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Is there a reason You need to move this fund to another? I show it has had a 35% return over the last year! I my opinion if it isn't broke don't fix it.
It also had a maximum drawdown of 58% in 2008-09 and took 6 years to recover. Time to take profi…
If I were making such an investment today I would choose MSFBX.
Too rich for Mrs. Ruffles’s blood - suffered a 40% drawdown in 2008-09
If she inherited multiple IRAs from the same person, she could combine them into a larger inherited IRA. Tha…
Thanks all.
BRUFX is out because of its standalone status. I have PRWCX in my IRA but there’s no way to get it in this account because of the soft close.
@catch22 I know I can’t avoid a drawdown but I want to try and keep it manageable to one th…
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Democrats were the ones who initially downplayed the crisis
This is what Biden said on 2/1/20 one day after Trump initiate the travel ban on China.
Joe Biden @JoeBiden Feb 1(link)
We are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavi. We need t…
question asked, question answered. Thx Shadow. Le sigh...
From the following post, FD states:
"We are going to test it. I will start posting opinions from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh."
https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/56913/…
Sorry to see him go from the Fund Discussions but it will hopefully increase the signal-to-noise ratio for the overall site.
Why is is that people who cling to the concept of strict constitutionalism have no clue as to the limits of the First Amen…
I found one at pubmed. Found quite a few more at this link after your post stirred my curiosity again
He's a urologist into microsurgery and robotics. I won't claim to know how to evaluate his credentials in the world of urology.
I wasn’t claiming…
Not only is he an internationally known expert in biotechnology and nanotechnology who has had a stellar academic career, but he is also the president of the World Academy of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies (WABT), an institution founded under …
Why do I get the feeling that @Old_Skeet lives in a beggar state? How about if we cut the amount of federal funds that flow to his state and we’ll see how that helps its economy?
By the way ... Trump is pro business ... Biden is pro taxation. Vote for Pro Business we will all be better off.
I know this will fall on deaf ears but . . .
It’s hard to say that Biden is anti-business considering how long he carried water in t…
Hi again @Old_Joe.
Thus far this year ... and, I'm thinking that the only money I'll pull from the investmets is the required RMD from the retirement accounts and some of that will get repositioned back into investments.
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FYI, under the CARES a…
Great ideas. Thank you. Only thing I see you can't compare an ETF with a Mutual Fund.
TD lets you do that here: https://research.tdameritrade.com/grid/public/mutualfunds/compare/compare.asp
A slight correction to the previous post TRBUX is available NTF at Schwab. But FPNIX and DODIX still have transaction fees and I haven't seen any indications that the tf will be removed.
As an owner of DODIX, I hope it never has the TF removed. Part…
@Ted @LewisBraham As the son of a native Newarker (and born there myself), I’d like to think that Francis Albert would be pulling for his native state:
Looks like the Linkster checked out early for Christmas so here’s the gift of a link to one and all: http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=841911
Only Quicken 2018 is moving to a subscription model. If you don’t renew, you don’t lose access to your data as long as you have Quicken Deluxe or greater:
The Quicken Data Access Guarantee means that whether you renew your subscription or not, you'l…
On the local agent vs. 800 number question, we have Amica for our auto, home, and umbrella coverage. The 800 number connects us with a regional office, not some national call center. Rather than some anonymous rep, my calls tend to be answered or re…
Doesn't the question of whether there’s a TF depend on whether the fund company pays a fee (i.e., kickback) to participate in the broker’s fund supermarket?
$300 a month is insane but I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who may be paying close to that.
Every time my Internet/Cable package is up for renewal with Comcrap, I negotiate a new deal. Don’t know if this is an option for @VintageFrea…
As a member of the pharma community there is so much that could be explored about pricing.
#2 (I don't want to sound like Andy Rooney but...) Why is the United States the only country that doesn't control drug prices. The US through Medicare, the…
@chip The new layout looks great but the labels on the green menu bar could be a little larger - right now the label type looks too heavy for its size making the text less clear than on the old layout.
Anyone know if Schwab permits this conversion if you're below the 100K minimum?
Schwab told me they don't do conversions for 3rd party funds when I called about converting my Seafarer
RE: David's Sept. MFO post about SIGIX and reduction to 25K: Scottrade now offers it for $100 basic/IRA but with $17 fee; Schwab hasn't reduced the minimum and has a fee; TD has $25K for a basic, but 100K for an IRA (:-); VG and Fido have reduced th…
In college I got a Commodore 64, initially with a tape deck which was a real PITA to work with. Upgraded to a 1541 disk drive which failed (as they all did) and was replaced by a 3rd party drive. Used a 12” B&W TV as a monitor. Used it mostly fo…
@MikeM
To clarify (based on my experience as an IRS VITA program manager), the IRS will NEVER PHONE YOU and ask for your SSN or any other information - they will only initiate contact with a letter.
But if you phone the IRS to make an inquiry or…
A followup on @dicksonL’s post, TRP offers access to Morningstar Portfolio tools including X-Ray for users on its website. You can sign up even if you don’t own any funds through TRP.
@Crash Good call - after Forbes let this happen: http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/forbes-readers-served-malicious-ads-after-asking-them-to-disable-adblocker
I’d be curious to know if Cruz, Rubio, Santorum, Clinton, and Sanders took advantage of the low-cost (as well as its opportunity for matching funds) federal Thrift Savings Plan as part of their investment strategies.