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  • best vanguard funds for your retirement savings
    Why waste column inches? Regarding a sibling PRIMECAP-run fund, they'd already written:
    "Capital Opportunity is closed to new investors, but you’re in luck if the fund is offered in your employer-sponsored retirement-savings plan—that rule doesn’t apply."
    Also, VPMCX is open to some Flagship retail customers.
    http://mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/15805/vanguard-fund-changes-to-primecap-and-primecap-related-funds
  • Seafarer Overseas Value Fund now available
    I would think the Wisdomtree divd-focused stocks would inherently "tilt value", even though they are marketed for their divids and not "value". But then investors don't buy the marketing, they buy the fund/ETF... DGS/DEM...
    Minimum investment with any ETF much lower than the $100K Seafarer has.
  • best vanguard funds for your retirement savings
    @msf: Someone should tell Kiplinger Vanguard Primecap Admiral & Investor Shares are closed to new investors !
    Regards,
    Ted
    Best Vanguard Funds for Your Retirement Savings
    Vanguard Primecap: BUY
    Symbol: VPMCX
    Expense ratio: 0.40%
    Assets: $47.4 billion
    One-year return: 11.2%
    Three-year annualized total return: 12.8%
    Five-year annualized total return: 16.7%
    Ten-year annualized total return: 9.3%
    Yield: 1.4%
    From Primecap’s debut in 1984, the fund returned 13.4% annualized, handily beating the S&P 500 by an average of 2.4 percentage points per year. Few funds have done better. Primecap is closed to new investors, but if the fund is offered in your employer-sponsored retirement-savings plan, you can ignore that rule.
    Primecap Management, the fund’s subadviser, runs this fund the same way as Capital Opportunity. Each of the fund’s five managers independently runs his own slice of the fund’s assets. But they all follow the same approach, focusing on large and midsize companies with strong growth potential that are trading at reasonable prices.
    Note: On November 15, 2016, we changed our rating on this fund from Hold to Buy
    Vanguard Website:
    https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/snapshot?FundId=0059&FundIntExt=INT
  • Kimberlite Floating Rate Financial Services Capital Fund to liquidate
    @jptak
    Correct, generally under 100KB, but I look for 497 filings with small amounts of KB. Sometimes I am lucky, other times I am not. Some of the openings/closings are now under 497K filings (s/b SAI filings).
  • best vanguard funds for your retirement savings
    We aim to please. Here's Google's cached copy.
    You can click on the "view as one page" at the bottom of the text, it seems to work fine - fetching more cached content - even with an ad blocker engaged.
    As to the content, that's another matter. Kiplinger notes that it just changed Primecap from a hold to a buy. Seems like the usual stating of the obvious mixed with performance chasing. A year ago, Primecap's 5 year performance was mediocre - 2011 and 2012 almost exactly median, good years for 2013 and 2014, but a below average 2015. That meant its one year performance was poor also.
    Now that the fund is back to top decile performance, Kiplinger says "buy". Never mind that after a decade of growth outperforming value, we're beginning to see a reversal.
    http://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/2016-11-07/growth-stocks-or-value-stocks-which-are-winning
    It's a great long term fund for retirement. Now, last year, next year. The idea of rating it one way one year and another way another year runs counter to both the idea of long term investing for retirement, and the nature of this fund. It tends to runs in unpredictable streaks.
  • Dow Jones Thousand Point Thresholds
    FYI: With the DJIA getting ever so closer to 20,000 after only first crossing 19,000 to the upside 21 days ago, we wanted to provide a look at prior 1,000 point thresholds in the DJIA and how many time the index has crossed above (and below) each one of them. The table below lists each 1,000 point threshold for the DJIA from 1,000 to 20,000. For each level we have included the date the DJIA first crossed each 1,000-point threshold to the upside, the number of days that elapsed between the first cross of that 1,000-point threshold and the prior one, what percentage 1,000 points represents of each threshold, and then finally how many upside, downside, and total crosses each threshold has seen.
    Regards,
    Ted
    https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/dow-jones-thousand-point-thresholds/
  • best vanguard funds for your retirement savings
    http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/investing/T047-S003-best-vanguard-funds-for-your-retirement-savings/index.html?rid=SYN-yahoo&rpageid=15662&yptr=yahoo
    "Vanguard is the biggest fund company in the land, with more than $3 trillion in assets. So chances are high that many retirement savers have access to Vanguard funds in their 401(k) plans. But size is no guarantee of good results."
  • Kimberlite Floating Rate Financial Services Capital Fund to liquidate
    Gotcha. So you're just on the SEC site and then judge it by KB size, huh? (I was doing a variation of the same but the parser I was on would provide a page count...1 page was generally a flag for me to pop it open to see if it was a merger; sub-5 pages often good for that, other weirdness, as you know.)
