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I'll offer 2, which I hold and are low cost...
CWGIX - slow and steady, great long-long term performance.
VMVFX - skews midcap, about 50-50 US/ROW split, low-cost while still hedging currency exposures. I ike it for that, not b/c of its name. Bo…
I made popcorn & semi-detachedly watched .... while preparing a syllabus for next week.
IMHO some perspective: while a 'correction' is certainly long overdue in an overheating market, let's not forget that today the US markets have fallen hard…
I am about 85% invested, nearly all of which is in reinvesting equities -- which is fine by me. :)
My remaining cash, while annoying to hold, is helpful in being opportunistic when things turn south ... and I'm ok with that (mild) annoyance.
@rfo…
I'll go out on a limb and call it: We're at peak hubris.
Ray probably has a bunch of stuff he wants to unload while the getting's good, and needs more sheep to sell to.
Yes, I'm a contrarian and cynic when it comes to prognostications from su…
Many value funds/companies are looking increasingly expensive during this continued market meltup. But I agree there are many good value funds -- perhaps the cheapest, if not certainly the most keep-it-simple-stupid (and equal-weighted!) value fun…
I'm 45 and about 80% invested across my accounts. Come a major 'correction' I will hopefully be able to buy stuff on my shopping list at 'discounted' prices and be happy to continue accumulating shares.
I have VMVFX for a nearly 50-50 split world stock fund and like it -- owned it since inception due to its fees, composition, and allocation --- not b/c it's called a 'minimum volatility' fund.
For world stock exposure you could also look @ sector …
And the advertising for brokerages is getting up to pre-GFC levels, too. You know, the "trade anywhere, anytime!" commercials telling you that you can "be in control of things" ... we all know how that ended up the last time.
I'm about 95% in e…
That fund, though new and somewhat costly imho, remains on my "interesting" list as a possible investment down the road ... and I like TRP's investment style in the other funds I hold of theirs.
Thx for posting the report!
AMZN uses UPS, and UPS has been saying there may be delays @ the moment due to increased holiday volume and union/driver issues regarding working hours.
AMZN for me is convenient -- I may pay a tad more for something now and then, but I appreciate …
The reading is interesting but the fund is questionable imho.
According to M* LFEQ is 80% in Vanguard's S&P 500 ETF (VOO) and 20% in cash. Not sure it's worth the .59 ER when holding cash is free and VOO is .04% ER.....
This chart from today's WSJ article on the bitcoin mania is truly staggering...
Full article (paywalled unless you know how)
Bitcoin Mania: Even Grandma Wants In on the Action
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-mania-even-grandma-wants-in-on…
The analyst on NBR tonight said if it was to pass, that yeah, it would not be good for ETF tax efficiency benefits. So we'll have to wait and see if this gets killed in committee or what.
I wonder if this would also affect the ability of ETFs to …
I'll echo OldSkeet's mention of American Funds and their conservative approach to things as a core all-in-one fund. I hold several in my taxble account and don't think twice about them. CWGIX, CAIBX are solid alloction funds.
My TIAA 403b is 1…
I understand your argument with (b), but (a)? If your income is large enough to be able to max out contributions to your 401(k) and IRA ($24k next year), you really shouldn't be too worried about money.
IRA contributions are still 5500/6500 and in …
Disagree --- one should invest in whatever type of accounts they have the opportunity to invest in - 401, 403, IRA/Roth IRA, deferred, taxable. While it's probably ok for someone to just throw their 40X into a TD fund and be done with it, I belie…
I'm a long-time Apple and now Mac user and career cybersecurity geek. Sadly I've seen a notable decrease in Apple's product QA in recent years -- it almost coincides when they changed their name from 'Apple Computer' to just 'Apple Inc' and became …
Yeah, thx Ted - I've looked @ the sites, but my Tivo doesn't show them on the program guide, so I can't schedule recordings. I'll look again, as it's been a while.
Wonderful - I'd love to catch this one (and miss CM's show generally) but they don't seem to be running it anymore on any of the PBS stations I have access to in DC/VA/MD. :((((
My contribution to the demographic data point: I'm in my mid-40s ... and not (too) crotchety (yet). But I do appreciate early dinners, though not necessarily at 'early-bird' hours. ;)
As to the content? If a thread gets out of hand, nobody'…
"Retired" vs resigned .... I wonder what kind of "retirement" package/bonus he's getting.
Edit: AP reporter says "Right now, Equifax's CEO stands to walk away with $18.477 million in compensation for "retiring." But that bonus is currently on hold."
Almost everyone in the GOP is gunning for a 'win' just so they can say they repealed O'care. The substance of their proposals, likely outcomes, and public polling numbers are irrelevant -- the ONLY thing that matters to these people is to say they…
To encourage her support for the pending bill, the GOP's Murkowski incentive (aka "bribe") was to allow Alaska to essentially stay on the current ACA program.
I really don't have a word to describe that.
Me neither. "Obamacare is a horrible thing…
Here, here!
Him voting 'no' also gives Murkowski some helpful political cover to also say 'no' as well, I think.
@Old_Joe: Jimmy Kimmel
✔@jimmykimmel
Thank you @SenJohnMcCain for being a hero again and again and now AGAIN
Regards,
Ted
There are always the algos and idiots who blindly trade what someone suggests and on that alone. Pay no attention to the noise....
@MFO Members: It must be working !
Regards,
Ted
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A steaming pile of manure is still a steaming pile of manure, no matter how optimistic or over-reacty people/analysts are regarding it's stench.
This is the world that we live in. While I would strongly disagree with the "high-quality" comment, …
Idiots all around. As someone w/20 years in the infosec industry and literally wrote one of the first books on incident handling, internet historians down the road will be able to use this as a case study in how NOT to respond to security problem…
