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Good Day @MikeM. Yes I think we are saying pretty much the same thing now that you explained your thoughts. The attached article lends a more in-depth discussion.
Good News Becomes Bad News For REITs
FWIW I'm not buying more REIT's at this time bu…
@MikeM - I'm having trouble following your reasoning. First off, many of the REIT investors I know of are not consumed by TR nor do they view it as the 'be all to end all'. It's always nice if they get it but they're more interested in the income st…
@ron - the short answer (which pretty much aligns with what hank said):
"Over the second half of the year, as global central banks made a U-turn and moved from tightening monetary policy to setting rates lower, investors have begun positioning for …
I found this segment in a lengthier 'undated' article:
Management's Discussion of Fund Performance ("MDFP")
"Currently, a mutual fund is required to include MDFP in its prospectus unless the information is included in the fund's latest annual shar…
@rono - I see more institutional's dialing down their equity exposure and slipping some of those assets into gold lately. Just an observation but maybe they forecast a correction in the works.
Oodles is such a subjective word when pitiful would work better. Do they pay dividends? Yes. Could you do much, much better building your own ETF by buying the top 10-20 holdings in these vehicles outright? Yes. You just have to interested and willi…
As the Vegomatic article alludes to I would expect other costs/fees to rise to cover the loss of commission fees along with the implementation of new fees for other services. I would also expect that most current customers would just pay them becaus…
@Tarwheel - I have to agree with you on the styling. It's probably just me but I find myself thinking that the front end designers of nearly all vehicles are trying to out-ugly each other these days. Only the Camaro makes me look twice.
This just in on my brokerage feed. Reuters is the source.
"Nov 23 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc ( TSLA )
"Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Saturday that there have been about 150,000 orders thus far for the electric carmaker's Cybertruck, which was unvei…
Actually the writer is not saying that fossil fuels will go away as much as he is of the opinion that opportunities for growth and price improvement in the equities appear on the downslope. In other words, don't expect much from your investment.
I for one agree Lewis but I feel we're in a small minority at least on this discussion board. My portfolio is structured as you allude to when it comes to those high quality stocks that everyone owns. I compliment that with POAGX and BIAWX. If I had…
Assuming that it goes this route it will be interesting to see who will be blamed for the the reversal. I know who won't be admitting any responsibility.
@Ben WP - you probably know this but if you have a library nearby you can probably read many of the things posted here that are behind paywalls. However, I get the digital WP for
From personal experience when I became eligible for SS and filed the paperwork my first check was directly deposited like clockwork. No fuss, no stumbles. YMMV.
I've come to the belief that 'the market' is neither wrong or right, it just is what it is, How an investor reacts to what they're given is where the problems(?) are.
@sma3 - Just out of curiosity are you a paid subscriber to M* services? I'm not but I experience all of the failings of their new site which may partially explain some of that. Still their revamped web site is an utter disaster.
