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RE: David's Sept. MFO post about SIGIX and reduction to 25K: Scottrade now offers it for $100 basic/IRA but with $17 fee; Schwab hasn't reduced the minimum and has a fee; TD has $25K for a basic, but 100K for an IRA (:-); VG and Fido have reduced th…
Old_Skeet
11:33AM edited 11:35AM Flag
One of my small/mid cap funds, PMDAX, is indeed on a year-to-date roll ... up 16.6% ... plus, it sports a nice dividend!
MikeW
11:44AM Flag
thanks for the heads up Ted and Skeet. Is there a way to get the load…
I believe Snowball has written extensively about their virtues.
He's featured ICMAX (April, 2016) and ICMUX (Mar. 2014), also adding a piece this month about ICMAX.
The firm is doing a conference call Aug. 4. You can submit questions in advance.
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CETAX and CSIAX are available at Schwab as no-load, NTF. $100 minimum for basic and IRA accounts. Schwab system not updated yet for CSIAX because it was just added yesterday, but one can buy it online anyway.
Fidelity, Vanguard, and Schwab are now offering the institutional class, SIVLX for a 100K minimum, basic and IRA. None of these offer the investor class SFVLX so far. What I don't understand is the statement by the person who manages Client Services…
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$2000 in fact for an IRA at TD. Called them early this a.m. and received the answer I posted above, emailed the firm for confirmation and was told $2,000, came back here, saw LLJB addition, did a chat with another TD rep, and was tol…
Mike: Here's a Barron's article from a year ago that offers insight into this PM. As an owner of PRHSX, I'm confident in the abilities he brings to the portfolio. JMHO.
http://www.barrons.com/articles/SB50001424053111904703704579507953523415572
Thx, heezsafe for the useful info and your work on this. And your spot on re difference between this DL product vs. GLFOX, which I happen to own, as do others here. The N class BTW is BILTX.
Concerning the fund macro, here is how the separate acco…
I asked Eric Huefner about re-opening GPEOX this morning. Here's his reply at 8:24 a.m. MST.
Dennis,
Thanks for the interest. We are not looking to re-open GPEOX at this point. We have had discussions on the topic, but it would take a significant…
willmat72: I think that FD1000 at M* hits the nail on the head here pretty well -- at least in the responses so far. Too many headwinds hitting this holding with 19% in EM, long U.S. dollar bias, and some high yield based on the fund's comments last…
You might wish to post this issue at the M* CEF forum because I know that a number of posters have exchanged their experiences with DRIPs there in the past.
Sound Point Floating Rate Fund (SPFLX)
The fund is in the process of reorganizing into the American Beacon family to be effected Friday. No distribution amounts yet -- only this -- and I'll try to update:
The dividend and distribution information …
They may have converted to the A share class because WF dropped the Advantage moniker for a number of their funds on/about 10/23 thereby giving them different symbols. This info was given in a supplement to the prospectus. So if that's what happened…
Yes, the fund is purely quantitatively driven in each of its sleeves with a head PM, Eugene Barbaeagra CFA, overseeing the three sub-advisers including Mr. de Silva of AJO. SEI does publish the "Fact Sheets." I don't know why the investment strategy…
"It's a little hard to get a handle on its management - three different management companies, each with several managers involved. Don't know whether each team is allocated a sleeve, or if there is dynamic allocation among teams."
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The fund may be purchased at Scottrade for $17. The minimums for both a regular and an IRA are $2500 and $100 for additional purchases. The fund is not registered in all states but is registered in most of them.
ICYMI: The annual CSR for the funds is dated 8/27/15 as of June 30. Note the total returns for the funds compared to their benchmarks.
http://quote.morningstar.com/fund-filing/Annual-Report/2015/6/30/t.aspx?t=GLDSX&ft=N-CSR&d=41bc71aeca8efe…
Consider VMVFX. New but with attractive present and promising performance -- especially for conservative investors. Good strategy, defensive, experienced team, low ER, other available share class. Only seeing it offered, however, at Vanguard. Overal…
You may want to check with the securities division of your state to see what the cost is to register. If there is a cost, Deysher may be willing to list it there depending on the initial amount of your investment. In my state, a fund does not have …
The article John cites has the symbol incorrect. The symbols for the two classes are DBLTX and DLTNX. BTW Gundlach's conference call on Tuesday reemphasized that the firm has not been interested in growing AUM at the expense of shareholder returns. …
I remember when Royce as a "shop" had only two funds -- Penn Mutual and then Royce Value in '84. Royce managed them and closed PENNX a number of times to control assets. What a change since then: AUM, slicing the small and mid cap space with innumer…
