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TIPS pricing has improved compared to 1-2 months ago. Nothing quite like Ibonds unfortunately.
@hank to get straight to the finish line, it’s all about getting the timing right. And we all know that we can get a lot right but getting the timing right is a different level of problem we have not applied ourselves to and difficult to have edge i…
Did I ever tell you the daily prayer of the Wall Street options trader who used to express gratitude to the retail investors trading options while he dropped off his children at private schools on the upper east side costing 65000 a year ?
@david_snowball I am surprised (shocked) that you find it difficult to identify and buy the 50 stocks in the S&P 500 that are up 56% this year. I might just have to start traveling on other discussion boards at this rate.
https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=261718
Bogleheads debate on forever stamps humorously fluctuates between replacement to TIPS vs quality of glue on those stamps.
Reits are investments people got into when rates were low for income because they couldn’t get it from bonds. There has been a phenomenal outflow from public reits in the last 12-18 months. Everyone must feel the pain. Even if it’s the post. Even if…
Bond is certainly a 4 letter word right now among investors. With the fed stepping out of the way and tremendous uncertainty in the path of inflation and growth compared to any other time - please read that as no one knows how to get numbers right -…
a contrary opinion to the property doom and gloom is found in this :
https://www.baronfunds.com/sites/default/files/Baron-Real-Estate-Fund-Quarterly-Letter-3.31.23.pdf
The results of the fund BREIX in multiple periods means the manager knows what …
In addition, I would also recommend Lynn's article on helping his friend "Carol" a useful read for those who are helping others figure out personal investing on a friendly basis. There are a lot of links of great help there. The article is written i…
Yes its meaningfully high. highest ever perhaps. twitter has a lot of charts on all this but I haven't figured out how to paste a chart into MFO discussions yet :(
These are some of the options that hurt CCOR and the weights as of April 2023
SPX Mav3 4070.0P 0.25% Cash Options
SPX Mav3 4065.OP 0.06% Cash Options
SPX Mav3 4125.OP 0.05% Cash Options
SPX Mav3 4100.0P 0.01% Cash Options
SPX Apr3 4050.0P 0.00% Cash…
"Another entry point is through a financial advisor who is already invested in a closed fund for other clients or who may have access to a still-open institutional share class. Artisan also does this. “Funds can close in all sorts of different level…
"In November 2021, T. Rowe launched its Summit Program, which allows any investor with more than $250,000 at the firm to buy top-performing closed funds like Capital Appreciation. Of course, many investors don’t have that kind of wealth and don’t ne…
