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Reply to @Old_Joe: Now, I revisited my post and when the forum is wrapped in World Press blog, the link does not work (at least from Safari). I am not sure why it is so. It may be also due to the linked site having bad interaction with World Press (…
Reply to @Accipiter: I think he is referring to my link in the post:
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/14964#Comment_14964
Reply to @Hiyield007: I am about 70% Equity. It looks like I am one of the most bullish here. Now, that we have QE3, I am thinking of replacing some of my more conservative bond/cash stuff with more riskier bonds for a while.
Reply to @MikeM:
Mike, I do not know what is wrong with your computer. I would clear browser cache, clear cookies and attempt to log-in again.
Try a different browser if you can.
Also, your corporate network might be caching old content or inte…
Reply to @VintageFreak: I believe Berry Dargan along with Mark Yokey is likely do better with small asset base of ARTHX. ARTIX had a poor 2010 but otherwise the record has been pretty good.
I respect the managers of ARTRX given their success with …
Reply to @catch22: Actually, there is such risk based limits at Fidelity. If you try to buy Leveraged ETFs etc. on Fidelity and declared yourself as Moderate risk investor, they will prevent you from buying these. You have to bump up your risk level…
Reply to @Old_Joe: US Economy would be cruising along much better had Europe austerity measures not completely backfired and now growth is below zero for many European countries and debt is not less. The recession in Europe has effected US companies…
Reply to @Old_Joe: Mine goes to the link properly when clicked. It is possible that your download from the target web site did not complete when you clicked the link and your browser is confused.
Reply to @Old_Joe: Better yet you can send a message to him directly via his profile @David_Snowball. Look towards upper left. "Send David_Snowball a message"
Reply to @Sven: I've got their ARTKX fund so I did not invest in ARTGX for now. But, I've invested some in ARTHX. It would be a growthy complement ARTGX. These two are like ARTQX and ARTMX except they are global.
I've owned GRTVX for a while. I sold it to buy ARIVX and since then ARIVX has underperformed.
GRTVX is more aggressive and does better in a rallying market but also has significantly higher downside exposure in a declining market.
Personally, I …
Reply to @Archaic: Scott T. Brayman (manager of CIPSX and CIPMX) was the manager of Sentinel Small Company from 1995 to 2004. It looks like replacement managers too have left Sentinel now. Performance of CIPSX was generally slightly better than SAGW…
Are you asking the youngest mutual fund that
a) ever had a 5 star rating from M* but not necessarily at this time?
or
b) has 5 star rating from M* now?
Which one?
Also: Is your question related to this article?
I personally like to read Old Prof. Blog:
http://oldprof.typepad.com/a_dash_of_insight/2012/09/weighing-the-week-ahead-will-the-fed-disappoint-the-markets.html
And this is good to read as well:
http://oldprof.typepad.com/a_dash_of_insight/2012/09…
3 of the countries listed are in Eurozone and actually make big part of the Eurozone economy. Having those 3 with Eurozone itself as separate country skews the chart for most periods.
Reply to @VintageFreak: OK, I missed that part but article title is largely divorced from the contents as well. It talks about How to Retire Rich in 3 Steps and only talks about how to fund College education. Ultimately they are related via the sour…
There is nothing about Edward Jones in the article you linked. You probably got the wrong URL.
BTW, sites often tack some crap to their URLs for various reasons. You could trim the above URL to this.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-to-retire-ric…
Reply to @Riley:
+1 for Airport Extreme.
It is pricer than most similar products. However it is quality Apple design in both software and hardware. I had another brand above average access point before which caused connection drops with my wife's …
Reply to @BondInvestor: This fund is not holding TIPS just for fun. It is primarily buying Commodity Futures and for futures it must hold a collateral. The collateral is Typically invested in Treasury Bills. This fund is using TIPS instead trying to…
It is amazing. Given those flows you would think market is down this year. But individual investors are not alone. Hedge funds are also underperforming.
The price movements of this fund definitely includes inflation component but other factors do influence the returns to a higher degree. I would not use it for inflation purpose. It could be a supporting actor for portfolio diversification in smaller…
GLRBX is your conservative allocation fund and definitely behaving like a really conservative allocation fund. You might be a bit displeased YTD performance but when markets have turned south this fund has worked as expected. In fact it has performe…
Who knows...
October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.
Mark Twain
If past history was all there was to…
You have done great so far and I suspect with much less volatility than most everyone. Congratulations. I am on the other hand sticking with my equity heavy portfolio and I am lagging you YTD.
What do you want to learn? The fund is run an experienced manager who has been with the fund for a long time.
It has produced very good returns but in times like 2008, it can have big losses for a bond fund. In particular, in bond funds extra big r…
David, I did not see any FundReveal take on the funds. I am curious how the previous FundReveal evaluations have panned out.
Also, the September issue is missing an important reminder that needs repeating (I know you might feel like it is getting o…
The text in some of the table cells for ARIVX profile ( http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/2011/04/astonriver-road-independent-value-arivx/ ) is not flowing right when it hits right edge of the cell and lost from view. I had to make the text smaller …
Never liked them and personally not shocked but forwarded the article to family members who are not so sophisticated and could be a prey for these sort of companies.
The following part reminded me of John in this board who does business with them:
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These funds are typically high beta funds that typically amplify the market movements. Natural Resources themselves are effected by the inflation but a lot of other factors do affect the resource stocks besides inflation. In fact, inflation might be…
Reply to @scott: Savers are buying bonds and dividend stocks which are both riskier than holding cash or CDs. Thus, the policy is working to encourage risk taking even if the risk taking is moderate.
