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@bee
Help a simple minded person out...what is your take away??? Just a 3 second look at the graphs says, to me, that the ETF is a better performer than the MF??? Or is it a case of comparing apples to oranges??? Thanks!
"Trump may not like how many people choose to buy German cars and he would like to slow the imports, but 2 out of his 3 wives were imports."
Don't start what you cannot finish! I only want to talk investments!!! Catch sent me a private scolding!!!
@slick
Really...so you are going to play this game and go after wives??? Typical liberal sour grapes! How about your base... ancient, impotent, dying religion of an ideology cannot beat a party whose candidate basically was filmed on national tele…
@AndyJ
Congrats! I bought mine new in 1996 at Toyota by the Bay in San Diego, CA. 5 speed manual transmission, 4 cylinder... great on gas!!! A/C is still like a meat locker, and I have never added freon! :)
@msf
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The worst experience I have seen between repair facility/insurance company/owner was with a Tesla! Repair facilities that know how to work on them are few and far between! Any Tesla owners out there???
@msf
Not trying to talk you out of any purchase... One other thing to consider is cost to insure. Having previously worked for USAA, it would sometimes be EXTREMELY difficult for repair facilities to locate manufacturer replacement parts on Europ…
Thanks! Enjoy your weekend! I believe I read something recently where a few EM bond funds/managers are proficient at both of these strategies... TCW???
@Josh
Hi again. Three "muli-sector" funds that get a lot of coverage/attention, here anyways, are PIMCO Income, Loomis Sayles Bond and Fidelity Strategic Income (FSICX). Each has a different mandate, and each fulfills their mandate with differe…
@Sven
I have done it at Fidelity, with numerous other funds, without ANY fee or cost associated... straight share class conversion which does NOT generate any tax liability either! Usually you need to meet the min. initial investment for the shar…
@Josh
I can comment, somewhat, on Templeton Global Bond (I own a variable annuity version) . I like it and the manager, though it can be volatile! I would venture to guess that you get a LARGE percentage of EM bonds already with this fund, and…
@Hank
You are correct on both fronts. Mantle, basically, publicly "apologized" for "wasting" a God given talent by succumbing to the temptations of life! Mantle was Mike Trout long before Mike Trout's parents got busy one night! Mantle's atonem…
Somewhat confusing, for me anyway; so Mickey Mantle, who played a large % percentage of his career under the influence of alcohol was on the same "level playing field" as Barry Bonds (post Pittsburgh)??? Their accomplishments are the same???
"He declared that athletes who use steroids should be kept out of the Baseball Hall of Fame and have their records nullified. He co-authored legislation calling for stiff punishment for professional athletes caught using steroids. The proposal, whic…
@billr
Great point! I have read numerous articles claiming their are plenty of available jobs, but not enough "qualified" applicants with the correct skill sets!
For disclosure purposes... I do own OAKIX, WAIGX and TAREX. Some of my domestic equity mf's have anywhere from 0-20% international exposure. My portfolio currently sits @20% international equity... enough??? Do I need 8-10 mf's dedicated to i…
How do some people make a living writing that you don't need ANY dedicated international equity exposure??? ...big U.S. multinational companies provide all you need???
