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I wish there was a way to keep the hard working, aspirational immigrants here...even if they're "illegal"...and deport the bad apples only. As the grandchild of Polish immigrants (and I don't know if they were "legal" or not), I can tell you that a…
@andiel049
I own FPACX, AZIDX, BMATX and MCXAX at Schwab. I also own 3 funds at Altegris...hedge funds from Citadel and Millennium and a PE fund from KKR. I currently don't own any managed futures funds...what percentage of your portfolio is in …
@andiel1049 nice thread! These are the types of funds I like to invest in...I don't own either MASFX or HFXIX currently, but I am going to do more research on them. I'm interested in getting more ideas on these types of funds from other MFO board…
@Sven All institutional shares of Thornburg funds are available for $5K (not $100K) for non-retirement accounts at Fidelity.
Aww, man....so I didn't have to give away my first born child to Schwab to buy TIBIX??
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@bee so, when you send in your hsa money for the year, you have no control over when they buy shares in the fund?
I have an account similar to that at Altegris (private equity and hedge funds). Sometimes I like the fact that it's not that accessi…
@bee
if you already own BRUFX at Bruce, can you transfer your holding in its entirety to another HSA, ie, Saturna, TD, etc...thereby allowing you to sell shares and hold the cash as necessary?
@FundStudent @VintageFreak Just think VintageFreak, we could each open and manage our own mutual fund and legally deduct all the management expenses. (like trips to Vegas investment shows)
What's to prevent any of us to say we are managing a "fund…
@MikeM Also had to buy rounds of beers and shots after my first hole-in-one yesterday.
Congrats! I've never had one...been within inches a few times. My boyfriend has had two...one legit and one after he plunked his first one in the water....ac…
@msf Well isn't that special (Schwab normally sells those shares only to institutional investors).
Ha, ha!! Guess I'm special ;) If you don't ask, the answer is always "no"!
@Dex We are now discussing the discussion.
That's what makes this thread fun to read. I hadn't commented since the beginning and I read the whole thing last night and it made me laugh on a very sad market day. Gotta hand it to @davidrmoran, thou…
@Chinfist @wxman Hard to know when to buy MCXAX/MCXIX. I usually try to buy funds on a down day...doesn't work so well with MCXAX/MCXIX...as @Chinfist said...totally unpredictable. Maybe we could get a MFO profile on it?
@hank I'll go look again.
Very brave. My account is at Schwab, but I am checking my fund holdings on msn.com. Too chicken to look....it's times like this that I wish my checking account/bill pay was somewhere other then Schwab. During '08/'09,…
I am wisely staying out of this debate...how can you argue with people who think debt is good....and more debt is GREAT!!
I think everyone is a little petulant today because of the market. We will all be happy again when we go to new highs!
@equalizer
Thanks! I'll donate with my dwindling cash reserve...thanks, markets! And I see your son is in 6th grade...wow! I'm impressed with him, too!
@MJG @Old_Joe
Anyone know if immigrants can still get US citizenship by serving? That's what my grandfather did in WWI...I always thought that maybe it could be a partial solution for the illegal immigration issue we have today.
@msf Yup. I don't imagine it's that hard - they already have to block you from some securities if you're not "special" (e.g. an accredited investor).
I got into TIBIX at Schwab for $100k by begging!
@msf Possibly. Just as likely is the fact that at least in the past, M&P wasn't registered for sale in all of the 50 United States.
Interesting...so, if you were buying through a fund marketplace like Schwab, they would "block" your account s…
@davidrmoran MAPOX is another, depending on where you live.
Care to elaborate?
@BrianW I also own FPACX....I hope Romick is picking up some great equities for the fund with all of the cash he's holding.
I watched the press conference today...looks like Anthony will be going home soon and Spencer and Alek will meet up with their families in Germany, where it looks like Spencer will be getting some additional medical treatment. I hope they all get b…
Actually, I was hoping one or more of our politicians would take an hour or so from campaigning and arrange to pay for these brave young men's vacation and/or fly them home in style....looking at you, Donald and Hillary! I still would like to donat…
@scott agree
@Maurice actually, I have considered it to get free healthcare! Do you know if any of them have golf?
@davidrmoran @Old_Joe just trying to lighten things up on a bad market day and be more diplomatic towards my progressive friends…
@Mark Check out this website: www.onemileatatime.com. I saw this guy on CNBC about a month ago. He claims he doesn't own a house...just travels around on credit card points and airline miles...a little extreme, IMO, but he does review some of th…
