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Their old site had so many scripts running it was insane. Glad I blocked most of them to make it usable for so many years.
@Tar, agree. Though happy to see the level of vitriol there seemed to drop down with the new site, for whatever reaso…
Oh really? I haven't look at it in a while. That's good to know -- thanks!
BRLIX is equally weighted only through the end of this month. As the prospectus now says: "This 'roughly equally weighted' Index contrasts with most other 'market-cap we…
You may want consider doing a partial exchange, keeping a foothold in the fund while exchanging monies into a better performing Bridgeway fund such as the Blue Chip Fund or the like since it is in a non-taxable account.
If I wanted broad megacap e…
FYI M* did another 'upgrade' this week and much of the functionality is broken and/or no longer there or easily available. Several threads expressing anger, frustration, and more are in full-swing over there -- and rightfully so. We saw a simila…
In addition to macro threats (wars, climate change, etc) ....
"Fuss sees less of a threat from the buildup of BBB credits—the lowest investment-grade rating—than others. Corporations still have an incentive to seek an optimal rating, borrowing to …
Typical Forbes clickbait. Roll the dice, throw some darts, pick 3 semi-interesting funds that pay mightily and suggest it's that easy to retire with riches. Puh-lease.
I haven't looked lately but doesn't PDI continue to run a massive pre…
Exactly. PAUIX's 20% short SPX position in a raging 'bull' market back then definitely dragged hard on it. I held it for a while during/after the GFC but dumped it once I realized they had no plans to reduce/exit that short position as the world …
That's a fair assessment, hank - almost as if he thinks everyone/thing in the country 'works' for him and should do his bidding immediately and w/o question. Frankly in 2017 I was tempted to move my equity positions into index funds just to minim…
Politics is useful (and informative) if it's civil, informed, and doesn't devolve into ad-hominum, me-versus-you name calling and the typical reactionary related bleating the moment someone takes a view contrary to yours, real or perceived... many …
NYT and WSJ mainly.
I keep a cheap, $10/yr subscription to Kiplingers b/c every now and then there's some interesting food for thought on general finance/investing stuff. To wit: through a Kip article years ago I learned about lost asset sites -- …
Personal Capital, maybe? It's what I use for a one-stop-shop dashboard of my accounts. Can't comment on the sorting aspects, as I never really play with the customizations, but it serves my needs ok enough.
That they don't advertise or have star managers doing CNBC hits is to me a good thing. As are the rest of the items you mention. My only concern w/D&C is they tend to be a bit too dogmatic in their views and are very slow to change .... they …
Even domestic, anything more than 2.5 hours (which I'm used to flying DC or NY to FL) I will fly up front. I appreciate the extra leg/seat room and it's just not worth the headaches otherwise.
Despite being our 'resident Aussie' (long story) I've t…
When I flew domestic Varig in Brazil in 2002 I was stunned to get served a small steak & veg on china, with REAL SILVERWARE, in coach class...I was stunned, and the food was quite good. By contrast, the US flights would throw a bag of somethi…
I've always had great service on JetBlue ... and I miss the old Midway Air, that ran on the Atlantic coast, they were awesome. Singapore Air is amazing (and my fave) and Quantas is rightfully up there, too. Flying domestic coach on the old Varig …
PS: Good encryption could make the cloud OK. But do the encryption locally before uploading; if the host does it after or while uploading, it is too late if you really value security.
That's how I do it. The services I mentioned use this techniqu…
Sync.Com or SpiderOak for the uber-paranoid. I think Sync.Com is easier to use (Canada-based).
Or buy a VM space in Amazon you can control ..... or ping your local ISP and host your own 'cloud' server.
As an accumulator, I don't believe in rebalancing ... if you have quality holdings, why sell them if you don't need to just to meet some arbitrary 'weighting' number?
While I'm sure many people stick to percentage-based allocations (and that's f…
I know! Though while I'm not a "hater" maybe his re-election will drive me to start double-posting articles at MFO.....
@MFO Members: Its going to be interesting to see the reaction from a few of our anti- Trump members when he gets himself reele…
Interesting timing, this leak.
Bananna republic land, to be sure. So much #winning he's gotta fire his pollsters and demote anyone who doesn't immediately and blindly do his bidding, regardless of consequences. Pathetic.
Bloomberg Exclusive
“A …
Article II allows me to do whatever I want." Truly authoritarian territory.
If you can't stand to listen to him, the transcript of ABC's full show with Tweety is nauseating. I really hope they ran on-air fact- and/or context-checking as the int…
I hate to rain on his party (another word might do). But insuring his reign at the polls isn’t going to help most average Americans if stock market level is the primary tool used to measure wellbeing.
Agreed. But it's a simple, easily-digested me…
I use Firefox (have done so since when it was still Netscape 1.0) and it's done just fine. With the right plug-ins and settings, it's a damn secure and privacy-preserving browser ( compared to the others) and I use it for pretty much all my browsin…
You beat me by two seconds....
Why own Turkey? Depends why a person would want to own the country, I guess. Down 41% may lead some to try a mean-reversion trade, but I have no compelling reason/idea/need to own it (or many countries) myself.
For …
Yup - decent fund. Though at 40% leverage, not sure how comfy I'd be throwing $$$ into it ... although I didn't own many leveraged products myself, the GFC was an eye-opener in that respect, at least for me, and I try to keep leverage in my CEF ho…
Absolutely agree -- one must do their own DD and not invest blindly or b/c a headline or TV pundit said so.
Hi @_rforno...i always have positions in high grade muni individuals bonds... If you buy high grades risks maybe much better but ur yields a…
You should've combined this w/your other post John -- and created the perfect neurosis of analysis paralysis. One article says buy muni funds and this one suggests munis aren't as 'safe' an investment as they once were.
https://www.mutualfundobs…
FAX has been spinning off ROC for years ... not sure if it's a good ROC or bad ROC, though. And its UNII is barely there, which means there's little cushion if problems occur.
#cheers! I like the goodies in your office!
The Vintage Freak and Amrut Fusion Single Malt. What a combination! Nothing else can yield words of wisdom such as the above.
