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JoJo26
Making tactical asset allocation tilts is not market timing.
@dryflower: I'll give you plain vanilla without sprinkles, just buy 6,161 foreign stocks contained in VGTSX and be done with it. All for an ER. of .17%
Regards,
Ted
As @Bed would say, "this isn't foreign, it has 0.95% US Stock!"
Bahahahahaha.
Anybody that works in the investment world knows that when a fund manager runs an "international" portfolio it is one that would get benchmarked against an ex-U.S. index (ACWI ex-U.S. or EAFE). That said, lines have blurred these days and businesses…
Nobody here suggested that the fund is not a good one. It's just ridiculous that you care to even mention about a 1-day return unless it was absolutely mind boggling.
SMFH = Shaking my ****ing head
It makes total sense if you know the definitions. What Ben is calling an international fund is sometimes called a World fund.
Foreign=International, World=Global
Like I said, what @Ben said makes 0 sense.
Barely down, by just a penny/share. Figure it had to be because of short-covering against its own holdings, on this record day??? Poopy. PRWCX closed to new investors. TRP.
I can't believe how short-term oriented this forum has become. SMFH
Actually, for me it's not to raise cash or because of a market dip. Mainly some funds were not well thought through when I bought them, and I want to consolidate my portfolio by dumping the extra ones, the ones I didn't understand enough and the one…
I never said you can't expect an index fund to dive over a short period. That is obviously true; nobody here has a crystal ball. If he/she did, he/she would be relaxing on a private island with no worries in the world.
The point I'm making is that …
@sea: You said, " I am not a short term trader, but still, 6 months are too long, in case something comes up and you need to sell. " That's hard for me to understand when dealing with mutual funds. They should be long-term investments, that's why…
Still sticking with GPEOX, but I'm a little concerned. I think they may have been a victim of their own success. Should've stayed away from the microcap and stalwarts launches for longer, as originally planned.
That's right, be sure to credit Ted for anything he might have ever posted on this site. Because if you don't, he'll call you out for it as he did here. Some people are just so insecure & starved for attention these days it seems......
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I'm not quite sure I'd qualify this as a "catch" with the funds themselves... Sure, they want more clients on the platform in hopes they'll also invest in other funds with more expensive ERs, but there is no reason a client would be required to.
No manager refers to fiscal periods in investment letters. You will read multiple times FMI referring to the "second quarter" because that's what it is. All this fiscal stuff is nonsense.
@LewisBraham. Agree with you. This guy just unleashed them. But what is really scary is what happens when a smart guy plays that cohort effectively. Nonetheless,,, liberals, however ineffectual, are not bent on destruction of our institutions. They …
@Ted
Math question: Wouldn't "99.99999%" mean 1 in 10 million of your posts is non-fund related? Since you've "only" started 22658 discussions, that is a mathematical impossibility.
Got heeeeeeeem!
Cash in a checking or savings account should not be included in an asset allocation exercise. This is purely investments.
@JoJo26,
If the cash is already earmarked for near-term needs, than I agree with you. I also think it’s extremely important f…
Folks,
Anyone trade Bitcoin or any crpytocurrencies? In spite of me, one of my wife's relatives thinks he has money to gamble with. So was looking to inform on appropriate brokerage (if that's even a valid term for trading crpytocurrencies).
The o…
I raised this topic before. It may have been quite some time ago. Perhaps as long ago as the FundAlarm days.
As many of you probably do, I get periodic invites in the mailbox from financial planners. The invite stipulates that the financial planne…
Does anyone know precisely what the term "special equities" means?
I have owed Royce Special equities fund (RYSEX) for quite a while, but I just realized that there are other funds and companies that use the term: e.g. Eaton-Vance Special Equity F…
