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“...We end the year with a few key recommendations: Prefer stocks over bonds, but be selective; prepare for volatility and focus on assets where value offers some downside protection; finally, seek growth potential in select emerging markets, partic…
...I went back, and GUESSED about what to do. The customary little "x" in the corner of the box which appears, to block anyone's ability to read further (screen goes dark, too) simply doesn't show up. But I put my little mouse-hand where the "x" OUG…
"...All told, this is not the time to be bearish on Japan... we think it means that
non-US equities are likely to perk up, and perhaps even outperform the S&P 500...I'm
seeing 12%-to-15% earnings growth in Europe next year... In 92% of the time …
I'm a bit late getting to this, but everyone must remember. Must. I have visited the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl. A highlight of my 2006 trip. There were 1,177 initial casualties from the Arizona.
http://www.picsearch.com/imageDetail.cgi?id=LP0ja…
....And now, this stock purchase must wait. (Sigh.) Gotta buy a new car. My '97 Saturn is an "old soldier," as Gen. MacArthur quoted from the song. It's not dying, just fading away. Still runs and goes! But too much rust. Like its owner. Accch. I …
Like the rest of you, my own TIME is valuable enough, so I don't anymore keep going back to check if M* is finally, finally updated each evening. I just don't EXPECT it to be correct and accurate until the late hours. I never bothered with what they…
...I think if I'd been ABLE to buy HA much cheaper, I'd be looking for the exits, lately, because it IS doing so well, and for the reasons you have explained.
...As for BNS, I lived in Canada for some extended periods, years back. That's how I first…
@MaxBialystock
You stated: "When I called back, the switchboard even refused to let me talk to anyone else."
Why did you call again ???
I thought there was a chance I might get connected to someone who would talk to me like a human being, that's all…
Hello. It's 12:55 p.m. (EST) on the Friday after Thanksgiving. I just got a call back from the Matthews "compliance officer" named Tito. I believe his surname appears further up in this thread. I hung up on him twice without knowing who was calling,…
Happy holiday to all. LOVE LOVE LOVE "Alice's Restaurant." Had my own lovely little altercation with the year 2012 iteration of Stockbridge's Officer Obie, a couple of years ago. Guess I'm in good company, eh?
.........I didn't do anything wrong, O…
Thanks for that, @mrdarcey. OK, that does make sense. Still, it is frightening when a statement gets put up and published for all the world to see which doesn't even make sense in terms of grammar and syntax, let alone what they meant to say. I refe…
I just sent Matthews an email:
"Regarding the ZERO estimated pay-out for December, 2014 in MAPIX:
You have a big bunch of investors in MAPIX who are a great deal less than happy, myself included. The short thumbnail little blurb you have offered at…
I tried this, instead: 1-415-788-7553...I spoke to the front desk woman. You all would have been proud of me. I didn't curse and eat her face. Eventually, she put me onto Tito Pombra. But of course, his voicemail picked up. I could do nothing else b…
No info on email address, but here is HQ:
Matthews International Funds
4 Embarcadero Ctr # 550, San Francisco, 94111
California
Phone: (415) 788-6036
We're leaving for San Diego in the early morning, but perhaps someone could give them a call and …
I looked for an email address for Mr. Pombra. No luck. Surely, it's not accessible on purpose. Interesting fact I turned up, though:
Mr. Pombra is the DIRECTOR of the National Society of Compliance Professionals
(October 2011 – Present)
The Nation…
"....Now, is this new tax law? Either Matthews never invested the fund's money in this manner before or new laws have changed the circumstances mid-stream."
Great question.
Hoo boy, they need to hire somebody who can write a coherent sentence.
"2014 year end ordinary income distribution is not estimated for the Matthews Asia Dividend Fund ...." Yes it is. It's 'estimated' as zero.
Then they "explain" about REITs, b…
Thanks, Ralph. Yes, it seems like a Chinese Fire Drill over at Morningstar. Oops, will the political correctness police chase me down, now? I recall once that Yahoo shut me down because I dared to use the word, "gobbledygook." I was told it was offe…
Old Joe, I did a bit of looking back. I suggest you try this number in Princeton, or maybe it's Monmouth Junction, NJ
(609) 514-0870
That's NOT the direct line to the Customer Rage and Aggravation phone line. I used that one to GET AROUND the dolts…
.....anyhow, the useless troll is saying that you need to contact Customer Service (aka Customer Rage and Aggravation Line) ..... So, what GOOD is that chat tool, eh?
What I ended-up with is a user-name which is NOT a user-name, but an email addres…
Old Joe, the lovely chat-agent suggests that maybe the reason you can't get online acceess is because your subscription is just for the week-end? I bet that is not the case, but I figured I'd ask...... What's the verdict? :)
No, sir. I'm paying for the print edition with air miles, anyhow. I have consciously decided not to torture myself in the sky anymore, unless there's no other option--- like an upcoming visit to a classmate, next May. I got SWA tix at a bargain base…
What does uncle Jeffrey say about this? DLFNX is holding 16.53% in cash. DBLTX holds 13.56% cash. (If we can trust that number from Morningstar.) I do think JG knows what he's doing. I remember an interview on Bloomberg tv a few years back. He simp…
...I didn't yet read uncle Barry's thing which you linked to, above. But I don't need to do so, in order to agree with those words you offer. An anecdotal little illustration: A bunch of us were sitting in a Speech class, back in the 1980s. It was d…
