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Sven
Lynn,
Thank you so much. I am planning on a 3-year ladder since I am a year away from retirement. Lots of spreadsheet work to calculate the income replacement needed. This ladder will create a steady income stream. So thank you for all your help.
I moved back to high quality bond funds this year. Some of which you covered in the SA article. For now, I will stay with agency bonds to the bond ladder. I will pick active managers for corporate bonds.
Sven
During severe drawdowns in 2008 and 2000, NASQD and Russell 2000 fell the most, follow by the S&P ~ Dow. As I recall, the interest rate and stock valuation situations are different in every bear market.
This year, Dow sustained the least dam…
Musk is now banning others from promoting alternative social media sites. So much for free speech as he claimed. He fired the Twitter team that monitoring the user content (not that they were effective to begin with).
https://nbcnews.com/tech/soc…
@hank, Back then I did not appreciate Marks’s unique strategy with his VG fund, and I chose other managers including Michael Price and later David Giruox. Even though they are not Apple to Apple comparison, the end results worked out for me. Long i…
@hank, love your phrasing In a nutshell, Marks looks for whatever appears “cheap” at the moment. (I affectionately term this practice “dumpster diving”).
His strategy did not fare well at Vanguard as I recall and Vanguard dissolved the relations…
There is no excuse for what he is doing to freedom of speed, so he calls it. Many advertisers have since moved away from Twitters. This hits Musk’s bottom line and he is now seeking now revenue to maintain the business. Couldn’t happen to a nicer …
The 5.5% is the projected rate if the Fed continues their path of rate hike. We are all guessing at this point. Yes, I have been checking the pricing since you brought it to our attention. Many non-callable 12 month CDs at Fidelity are yielding 4.6…
Penny stocks are those from the pink sheet, Russell 2000 index. Low priced stocks still have earnings but you really need to know what you are picking and I don’t quite honestly. That is why I hire experienced fund manager.
In this space, I like…
@Old_Joe, I have been checking them too at Fidelity. Next week I hope to see more CDs with higher rates. For next year I am positioning the cash position to have 4.5-5% total return and that is quite doable. This year the stocks and bonds are in re…
Stock picking is very tough for average investors including myself. I hold only a handful that I know and keep track of.
Be careful with penny stocks since many have NO earning. I much prefer investing through experienced fund managers and not ETF…
Will buy another treasury ladder this weekend from our large cash position. Will continue to do so as one matures and rotates into the longer duration ones. Sometime next year we will dip back into bonds again.
Thanks @davidmoran, always enjoy Paul Krugman views on inflation. After Wednesday’s rate hike, investors are now fear of recession more than inflation.
@sma3, unless your phone is compromised with malware, the unique IMEI # associates with your phone/SIM card could be at risk. Breaking the 2FA is not that trivial as it made out to be. The user gets to choose what the other factor is in order to i…
Agree. Many funds are having sizable redemption not only from a bad year, but other are finding ETFs are viable options. PRNHX is down over 30% YTD.
In smaller cap space, I still prefer active managed funds over indexing.
There are several parts of the Secure Act 2.0 that improve the current situation on retirement saving.
One is to ensure workers to have access to some form of retirement saving. Many people who work for small business (full time or not) do not hav…
@carew388,
The drawdown in March 2020 was sharp and short-lived. There was considerable pressure on Powell to rescue the market. Cutting short term rate to near zero, 0,25% to be exact, while increased the quantitative easing policy (buying bullio…
If your loss exceed $3,000, the remaining balance gets carry over next year.
Back in 2008, I incurred capital loss that covered next several years. If I would be more patient, these funds would have recovered in several years. In the retrospect, …
I tend to agree with your assessment. It is challenging to stay with the 4% rule since many folks investors are having double digit loss this year. It is a question for them if they can afford to or not?
Forecasting market return is challenging. Some of M* assumption are a bit off. CPI remains elevated and Nov 2022 is at 7.1%, far from the 2,2%. This year the broader bond index, BND, is down -13% in 2022. It will take a few year for bonds to normal…
You can still sell but this year distribution has already been added to the cost basis. Also the wash sale rule will be apply.
Ideally, you want to sell the entire position BEFORE the record date so to avoid the year end distribution. After 30 da…
Today’s treasury yields. Not much changes.
https://home.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/TextView?type=daily_treasury_yield_curve&field_tdr_date_value_month=202212
Here is an article from NPR that provides more details on the laser-induced nuclear fusion experiment.
https://npr.org/2022/12/13/1142208055/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-climate-change
It is important to understand how to translate a single experim…
Unfortunately Tesla is big enough to be the 4th holding in S&P500 index. Also it is widely held in many large cap growth funds as shown below. Not easily to avoid it in your investment, even ESG funds.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/ho…
@yogibb,
QuickBooks is a business software owned by Intuit, a public traded company. Many small business used QuickBooks whereas large corporations used others can handle large volume of data. Exchanges certainly require more robust software for t…
I reduced exposure to China several years ago. Geopolitical risk is increasing lately and globalization is devolving…
Now is a good time to rebalance the portfolio before year end. What a year!
I am using Fidelity aggregation tool but I did not provide other account credentials. Those data were input manually so I can see the entire picture in one signal place. Very clumsy and not able to update data on real time. The other possible solut…
Think they call this “hot fusion” now. Nice advancement that potentially can produce truly green energy. The plasma condition will be the next technical hurdle to overcome in order to produce electricity sustainably as in a power plant. Good for ma…
Lowered than expected CPI in November.
The U.S. Labor Department's report showed that prices increased by 7.1% on an annual basis in November, while the core rate, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, climbed 6.0%.
Economists were expec…
It is crucial that the LLL’ experiments and data are verified by other DOE labs independently to ascertain the result; a full announcement can then be presented to the public.
In contrast, Stanley Pons (Univ of Utah) and Martin Fleshiman of Cambri…
Totally agree. I delete my post above. We should get the full from the original source. Lawrence Livermore Lab should release their findings. Science reporters often don’t report detail information. Reuters also reported that Energy Secretary Jenn…
Ed Hyman’s interview is different from the past where he was more relax and bullish. But this year turned out to be quite different and he is being more realistic of what is coming. Still very informative.
