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It could be something like that but it could also be just their governments general reluctance to admit there's trouble in River City. It get's in the way of the perpetual mind control smoke.
Yes. Other peoples money. Do you mean like when you drain the funds from charities or political donation pots to pump up your own buffoonery? That kind of other people's money? Or is that just good 'business' sense? Obviously my NDT has me so confus…
That they are in my experience. Up massively since initial purchase but like AlphaGen I haven't added to them lately but continue to reinvest the distributions.
@Anna - if MFO was idiotic enough to have a kudo button I'd lay on that thing the rest of the day. Thankfully they don't but I hope you'll accept my "attagirl" instead.
Like you I'm always dumbfounded when someone comes to a discussion board and th…
@Starchild - you do see that this is an Off-Topic posting right? Fair game. I would also argue that ever since Citizens United politics has become the biggest game in town.
IKR! Since May 31, 1990 BRK.A is up only 4,711.19% while SPY is up 670.05%. Dumb as a rock that Warren. Terrible money manager.
p.s. those dates merely reflect the charting dates provided by the Max button on a M* chart. I'm well aware that it is s…
A few words about the "unwieldy" nature of the Bond OEF for Conservative Investors thread.
I made that comment early on in the thread. It had absolutely nothing to do with the page count at that time and the coding of websites. What it had to do wi…
Anyone who wants to see 'only' those discussions with comments merely needs to click on the "Discussions +" category in the far left column upon logging into the Discussion Board. This negates those discussions that have had no comments since postin…
You might reconsider breaking up the post as was suggested sometime ago. Granted the total post refers to OEF bond investing but it contains information on several different bond classes. As it stands I think your post is highly unwieldly. You got a…
One of the first things I do when considering a new (to me) fund is to examine the portfolio, particularly the sector makeup and top holdings. Discovering a 43% allocation to the financial sector, close to 11X the allocation to the tech sector was q…
@johnN - sure if you just want to 'speculate' that someone will pay more for it than you did or you like shiny things, collect coins, use it for gifts. I think the better way to 'invest' however is by investing in companies that produce goods and …
Rent, daycare and/or senior care, medication, transportation.... you make it sound so simple Gary. If only huh? Having been at the bottom of the ladder with not enough after paying the basics to even think of purchasing items from your list above I'…
There are International Value ETF's for sure. One can sort out the 'developed market' issues for themselves.
From ETFdb.com
From ETFdailynews.com
From US News Money
I agree with you Lewis and I truly wonder what will be the impact when he and Charlie decide to step aside. Although they talk up their successors quite a bit it remains to be seen if the shareholders buy into it.
I agree with WABAC. I wish they were more upfront with it especially if it's a health emergency consideration. I mean, it's not like their citizens don't know even though their leaders try to keep them clueless.
@johnN - what are 3, 2 and 1?
My 3 largest holdings are PDI, PCI along with MCD & PEP tied. I'd add to any of them along with most of my single equity holdings. As for fund specific picks it would depend on which ones suffered the most but prob…
@Sven - I believe that it's a simple matter of his children not being qualified for entry based on their own merits be it scholastic aptitude, physical skills, activities outside the classroom or whatever. In these cases his donations (?) were bribe…
If someone can find information on just why T. Rowe Price thinks this a good idea at this time I'd be curious to know what's behind their thinking. Have they had significant outflows? Are there foreign companies that they want more of? Just seems od…
So now the mob AG is recommending stock investments huh? Just when you thought it couldn't get any more insane around here. What's next, a Russian ETF? Just as we're cautioned not to bring politics into discussions here I think political figures sho…
Right there with you Lewis.
If you will allow me to add to your statement "Climate change creates poverty in emerging countries." ...along with the stripping of their natural resources and all the pollution created by their industry practices which…
What nonsense. If you're going to go there buy VNQ and go about your business. Alternately, if you're willing to take on a little more risk via a CEF then take a look at RQI. Where do they come up with these best lists?
Finally, if you'd really li…
@mcmarasco - acknowledging that the financial (cash flow?) situation will be different for everyone I chose to pay additional principal when I could to cut down the term. Why? You could call my chosen profession (carpenter) seasonal at best with a r…
Well, in the current MISinformation age it's hard to trust any information or statistics we hear, see or read from our government especially when there are numerous black Sharpies available.
