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Reply to @Mark: Thanks. Took me six days with a truck hauling a heavy trailer with my minivan. Stopped at a local bar my first night in Boulder where the barmaid said she went to KW in July and participated in FantasyFest wearing nothing but a skimp…
I have a Rosewill RNX-N24PS that I bought from Newegg.com (where I buy all my peripherals). I have one laptop direct connected to the router, and my iPad and iPhone connect wirelessly. I've had it for a year now and have never had a problem. In fact…
Reply to @hank: I did my homework. Cost of living in Boulder is about the same as in the Keys. I got a huge 2 BR, 2 Bath apartment with a fireplace in Boulder for only a few hundred bucks a month more than my 1 BR, 1 Bath apartment here in the Keys.…
Hah! This is my last hurricane. Next Thursday I load all my possessions into a U-Haul and my car onto a trailer and begin a 6-day trek to my new apartment in Boulder, Colorado -- a move that has been several months in the planning stage. Isaac almos…
Key West Airport will close at 7 tonight. Tourists are being advised to leave the Keys by tonight; tomorrow will be too late. I'll be hanging out at my local watering hole on Plantation Key this evening (two blocks from my apartment). Weather has be…
I live in the Keys and find the cruise ships to be an annoying eyesore. In Key West have a meal at the historic Blue Heaven restaurant; Hemingway used to referee boxing matches there; it's also a former bordello. My favorite place for a drink is the…
Working beyond age 65 is a realistic option if the jobs are there for people at or near retirement age. That is a BIG IF. In this past Great Recession, many, many people over 55 lost their jobs, and many of those may never find another job or one th…
I already have a heavy emphasis on Asia, which I plan to increase using my existing funds. SFGIX doesn't give me anything I don't already have. I'd like to find a fund that invests in EM ex-Asia.
I'm 63, fully retired, living comfortably on pensions and SS, no debt. Have investment accounts I don't need to touch. I believe EM is the future and have a fairly high risk tolerance.
I have a little over 24% in cash. Of the remaining invested amount, about 30% is in emerging market equities (mainly Matthews funds) and a little over 7% in emerging market bonds (PEMDX). When I choose to move the cash into the markets, the bulk of …
I check my portfolio most days at the end of the day. For longer mutual fund positions, it's more out of curiosity since I don't intend to touc them. However, if I have an active short term trade on in a stock or ETF, I will monitor those positions …
Like ron, I use other managers, specifically LSBRX and PEMDX. While Gundlach has done pretty well since it's inception, LSBRX and PEMDX have left DBLTX in the dust since the beginning of 2012.
When I put MSMLX against my other major stock fund holdings (MAPIX, MAPTX, APPLX) and look at at relative performance over the past year using the Perfchart feature at Stockcharts.com, MSMLX is my worst relative performer over the past 12 months. Co…
Here's my list of long term equity mutual fund holds:
APPLX
MAPIX
MAPTX
MSMLX
PRPFX
Long term bond fund holds:
LSBRX
PEMDX
Added in 2012:
MFLDX (Likely to be sold when it goes load)
PAUDX
MAINX
CYS
FHY
FCG
IGR (I tend to trade in and out of this)
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This guy is a trader, not an investor. He's basically saying that markets go up and down. So as trader, he says we're currently "up" so sell and short, so that when we're down, you can buy again. I'm an investor who trades a little on the side. I do…
Call me a purist, but I don't buy load funds, period. If a no-load becomes load, it's gone from my portfolio. There is so much out there in no-load world that I can't be bothered with loads.
I will sell my entire MFLDX position before October. I don't believe anything good happens when an insurance company or bank buys a no load fund and slaps a load on. With the load, their sole interest will be to build AUM. I also believe the insuran…
This has nothing to do with the Obamacare ruling. This is all Europe. I'm sure there's also some end of quarter window dressing going on. I think this rally has a few days or a couple of weeks left. The news from Europe was good but the devil is in …
I sold a trading position that wasn't working out. I'm building a huge cash position that's burning a hole in my pocket, but I'm out of ideas at the moment. May add to an EM bond fund that's been holding up fairly well
Thanks for the link. Good read. EM funds have long been a core holding of my portfolio. This global economic malaise will not last forever, and I handle the volatility with patience.
I use Firefox. When I enter my log on info I check the box that says "stay connected", and it does, even when I shut down and restart. Occasionally, I will have to log on again but not often.
Reply to @tip: As investor said, the $75 fee is only for funds that for which there is a fee. I have never had a problem finding equivalent funds that are NTF at Fidelity, i.e. No Transaction Fee. I use Fidelity for long term mutual fund investments…
I have a laptop with Windows 7 as my main computer. I have both Firefox and IE installed. Firefox is my main browser; I just like it; it just seems faster. I use IE occasionally when Firefox has a problem rendering a web page. For example, I've been…
Actually, I'll be on a Buddhist retreat where the observance of "noble silence" is mandatory. I'll be meditating on the impermanence of all things -- like the value of my portfolio.
In 2 hours, I leave for a place where I will have no access to TV, phone, newspapers, email or internet for 5 days. Still in 30% cash. Will be interesting to see what the situation will be next Monday when I return. In the meantime I look on my temp…
Mr. Haaga asked “Why not just close your bond funds and tell people they can't have anymore because it's no good for them?”
What arrogance that would exhibit!! Those panelists who stressed the importance of education had it right.
I'm in retirement and reinvest dividends on all mutual funds in my retirement accounts. I take cash dividends on ETFs and individual stocks. I'm years away from having to do RMD on my main portfolio. However, I do have an inherited IRA where I do ha…
Reply to @Old_Joe: I was just continuing the thread on nat gas, not commenting on the whole market. I also am trading/speculating in this particular nat gas ETF (FCG) -- I actually doubled my trading position about an hour ago. As far as other secto…
Wow. FCG (and all energy stocks/ETFs) are in the tank today. Sold out of some positions in individual stocks and ETFs earlier in the week, taking profits and using some of the proceeds to take an initial position in FCG. I'm still over 30% cash. I'm…