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Bruce
BRUFX has done ok at -3% ytd.
I getting these funds from
20 Equity funds with the best capture ratios over the entire market cycle from Feb 2020 issue here.
Have a small position in gpgox. Since 2011 return is 13.88%, pretty decent even though a massive bull market period. I want to see returns like Wasatch Micro-cap. 15.96% since 1995.
Seriously. All charts all over are signaling "sell" signal.
Everything is screaming sell except the VIX. Very rarely goes above 40. However, the datapoints below aren't useful, because buy signal happened 10/10/2008, after SP500 dropped from 1300…
STB65,
Most people complain about this tax or that tax, but never want to stop spending on A, B and C, just X. They want their benefits but don't want to pay for it. I want my benefit, but that national debt is not mine.
Berkshire companies are great for investors, but not so for American consumers:
1. You have probably never heard of a tiny company called Geico. That's why Geico spent $1.1Billion on ads in 2012, or 6.5% of premiums while Travelers spent $2.31 pe…
@Tampabay, I have no idea of what you have just said.
Unfortunately, I cannot flag you on the mobile platform.
Perhaps this thread should be locked.
John it is a Badge of honor to be on opposite side of an illiterate, ill mannered post.
Gross: "We brought consumption forward and issued one giant credit card for the past 30 years. Now the bill is coming due. Investors need to get used to low returns, and low growth, inflation, and interest rates for a long time." Very SCARY.
Fabe…
Education is like the housing bubble:
Both were touted as a positive by Gov't, housing/Education industry and Wall Street.
Since the 1930s Gov't has provided programs to help housing in the hope it would help the economy.
Gov't has many programs f…
Oaktree called back and stated that they will still sub-advise Vanguard and just branched out with their own funds. No word on when funds will be available through TDA, Schwab, etc.
The link is not working. Try below. Bob is expecting fiscal conservatives to take over, low interest policy to disappear and stock crash which FPA is ready to pounce on.
Another doom and gloomer. Aren't you scared Ted?
http://news.investors.co…
I think Vanguard and Fidelity don't concern themselves at all with corporate executives, BODs, pay packages, etc. As top shareholders in the country, their customers should expect them to be some what interested, if not exactly Carl Icahnish about …
Charles,
I just called them, but the rep had no news on Vanguard sub-adviser or when funds would be available through TDA, Schwab, etc. They said they would get back to me though.
Or I could buy Oaktree (OAK), Blackstone (BX) or other private equity investors who have been buying up distressed bonds and other energy assets. Oaktree did not fare well last year, but given that they are the world's largest distressed investor …
Same category with PRWCX and FPACX: MAPOX on 05 Jan. '15:
down -$0.95 cents, or -1.09%. It's a gooder.
Why do we overthink this? Are those are all you need? 10, 15 year TRs
Fund 10YR 15YR
PRWCX 8.82 10.63
FPACX 8.50 10.83
MAPOX …
...that it timed well with my automated purchases. Schwab gives the option of automatic purchasing on 5th and 20th of each month; I have several of my long-term mutual funds set to purchase on those dates.
I just set that up at Schwab the other day…
Former Oil exec"The Coming Oil Glut" by Maugeri, Leonardo stated in 2012 that oil prices would fall because of surging supplies brought on by massive investment in production starting in 2010.
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/2248…
Trying to out think that chart would be like playing whack a mole.
If you believe in reversion to the mean then worst performing sectors should have higher probabilities for bettering the mean in the future if other factors such as P/E ratios vs hi…
Hi Guys,
http://awealthofcommonsense.com/
I too consider this chart one of my favorites. It presents extremely broad asset class returns over a 10-year period.
The chart once again illustrates the random nature, the patternless character, the …
FWIW, a relative took the injections about 5 years ago for Hep C. Super lucky to have very few side effects. All new oral drugs are much better. If patient is not suitable for Abbvie, doctor can request Harvoni. Best wishes for the uncle.
Title should be How America Saves - 2014 edition. It's all great information on retirement data, but I was hoping for biting commentary from Vanguard on exactly how "America saves 2014".
@mona, @johnchisum it is better to follow trends such as
How technology hurts health providers
for investing purposes than be distracted by political ideology colored data (on either side of spectrum).
The changes mentioned in that article above…
I figured... :( I don't want to cut and run just NOW. Worst possible timing. I can afford to wait a while.
I said same thing in Sep 08, which was NOT worst possible time.
Yep, those drugs are very effective, prices are almost fair and Medicare covers almost all the costs. So instead of paying 100% of drug costs, they could just invest difference, say $100 into IBB every day and could be sitting pretty.