    Thanks.
    Jeff Ptak
    Morningstar
  • Trump Rally Could Mark Biggest Post Election Stock Market Rise Since Hoover
    FYI: If the postelection stock market rally continues at its current pace it could be the largest stretching back to the gains scored in the wake of Herbert Hoover’s 1928 election victory.
    Regards,
    Ted
    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-rally-could-mark-biggest-postelection-stock-market-rise-since-hoover-2016-12-12/print
  • IBD's Paul Katzeff: Alternative Assets Can Spike Your Income Flow
    If every investment reporter/writer posted many or all of their own pieces here, as this person is doing, this board would be nothing but a free forum for said writers to promote themselves and the publications they write for. I'm for a ban on such posting.
    If MFO's non-commercial posters see value in this guy's work, they'll post it.
    The Boglehead forum has become one big infomercial for Larry Swedroe pandering his 1001 books.
  • Kimberlite Floating Rate Financial Services Capital Fund to liquidate
    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423047/000116204416002687/kimberlite497201612.htm
    497 1 kimberlite497201612.htm
    KIMBERLITE INVESTMENT TRUST
    Supplement to the Prospectus dated December 12, 2016
    Effective as of December 12, 2016, Kimberlite Floating Rate Financial Services Capital Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the Kimberlite Investment Trust (the “Trust”), will end the public offering of its shares. Accordingly, shares of the Fund are no longer available for purchase. The Fund will continue to operate until the soonest practicable date on or after December 16, 2016 (the “Closing Date”), when it will be liquidated.
    The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), in consultation with the Fund’s investment adviser, Kimberlite Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”), made the determination to end the Fund’s public offering and to discontinue the Fund by unanimous vote of the Board during the Board Meeting held on December 12, 2016, based on, among other factors, the Board’s determination that the Fund’s current asset size, recent purchase and redemption history and projected expenses and expense structure indicate that it is unlikely that the Fund will grow for the foreseeable future. Through the date of the Fund’s liquidation, currently scheduled to take place on the Closing Date, the Adviser will continue to waive fees and reimburse expenses of the Fund, as necessary, in order to maintain the Fund’s fees and expenses at their current level, as specified in the Prospectus.
    As of December 1, 2016, in response to market conditions, the Fund assumed a temporary defensive position and converted all of the Fund’s portfolio securities to cash. In connection with the liquidation: (i) the Fund will remain in cash until Closing Date; and (ii) all outstanding shareholder accounts on the Closing Date will be closed and the proceeds of each account will be sent to the shareholder’s address of record or to such other address as directed by the shareholder including special instructions that may be needed for Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”) and qualified pension and profit sharing fund accounts. In addition, the Fund’s redemption fee for all shareholder redemptions on or after December 12, 2016 is eliminated. As a result of the Fund’s cash position described above, the Fund’s normal exposure to investments has been eliminated. Accordingly, shareholders should not expect the Fund to achieve its stated investment objective.
    Shareholders may continue to freely redeem their shares on each business day during the Fund’s liquidation process. The distribution of proceeds from the closing of shareholder accounts remaining on the Closing Date will be considered for tax purposes a sale of Fund shares by shareholders, and shareholders should consult with their own tax advisors to ensure its proper treatment on their income tax returns. In addition, shareholders invested through an IRA or other tax-deferred account should consult with their own tax advisors to understand the rules regarding the reinvestment of these assets. In order to avoid a potential tax issue, shareholders may choose to authorize, prior to the Closing Date, a direct transfer of their retirement account assets to another tax-deferred retirement account. In addition, shareholders generally have 60 days from the date of the liquidation to invest the proceeds in another IRA or qualified retirement account; otherwise the liquidation proceeds may be required to be included in the shareholder’s taxable income for the current tax year.
    If you have any questions regarding this Supplement, please call (855)- 318-2804.
    Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference
  • 2016 Capital Gains Estimates
    @VintageFreak
    I spoke with a CSR of the transfer agent...record date and payable date are 12/16. I would call again to confirm this information is correct.
  • Bond Funds Losing Money In Roughest Stretch Since ‘Taper Tantrum’ Of 2013
    High yield bonds continue to do well. Low-risk OSTIX is up 10.5% YTD. I will take that anytime. Folks taking about buying TIPS, but with those prices already in the stratosphere, it make no sense at this time. PONDX also looking good. Munis did ok last week, but have been slammed over the last 3 months. LASYX is doing what we hoped it would. BSIIX similar. Preferreds like KIFYX are good. LLDYX doing well. And after struggling all year, TGBAX on a tear and up 5.5% YTD. There are some bright stars in the dirty laundry. For us, munis have been hit more than we thought they would. Can't win them all.
