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Considering how cranky he gets at others for that sort of behavior @JohnChisum I'm more than skeptical. And @VintageFreak the links that Ted, Old_Joe and others all share is part of what we find on MFO; when I first started learning here, the pletho…
@VintageFreak Sam Stovall and Art Cashin (and possibly Bob Doll, as well) are fairly well known market pundits who prognostications @Ted has occasionally introduced to this board. More recently, Ted seems to have stopped introducing links to their m…
Not sure how I missed this thread earlier. My answer is "It is pretty crazy".
If one is investing in actively managed fund, one is assuming "manager risk" rather than "market risk". I'm not going to make the "you should be diversified" argument, fo…
It is amazing that BEARX still has $450 million in assets. Of course, given its performance that will steadily shrink over time even if there are no outflows.
Sorry but I do not understandn what. we find surprising about this. People make calls. S…
@VintageFreak I've made similar comments about other prognosticators who have been introduced to this board, such as Sam and Art.
Sorry not sure if Sam / Art are MFO patrons. However, yes, let's track our own predictions against the "Egg spurts" on…
I wonder how many orgins are ground up to make Spam?
That spam musubi does look good.
I was thinking the same thing JC. It is truly ironic that we are discussing SPAM on THIS thread. There is actually some SPAM out there that I find more preferabl…
I know what my next job is going to be. I could do this every year. e.g.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/24/best-worst-mutual-funds-personal-finance-worst_slide_2.html
Wait, I could do this every week! Someone's gotta have a blog for this and must b…
I could predict that the Buffalo Bills will win the 2015 Super Bowl. If I'm correct, I can remind everyone. If I'm incorrect, nobody will remember.
That's the irony of it. Get in the press by saying something. If it turns out bad, WE let them ge…
Hey wait a second. The only thing important right now is IF market drops 60%, then everyone needs to pay homage to me. You guys are making all the wrong points even though they are the right points.
Let's all focus please.
You meant Marc Faber? I don't see any reference to Hussman.
Regardless "Information Technology" and "Investment Management" (not "Finance industry" which includes many other things, are two havens for Bullshit Artists. There are no barriers to entr…
Doh! Thanks.
However methinks given the name "Merger", their new fund name should simply have been "Alternative". Since this is their first new fund in a while maybe worth it to pay attention.
I think this was a wrong way to ask for ideas. The thread has either been hijacked or subverted. Of all the places I would have expected THIS thread to not cause one person to tout their good performing funds.
I request this thread be closed.
Well, at first I saw the London Bridge on the Thames, but now that I've had a couple Dews, yeah, I'm seeing the mountains VF is seeing.
My guess is its the perf chart for the Ushba Pinnacle Retirement Fund, named after Mt. Ushba, the most beautiful…
This is not about market timing. First of all that phrase is getting misused. The Market Timing Scandal of Janus et. al infamy was about people in the know front running others.
When we give our money to a fund manager, do we expect him to buy stoc…
BUFOX hammered ytd...negative 13.62%! Ouch!
Yeah, micro and growth. I used to own this fund very long time back and sold long time back, after concluding my WHEN vs WHAT mantra. Not sure if you own this fund, but we take diversification to extreme w…
Hi VintageFreak,
I am thinking you are talking ytd on losing five percent or better. I have none that are ytd losers. My three best are TOLLX (+16.63%) ... THOAX (+13.705) & SVAAX (+10.29%). My three worst are LALDX (+1.97%) ... LPEFX (+2.35…
ROFL. Yes Yahoo Finance has every alternate link almost an advertisement. However, it is quite easy to spot actually. They haven't mastered the art of obfuscation yet. Or dare I say, they actually have some shame.
Not sure how i missed it before. The Portfolio Visualizer is so enlightening. To me it proves what I've been saying. WHEN vs WHAT. It is not about diversification. It is not about rebalancing. It is not about cost averaging.
I sliced and diced it a…
To the point of a website knowing who you are, I believe they track you with cookies and beacons. Delete this crap every time you close your browser, and that should solve the problem of the email flood. There are a variety of ways to skin that cat…
In grade school we were handed a small magazine each month called The ABC's of Industry. Lots of informative pieces about GE light bulbs and Zenith radios and other brands of that era. I suppose these days that would be called corporate brainwashing…
I can't type anymore, but I can link this. Far more important than most things one should want to spend one's time on, to understand, recognize, and avoid.
the answer to your question is not just a simple "yes". it is "hell yeah". It is not about drivel necessarily. However it is definitely recycling their junk over and over again. Mention 1929 crash, various recessions, talk about diversifying. We all…
One more fund to buy after correction - SCMFX. Profiled by Mr. Snowball already. FWIW I exchanged posts with Mr. Snowball. I think it is more risky than it has lead on to be. I'm going to wait very very patiently and then add to my Schwab portfolio.
You all should read up on the baby hospitals in NYC and in Guam where women fly in from China or Korea, have a baby, get the baby a US birth certificate/US/SSN and leave - so they have options.
WTF! This is a new one. I guess child has till it tur…
No 1 unnecessary occupation : Investment Manager
No 2 unnecessary occupation : Psychologists
Let's put both of them to pasture.
I know, a bit off topic, but I'm curious....VintageFreak : If you want to put all investment managers to pasture, are …
Err...what are we doing :)
I think "off topic" posts should be banned. We have the rest of the internet for that. Yoda said "Let's Mutual Fund Observe, we should."
IMHO is just being modest. Why are we psychoanalyzing everything? It is just an additional H we remember to had when we have a good day. IMO is always there even though it is not said out aloud. After all, that's what we do here...opine.
No 1 unnec…
One thing that caught my eye was the richer Chinese sending their kids to universities around the world. In most cases, the parents will buy a condo for that kid so he/she has a good place to stay. These are high end condos. With tens of thousands o…
Probably not what you are looking for and I know I'm going to sound like broken record. FAIRX, SEQUX, MXXVX and a host of other funds. When you by vs What you buy. I bought FAIRX when it was in the dumps. I didn't buy SEQUX and will not until it get…
