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Derf
davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
A form of timing the market or having to much at risk ? Only (YOU) can answer that question ? I didn't read the link , just my $.02 !
Trying to stay calm, Derf
@msf : thanks for the link. I remember last year (?) when oil went negative. You had to pay someone to take your barrels , at least on paper.
Will gas hit $4.00 a gallon in your neck of the woods , in some areas it already has ? !!
As the line…
If you have taught your players to play to the end of the game ,don't become bent out of shape when the other team calls TO to "organize the second stringers.
Mr. Howard has no college coaching experience and I'm thinking this played into the situat…
@Ben : "but not until shareholders pay 1/3 of the expense to make the change."
And who will pay the other 2/3 ?! Shareholders one way or the other to my way of thinking !
FWIW , Derf
@MikeM : " We trail because humans tend to be undisciplined and move in and out of funds at the most inopportune times."
I'll be the first two admit to the above sentence as it's rained down on me more than once ! I'm currently holding to much cas…
Mona, look up TDF retirement & their 2020 TDF. You could use one or the other or split the two. I believe the 2015 TDF is close to rolling into the Retirement fund. You will get tips also. I haven't checked Life Strategy allocation. The 34% ca…
From above post :
"A number of posters have referenced possibly investing 100% in their chosen benchmark fund. Not a bad idea. "
Had I done this , put 50 or 100 % in a TDF at Vanguard, I would have blown my fuse do to the LARGE cap gains that were …
@newgirl : How much risk are you able to handle & will this be a long or short term hold ?
If I left any thing out, please add as this will add to possible replies.
Derf
Two drinks in & I have to question how TBLQX can be called a 2010 retirement fund when inception date is 2021 ? Thinking they looked at other funds (retirement) & determined what they held & made their fund up from a look see ?
Can s…
From above thread.
"Isn't that what chickens do...they find a way to get across the road."
I personally know of two or three that didn't make it. Buyer be aware !
disclaimer From @hank above The message at the bottom of the tube that appears & just as fast disappears,with the written word so small one would need a magnify glass to read it ,or is it time to get my eyes checked ?
@Crash : Good morning !
I think dry powder is alright to hold at this time. It lets me sleep like a new born baby!
As you know most investors have their own venue, so keep on trucking as the road buster's say.
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@Baseball_Fan : I take that fund is in tax advantage account. I see a rather large CG for 2021 !
One thing I did like was the (minimal) lose during Covid-19 ,early on .
Schwabie shows 3 other funds with no TF, so will take a peek at all 4.
A q…
Goes back a week or two where I was complaining about friend's phone , with Amazon wanting to allow them to consent to track her through G-mail (GOOGLE) . She chose to go else where to access her account !
LB thank you for the link.
"There’s nothing more profitable than a market inefficiency you know about and most other people don’t!"
The cat is out of the bag !
I guess my comment was a bit late as article was from Aug. , 2019.
