placed the links into the O.T. section. Forget the old FA days notations.....................
You are using precious time to note O.T.; ........a superfluous redundancy
Well, Cathy; howdy. How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells.... Okay, away from the nursery rhymes.
Personally, we do not and find no reason to hold any CD at this time; as the end result is almost as bad as some investments,…
Good Evening,
I do not find anything at this time, that I would consider abuse of MFO and its format. This is also a community of members; many of whom, have had 1,000's of discussions long before my arrival. This is the most civil and abiding inve…
Wondering whether this was an in-house survey (Franklin Templeton acct. customers); or other; as related to what is/are the "investor" base noted.
We here, of course; understanding the difference between the words investing and investor, eh?
'Cou…
From the article: "On the other hand, lower yields on mortgage securities mean banks that hold them will earn less investment income." One year ago would have been the buy for this area for those who choose to buy low and sell high.....or speculate.…
Howdy scott,
Part of your statement about politicians reminded me of this 2012 Michigan ballot proposal:
MICHIGAN ENERGY, MICHIGAN JOBS: Initiative petition approved as to form January 20, 2012.
Purpose: Proposed constitutional amendment to requi…
Morn'in hank,
Been on the move here.......trying to finish outside projects, before the weather changes too much; as the fall season is in the air. Thus, the late reply.
You asked: "Morning Catch. Thanks for chiming in ... First, a question: What w…
Howdy Skeeter,
You noted: "I’ll keep the board posted on how this all comes out … but, indeed I feel something is brewing. As others have said and have done in the past I can simply vote with my feet and leave. I have been with this brokerage house…
Howdy Charles,
Bernanke bashing? Perhaps ecomomic theory bashing? For a sidenote, Paul Krugman noted yesterday, Sept. 12 ;that the "new" Fed. plan was not enough.
Do you find any problems with the continued Federal Reserve plans and policies; o…
Morn'in Hiyield007,
One sided to bonds at this house, too. Our portfolio chugs along, not receiving the gains of equity sectors YTD; but we sleep okay with this. One may suspect there are some 20% portfolio gains among members here YTD. I do hope t…
Hey bee, Hi,
Yes, PONDX was a happy camper again today. Should have about 50% exposure at this house, I suspect :):):). Have pondered adding a bit more going forward....dollar cost averaging.
'Course, as investors; regardless of how well our own…
Thank you, Tony.
I am especially surprised with the longer time frame, and the % of bond funds that didn't meet benchmarks. Many bond funds, regardless of how "fancy" they may be with the special tools still benchmark against, AGG.
I would have los…
Hi Investor,
Thank you for that point of interest. The "old" paperwork is stashed away in a file here; but I am not going to dig for it, at this time. I recall setting up the original discount brokerage years ago with various check-offs regarding op…
Hi fundalarm,
Your note, related to msf's statement above.
We don't have similar exclusions from Fido with the brokerage accounts. Memory being an issue for me with this. I do not recall indicating to Fido, any particular "zone" of investment risk(…
Howdy Skeeter.
Your discussions here, indicate you already have a plan in place using your own skills.
You noted: "Next thing I know, my account might be on lock down ... and, if it is ... I will be moving somewhere else."
Based upon what you note…
Hi Old_Joe,
I have seen this a few times, too; and on one occassion, from my own link in a post.
Note: I always start the computer day with a clean browser.....being all previous links and sites cleared from cache and related.
Don't know what wou…
Hi Soupkitchen,
The two funds you mentioned have been steady for income production.
Reportedly, if the Fed. Reserve continues or expands the bond purchasing program; mortgage security issues would be part of this area and could get a postive bump i…
Howdy Skeeter,
You noted: "Based upon my risk tolerance score as determined by my broker my allocation to equities ranges from forty to sixty percent."
Is this the broker issued test?
Regards,
Catch
Hi Soupkitchen,
First, I agree with hank; that given near equal fund types, to gain the value of the lower ER to your benefit.
Two questions about this bond area. Do you have other bond funds that already have exposure to this area; and what is t…
Hi hank,
This, from the junk bond story covers my feelings about this area, at this time.
"ETFs are generally believed to represent the investment behavior of institutional investors, while mutual funds are thought to represent the retail investo…
Hi Scott,
I do recall the NW, 2010 survey.
Quoted from your write: "This may go part of the way to explaining why fixed income products - mutual funds and exchange traded funds, not to mention individual bonds – still enjoy strong money flows des…
Hi fundalarm,
Whew ! I feel better now.
The problem arouse when I did not realize that someone else had changed the angle of the laptop screen and the image quality was not normal. I first saw only the one nose hole and what appeared to be fur.....…
Hi Investor,
Part of what still concerns me is whether there are more private sector jobs being created that provide a greater wage and benefits package to the worker; versus prior years.
While private sector jobs may be increasing; are these the …
Hi ron,
A bit strange with whatever the Jing capture did with the display above.
--- The HUGH salute shows "ducrow" started the discussion, which was started by me and indicates 766 views, which are for the discussion above regarding Pimco Income …
Hi Zolta,
In this case, a brain fart. I stopped house painting for a bit before the write and swapped the ticker digits........should be PLDDX (Pimco Low Duration bond fund).
Thank you for catching the boo-boo.
Regards,
Catch
Hi bee,
Ya.............Mr. G just about covers it, eh?
Geez, I do believe that is what we here are trying to do everyday; being, investing for the unknown. Reminds me a generic screen crawl sometimes seen at Bloomberg tv: "Hong Kong (or whatever …
HY and Scott,
If the equity markets hold today (3:30pm) and it appears it will; and with a big face slap coming at the close for IG bonds; with the exception of HY and EM bonds, a week or two of today's actions would wake up some folks about bonds.…
Hi fundalarm,
Actually, fundalarm; I am most interested in the study of your "profile image". I have not yet determined the nature of the image; but have my home pc attempting to discover the most likely match.
Two questions: Is the object homema…
Howdy hank,
Catch = Mark in Michigan.
I sure hope there are a group of ladies here. Heck, I would prefer to let the ladies have a 100% go at filling the halls of government at all levels. The "gent's" sure continue to make a mess of things. Witho…
