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Thank you sma3! We are spending this summer in northwest again. I have no quiet place I can be before noon eastern (9 am here). Library opens at 9am! I've set up a session for Friday, 2 pm eastern ... posted on board. But, if that does not work, just call me at 805 468 9599 ... if I can pick up I will. Hopefully, can pick a day where you can attended from noon on. Very happy to do! c
Hi again ybb! Pretty excited about the new tools. Fund houses report flows differently, unfortunately. Some daily, like State Street; others monthly, like Dodge & Cox.
The tool uses whichever is available in database. There are indeed some mutu…
We now have three fund flow tools on MFO Premium: Flow, Flows and TNAS (total net assets). Flow is a combo chart showing total return, total net flow, total net assets, and daily or monthly flows (depending on fund reporting) of a single fund. The o…
ps. just about ready to go live with three fund flows tools, as previewed last december:
one that plots total net assets, essentially aum, over time for up to 12 funds;
another that plots total net flows, essentially sum of flows over indicated …
you can also use the multisearch analyze tool on the results page to see maxxdd (and several other metrics) by calendar years and about 150 other fixed periods ... all in one datatable.
@yugo, @yogibearbull
thank you.
there are dozens of display periods available on mfop, like: monthly, yearly, calendar year, market cycles, decadal, and other unique periods.
in this case, just set display period to 10 years and then select the m…
Just posted all ratings to MFO Premium site through March using Refinitiv's data drop of 29 March. The Friday holiday helped provide early look into 1st quarter performance.
S&P500 up nearly 11%.
Berkshire Hathaway up nearly 17%.
Momentum, en…
I sure hope they find their way back. Once, a really great American company. Would be a loss for nation, and globe, if they do not.
Calhoun had to go, of course, after the panel incident. One bad thing too many under his watch, which included being…
MultiSearch will default to oldest share class, unless you select all share classes. Yeah, the IF- funds may have slipped through previously, like the ETFs.
Would like to eliminate selection of class distinction for symbol searches, just haven't de…
@yogibearbull. Got them both! I will post when live.
Yes, I sent you email last night ... the logic handling changed symbols in saved Watchlists and Searches will also be active with next update tonight ... don't bother changing manually.
@a2z. Good one.
Right. I think the current Holdings data reflects Country breakout, but yeah, I suspect by company HQ location, but I will double-check with Lipper. There is also a Currency breakout, but not sure that helps.
Encore. EV. There are …
@a2z. @David_Snowball. Thank you.
There are several parameters on MFOP that can be searched independently of other selection criteria: Symbols, Fund Names, Socially Conscious?, Adviser Names, Manager Names, and all the Holdings metrics (Names, Tic…
Except for MTD (and Weeks-To-Date WTD), and fund flows soon, all metrics on MFOP are based on month-ending data. It seems rather quaint, I know. And until third week of March 2020, I never gave it a second thought.
You are very welcome ybb, especially for enlightening me (and the folks on the board) about VAs. Lipper fussed, however, extending the update to include the TIAA listed tickers, apparently because they are 6-character tickers ... at least for now. I…
hi ybb.
thank you.
yep, monthly.
the portfolio tool runs the monthly total returns of each fund applying the holding weight (either in % or $) at the return level and then computes the "rolled-up" metrics, like martin.
motivation for the tool c…
The update includes the integration of the latest generation of Datatables, the main engine of our search tools. You will find subtle style changes in all the tools. And, hopefully, smoother operation throughout.
Also, our web host moved us to a ne…
I think the issue is between TIAA and Lipper.
Here's disclaimer on er from TIAA:
* The performance shown for Classes R1, R2 and R4 that is prior to their respective inception dates is based on the performance of the Accounts’ Class R3. The perform…
@yogibearbull.
"Unfortunately, the MFO/Lipper naming of R1 and R3 classes is wrong."
I just ran these ... for the stock account ... R1 and R3s look right to me ... CUSIPs match.
Are you still seeing the discrepancy?
I do have inquiry into Lipp r…
If there is a listed ticker in Lipper's database, that takes priority and we do not assign our own.
Here are the four classes of fund in Lipper's most recent database:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmF1g-5ef-jI1-4Css7MfmghR-z3sg?e=ZG9voU
I will contact lip…
OK. Now, where was I ...
Latest new features include:
1) screen for specific shareclass, like Inst (adviser request),
2) include etf and best-fit benchmarks with other criteria,
3) screen for better than etf or best-fit benchmark return,
4) set di…
Thanks yogibearbull.
Insurance Funds are back on-line.
Let me know if all the Watchlist, etc with Insurance Funds are good again ... will work with you to fix soonest, if not.
Really appreciate the feedback and education.
c
For the funds without listed tickers, would you rather the ticker we assign be the CUSIP number? Or, perhaps ISIN?
The IF- is our prefix designation, then we add a unique Lipper assigned symbol.
What would be most helpful?
@yogibearbull.
Wow. You are first subscriber I've come across that uses Insurance Funds! In ten years, I do not believe I've ever seen them even discussed on the board.
In addition to suspecting they were of little use to MFO community, I have als…
With this update, we've eliminated Insurance Funds (some 2000), ETNs (about 100), and Trading Funds (Dedicated Short and Leveraged Equity). None of these seem appropriate to MFO or its subscribers. But, if this is a mistake ... please let us know!
@WABAC.
You can now set Display period in MultiSearch to any calendar year back to 2008.
You can also use the Calendar Returns and Ratings tool via the Analyze button in MultiSearch.
Just posted all ratings to MFO Premium site through January using Refinitiv's data drop today ... reflecting MTD performance through 23 February.
Lots of changes.
More comments shortly.
Just posted all ratings to MFO Premium site through January using Refinitiv's data drop today ... reflecting MTD performance through 16 February.
Continuing to integrate many of the metrics and features associated with the new benchmark ratings int…
