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rjb112
Well thanks for all your great instruction and telling me about it.
"Choose all index funds and look at those that are not doing well. buy a chunk......."
VintageFreak, which are those index funds that are not doing well, that you would buy now?
"wait to buy next chunk. and next. and next"
How long would you wait…
My point is, if he is correct, then we should just put everything into VTSAX and leave it at that. So are we investing in all of these other funds because we actually think he is incorrect? Or do we realize that he is right and we just do the illogi…
"The combination of difficult fundamental conditions and a stock market that has had such trouble getting over the hump could make this a good time for owners of equity portfolios to start playing defense"
'the purpose of market forecasters is to m…
Under the topic of: "Buying, Selling & Pondering" here is what I have been doing along with my thinking.
At these richly priced stock valuations I'm thinking of selling down more of my equities as they advance upward to new 52 week highs. This…
One can invest directly with Seafarer for the institutional shares. If you agree to the automatic investment purchase ($100/purchase), the $100K minimum is lowered to $1,500. Very nice for small investors.
I was under the impression that it …
@rjb112: Thanks, I can use all the help I can get.
You seem to be doing very well Ted.
You certainly can wake up and get going earlier than almost anybody!!
Have a great weekend.
Jeff was recommending the gold miners in November, 2012. He rode them all the way down and is now riding them up, but he is still way under water. In November, 2012, GDX was 45.93 and it is now 30.57.
http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/201…
Thanks everyone for your inputs, deeply appreciated. There are enough money in 529 to support both kids through college. Her house was paid in full when my friend realized that he didn't have enough time left. I recently suggested her to talk to adv…
"Housel subtitled his piece: “the long wait”. That’s appropriate. Patience can be severely tested. The quandary for investors is that nobody can forecast how long that wait is and when it will end. But be confident that it will end"
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Nine days? LOL.
I watched it go down for nine years one time.
Didn't gold basically go down about 75% from roughly 1980 to 2001?
On an after inflation basis, I think it went down roughly 90% during that time.
Note that 10% of Buffett's money invested bonds would generate enough income to live on while letting the equity portion accumulate. Would investing 10% of your wealth in bonds plus other sources of income (pension,etc.) generate enough income for …
FYI: Regards,
Ted
http://www.etf.com/sections/index-investor-corner/swedroe-ignore-gundlachs-forecasts?nopaging=1
Can anybody access this article?
I'm not able to
FYI: Regards,
Ted
http://www.etf.com/sections/index-investor-corner/swedroe-ignore-gundlachs-forecasts?nopaging=1
Can anybody access this article?
I'm not able to
"Note that there is little to no insider buying or acquisition activity yet meaning nobody "in the know" thinks this is a good time to buy"
How many of those 'in the know' sold or shorted the oil market when oil was more than $100 per barrel?
If t…
"Then I took a look at the fund performance. It is a classic index hugger.....and a poor one at that and would have done poorly if it wasn't for one period between June 2012 and August 2013. That time frame with a reasonably well defined start and e…
this includes US and international stocks.
Would be nice if M* separated those out.....and even better if they broke this out further, for example, US large caps, US small caps........etc
"Hello Plunge Protection Team"
"or, perhaps the Plunge Protection Team steps in."
China tried something to prevent their market from plunging, and it didn't work at all.
It may have even had the reverse effect......
With global markets and million…
For fully invested balanced portfolio it is approximately 20% drop in the stock market, and that is a definition of a bear market.
I believe many investors would prefer not to be 100% invested at that time. That is why I believe it is quite reason…
"FYI: In the Linkster's opinion the Closing Bell, made available daily to MFO Members , is most complete and comprehensive daily market summary found anywhere on the web !"
Thanks Ted.
Appreciate your time and dedication
New year, new assessment of FAIRX. Makes up a sizable percentage of my mutual fund investments. There would not be any tax implications to selling the fund. Years back FAIRX was just as concentrated. But the majority holdings were in Berkshire H…
1. What is your understanding of the term “captured earnings growth”?
2. "International Stalwarts already has about 127 million in AUM per M*, so I'm not sure how long this one will stay open. 2-3 years"
I think it is going to stay open for long…
"WGRNX, MXXVX, SMVLX are on my list now. WGRNX, MXXVX have started to falter. I will be patient, and even more so with SMVLX."
I'm a big fan of Smead Value Fund. I like the manager's philosophy and investment principles. I'm not sure I would wait…
I've been eyeing FTEMX recommended here on MFO and perhaps Grandeur Peak Micro Cap when it is avaialable hoping it has smattering of EM.
VF, don't hold your breath on Grandeur Peak Micro Cap becoming available. I'd be quite surprised if that happen…
