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Sidenote: Personal observation that Ms. Lagarde spends too much time in the tanning booth. Is there an add-on tax in France for tanning booth owners; as in the U.S. ?
IMF chief Christine Lagarde suggested in an interview with UK's Guardian that the…
Fidelity has had this one, FCONX since March of 2011 (when interest rates were going to increase :) ); but it is too expensive at .40 ER, which wipes out the yield currently at, .20%, 30 day SEC yield.
Negative cash flow like some of the central …
@paule
This is what I listened to this morning......about 1hour, 42 minutes....a nice mix.
Click onto the "show more" just below the album cover/description area for the play list.
A nice CSN mix
Catch
Yes, HEDJ is hopp'in around with the rest of the markets, eh? I do agree, however; that this etf may be one of the better choices for Euroland.
Ownership data, although too dated, of some interest
Let us discover how money meetings go thru Wednes…
Hi @LLJB
Thank you for your exhaustive efforts with this subject. You are an additional example of the many here who continue to make this site so worthy of reading and contemplation.
Hi @Puddnhead
Glad you're here, eh? Now, git to ur studies ! …
Hi @Ultimate_Contrarian
You noted: "more and more are looking for areas where value can still be added."
I agree and likely resulting to the flatline in some areas so far this year. Money looking for a new home in undervalued or neglected areas; rot…
Hi @Mark
I know a few folks who escape Michigan to spend 3 months at Orange Beach, AL.
It can become "cool" when the big fronts push into the deep south; but very inexpensive relative to Tampa and further south in Florida. They rent 2 and 3 bedroom …
@jerry
You noted: "A poor showing by international equities and bonds was probably the main reason diversified portfolios (including the asset allocation within funds underperformed."
Would agree that 2014 favored large cap and U.S.; with sm/mids h…
@Crash
Max, don't forget for forward planning that once you start SS and Medicare; that Medicare will reduce your monthly SS payment to you by $104.90 for Plan B (2015 number) + annual increase. Also that you need to consider gap insurance for what …
Hi @Crash
Hey, Max; here is a brief notation about what it may cost to leave the snow and be around Hono.....................
---Price difference in Honolulu, HI and Worchester, MA
Groceries
42%more
Housing
114%more
Utilities
86%more
Transport…
Yes. These were the standard number sets:
Standard baud rates included 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200, 128000 and 256000 bits per second
@ron
You have a decent mix of bond holdings, IMO.
A prior post from you leads to the conclusion that you are looking at TIPs funds to fill another bond sector.
You likely have already done this, but I would dig through the list of TIPs funds to …
Hi @Old_Joe and @JohnChisum
Well, the new "one" does "route"; but the box and unit name is still labeled as "modem".
A Motorola/Arris, Surfboard, Model SB6141. The "company" is pumping and/or can pump more to us, as we demand. The download speed f…
Hi @JohnChisum
:) Yes, to the modem. A cable system modem, which is connected to an Apple "Airport Extreme", dual band wifi for the house.
Still got to connect to the outside world via the modem. I still have an old 56k phone line modem. Recall b…
Hi @ron
PRAIX is an "enhanced" TIPs fund at this time; with all the "adjustment" tools available with many Pimco funds. I know you are aware of this, too; if this is what you want to add to your mix.
We maintain our holding of PIMIX; although the …
@TSP_Transfer
Similar and related reporting, with a bit of added data.
We've (here) discussed some of this too many times over the past few years, regarding Greece and the related complex Eurozone structure.
A Guide to the debt standoff betwee…
@TSP_Transfer
Had a few moments to dig through a few things and your piece. Thank you.
All appeared well earlier in the day, regarding ECB/Greece.....well, apparently not.
I will refrain from adding to equity positions, at this time.
Regards,
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@fundalarm
Thank you. I have followed this somewhat since the elections in Greece. First, the talk was all nasty towards ECB and others and then reformed the past few days.
Don't know. I would like to be the "fly on the wall" to discover the "real"…
@Ted
Thanks. And this Wednesday morning; all was well with the Greek's on tour, visiting several Euro heads. I did see the big swings with crude oil and thought perhaps this was the market down story.
I've been working outside. After I thaw, I wil…
@hank
Ya, a bit strange right now, eh?
EDIT TIME: near the market close; IG bonds are back in fashion and to hell with the other stuff.
I'll have to check............what caused the big equity market flop ???
Non-investing sidenote: just finish…
@BenWP
In addition to Ted's nice list, is this category listing from M*. You may sort the year returns with clicking onto the year at the column top.
Also, I don't think you can buy the DFA funds without a separate account with them; or via an adv…
@BenWP
Along the left edge of this page, under the "big blue" icon named "Start New Discussion" you should find several other areas listed below this, including one named, My Drafts. If you have a draft that did save properly, you should see a "1" t…
Hi @fundalarm
I was reading through this thread again and looked again at PIMIX and its current holdings as of its last posting. This and its cousin, PONDX have a much different mix of holdings from the previous several years. The overwhelming major…
@JohnChisum
We, with the subject line; had a mind connection going there for a second, eh?
And from your article link: "Despite the Australian dollar falling sharply in the past year, from around US94 cents last September to US77 cents early this w…
Hi @BobC
Yes, but one is limited to a dollar purchase amount.
For our portfolio we want the flexibility of larger dollar amounts to invest, and more importantly to move out of the position as we choose. TIPs, either long or short duration do hav…
Hi @Old_Skeet
You noted: " It seems many of my hybrid income, conserative and moderate allocation funds have been reducing their allocation to fixed income for sometime along with reducing the duration."
>>>I will assume (a dangerous prop…
@Dex
I do believe this is part of what you are witnessing with global yields on gov't. debt issues. A race to the bottom, eh?
Sadly, I also feel that some gov't. debt is also "junk".
ECB will reportly buy 10% of public Spanish debt
Two that I h…
"Faber: If I could find a way to short central banks, that is what I would do."
In a technical, round about way; shorting central banks for the past 6 or so years would amount to investing (being long) in the areas that central banks were/are tryin…
Hi @ron
Just my opinion at this time. We have held active managed TlPs funds, including LTPZ.
These funds have their periods of in and out of favor, not unlike equity funds. I have not performed a chart study recently, but one will likely discover…
@scott
Yup. We've hashed this marketing stuff before, eh?
I wonder at times if these "Fed" moments are a pissing contest among members, ego or something else. But, these statements are not generally productive, IMO.
Rants are okay, scott. A form o…
JUCIX still a work in progress, eh?
---Jan 10, 2015
PTTRX is at +1.5% for 3 months and +.97% YTD.
JUCIX is at -.77% for 3 months and -.29% YTD.
---Jan 17, 2015
PTTRX is at +.58% for current week and +1.56% YTD.
JUCIX is at -.39% for current week an…
Wondering how many, if any; job losses at Intuit have taken place over this "hard to match" marketing nightmare. One must presume some very interesting internal meetings.
A current Forbes article below:
Intuit Cries Uncle
@hank
Body armor is illegal for the public citizen. 'Cept, if OJ has to take precious metals to the grocery store for food; there are likely many more things to be concerned about, eh?
And for those so inclined, we always maintain our "onhand" silv…
