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Markets also cooperated by being mostly in bullish trend leading to fund inflows. Remember, VG has been the king of fund inflows.
Flipside of the connection between VG OEFs and ETFs is that when there were large redemptions/outflows in 2020 (and in…
In my opinion her analysis was why there was a mini rally in munis a few weeks ago. I heard a report on the radio many managers are advising munis as a place to be in the (possible) coming recession.
It is possible the muni outflows have stopped and reversed? I heard a report on the radio Wall Street money managers are looking past inflation at a coming recession. They believe depressed munis are the place to be for a recession.
Reading through these threads I'm surprised (but shouldn't be) at how some are abandoning bond funds, even good ones, and jumping into presumed inflation-fighter funds. The latter may be a good idea (but also may be fighting yesterday's war), but n…
A part of me struggling to understand the handwringing for buy-and-hold investors.
If you have a say 50/50 allocation between stocks and bonds, why would you not just rebalance? Take-advantage of the cheapness?
I get it with trend-following or tra…
Maybe this is finally it. Personally, I've been burned by supposed value rotation before.
I own no value funds. I suppose I do own value stocks, but that was never my rationale for buying them. I do think I might pick up some XOM, if it comes down a…
The point being it is POLITICAL. Those who control the senate and presidency call the shots. Just as Harry Reid did, one of the nastiest senators ever.
Harry Reid started it. The link I posted is accurate. Paybacks are a b!tch. I fully expect the n…
If the founding fathers could have foreseen a McConnell maybe we would have a different setup.
or a harry reid.
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/10/15/if-you-dont-like-the-supreme-court-blame-harry-reid/
And must remain so. Otherwise the huge population centers will control the country forever. Actually it will never happen with ratification of 3/4 states required. It needs to not be not self-serving amendment and for the general good, which it is n…
Look at the population of California and the population of Wyoming and ask why they each deserve two senators in an ostensible democracy. Then ask why only the Senate has to approve a president's Supreme Court Justice nominations while the House is …
No one will be fired because Biden will likely win. Many will leave as happens whenever a new President comes in. Biden Jr. Emails are a hoax, a scenario so implausible I'm surprised even Fox news buys it. Well, not really.
FBI has a laptop says…
"... Trump and his allies ... surmised ... that if they waited to add the tax increases until after the ... election, few of the people most affected were likely to remember who was responsible."
Seems to be fake news according to this article.
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Turnover for AKREX has always been very low, with M* pegging it a 4% currently. One consequence of this, I assume, is the amazing low tax bills presented to shareholders at year end. AUM have risen commensurate with the fund's great success since 2…
"Corporations don't pay taxes." Well, ya. But that's not automatic. That goes without saying? No. Someone is making a decision to pass that cost along to the consumer. you're going to sell me something? You're going to make money off MY money? And y…
Actually, I have a lot more problems with the original OP than the way he said it. First, he cites FED funds rate, but his examples are all over the board intermediate bonds. Did these funds see a 2.5% rise in their yields? I don't think so. Sec…
Asking this question under two hats, one personal and the other for a non-profit organization. We both have had investments in Certificates of Deposit that have/will mature in the coming months. The question is what do we do with the available cas…
Disgusting swamp goo.
I agree. I wasn't in that meeting but I sold most of my portfolio(all bond funds) at the end of 02/2020 documented (here).
But, the following (link) is also a disgusting swamp goo and we can call it Joe Quid pro quo.
You …
@Old_Joe Give the man credit- right or wrong he's not pussyfooting around with "ifs, ands, or buts". I've got to respect that.
Why is blind fanaticism to be respected? Belief without rational cause is interesting from a psychological perspective,…
All the information I have read is the debt will only be managed, never paid off. COVID was certainly no help requiring the first $2t and then another $2t coming up.
Mike Wallace kind of got his head handed to him on a platter in the first debate. Highly capable. I thought he’d fare better. But moderating these things seems like an impossible job. As good as Jim Lehrer was, he more or less lost control of one…
Funny how the rich get blamed for not paying more taxes. The IRS has nothing to do except collect taxes. Why is so little said about the scumbags in congress that set the tax code up the way it is? Biden has been involved in that for 47 years. Why c…
Okay, so I started an apolitical travel thread a couple of weeks ago that everyone seemed to like, so I'd like to start another. If someone was traveling to your town, what little known attraction would you recommend? Could be a restaurant, hike, go…
Isn't everyone in this country able/required to be educated or at least attend a school to accept education if they do the work? Last I checked it was a law that children attend school. Or are you saying that some places have bad teachers? Is there …
@FD1000 - How do you know that everyone else isn't investing for TR as well using their dividends as just one piece of the equation? What if they aren't comfortable or knowledgeable enough to be trading in and out of positions? Or simply don't have …
Ray Dalio certainly is no radical idealist, but in his frequent writings and media appearances the veteran investor consistently calls for Americans to rewrite their longstanding contract with capitalism so that it is fairer and more generous to mor…
There will be a vaccine in the next 6 months and it will be a requirement for hiring. Plenty of businesses will need staffing. In 2023 COVID-19 will be forgotten.
Interesting that off-topic is still being discussed in a non off-topic forum.
davidmoran:"important to remember Old_Skeet's and then FD1000's goal was to silence political discussions by trolling the site with ones from dubious rightwing sources. …
Blame their parents. Not sure why the parents had success guilt and coddled their kids growing up. Not much was ever expected from them. I witnessed first hand many instances.