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I have found that other stores are increasingly matching Amazon on price and they have advantage of "Ship to Store". Sorry MFO, but I've stopped purchasing on Amazon for most part.
Besides Amazon starting to charge tax for me now. Defeats the whole…
Any currency is about trust. That's all it is. You trust the dollar because you trust the government. You trust Bitcoin because you trust those who formed it.
Any dollars you own are largely virtual. Bitcoin you purchase from those dollars. It is j…
What happened to rich people deserve to be rich because they take risks mantra? What about individual investors who lost with Petrobras?
How about suing an individual - the CEO - of the company for incompetence? Of wait, incompetence is not illegal…
Why does this happen to me? I try and evaluate a fund company carefully before buying their funds. I own FEBAX. Now I have to look for replacement...
The managers do have significant ownership. I just can't figure this out.
"I fail to see the reasoning behind the pipeline". Yes, the current situation in the oil industry has really put the economics of that pipeline into question.
this is the problem isn't it. it would seem sane people cannot opine unless they have Mas…
@Old Skeet. I like to keep standbys to my funds holdings in mind, since I (finally!) am managing to not get married to my funds like when I used to have hair.
I think instead of owning BRLVX and BRLGX just buy a Large Blend fund. I'm going to go hu…
Unless someone can tell how the heck one invests in them, this is just noise. I think you can only purchase through financial advisors, or have to pay commission. Impractical for do it yourself investors unless they go NTF, which is unlikely methink…
@Edmond - I'm just saying there has to be morality to Capitalism. Stop labeling a decent capitalist as socialist or communist, and outlaw objectivism.
I've said this before. We are not living in a Capitalistic society. We are living in an Objectivi…
The problem folks is that there are those drugs that are life sustaining, and then there are those like Viagara (I know, I know, some of you think THIS is life sustaining, but hush...)
The price of ANY commodity - including tablets (no, not the iPa…
I'm thinking of adding GPEOX to my "Artisan" portfolio at Fido. Since I'm not too keen on their new Emerging Markets fund. I hope it does not close too soon.
I just know once I buy it will tank 10-20%.
@VintageFreak didn't do the actual math...I don't live in Cancun...just wanted to emphasize that I own a VERY small position in MCXAX, so unless you want ulcers, don't put a lot of pesos in it!
Hey, you were the one who said 0.00001% not me :P
Many HC funds are plus double digits still this year. I tend not to examine YTD figures too often, so was surprised to see one of the stalwarts, RPMGX, up almost 7%. In both taxable and after tax accounts, it's one of those funds I just don't need t…
I'm sorry, but I'm not sure how these charts helps one to invest. For instance, I see a lot of charts where security is getting oversold, then keeps going down and is still oversold. I take it oversold might suggest consideration to buy and converse…
You need to start a value fund to buy those stocks who have fallen to "value" levels. How else would the other funds NAV increase?
Sorry to be cynical. I own some Matthews fund in my IRA. However, I think this is done all the time.
There are 2 more guys already. Total of 4 democrats. Then you got Biden and Gore. Possibly 6-7 before you know it.
The comedy factor will be distinctly lower though. Hopefully there is no tragedy.
I do not profess to have any great insight into Thornburg. I'm just saying I haven't seen them negotiate bear markets. If you have some examples please share.
By the way how is Thornburg manager record of fund owneship?
Now regarding TIBIX. It see…
Hi Guys,
Tongue in cheek, Albert Einstein said, "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."
We all fall victim to that attractive face saving ploy, especially when justifying poor investment outcomes. It's convenient to choose an alter…
What is supposed to be the duration of this big move? Market has been on a long big move until a couple of months back. Every time it went up, it made a higher low right? If it didn't it wouldn't have gone up.
Basically I can look at any "pattern"…
Hi VF,
I think a strong dollar will be headwinds for us stateside investors who are invested in emerging markets. As of my last Intsant Xray analysis I have about five percent of my equity allocation in emerging markets. I will need to see some u…
Only = 5 when it doesn't = 3, or maybe 5.91627098, or some other (mostly) imaginary number.
Okay I just got an MBA from Hogward.
2 + 2 = 5 for very large values of 2.
VF, somewhere between fast food and fast forward (many more jobs) is life as we know it. Those that step up the staircase of employment will look back fondly at the foundation these entry level jobs created. Remember someone was a paperboy before t…
Makes no sense. Can't make up stuff. Some mutual funds have long lock in periods like 1 year I believe for MXXVX. Fund company welcome to do that by clearly mentioning in prospectus.
Earthquake in San Francisco...I cannot sell my mutual fund witho…
Interesting comment VK. I bought their ARTYX. :-)
I think I'm finally at the point to keep emotion out of investing. I'm not saying I will never buy ARTYX. However at this time, I'm looking to fish @ Grandeur Peak.
Do you see any troubling signs @ Artisan?
Maybe I'm paranoid and have a death wish. I was not happy with them starting their new Emerging Markets fund when they already have one that sucks. I do not think highly of Thornburg or their alumni. They ar…
Sorry guys. This is why we have so many financial pundits. We need to take care of 122 things, so we need to pay someone else to do some or all of them for us.
Ad revenue, Ad revenue, Ad revenue....let's stop feeding the beast.
The only list I wan…
