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+1 I remember exchanges like PRospect , MOhawk. Of course, I remember rotary-dial phones, party lines and busy signals, but that's better left for another day !
Yes-and with the departure of an esteemed member who shockingly provided numerous jarring comments, I hope things will settle down going forward! (I wish that member would resume posting-just without the political comments!)
Fortunately the political threads and extraneous political comments were made by only a handful of members-5 to 7 at the most. Hopefully the 2022 midterms will generate few political comments on this website !
TGINX is a middle of the pack EM Hard Currency bond fund. AEDVX has better returns with a lower SD. If you have a Fidelity account FNMIX is available with fewer trading restrictions.
Also available at E-Trade and Vanguard ntf. I guess Fido wants would-be Smead investors to buy their crappy FBCVX fund instead ranked in the 91st percentile for 3 year return !
I've lived in Florida for five years and I'm losing an IQ point every month,surrounded by oblivious narcissistic jerks on all sides ! But I moved for the weather, because I hate snow and 95 degrees beats 15 degrees any day of the week !
Quick question for rono: Was the Korean War our last "good war:, in the sense that Communist China or Russia was not able to occupy the entire Korean peninsula and threaten Japan as well ?
RCTIX seems to be TF at all 5 brokerages I checked, for brevity sake: F V S TDA and E-Trade. TDA wins the Awful Award for combining a tf with a $100,000 minimum !
Firstrade shows OSTIX MAPOX FPNIX DODIX GADVX available.... SVARX NTBAX not available. Does Firstrade show PRWCX and PACLX as open only to existing shareholders-just curious, thanks !
So TDA still charges a $49.95 tf for non ntf funds and still maintains a 180 day holding period to avoid STR fees? For me, yawn... a big nothingburger. Make it a 9.99 tf and reduce the holding period to 30 days, and I'll reopen my TDA account in a …
JD With an investment minimum of zero, you can start dollar-cost averaging into FSMEX tomorrow. In addition, since Fido has closed the fund once already, you may want to invest $100, or $1 to secure access to the fund.
