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Bee said:
My deepest condolences to Ted and his family, one of which is all of us...his cyber mutual fund family.
Whether it was a happy face emoji or a link to a video depicting a cauldron of hot oil...Ted always let you know how he felt.
I lear…
Hi David, have been on the road quite a bit lately and just became aware about Chip's condition. She's played a major role in keeping this site going since the FundAlarm days and am very grateful for all her time and effort in maintaining this site…
Hi Maurice,
Ended up having to break away from the computer yesterday (remodeling the old place too and had to prepare for contractor showing up today.
"If you are going to invest in Vanguard's index funds, I wouldn't bother to hire them to al…
Hi Old Skeet,
I’m just now looking at VBIAX as one of the funds I plan to use in my yet to be established portfolio at Vanguard. Prior to my very recent move to Vanguard, I used three proprietary index funds, a Large Cap, Mid Cap and Bond fund wi…
Hi Sven,
Thank you for pointing that out... that did come to mind. I appreciate the "heads-up" and will be on the look out for any other fees that may cause cost creep.
Hi Sven,
Their fees do sound reasonable ($300/yr. for managing $100,000) if I end up having to pay for their advisory services. At least just to get me set up with a portfolio during the first year. Good to hear their thresholds for minimums kee…
Hi Mike,
Sounds like the RO went really well for you. You’re the second person who’s brought up a robo advisor, which appears to be a cheaper and efficient alternative to a full service advisor. MSF brought up a robo advisor service at Vanguard to…
Hi Ted,
Just looked up both VWELX (Wellington) and VWINX (Wellesly) Vanguard Funds on M* and both had better returns and ranked higher than VBIAX. One feature I like about VBIAX is the auto rebalancing that takes place (self-proprietary algo) wi…
Hi MSF,
I know w/o a crystal ball for some insight as to when/how to get back into the market it gets to be a bit of a dilemma, which is why I’ve reached out to MFO.
The recent increase in volatility overseas doesn’t help. Which is why I’m …
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