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Thank you everyone for your comments, suggestions and opinions!!!
I hold MFCFX in my taxable account so I took a huge tax hit this year, and I still have a fair amount of CG's to consider if I liquidate.
slick, I agree with the Paralysis-by-Analys…
David, etal.,
How do you think/feel this will affect THDIX. I am an investor in it and i'm now a little (maybe a lot) concerned that the lead mgr is gone!! Not only that, the two other manager just joined the team in Feb. 2015 (according to M*).
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UC, have to agree with LLJB that there really is no right answer for an "ideal" number of funds. I struggle to keep my portfolio from becoming a "closet" index.
I normally do not have more than one or two funds in a given space, so as long as i'm …
UC, I know it seems a bit much in one space, but it is an unknown arena and there really isn't much overlap in them. They are in varied areas and have a mix of LC, MC and SC. I may at some point eliminate one, but I'm not yet comfortable enough wi…
I too am a believer in FM. Many believe that they are traditional EM of 20 years ago, so the growth potential has a huge upside. I have been moving some monies from my traditional EM funds into FM funds.
I currently own MFMPX.lw, WAFMX and MEASX.…
Anna, I think you are missing the point. Grants, loans and even some help from an employer (which I did get) are not "wealth redistribution". I don't believe anyone is saying that there should not be "assistance" for higher education; that is NOT …
Without belaboring the point, TB is more sopt on than he is not. I came from a low-income environment in NJ; father was a custodian w/9 grade education, mother a housewife.
I worked full-time and went to college (at night and summer) for more than…
ducrow, I find their premium membership of value, especially (for me) the premium search tool. BUT, I do not pay for the premium membership. I get it for free thru TROWE PRICE who will pay the fee for you IF you have $100,00 invested with them. I…
Charles, unfortuately for me, I cannot upgrade to ie11, I am at the hihgest upgrade for my operating system. I run VISTA Home Premium and can only upgrade to ie9 which is what i am running today. But thank you for the suggestions!!
David,
I just downloaded Chrome and was ABLE to view GO funds and the 3-alarm funds w/o a problem!
In the past I was able to access GO funds, but I have not tried to in the last few months. Please let me know what you think is going on!
Thx, Ma…
Charles, still not displaying for me. It just churns and churns, I do get the "footnotes" also, but not the GO funds.
I also seem to have the same problem with 3-alarm funds! HELP!!
Thx, Matt
hank, I don't believe i'm asking a "market-timing" question. I guess what I am trying to say is that I am planning on making some portfolio changes and considering the nice run-up we've had and seasonality/history, somewhat, do I sell into this run…
WOW, great responses, ideas, thoughts and suggestions; I really appreciate everyone's input!!
I have plenty of information to process to help me make an informed choice!!
Thanks, again!
Matt
Thank you all for some great info, insight and suggestions!!
Does anybody have any thoughts on Blackrock Healthcare (SHSAX) "Load Waived" at FIDO or Vanguard Healthcare (VGHCX) also at FIDO and GOLD rated by M*?
I like the idea a pairing with anot…
Unfortunately, I'm a little late on SGOVX, it is closed.
IVFIX looks like a good fund but it does not hold any EM or Asia, something I'm looking for.
Thanks for the suggestions!!
Scott, like you I have been "sort of sitting on my hands" the last few months. I have been adding a little to existing positions, albeit mostly international. I still have about 9% cash that I would like to put to work, but I'm waiting for an "entr…
Anybody building-up cash??
Isn't this slow-bleed upward a little unwarranted? I'm not looking for a 10%-20% correction, but shouldn't we be at a point of a mid-level "correction"? Has the economic data and company profits been that good, looking …
A very good fund and I'm invested in it, so I am glad to see them be a little proactive and close to new investors! I also appreciate the relatively "short notice" they gave (i.e. 10 days).
All too often a fund company will give a 30-day or more a…
chrisblade, glad I could be of some assistance! I'm by no means an expert, especially in FM, but adding a little diversification is usually a good thing.
Also, the avg market cap of MFMPX is about twice the size of WAFMX, another bit of diversific…
chrisblade, I did exactly what you are thinking of doing. After performing my DD I decided it was a prudent thing to do. I know many people might think this is MF "collecting", but I view it as adding a little diversification to an area of the EM …
chip let me clarify the problem. The issue is NOT with the link on the TOP of the MFO Homepage, but with the "discussion board" link in the MIDDLE of the Homepage!!
The top link works just fine, takes me right to the discussion board!! See what y…
cleared the brower and still getting the second window telling me the "discussion board has moved". I must click on the link in the middle of this page.
I am running VISTA home premium and IE8.
Thank you,
Matt
Maybe this is not a problem, but it seems a bit odd.
I've bookmarked the MFO homepage. So when I'm at the MFO Homepage, I click "Discussion", it sends me to another page telling me the discussion board has moved.
That's a bit quirky if you ask me…
Great article Ted, thanks!!
I have alway be partial towards younger funds, for the reasons outlined by that study. That is why I continously keep my eyes open. Forums like this are invaluable for this and many other reasons.
Kenster1, thank you for the info and links.
If the analyst's prediction comes to fruition, then maybe it's a buying opportunity?? I guess, it's the eternal optimist coming out!
Agreed, I too own MAPIX and have no plans on reducing it. At some point I will add to it and get it back to my desired portfolio percentage.
I have found that, for the most part, being contrarian works. Maybe not always, but more often than not, …
I just heard back from FIDO and it's a nogo also. In fact, I called HBSC funds directly and spoke with a wholesale securities rep and he said at this point-in-time it is not available and could not answer if anything is in the works for a LW versio…
AMatMFO, maybe if we ask, then we shall receive???
It will interesting to hear back from these brokerage houses!! We can only hope.
finder, thank you for the info. GPEOX/GPEIX is a very intriquing fund, in fact, the shop itself, looks like a win…
AMatMFO, are you saying you don't have a spare $1m to invest in HSFIX?
You're right, there is no LW on the "A" shares, so that does make it a little difficult to invest in. I called FIDO and asked them to investigate whether they can negotiate a L…
Great article TSP_Transfer (via Ted), that's what I was looking for, thanks!
Looks like it is a huge impact to the index; some of the country weightings really jump. You would think there must be some other FM countries worthly enough to make the…
