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I saw the Wells Fargo Advantage Growth Fund from the Bloomberg article about Yacktman but didn't notice the no-load version. Would be ideal to DCA this fund.
Esteemed Judge Richard Posner, a Chicago school adherent until 2008, has a more refined interpretation of capitalism. His views are outlined in his book "A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression".
For a quick sum…
CathyG,
If you take funds that have high volatility such as CGM, best time to buy them is when they are deep in red, totally out of favor. Same applies to sector funds, ETFs, there is usually reversion to the mean so if Energy sector has huge drop…
MJG,
I checked a few funds and results are not consistent.
at low-risk, VFINX
period 12/31/2006 to 3/31/2009
Portfolio Total Return: -40.9%
The above portfolio's total return was -40.9%, outperforming the S&P 500's return of -43.7%. The total …
MJG,
Good advice, but now that you have done all the work, how is the poor annuity salesman going to earn commission for his Ferrari? (There was a VA salesman who posted his Ferrari picture on our housing blog bragging how VA serve the customer wi…
I asked about software to calulate correlation last year on Fund Alarm and got no answer. I found the site below that seems to incorporate spreadsheet data in easy to use form. Can you guys check your data to see if it matches?
http://low-risk-in…
