The Huge Tax Bills That Came Out of Nowhere at Vanguard unusually high capital gains ... has ... drawn scrutiny from regulatorsdebate over whether target-date funds are suitable for taxable accountsThe high Vanguard distributions were the result of a technical change Vanguard made. It lowered the min for institutional funds, thus triggering a mass selloff by small company plans as they migrated from retail clones into the institutional funds.
Once one realizes this, the two statements above come off as a nonsequitor.
Suppose that instead of target date funds, Vanguard had lowered the min of VITPX from $100M to $
5M. (For the sake of argument, assume VITNX, VSMPX, and VITSX did not exist.) One would expect to see a similar migration of small employer plans from the retail fund VTSAX to the institutional clone VITPX.
This in turn could trigger a large cap gain distribution to the remaining retail investors. VTSAX has unrealized cap gains amounting to about half of the fund assets,
according to M*.
Surely one would not suggest that a total stock market fund was an inappropriate choice for a taxable account, just because a poorly planned change could could trigger a torrent of recognized cap gains.
This is a completely different question from whether target date funds are suitable for a taxable account.
Federal Open Mouth Committee Fed’s Harker Says 4 rate hikes appropriate this year.(Excerpt)
Right now, I think four 25 basis point increases this year is appropriate," Harker said during an interview with Bloomberg TV. "But there's a lot of risk here," including the risk that inflation is worse than expected, or that it eases faster than Fed officials expect, he said. Here
Vanguard today announced the addition of Ariel Investments, LLC, to its management roster
Getting off the sidelines - when? Cwoods add more tsla Fri 39.5millions
Buffett woods also have/add more I think NIO or XPENG
Getting off the sidelines - when? Folks had plenty of opportunity last week to buy ARKK. I provided a buy price ($64.
5) and reasoning and followed up on several days last week and also posted when I bought on Friday. From the silence, I figured folks have no interest in a ARKK trade / investment.
I think
@yogibearbull also started a thread on Friday about market forming a base.
Those interested in getting off the sidelines have already gotten off.
Good luck.
Is Berkshire more like a Mutual Fund than a stock? Several past posts:
1) "MSF describes it—blend—a blue chip stock with its heady growth days in the past.
"Agree with msf and Lewis assessment. The fast growing business (iPhones, computers, music, and AppleTV) since Steve Jobs's returned has plateaued. In some area Apple is trailing."
2) "Growth is about revenues, cash flow and earnings versus the benchmark and industry peers and it’s forward looking, not from five or ten years ago."
FD: reality check. After another year. Apple proved it's not just another blue chip stock. It's even more amazing to do it when it's so big already.
Apple 2021 annual EPS was $
5.61, a 71.04% increase from 2020. The price followed.

Getting off the sidelines - when? Hi sir the Pudd
Many folks say its oversold past 6 weeks...hard to say
Still got 15 yrs left and has time to make up...
I still buy Vang 2050 vpccx vgstx monthly basis.
If was retired probably all bonds Corp bonds TIPS and very little equities added. Mama portfolio very conservative down 5% last 6 wks
BIVIX M* indicates that BIVIX has a net ER of 2.84% and an adjusted ER of 2.24%.
I personally wouldn't purchase a fund with an ER > ~1.25%.
Many alt funds are too expensive...
Getting off the sidelines - when? Missed opportunity. Could have laid all your money on ARKK Friday and cashed out today with a nice 9.5% overnight gain. Shucks!
International Version of PRWCX I own a substantial share of my IRA and Roth IRA in PRWCX. I'm looking for a similar fund which invests in the same fashion and falls into the same Allocation range 50 -70%, but which invests Internationally. I would also be open to a combination of funds if it follows the same approach. I'd appreciate any suggestions - clear
Federal Open Mouth Committee At 1.25% (from the current 0.25%) is still a way below the 2% when the pandemic started in March 2020. In combination with tapering, perhaps it may contain the 6% inflation.
A Bond ETF With An Equity Feel: (CWB) **EDIT**
I edited my compare post and added JABAX to all periods. JABAX performance during GFC stands out.
@yogiDuring Period
5, ANNPX co-relation with PRWCX is 0.91 and 0.89 with IWM.
Federal Open Mouth Committee “Fed's Daly supports rate liftoff in March, interest rates at 1.25% by end of year ” (1/31)
SourceExcerpt from Reuters -
The U.S. Federal Reserve should start raising interest rates from near zero in March and can comfortably raise them to 1.25% by the end of the year, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said on Monday.
"If you get to that point, so say that's the reality, that's quite a bit of tightening, but it’s also quite a bit of accommodation left in the system because the terminal rate of interest is 2.5%, so you are supporting the economy, not pulling away the punchbowl completely and causing disruptions, but you are taking away some of the extraordinary accommodation we have been providing," Daly said in an interview with Reuters Breakingviews. "I think that balance is the appropriate thing to do with the uncertainty we face."
A Bond ETF With An Equity Feel: (CWB) @staycalm :
One question if I may ?
#1 has 4 entries.
#2-#
5 have 3 entries
#6 has added VONE
Possible no info for missing data (fund) ?
A Bond ETF With An Equity Feel: (CWB) I find yogibear explanation on recent performance of ANNPX co-related to small cap reasonable.
A three month(or even 1 year) stretch of underperformance does not bother me within the context of solid longer term performance.
Regards benchmarks, while ANNPX has performed well compared to SP500, I see a moderate allocation benchmark as more appropriate (PRWCX, VWELX, VBINX).
Simplistically I see ANNPX performance close enough to PRWCX during periods 1-5 but significantly outperforming PRWCX by 10 points during period 6 which is impressive imo. As cherry on top, ANNPX even outperformed VONE during this period.
Federal Open Mouth Committee Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic told The Financial Times over weekend that the Fed may impose a 50 basis point rate hike in March.
Saw that too in other sites and that could have sizable impact on the long bonds. Mid March is timeframe when it starts.
A Bond ETF With An Equity Feel: (CWB) davidrmoran said,
What do you think has happened the last 3mos to underperform those four so significantly? Not that it matters.
I have zero interest in the fund, but I am interested in the answer to David's question (maybe I missed it?). In fact, over the past 1 year convertibles as a group look horrendous compared to the S&P
500, the bench mark I see it compared to. S&P
500= +19%, ANNPX= -9%. ANNPX is slightly worst than the convertibles category the past year.
In any case, sure looks like one would need a whole lot of conviction and long term staying-power to own this fund. I know I do not.
Cathie Wood Boosts Robinhood Dip Buying With Stock at Record Low What else peaked in February 2021? The EMs. Although ARKK doesn't have any EM stocks, the same speculative fervor that drove the EMs to February 2021 peak also drove ARKK. But then the Nasdaq peaked in early-November and ARKK was crushed again. So, there were 2 selloffs in ARKK, post-February and post-November (still continuing?).
https://stockcharts.com/h-perf/ui?s=ARKK&compare=EEM,QQQ&id=p81561262402