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there are a few coworkers I know who have taken their 401k's to settlement funds largely fearing the end of democracy is nigh. one was concerned I wasnt' concerned. I was like didn't you do this in 2016 too? they said yes. I said you realize that…
JEPI was advertised pretty heavy on Morningstar, Bloomberg, CNBC in 2021. and then 2022 happened which sent inflows to the moon on this thing. /investing on reddit had gobs of 20 somethings building JEPI/SCHD heavy portfolios which was interesting…
The 401k is responsible for more millionaires than any other way of investing IMO. how companies manage their offerings is so different. Prior to the aforementioned gig, I along with the business owners son was tasked with finding a new plan as we…
There has to be a happy medium. allocations in defined benefit plans are too risk averse for the young worker. (this is changing I read where allocations to stocks in many state plans is growing. what was once the norm (a 30/70 stock/bond alloca…
I'm not sure a heavy LCG is super prudent but its understandable why someone wants it. Return isn't everything but I'm kind of the mind that if people are tilting LCG its largely return related. therefore prefer a LCG index compared to products l…
@mskursh.
"... the surviving focus/select funds that exist today or have long track records are standing on the corpses of many that have gone extinct..."
ouch.
"Standing on the shoulders of giants" is a metaphor I've embraced for years.
But cor…
I think it would also be fair to say that the surviving focus/select funds that exist today or have long track records are standing on the corpses of many that have gone extinct as with most of the mutual fund industry but probably even more so when…
i've got a bit of hodgepodge as I only have so many options in various accounts.
HSA - its at one place and use ETF's (I use an IShares allocation etf)
Roths - these are 7 funds in total (my FIL opened my wifes first IRA a long time ago and ther…
American Funds issues of the last 15-20 years was largely due to fund size making them giant closet indexes. These ETF's have a ton of room to run and I've always been a big fan of their management process. I likely will forgo investing in them b…
YBB,
Why bother buying and holding any index of small or mid caps? Tech companies go public these days as near large caps. So, very little growth potential left while in these indices. Seems like loss potential to zero and limited upside for comp…
What do the seasoned investors on this board think of capital groups ETF’s as a whole? But In particular, CGUS, CGDV, CGGR?
I’ve never invested in Capital Group funds until they entered the ETF market. I currently hold double-digits in CGUS and C…
CG will always stick up for advisory services. its what got them to where they are today.
I don't like any of their underlying equity products but they are great allocators in their allocation products, have really listened when it comes to expen…
I don't like it. Its one of those funds that doesn't pay off the amount of risk you take. Overall I believe large growth is tough to outperform even on a risk adjusted level. especially using expensive funds. (2% outperformed the LCG index over t…
