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The legal rights and responsibilities of the renter verses the owner are also often quite different. @Old_Joe there are many subsidized housing situations for renter that disconnects the true cost of housing for the owner (landlord / housing authori…
Bloomberg covers the topic here:
Home buying isn’t for everyone. While there are financial benefits to owning property — the value could increase, and mortgage interest can be tax-deductible — you lose the flexibility that comes with renting. And pr…
Wouldn't VFINX or SPY be classified as a blend of Large Cap Value and Growth? Just own a blended fund and wait. A Russell 1000 index would cover an even larger number of both growth and value.
Over the last 20 years QQQ (Growth) has played catche…
Also, a fund like PRNHX continue to impress me in the mid growth space...up 80% since March...40% YTD...27% over 3 years...23% over last 5 years...21% over trailing 10 years...15 % over previous 15years.
NYT article on assigning "excess deaths" to Covid-19. Looking at the data that way reveal the US has had 200,000 excess death compared to recent year data.
Across the United States, at least 200,000 more people have died than usual since March, acco…
Once the economy picks back up inflation may as well. We are already seeing price inflation in real estate prices as a result of low interest rates (fed policy). Short duration TIPS seems like a way to hedge Inflation for the cash-like part of one's…
Home Infrastructure too...HD and other building material companies are ready for you to spend your stimulus check.
Related to Home infrastructure:
Pool sales skyrocket
us-health-coronavirus-pools/pool-sales-skyrocket-as-consumers-splash-out-on-coro…
Adding Tesla to the S&P 500 Index will create a interesting trading moment for the passive index:
The possible addition of the carmaker is a big event for managers of index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. They’re already hashing out stra…
Another view:
So far, the Fed has done a decent job in fighting the crisis. Massive liquidity injections as well as lending backstops fueled the confidence of markets. It seems that the strategy of acting aggressively was right. One reason fo…
I different Roche...Cullen Roche Interview:
The main advantage of centralized currencies
Why the risk of inflation is more likely to come from the Treasury than from the Federal Reserve
Why growth stocks typically perform better in a lo…
Its Winter down under and here's what may be in store for us in the US in 6 months:
Deep into the Southern Hemisphere winter, Australia’s second-most populous city Melbourne is experiencing a virus resurgence that dwarfs its first outbreak back in M…
Tom Atteberry is a Portfolio Manager of the flagship FPA New Income fund. Atteberry brings us up to speed on conditions in the bond market, and how they have changed since Covid-19.
Atteberry will also share his One Investment recommendation with u…
Thanks everyone. Very thoughtful responses that vary thoughtfully. Just like there are many ways up the mountain.
@hank...you were on a roll...keep it coming.
Thanks for the comments so far.
@Old_Skeet. Does"living below your means" imply you live in the basement of your in-laws? Mine were pretty mean too. We moved out as soon as we saved enough for a down payment on a house. Now the means are moving in…
I remember owning a 3 alarm fund back in the 90's... VWUSX...Fund Alarm was there to guide me away from this disaster and the rest was history.
I miss @Ted, @BobC, @Scott...and others. Keep focused on making this website the best mutual fund websi…
@msf, your link has BO 2009-2012 numbers:
2011 = P (17) , C(0)
2012 = P (5) , C(1)
I believe you may have quoted data from C & R (Remission), P&C for BO.
@Mark,
Seems to looks at both presidencies, but refernces Obama's 8 years:
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/think-obama-administration-wasnt-corrupt-think-again/
Referenced in article:
Book:
Secret Empires: How the American Political C…
Interesting trajectory map...select play to see how it has changed over time state by state:
https://projects.propublica.org/reopening-america/
CDC reports on Mortality Rate as of July 4, 2020 = Seasonal Baseline:
https://cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-n…
@Mark, The Yugo has helped the Slavians with social distance since the car's debut.
"I would rather not ride in that...You go by yourself"
https://screencast.com/t/LADOUipz
Using Portfolio Visualizer I noticed that VTI had negative rolling averages in 1,3,5,& 10 time frames dating back to 1993. That might be a little too volatile for a retiree and could pose a sequence of return risk if one had to pull money from V…
