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@Derf: I believe they are called paddle shifters. My 2019 Odessey has them for optional up or down shifting. Most high performance cars have adopted them, as well. Ferrari has not offered manual for more than 10 years, nor has Jaguar.
1993 Nissan 300ZX, not my daily driver, however. I am older than @hank, younger than Old_Joe, and far prefer a stick. The newer automatics in super cars actually provide better performance than manuals, but purists still like three pedals.
Good query re: Sherman. BTW, do either of you two have a sense of how CBLDX (which I own) might behave once the Fed starts cutting? My goal with my stake is to outperform MMKs.
One tactic of right-wing (you may apply Fascist or another label) groups is to create a sense of chaos or danger from which only a « strong » leader can save the country. The more discord, the more distrust, the more disinformation, the better they …
Trump really upped his fear mongering regarding immigration. I can’t say I have ever attended one of his rallies, so maybe what he said last night is merely a repetition of his stump garbage .As I recall from my reading this is exactly what the Nazi…
IIRC, the UAW membership had hoped to recoup give-backs in previous contracts when the latest contract was negotiated. Apparently the union had to deal with disgruntled members, particularly the older ones, in selling the agreement.
What a fall from grace. In 2018 my wife and I took the elaborate tour of the Boeing factory in Everton WA. The company was then considered a jewel of American knowhow and technology. The tour guide even whooped up the stock price as evidence of the …
I found this article in the New Yorker fascinating because it addresses the issue what brings some people, who are not necessarily unintelligent or uneducated, to believe outlandish claims. It turns out that « low-information voters » appear willing…
Seems I recall DJT whining about something being « rigged. » However, I have not heard him complain about this judge, whose assignment to this case most certainly does not pass the smell, test.
@davidrmoran: does “ffs” contain a vulgarity?
I understand the “lede” of a paragraph, but what is a “lede article?” Is the reference to Snowball’s article?
Color me unable to decipher cryptic posts.
@Old_Joe and @Crash: one needs to use more than what Americans call four-letter words in order to swear in French. For instance, I might say « sh%# by itself in English, but the equivalent in French is « merde, alors. » FWIIW (not much), most imprec…
@WABAC: one could infer from your experience that all the other holdings in your IRA went up so much that the precious metals now represent only 1.24% of the account. Look on the bright side!
@WABAC: because of DNC coming up, CNN had a documentary on with lots of scenes of the Chicago 1968 convention. Most striking thing to me and my wife was how skinny, almost scrawny, the young kids looked. The same slice of the population these days i…
Good point, @sven, regarding Capital Appreciation. It appears that Segalas got some help from other Jennison Associates colleagues in the last few years of his service. These days, three of them are running the OEF while those three, plus a fourth, …
Harbor Funds have had some real success choosing managers, but there have been failures, too. When Marsico managed HAIGX, results were OK. Harbor International and Harbor bond were leaders in their day under Castegren and Gross, respectively. These …
Rajiv Jain is not afraid to concentrate his bets in GQEIX (and in his other funds as well). M* reports 61% of AUM in the top ten, while the comparable figure is 42% for QLTY.
@hank, @catch22 and other MI residents might be amused to know that FBBAX has approximately 1% of its AUM in KEWL, the Keewenau Land Association. This former forestry products company has considerable subsurface mineral rights. The Upper Peninsula o…
The First Foundation Total Return fund (FBBAX) does fit the moniker of a go-anywhere fund. It invests in an eclectic mix of international equities (49%), domestic equities (26%) and fixed income (13%). Cash is currently around 10%. The equities repr…
With respect to EKBAX, I note the lead manager, M. Patel, graduated from college the same year I did. M* may actually be right in questioning the lack of a succession plan for the fund. Not long ago I was saying no one my age should be running for p…
@BaluBalu. The Invesco site is a bit thin on explaining methodology. However, the fund’s universe is the S&P Mid Cap 400, from which are chosen semi-annually some 80 stocks that exhibit characteristics of “momentum,” or rising prices. Not terrib…
@WABAC and @BaluBalu: re: XMHQ.
For some reason I spotted XMMO, the Invesco MC momentum fund, dancing across the bottom of my TV screen. This fund has been outperforming for nearly three years, catching and passing XMHQ this year. M* cites 136% tur…
@BaluBalu and @WABAC: I wonder how the "quality" bias in XMHQ is supposed to work. I may have wrongly assumed it would mean lower volatilty on the downside, but it has not proven to be a brake. I agree that a couple of stocks affected recent perform…
Another MFO member and I sold some SC into Wednesday's "rising" market and we precipitated the RUT's huge gains on Thursday all by ourselves. (Only part of the preceding statement is true.)
@Soupkitchen:there have been several threads on the Capital Group's suite of ETFs. If you put tickers such as CGUS, CGDV, or CGGR in the search box on the Discussions page, you'll be directed to those discussions. Several MFOers appear to be shareho…
@sma3: ARDBX is predominantly small and micro cap. It holds only 22 positions representing 60% of AUM and still has a lot of cash, despite trading for more than 2 years. Quite a different animal compared to the Artisan LC international and global fu…
@WABAC and I saw one purple line on a graph. @catch22 then provided a graph with three lines, one of which was purple and apparently represented value, and allowed for a comparison.
Today Invesco published its annual report on its ETFs. XMHQ sold Super Micro (SMCI) during the latest reporting period, so it is little wonder there was such a high STCG distribution.
@mcmarasco: CGUS may well be a good choice. At present, I doubt that the FI allocation in a balanced fund will add much more value than what my pretty large stake in a MMF pays. I do have CBLDX and OSTIX as my sole bond funds and only one allocation…
I turned 82 in February but for some time I have been saying that no one my age should be running for president. Hate to say it, but somebody needs to have « the talk » with the DemocratIC candidate. Last night’s debate debacle embarrassed me and ma…
@mcmarasco: I have never owned American funds, but I like their ETFs for the seasoned teams managing them, the independence of team members (according to M*), the fact they are big enough to trade easily, and performance so far. I still own a few OE…
I have some 8% international in the actively managed portfolio. CGXU and OSEA for international LC, CGGO and GQPRX for global and BISAX for international SC.
I switched to BISAX after HIISX disappointed me in the last two years. Both of those funds…