  • 2016 Capital Gains Estimates
    Shareholder Services are easy to deal with @VintageFreak
    By Phone or FAX
    For shareholder services, please call 800-872-7823 or by FAX at 877-513-0756
    If you have questions for the fund manager, please call 312-236-9160.
    http://www.thebrucefund.com/contact.aspx
  • Jeffery Gundlach Tue. Dec 13 Webcast "Drain the Swamp"
    imageDoubleLine Total Return Live Webcast titled "Drain the Swamp"
    Hosted by Jeffrey Gundlach
    DoubleLine Total Return Live Webcast titled "Drain the Swamp"
    Tuesday, December 13, 2016 1:15 pm PT / 4:15 pm ET / 3:15 CT
    Mr. Gundlach will be discussing the economy, the markets and his outlook for what he believes may be the best investment strategies and sector allocations for the DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund (DBLTX / DLTNX).
    Please join us for a live webcast titled "Drain The Swamp"
    Register
    https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1085786
  • 2016 Capital Gains Estimates
    According to Morningstar's page on the Bruce Fund, the distribution date last year was the 18th. In previous years it has been as late as December 21. Hope that helps. Dave
    Alrighty then. Maybe just do every month for 10 months beginning at Christmas.
  • 2016 Capital Gains Estimates
    According to Morningstar's page on the Bruce Fund, the distribution date last year was the 18th. In previous years it has been as late as December 21. Hope that helps. Dave
  • Investing is a Mix of Art and Science
    Hi Crash,
    Thank you for your post that reminds us of the Zurich Axioms. Your reference links us to the complete Max Gunther book.
    Some folks might be inspired to read this excellent short book, but others might not want to invest the required time. For those, here is a Link to an excellent summary:
    http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/joseph-dancy/2012/01/26/the-twelve-axioms-of-investing
    Enjoy. Many of us practice at least some portion of this wise investment advice.
    Best Wishes.
  • Investing is a Mix of Art and Science
    Holy INSIGHT, Batman! ...Cripes, I've maintained this very approach ever since I began to learn my very first lesson in investing, going back to the 1990s. I listened and read a lot, and made a habit to watch PBS each week when Lew Ruckeyser offered his corny-jokes and puns in his opening monologue for "Wall Street Week." I paid attention AND "read between the lines" as I heard each panelist's weekly contributions. I realized that the first step was to learn how to translate all of the "money-speak" lingo. It helped me to find and identify their professional thought-matrix, even if I did not give it a name, for my own purposes. (The talking heads and guests on CNBC need to be constantly translated in one's head, as they go along, too.) Being able to just know it when I heard and saw it was (and is) good enough--- at least for starters. THEN, I could learn to MAKE something of it all. Along the way, I learned to hear the double-speak underneath the actual words being expressed. "Tax Reform" = making things better for Capital and screwing Labor, for example. Avoiding any talk about the underlying POLICIES being advocated and instead deciding to speak in terms of mechanics of the Market, is the "common currency." It's more politically correct to go about it THAT way, between Talking Head-host and Prestigious Guest.
    Examining financial statements and doing analyses are Science. How one uses the information is Art. (All things being equal---and they never are--- why invest in A instead of B, when they look the same in terms of fundamentals? Ding!) One's investing elan needs to be tempered with skill, a certain legerdemain. Thus, I assert, the validity and usefulness of the paradoxes to be found in the likes of The Zurich Axioms. Eh???
    Here, you can click on the link that will let you open or download the Axioms via .pdf:
    http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVr1ArE1YBa0ASO0nnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEyNnJkMjI2BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjI1ODBfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1481514176/RO=10/RU=http://www.forexfactory.com/attachment.php/706430/Zurich_axioms/RK=0/RS=vlCWaQCq0eLSeDxZtls.pv6Awv8-
    ...I hope it works for you all. ...At the same time, I hasten to add that I've never been able to perfectly follow Max Gunther's advice, here. I doubt it can be done, and I doubt it was ever written with that intention. The attempt would be to confuse the Art with the Science of the whole thing. ;)
    Follow-up edit: Crap, that link is dead now. But Yahoo, as a kind afterthought, will allow you to click on THEIR OWN link to the same thing, once you click on my original link. Stupid stuff.
  • Bond Funds Losing Money In Roughest Stretch Since ‘Taper Tantrum’ Of 2013
    hank: Hmm ... If you liked 10 year bonds yielding 1.5% ... you should love them yielding 2.5%. No?
    Reply: For good or ill, that is exactly my thinking. I've upped my FI allocation from the low-teens to ~ 40% in the last couple of weeks. A lot of it in muni-CEFs in my taxable account. In my deferred accounts, added/opened positions in PIMIX, sundry PIMCO taxable CEFs, and in my 401k PTTRX (the only core-bond option I have available there).
    Keeping fingers crossed...