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I have a TSP account, as a retired Fed and I was appalled with the "mutual fund window"! A yearly fee of $150 and a $28.75 transaction fee just to buy a fund that will likely underperform the C Fund! No way! My money is currently invested in the G …
With Fido screener, I've ranked ntf funds by Sharpe Ratio or Standard Deviation and try to pick the best combination of the two. This combination pulls up funds like PRBLX etc
The Vanguard fund search is poor, I believe, because Vanguard wants you to buy only their funds , move to Mongolia, never use customer service, and never exchange or sell your Vanguard funds until retirement or later! (only being slightly sarcasti…
Sven thanks for article on Australia's gun buyback. Unfortunately, that procedure probably couldn't be implemented here, because to paraphrase Australia PM John Howard, "I didn't have a Second Amendment to deal with!"
crash I just bought my first CD at Fidelity- new issue Goldman Sachs 3% yield maturity date of 5/2025. I'd rather get 3% for 3 years than deal with bond fund chaos. I'll have to ask Fidelity how to buy CD's priced on the secondary market since that …
old joe Perhaps you could have Schwab pull the money from JP Morgan each month. I have Fidelity and Schwab pull/push money to BOA NFCU Capital One as needed. If JP Morgan closes your checking account, perhaps have your SS and pension direct deposite…
Sorry to hear of your trading problems-presumably at TRP. I've regretted some trades I've made, but I've never regretted opening my Fidelity brokerage account in 1993.
Yes-I'm sure coal-burning units were considered safer than nuclear plants after Three Mile Island incident(and the eerie and prescient China Syndromerelease earlier.(not entirely snark)
Crash if you're committed to the high-yield sector RSIVX has lost less than half a percent. My Fidelity screener indicated that short-term HY has lost less than HY, and funds from Fidelity, Janus and MetWest have been hammered like TUHYX
Crash you are correct. The USPS Fairness Act passed, eliminating the need for the Post Office to pre-fund the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. New Postal employees will receive Medicare while current retirees retain their FEP benefits.
The In-House status pulls up Schwab and TRP funds when you research a fund. For example, pulling up PRBLX brings up a panel listing "similar funds" PRDGX and SWANX as no transaction fee alternatives.
