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Reply to @Investor: That's your opinion and you are entitled to it. I do not agree with the premise that selling shares is equivalent to receiving dividend income.
Vwelx is not a good comparison to Caibx unless you are talking total return.
That would be unreasonable because Caibx primary objective is growing income
as per the prospectus.
Reply to @Charles: I don't believe that AF pitches to retail investors. Also I believe that 401k participants don't pay the load. And AF ER's are second lowest after Vanguard.
There are lots of AF funds that can't be duplicated elsewhere. I'm not …
AF has the cheapest ERs in the business after VG. Long term investors have done well with AF and I believe will continue to do so in future.
A lot of the AUM drop is simply a reflection of investor fear of stocks.
This uncertainty is part of the reason I greatly prefer a new car. I would rather have a new Chevy Cruze than a used luxury car. Especially with the low interest rates on new cars these days.
There are some good deals on pickup trucks. I saw a new…
I see little point to market timing for the dividend focused equity investor. Sell your stocks and lose your income. Plus of course there is no guarantee as to where stock prices will go at any given time.
