TRP increases IRA management fees and raises minimum for waivers.... Accipiter, I'm signed up for electronic subscription to reports, prospectuses, statements and confirmations, and receive no marketing e-mail. As I recall, you can pick the statement etc. choices and uncheck all the other boxes at the bottom of the page, and you'll get the former without any of the marketing schtuff. (I do think it's worth it to get the two newsletters, though.)
Also note that TRP is changing its 90-day round-trip frequent-trading rule as of Aug 1. They're going to a 30-day freeze on purchase of the same fund in the same account type after a sale of same. Much, much improved ...
Cheers,
AJ
"Discussions" section Lost All but Last 6-7 entries Sorry Cathy... the technical compliment was meant for Accipiter and Investor. With respect to the financial side, I'm there with you... Questions only, not too many answers. :-)
"Discussions" section Lost All but Last 6-7 entries Good morning- I just realized that you and Accipiter/Falcon have become the defacto technical gurus of our community... although I'll bet neither of you quite planned it that way. I just wanted to thank both of you for the extra time and thought that you have been putting in on technical matters. In one sense, it's a natural extension of our FA community... trying to help others when we can. I just wish that I had more knowledge in both financial matters and internet technology so that I could be a little more helpful in these areas.
Best regards- OJ
Chip - Could you get rid of Test (activity) from my profile? Thanks for the fix, Accipiter! It worked like a charm.
Templeton Global bonds Both Investor and Accipiter posted solid replies. I only suggest that you use the recent 52 week average premium/ discount and also look at a long term history. GIM goes back many years and it is all available on cefconnect.com (nuveen website) or cefa.org. Even M* has recently developed a CEF section. When premium is above historical average, there are bound to be wild swings in the price which have nothing to do with NAV. People who bought at a discount are booking their profits for example... So i do suggest sticking to the average or below average pricing.
Additionally, when you research a closed end fund, check out leverage and a distribution source. For GIM, there is no leverage, and the 5% distribution has been historically paid purely out of income, complemented by cap gains - no destructive return of capital.
Our Funds Boat, week/YTD, Portfolio, PART 2, 4-23-11 Howdy Accipiter,
Still getting used to the nuts and bolts at the new shop here.
The reply feature would be way to link the posts together.
Why change the title line? I already place the date for reference.
Ya don't even want me to keep the Funds Boat? Maybe I'll change
my name too and use another pc and email address. It'll be like
I am a whole new member/lurker.
Take care,
Catch
Templeton Global bonds I am in GIM as well. Managed very similarly to the mutual fund, but it is at a premium that seems getting steeper with each day. I was able to add to my position recently by placing a limit order and was pleasantly surprized that it was hit. I am with Accipiter that this is a "Fund Discussion" and not at all OT.
TEXT limit, I blew-up the fund board...no chatter box fella :):):) Hi Accipiter,
Thank you for your time and efforts with this.
Will just have to limit the writing of any thoughts I have; which may be a good thing to others...:):):)
Regards,
Catch
Our Funds Boat, week/YTD, Portfolio, PART 2, 4-23-11 Hi Accipiter,
Looks like the post will be little or no chatter box.............as I sure don't plan on posting two Funds Boat notes.
Thank you for your time with this.
Regards,
Catch
Auto save drafts - request for turning off "disagree, Accipiter. Had a brief comment to Investor under another heading, and found the icomplete draft lingering. " this was saved during a 20 second typing of the above. Really annoying.
Auto save drafts - request for turning off disagree, Accipiter. Typed a brief comment to Investor under another heading, and found the icomplete draft lingering after the posting. Quite annoying.
Any chance of adding the function to download a file? Thanks, Accipiter, for your help, and giving us extra little "tips/tricks" - very helpful! Cathy
Any chance of adding the function to download a file? Wow! Thanks for the suggestion Accipiter! Due to legacy app issues I have to use an obsolescent MAC computer & OS, and I just did a real quick & dirty test using an ancient Claris Works spreadsheet (app is easily 20-25 yrs old), saved as ASCII, cut and pasted. Works great! Wish I'd known this a long time ago.
Cheers! OJ