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@Tarwheel, in my margin accounts (Fido, Schwab), I would be able to enter sell for TRPBX (T+1), and then right away buy TCAF (T+2) and enter buy for FADMX (T+1) without any margin interest. Some other variations may dock me with 1 day margin interes…
@WABAC, from the general description, it seems to be that your wife had an OLDER, dedicated TIAA plan (with TIAA handling all aspects) that was CONVERTED to a NEWER, more flexible TIAA plan that has TIAA only as its recordkeeper. In the flexible pla…
It's a sign of times.
Giroux is hot and T Rowe Price has put gates around him by keeping PRWCX closed to most investors. As you know, anything gated is prized now - you put gates and crowd will come looking in.
In the BB thread on how to beat PRW…
M* has Categories and Styles.
M* puts funds in Categories (on Quote pages) by taking into account the fund objectives and its own assessments. So, sometimes that may differ from what the firms may say, especially when they give wide latitudes to f…
@Devo, being contrarian, sentiment is too bullish near the market tops, too bearish near the market bottoms.
I personally don't sell much when sentiment is negative.
Attempts for sentiment-based trading haven't worked. The so-called Bull-Bear In…
My personal observation of posts at this and other forums is that the forum moods correlate well with the AAII Sentiment Survey (posted weekly here), but not so much with institutional or professional sentiment surveys.
The AAII Sentiment has impro…
But PRWCX has been closed for years. This is why there is interest in the new ETF TCAF (see a nearby thread). It is 100% equity but is managed by Giroux (who also manages PRWCX).
Of course, once TCAF has some record, its proper comparison would be …
In all-weather fund lists, I like to see some familiar names of funds that have been around for several market cycles. The screen of up 2022 & 2023YTD found several unfamiliar funds.
There are now several favorable comments on 60-40 including in this week's Barron's (Joyce Chang, JPM). 2022 was a horrible year for bonds and hybrids (also for stocks, but nothing historic). It should be better/good going forward.
Once I had Schwab app (Android) issues and I called Schwab. It recommended updating the app via Google Play and then everything worked fine. It seems that apps don't auto-update. I had similar issue with a bank app recently.
Google Play will show …
I am not in a fully-invested 100% equity camp. In retirement, my tactical asset allocation (TAA) is 40-60% equity, and due to my buys in 2022, it became higher than that. So, I am in profit-taking mode now to adjust my TAA.
My short-term fixed-inc…
The fund flows should be looked at in the context of the US IPO levels. In a bad year, there were 62 IPOs (2008), in a good year 1,035 (2021) IPOs. These were the numbers of IPOs, and I will later find the $amounts of IPOs.
So, $150 billion will ha…
On Yahoo Quote page for USAGX, just click Max (don't go in Charts) and you will see the prices mentioned by @WABAC. I thought that there may be a split somewhere but not.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/USAGX?p=USAGX&.tsrc=fin-srch
Both NYSE and Yahoo are reporting day volume as 190,276. So, the activity picked up near or at close.
T Rowe Price is reporting 500,000 shares outstanding. So, there must have been private placement(s) or lots of shares in dealers'/market-makers' h…
There are 2 categories, FR-inv-grade (Treasury FRNs, others), FR/BL-junk.
I think that the discussion on this thread is related to FR/BL-junk and its nature, depending on the rates, is that it shows low SDs for a while, and then unexpectedly, the S…
That is a typical creation/redemption mechanism for ETFs (affecting the AUM). Once the introduction hoopla is out of the way, most of the trading will be just among the retail customers (not affecting the AUM), as is typical for other ETFs.
As TCAF…
Not really. I use to ETFs for my hunches that, if not wrong, are often too early or too late.
BTW, GGN and GNT are active CEFs but haven't shined in golds or oil.
So, if I lose money, I want to lose it my way.
I follow gold-bullion (GLD, IAU, SGOL, etc) & gold-mining (GDX, GDXJ, etc) ETFs. The latter are 2x-3x more volatile than the former, & are more correlated with the stock market - but sometimes, they just go down-down (-:).
Some gold-miners …
anybody know inception NAV price?
You will know in less than 10 min (-:).
I have only added it to my Yahoo watchlist. That is why I knew the moment yesterday when its ticker could be recognized by Yahoo. I may add it during the next selloff.
Edit…
The CME FedWatch has to adjust a LOT to fit the Fed's narrative of possibly 2 more hikes in 2023, and no cuts for almost 2 years (Powell said so). Powell also said that he/Fed/FOMC don't want to surprise the markets, so expect lot of Fed speakers ja…
Yahoo Finance just started recognizing the ticker TCAF.
T. Rowe Price Exchange-Traded F (TCAF)
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TCAF is newly listed on NYSE Arca effecti…
Delayed T Rowe Price ETFs to launch TOMORROW, 6/15/23 - TCAF & 4 other ETFs from T Rowe Price.
https://twitter.com/ETFhearsay/status/1669101617155538945
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Revised Prospectus https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795351/00017417732300198…
Treasury rates didn't move much; 3-6 mo is the sweet spot. Stocks saw some volatility - Powell said don't expect rate cut for almost 2 years! Does that define higher rates for longer?
https://home.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/inter…
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Hawkish-hold, so the fed funds remain at 5.00-5.25%, but it could go up by 25-50 bps by 2023YE; the (bank) reserve balance rate is 5.15%; the discount rate is 5.25%. The pause now is to let the effects of Fed actions so far work given som…
My test was for Fido without login and "Dodge & Cox" or "D&C" or "DODIX" or "DODFX" pulled up BLANKs from Fido search box. Good that others pointed out that this may be a site glitch.
Has this in-kind transfer happened or are you thinking about it?
D&C doesn't seem to be supported at Fidelity platform (NTF or TF). D&C tickers don't even pull up a quote at Fido site. So, such in-kind transfer may not even be allowed.
No …
I saw Vanguard's 09/2022 deadline to "force" conversion to VG Brokerage as a separate action; "or else", huge penalties (new) for continuing to have mutual fund only accounts. I reluctantly converted - took a while for me (Trust a/c + IRAs), but was…
Posters may be distracted by the use of "gradual" (by Treasury; I tend not to take government statements at face value), "flood" (by me & others), "tsunami (by @WABAC and others).
But the actionable take is that cumulative effects of the Fed (…
This time, -20% down for SP500 from Jan 2022 high was in June 2022. Then, +20% up from Oct 2022 low was recent. That 284 days.
Other times have to be checked similarly. It's hard to do this on phone, so I may post on this later. In long & deep …
In an account w/o margin, Fido didn't allow entering T-Bill/CMB Auction order for this week when there was a maturing T-Bill this Thursday (also the settle day for Auction purchases). In my margin a/c, I never encountered this, nor in Vanguard non-m…
Lots of good points.
My caution with FR/BL is just going forward. It has been a good time for FR/BL from mid-2022 to ??? If one has them, hold for now; may be still good for a quick trade. Things do change rapidly for them and lot of backward-looki…
CPI was OK, headline at +4.0% lower than expected (exp +4.2% yoy), but core at +5.3% higher (exp +5.2%).
https://www.bls.gov/cpi/
https://www.fxstreet.com/news/the-highly-anticipated-consumer-price-index-cpi-202306130542
Whirlpool Dishwasher Update
After running some different cycles, it's OK.
Quick 1 hr
Normal 1.5 hrs
Heated Dry adds 45-55 min.
Only to remember wiping some surfaces at the cycle end to assist in drying, AND leaving the door slightly ajar after a…
