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I got close to @msf by moving the left slider- I am getting month ends, so 2/28/21, 3/31/21, etc. EDIT - I just noticed that msf did 3/15/22 (not 3/15/21), so that may be why he didn't run into month end issue.
@mnzdedwards, TIPS have low coupons and funds have ERs, so there may not be any income left to distribute every month even when the policy for FIPDX is monthly distributions. Inflation-adjustments (to principals) probably hit quarterly and they may …
Vanguard TIPS funds distribute quarterly.
Fido FIPDX says monthly (website and prospectus) but they were $0 for March, April, and $0.000000001 (I think I counted 0s right) for February and May (-:).
https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/fe…
This was in Barron's, 5/30/22, LINK
"ECONOMY. Soft-landing or hard-landing/recession? The economic data are pointing to SLOWDOWN – home sales, household savings, PMI, jobless claims, Atlanta Fed GDPNow, business inventories, layoffs, consumer confi…
Many confuse inflation (that is rate of change in prices) with prices themselves. The Fed would be happy if inflation settles down at a lower rate, but then we all are still stuck with high prices. We may see some declines in prices, especially some…
3rd party platforms are NOT cheap. Fido, Schwab, etc charge 0.25-50% just to list things on their platforms - that also applies to brokered CDs (so it is easier to find those from unknown entities). Uncle Sam does get a favorable treatment for free …
Others (WSJ, Bloomberg, Reuters) are also reporting the same news but require payment-for-news-flow (-:). Besides ZH, here is another open source,
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sec-closes-in-on-rules-that-could-reshape-how-u-s-stock-market-opera…
I have had both XLE and IYE and I have used them for tax-swaps in the past. But as I have been gradually taking profits via high-ball limit orders, XLE is all gone and only IYE remains. Only XLE has options. Either is good for trade.
@Edmond,
#1 - I started a thread on TIPS vs TIPS funds. It had dozens of views but no comments. Click Update to refresh the chart link there. https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/59484/individual-tips-vs-tips-funds#latest
#2 - Tr…
I haven't heard back from my contact at M* since 6/1/22 and there hasn't been any changes either. So, may be the degradation of the chart feature was intentional by M*.
Stockcharts is a good alternative. PV is OK to some extent. Below are OEF VFIA…
Upcoming 5-Yr TIPS Auction
home.treasury.gov/system/files/221/TentativeAuctionScheduleQ22022.pdf
Announcement Date 6/16/22 (Thursday)
(Purchase at Brokerages or Treasury Direct from afternoon until the morning of the Auction Date)
Auction Date 6/…
Top Sectors in MTUM After Rebalance (M* data)
After 5/31/22 rebalance, top 3 sectors of momentum MTUM are healthcare 29.92%, energy 20.67%, consumer staples 16.73%
Before: IT 31.27%, financials 24.51, healthcare 13.05%
https://stockcharts.com/h-s…
Yes, EPD is a STOCK, not a fund. Moreover, you have to deal with K-1 for this midstream MLP.
https://www.enterpriseproducts.com/k1-tax-information
There are MLP ETFs that issue 1099, see
https://ybbpersonalfinance.proboards.com/post/113/thread
"Circularity" here arises from complaining about something that may be a result of one's own doing. So, M* is complaining about a blunt tool (MPT based on MONTHLY data) of its own design not being able to detect what happens(ed) over days or weeks. …
Refining profit margins as represented by 3:2:1 crack spreads are at record high, $55-60/bbl. I am holding on to some IYE - not yet at all-time high ($57.72, 6/23/14).
From https://twitter.com/JavierBlas/status/1532125358744551430
What is crack …
I found 2 M* MPRS documents - Methodology and Empirical Analysis from October 2021. Both are link-downloads only.
MPRS Methodology Link-Download
MPRS Empirical Analysis-Download
Fund dividends are reported as 1099-DIV (even for bond and m-mkt funds). For allocation/balanced funds, those from stocks & bonds are not separated. 1099-INT is from banks, CDs, etc and there may be some in 1099-INT in brokerage statements but n…
It is kind of circular argument by M*. BECAUSE M* uses monthly data, its MPT measurements lack sensitivity that weekly (or daily) data may capture. So, M* should quit complaining and instead change its MPT calculations with (at least) weekly data.
