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Where can one buy STFBX? It’s not available at any of the usual suspects.
A more pertinent question might be: WHY would someone buy STFBX; given other choices? :)
What someone posts is either demonstrably logical or it is not. Attacking someone is not logical; it is emotional and simply leads to acrimony. I don't have to LIKE someone to listen to their argument and evaluate it on its merits. It is also not…
Crash, you don't have to like the Fidelity website in order to like/order/buy their funds. I don't have an account with Fidelity, but I own their fund(s). The guys responsible for the website are not the same ones running the fund. I mean, you ca…
Wow, they're really dragging out the process in some cases, but it's probably better they go slowly to smooth out the bumps. My transition, as I said, went seamlessly over a weekend.
They DID suggest that you set up Schwab account/login prior; t…
My TOS accounts migrated successfully to Schwab a couple of weeks ago. Prior to that, I had to log into my TOS accounts separately. I had set up an account at Schwab previously, and they simply moved my TOS accounts over under the same login.
I like FBALX as well. I know what you mean wrt holdings, but the fact is that it has done well over a LONG period of time. It seems to me that it does precisely what one would want of an allocation fund: moves with the times/evidence, and (largely…
Only the transaction fee affects me, so I have no experience with any other aspect of the arrangement. Everything seemed to operate exactly the same, but with lower fees.
FWIW, Schwab has indicated to me that they will honor the $15 trading fee originating from ThinkorSwim (then to TDA); if anyone else falls into that category. I'm not sure yet if that will be automatic, or you'll have to ask for it.
Make sure you're looking at the summary and not the existing account (which didn't change). The new accounts should show up there, I believe. I couldn't find the originally either
Btw, for those involved, if you had the $15 trading fees originall…
A cursory look seems to indicate a promising compromise. Neither side got everything they wanted, but the Republicans DID get some concessions they needed to achieve. That's probably the best we could hope for. I think they both knew they had to …
It’s a crazy situation. We have maybe ten stocks carrying the market, and everything else throwing warning signals. Not only are those ten priced for perfection, but actually priced as if nothing could possibly go wrong! Where is that downturn wh…
My son had an interesting takeaway from this story... This makes an excellent way for supporters to 'donate' without showing up on anyone's radar; while, at the same time, avoiding contribution limits.
Reminds me a bit of the developing computer…
Despite my conservative leanings, it's reassuring that the voters so clearly indicated that they will not support self-centered, untruthful, and cowardly candidates. They, and HE, succeeded in driving me from the Republican Party in this election. …
Higher interest rates should start to rectify some of that imbalance in 'balanced funds'; I would think, but we also probably have some 'drift' anyway; in that the bond holdings in allocation funds can be a little more speculative than in the past.
I've always been an advocate for 'balanced funds'; having held such things as FBALX, MAPOX, FPACX, JABAX, and PRWCX, but, Imo, the traditional 'balance' is no longer there; what with both bonds AND equities falling. I've gone to cash plus (reduced)…
I kind of have to agree with Old_Joe on this. I can't see any advantage in Russia sabotaging their own pipeline. All that does is to cut off the flow, and that had happened previously. Now, if someone wanted to prevent any backsliding in supporti…
FWIW, my experience with taxation bureaucracies has been 'once in - always in'. Though it may have happened, I can't personally recall an instance of an existing tax being REMOVED. Anyone?
ASFYX looks more like straight equity managed futures with an FI overlay, with > 4% yield. But hard to tell, their only website I can find doesn't have the usual fund info, just an email address to query .. which I did. Fidelity has the A shares …
I like REMIX and PQTAX/PQTIX on longer charts, but will just point out that EQCHX seems twice as strong post-Dec.
Good catch, @Racq. Looks like it's a fairly similar strategy to Pimco's, currencies, commodities, equity futures, etc. Onto the watc…
I like REMIX and PQTAX/PQTIX on longer charts, but will just point out that EQCHX seems twice as strong post-Dec. If one is to assume (dangerous, of course) that things are different now, then this perhaps becomes important. Full disclosure: I bou…
Okay, so here's a question... Considering that the yield should probably rise over time, at what point (if any) might one consider trading in their existing I-Bonds and buying newer ones? I know there are some issues with doing that, but it SEEMS …
I gotta say that I'm amazed at how low those numbers are! This are my WiFi numbers at my daughter's place in Va (verizon FIOS):
DL: 452 Mbs
UL: 211 Mbs
They tell me their wired numbers are much better.
My home numbers are similar to these (also …
It’s streaky. Tends to be localized in the upper mid-west, as I recall. Didn’t jump on the tech wagon as much as some; consequently lagged for awhile. From memory, more infrastructure holdings.
Ime, at least some of the Morgan Stanley funds are "fair weather" funds. When conditions are favorable, they do wonderfully well. Unfortunately, when things are NOT favorable, they do equally poorly. Volatile, iow. "Developing world" hasn't done…
Thanks for the reply... Yes, I can see HOW it might be used and WHAT it may indicate, but I don't see anything in the charts which establishes that a meaningful relationship exists! Any correlation appears to be coincident and insignificant; or ev…
Frankly, and based solely on the first chart itself (which I also expanded to cover almost four years), I'm not really seeing ANY usable relationship between the two things. What little (inverse) relationship MAY exist seems to come too late to be …
Crash, I think you meant DODBX, rather than DODIX? Note that DODBX would be heavily weighted to value and tends to be at the high end of equity percentage. That clearly impacts the performance this year. Plus, PRWCX has pulled in its horns for mo…
