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First time I have linked this particular list. The last Lipper related link I see is for last Thursday, not for the full business week; which for last week is especially interesting, eh? Oh, well.
Howdy @Dex,
The article didn't go into the fact that the TIPs also reflect movement towards quality when, "the band is on the run".
TIP and TIPs fund were up an average of 1.1% the past week; with the exception being the short duration stuff, which…
Hi @JohnChisum,
GNMA has done well this year. I suggest that the most recent 3 week or so upward move, in particular; is related to monies moving into investment grade bond related areas.
A note regarding this sector, bond's; and perhaps some eq…
Howdy @heezsafe,
You noted: "Some here are referring to "cash equivalents" with words such as "TIPS, and related bonds [?]" and "low duration bond funds." Fascinating!! Please, describe for me, what could you possibly have used as your detour point…
Just imagine what a wonderful batch of chili could be put together with just a few more cooks in the kitchen.
Wonder what the transcripts of these meetings read; to decide what to throw together, for something else, for the investing public.
Appa…
Howdy @Old_Skeet
Fidelity's view of composition for EVBAX. I find their layout of data easy to disgest; and it is free to use.
Enter a ticker symbol at the top of the page, "keyword search". Note: not all fund tickers will process, dependent upon …
Update for PIMIX / PONDX
---PIMIX, dividend of 0.05550 per share, declared on 09/30/2014
---PONDX, dividend of 0.05266 per share, declared on 9/30/2014
Hi @Mona
You're probably correct about distribution; although nothing posted at Fido or Pimco.
There was a 0.0555 on August 29.....is that what you saw somewhere?
Thanks.
Catch
Perhaps this is a good thing in the long run.
Is anyone able to detail how much Bill Gross was really involved in managing funds?
Dan Ivascyn and Mihir Worah, among other managers, may be pleased about this change.
I recall a business office ye…
If a few particular folks decide to leave; then I will be concerned. If Mr. Gross is not involved in day to day functions of most of the funds, then perhaps there will not be any real problems with most of their bond operations. There remains very g…
Now, especially for some of we older farts here at the board.....inflation. The real challenge to investing, eh? My 97 y.o. M.I.L. and 89 y.o. mother know of and understand inflation.
I smile when I see a current Ford truck? ad helping the viewer f…
Why is the Fed still paying .25% on excess reserves held by some banks???
Fed data as of Sept 17, 2014
From MFO, Jan. 2, 2014:
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/10146/the-other-fed-taper-what-are-the-implications-for-our-invest…
@Old_Joe
IMHO, per the best of my recall; which may have a shorter duration than a Treasury note, recent notations here (MFO) indicate that anything other than facts that can not be disputed; must have consideration of just plain old chit-chat.
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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…
