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I like the "very" is that worse than "doubtful"?
....I think it is "almost" sure we will make money this year....my prediction going forward.....and you can bring it up at the end of year.....but pay me now
Is There A Case For Actively Managed Funds?....Returns/management responsibility..would be the first Two I could think of....but I'll keep thinking...later
Why don't they offer: Good returns/ low expenses/ customer service.....?
That's how Vanguard/ TR price built their business,
I get bank offers for "free" money everyday (no More toasters) I haven't changed bankers...wonder Why?
I don't buy indexes so really don't care about "market" valuations
but have to admit bargain prices are harder to find...bought JNJ last week for $98.50,(today $103.00) More healthcare/consumer products but that's ok
still able to find some stuff
ICY:I hope you checked all those Painters "green cards", you didn't offer/Pay them in cash did you( no taxes/ss for us)? Putin wouldn't stand for that behavior (straight to the woodshed for them/you)...Obama would give them Healthcare and amnesty..…
Mona, your monitoring this site but not posting:
Means your don't read anything up to your level, you don't care about posted information/opinions, or you move on to other/ more intelligent sites/postings......
Which is it? I could guess...
tampaba…
Americans aren't trained to Save, they are "conditioned" to Spend....In a lotta of ways that keeps the economy going and the 1%ers really happy ....and poor/middle class working for wages, we need them working...and a few (of us) will save and not w…
If I had to do all over again, I would buy Stock in the most profitable U.S. companies, that I knew were growing their businesses and... FORGET ABOUTIT
I would have a lot more money than I do Now...but when is Enough? How much Fun can you have?...t…
IMO: Biotech is looking for homeruns, you can strikeout a lot..... Healthcare investing is a no-brainer, UNLESS you think there is going to be less money spent and profits made in the Healthcare Business in the future
Don't know about the median age here....but I know if I was 40yo again running a business I wouldn't have time for this "Stuff"....then I bought the best mutual funds I could find in a short period of time (15 min.) bought them for our IRAs...and we…
Buddy:There is Trillions of $ in SS fund owed by the U.S. Gov plus interest...... There is NO better debt in the World, better bone up on SS bud and quit reading "Sound bites" ther're for dumbing down the Common man
Give me an investment (fund if you want) that returns 10% a year, I'll invest $500,000 and in 7 years I'll be a millionaire..... Not bad......I don't need Spock
as I go down that list of "personal Consumption" categories I See EVERY one of them Decreasing in my Life.... Except Healthcare
including Food and Beverages....Know I wont eat or drink as much (spending) as I Did
Depending on Insurance changes and …
I hate recommendations (predictions) from managers, all I want to know is: How he is going to make (me) money tomorrow and in the future, what he buys is his problem(job).....which we will all be watching very carefully
Leave the predictions to reli…
Jeff Vinik is going to own Tampa, before it's over, local politicians on board....
Guess that's ok, He has Vision and lots of money (backing Him), Tampa will be the playground it Should have been all these years...
Wish Jeter/Vinik could get ahold o…
Diversified +14.06(5yr)...Good Benchmark for your funds (beat it), Careful on Sector(+10%) funds exp. Bio/Healthcare (bad Grouping for a category)
Foreign....why bother?...
Fixed Income =4.4% avg...that's all there is..enjoy better than cash or Cds
OR:Send me a one-time (renewable) fee and I send you my previously (free) posted report "how to use Mutual funds to YOUR advantage", A limited offer to first 50 requests
Mills....just keep paying those SS & Medicare payments (taxes)....
and then Again.... explain to me how SS runs out of money in our lifetime? Not possible
File under political propaganda or Scare BS... and baby boomers spend your money IF you wa…
Healthcare is Always "Overpriced" until you need it...How much is your life worth?
Just pay for it.... and try to take advantage of an investment opportunity (ies)
OK, Dan...Wheres Well/Well?...forget Foreign.....I'll go for the Rest, but most won't get in a 401k.....but they can get Target Dated Vanguard...good for Avg. Returns & little risk
You miss me Dan?...quit with the solicitations...I won't be back…
Sold some MCD for $99 ...just about what its worth, plus tired of bad publicity and Public
perception,( took the cap. Gains hit), and $1.00 hamburgers......not my style of business
In what way ? NOT in 3yr returns, expenses, holdings and financial company
Very close, but I'm a Vanguard man and go with expenses in Index Type investments
He's a Simple man, lives in a simple house, won't buy a car, wears the same suit for years, Drinks Coke, eats hamburger (not steak or lobster) ice Cream, a food junkie...
He learned a very valuable SKILL as a young man, "How to read and analyze comp…
If someone is a fiduciary, there is no confusion, no conflict. The adviser is to ignore any benefit he gets from the fee arrangement and recommend the best investments for the customer. Period. That's what the government is ....
In Reality That ne…
I have had thoughts/ideas "IF I ever get into a position where I have ALL the money I will ever need to live the lifestyle I want to live"
Why not just take the 2% or whatever in CDs to cover inflation and....FORGET ABOUTIT?
Luckily I'm not there ye…
Wonderful time to be in the stock market.....last few years before needing our money for retirement, timing was perfect, 2008 a distant (forgotten) dream(nightmare)
"The result is an arms race, in which active managers put more and more resources into beating their peers but find that their relative position hasn’t improved at all. Some strategies will work....."
Love these articles....Who Ever said Managers …