A good article overall.
It doesn't reference the new M* categorization system using beta-based MPRS (see a post nearby), but provides good info on relative-performance, relative-beta and relative-SD.
The data lag issue may be explained by the use …
In spite of BBB being inv-grade by name, it is considered not so good in the muni universe. So, M* (and others) uses BBB & below + NR for HY evaluation and that is 34.95% for OPTAX; this may include 5.50% in PR.
Isn't it part of the old Oppenhe…
Free Stockcharts SharpCharts do allow start and end dates. Problem is that links soon default to 1-yr unless one uses screenshots to capture the charts.
PerfCharts do have that adjustable window at the bottom.
Does the chart for those of you with subscription service provide date range specific function right now?
No. I have checked new Interactive Charts feature with unsigned and signed browsers and the features are the same.
I agree although some rough tome adjustments are possible with the dynamic window in the bottom panel - the left and right sides are moveable, and the window as a whole can slide (maintaining the width/timeframe). But it is difficult to achieve prec…
For FDGRX, SEC/Edgar search stops at 2/24/2006.
https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=C000019448&owner=include&scd=filings&count=40
This is the basic link that I played around. Difference was that Fidelity C…
K-1 are for partnerships. In MLP, P is for partnership. Many commodity funds are also structured as partnerships (crude oil USO, dynamic commodities USCI, etc). REITs are typically not structures as partnerships, nor are listed dividend-stock funds.…
BlackRock/BLK has been TSP fund manager for years (except for SV G Fund that is directly under the Treasury Secretary). State Street/STT was recently added as 2nd manager for small portions.
FWIW, the US Government also relied on Blackrock's risk a…
@shipwreckedandalone, I see.
I just had stopped when the menus opened up. But I see that on a mutual fund chart, when ETF is added by compare, the correct ETF name isn't there, and none of the ones shown pull up anything on the chart.
I also see…
dont think the Add Comparison search tab is giving the same options as the previous interactive chart for ETF's.
Can you explain the issue now?
As before, I see a long list containing 3-4 character ETF name that opens up when an ETF ticker is ent…
In yet another change, Interactive Chart click is REMOVED from the Quote page and there is a new CHART tab that works for ALL - unsigned + Basic (free) + Premium.
https://www.morningstar.com/funds/xnas/vfiax/chart
Correct. In-service rollovers to T-IRA are allowed by TSP. Not many retirement plans allow that. 401k/403b vs T-IRA involves other issues covered elsewhere (TSP is formally not 401k, but follows similar rules).
As mentioned earlier, the TSP G Fund is a unique stable-value fund (SV) with its principal & accumulated interest guaranteed by Uncle Sam (most SVs are guaranteed by insurance companies; some by none, so check about yours). During the debt-ceili…
IMO, TSP holders should stick with the previous strategy of using the TSP stock and bond funds that are among the cheapest index funds around. TSP G Fund (SV) is also doing better (although not as good as TIAA Traditional). Use other funds (from Van…
Funds have distributions that include dividends and realized CGs. Stockcharts allows adjusted-prices (similar to growth-of-10K; use TICKER) and actual-prices (use _TICKER) for a dramatic effect on the same chart. As the link (using HBLAX for 10 yrs…
Addendum, 5/30/22. For the 3 funds in the M* example, FKIQX (nominal equity 38.59%, new M* MPRS 68.81%, Effective Equity 63.67%), RBBAX (20.44%, 44.21%, 44.75%), ACEIX (63.47%, 88.26%, 82.42%), both M* MPRS and Effective Equity systems lead to 1-not…
Yes, that nominal equity % over 5 yrs has carried over from old to new M* pages. But that doesn't explain, for example, OAKBX having 60.78-71.04% nominal equity range, but then having new MPRS of 92.97% (reference about 100% for SP 500) and Effectiv…
OLD ultra-short-term category disappeared after their collapse in 2008. They had relied on short-term HY in the belief - what could go wrong in 90-120 days. Plenty, it turned out - there was a credit freeze that made HY debt rollovers difficult and …
@BaluBalu, see GQG website, https://gqgpartners.com/about?scroll=node-485
Barron's also had a couple of features on Rajiv Jain last year (search) and more before.
