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Derf
davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
" JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of New York Mellon Corp fell 4.4% and 5.6%, respectively, on reports that several global banks moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds over nearly two decades despite red flags about the origins of the money.
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+1
The above observation isn’t limited only to RPSIX. It applies to all multi-asset allocation funds with heavy bond exposure, including my long time favorite TRRIX. It’s not that the funds have changed, but that the underlying fundamentals have sh…
@catch22: Thanks, I'll keep that thought. Checked in with Chuck & he shows the same as your post. With that said , is total return with dividends reinvested or taken as cash ?
Derf
"Snowflake SNOW, , the cloud software company backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, 0.91%, goes public in a hotly demanded initial public offering. Snowflake priced its IPO at $120, after initially seeking as little as $75 per share. …
@hank: " But it’s the last fund I would sell regardless of short term performance."
I guess you knew I was going to ask that question? Just for the heck of it I'm going to sell most of my small position .
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Thanks@VintageFreak : glad to hear how you're doing with newest investing in OTM. Are there other new places you're investing in at this time?
Stay Safe, Derf
Don't know if you can pin this all on the youngsters! If colleges went with virtual ed. the partying wouldn't be taking place. So seems to me a little greed on both sides.
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I happen to belong to small union that bought diamonds to diversify . Long story short. Instead of buying one of the best , high quality , numerous smaller stones were purchased. Pension fund dropped the ball on that deal & lost a bundle !!
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@LewisBraham: Some good question to be answered. I hope the taxpayers aren't paying for his attorneys. Did you happen to watch video of incident ?
Derf
@Old_Skeet: I was looking at (Trailing Returns (%) Vs. Benchmarks
Return). Not enough coffee ! I double checked with Chuck & they agreed with 33.16 %
Derf
@Old_Skeet: Yahoo shows (SPECX) around 12% ytd. So I'm thinking you added a sizable amount to this fund during the down turn to come up with +33 %
As for myself ytd I'm at 0-1 %. With Aug. statement coming up , that % should move up.
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@carew388: +1
(Vanguard has great funds(for me) but the website is clunky and buying and selling funds is tedious.)
Nice summation on the subject of Vanguard.
Stay Safe, Derf
Simon would you care to share what funds you have that are up 65% ytd ?!
Check out this link for top 20 fund performance.
https://www.financial-planning.com/slideshow/best-mutual-funds-and-etfs-ranked-by-ytd-returns
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