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davidrmoran
I myself see a big pullback coming in the next six months but I don’t know that I have ever been correct over 45 years. I will put a lot of money in if a 10% pullback comes. I expect you r being prudent depending on how old you are. The thing is, if you’re young, you might as well stick it out and not try to time. He said.
>> almost as liquid
For many people (me) this is the key for sticking w actual MM and equivalent funds, which get (potentially) used like a checkbook, or should be, including near-instant availability for emergencies. Of course now that some …
I believe that both Fido and BoA used to use Yodlee but no longer do so.
FullView is okay, used to be superior, but now My Financial Picture is more quickly complete and up to date, in my experience. Also a simpler account management interface.
I'm a little confused. Roger about VOO. But I'm looking at funds I was in in the first decade of this century, charting TWEIX, JENSX, FPACX, JABAX, and FASMX from the century's first trading day through the end of 2010.
(You could move the start o…
har and cool, comical and astounding
There's a big honkin' footnote for Great Owls, M*, Lipper, Zacks ....
https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2117450/4-balanced-mutual-funds-to-buy-for-stability-in-uncertain-times
https://www.morningstar.com/asset…
let mfopremium free quicksearch be your friend here !
Quicksearch is great at finding funds that aren’t available for purchase by mere mortals.
Uh, https://www.statefarm.com/finances/mutual-funds
Not clear the son could do self-directed investin…
Fido's MM funds are nearing 5%, which is fine by me as I continue holding longterm losers BND and BSV and VGIT, and must also be approaching $2T. I wonder how they will be able to continue with such growth.
>> asking me if he should sell all and eliminate his balance on a school and car loan and move the now available dollars to a savings account in preparation for a future wedding or other emergency needs.
Coming late to this, but if it were …
@WABAC
>> Pretty sure NICSX has beat the 500 since David took over after his father passed.
I don't know when that was exactly, but this is not at all the case since midsummer 2016 (AN died that August): SP500 up 7% over Nicholas.
OJ, did you ever read his talk on women and science? It is strikingly nuanced and not much like its reputation at all.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/science-jan-june05-summersremarks_2-22
https://www.harvard.edu/president/news-speeches-sum…
more and more detailed explanation (rightly or wrongly)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/opinion/core-inflation-statistics.html
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/30/slow-progress-core-inflation-problem
see if you can read this thread
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1675075725122994176
... the misery index — unemployment plus inflation — is all the way back to where it was when Biden took office ....
@Baseball_Fan
Again, you are silly and unserious and should stop w your wingnut posting until you have something substantial, more than 'I know a guy.'
Good times widely unnoticed:
DDoney:
On average, President Biden has the highest real (inflation-adjusted) wage and lowest unemployment rate of any president from LBJ to present (1964-2023).
Workers never had it better.
and (the whole thread)
ht…
Thank you. MFreeland and others (Ted) wrote about Direxion over the years before the outfit went fully psycho. Also after. G over V looked interesting to me (did not go to zero), and I lost a little less than a quarter of a non-large investment. Liv…
Makes for good entertainment though ..just like reading Krugman. Makes you want to laugh out loud with their hubris and pseudo intellectual babble.
Har, he and colleagues have been on quite the roll for some time now about inflation, recession, …
@WABAC,
Why do you suppose I would post what I posted without checking?
You can read M* ... or you can, you know, just go do the count yourself:
https://amplifyetfs.com/divo-holdings/
24 as of today; I see I misread Dow Inc.
plus, as I said, …
