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Hi @MikeM
LTPZ and STPZ were part of the bond and credit markets lock up period in March; until the FED/Treasury stepped in to assist the thaw. All bond areas suffered for a period of time in March.
LTPZ follows the long term bond area and has a YT…
Hi @hank
Don't know why TRP needs such an expensive commission in this low fee world.
No commissions at Fidelity and two decent, representative T.I.P. choices with the etf TIP (expense ratio of .19%) and Fidelity's TIP index with expense ration o…
@kings53man
You stated: " Don't add value of loss of life, old people would have died anyway even with normal flu - sh*t happens."
I have to presume that this is your view of the current circumstance and that you are not being facetious.
So, I gr…
Hi @hank
You noted: "As a safe place to park $$, I think TIPS are a good choice. If you could trade in and out without incurring Price’s 30-day block"
Not sure of your TRP account type, but if brokerage is included you can use the etf TIP, which is …
Hi @hank
Are you stating that a particular TRP Tips fund has trading restrictions or the etf TIP has a trading restriction within a TRP brokerage acct.?
Thank you.
Catch
@davidrmoran
Huh??? Can't access FT, as normal. Incognito or otherwise. Have no idea what you are trying to convey relative to the thread or to whom.
What's the woohoo, woohoo about?
@FD1000
Global equity weak today (Monday, June 15) and U.S. equity market open appears to be weak. VIX trying to push above 41 again. Treasury issues happy, pre-market (Sept. contracts) 'Course, this doesn't always translate to other bond sectors; a…
@Crash You noted: Catch22 and others have been mentioning this very thing, I recall.
Are you noting the aspect of "total return" or something else in the link to the bond video?
Thank you.
Catch
For the honest side of life. I retract the EXIT of the original subject line. I wrote previous, in a reply: "The sell fits our mix, and is not a recommendation for anyone else."
Paul Simon lyric.....modified by me:
I met my old lover (investing)
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I can imagine the sign-off, "hold harmless" agreement that will have to be signed to attend a 107,000 fan football game at U of Mich. HA........no thank you.
Early football training camp at Alabama and Arkansas already have positive Covid tests. Go…
Hi @hank
With what I will state were more normal periods for bonds and their yields; that if the Fed. is going to further intervene in attempting to "adjust" the yield curves among Treasury maturities, I've lost my view of real demand by the remaind…
Payroll protection program........workers off payroll and then back on payroll, but not at work location.......................where do any of these numbers find a place in the BOL data??????
Hi @Sven The AAA bonds????? If that is your question. Sales went to cash, to await another play day. We still hold healthcare and tech. equity....didn't sell in the recent melt. Have not performed the math, but we'll be about 38% cash MM, 32% BAGIX …
Hi Ron,
Thank you again for your insights.
The power of big money continues, whether we individual investors; many times, can't quite digest the current or forward impacts.
I'm not knocking the big money flows, as they have their business and cust…
@davidrmoran and @linter
I don't recall seeing any daily/weekly trade(s) conformation here as to what is stated by @FD1000 for his account(s) returns.
This is non-verifiable.
Today would be a good starting point until the end of the year, to v…
'Course, you know too, msf; the phrase "that your mileage may vary" applies to "open".
I need to place my own restrictions as to what I consider open for me, due to the AGE circumstance. If I was an investment asset and with the COVID survival rat…
But, still the same situation as from 2008. To maintain the credit areas.
To support the bond market, which is the financial blood that flows through and is the life support of the equity market.
If one doesn't have a need for a RMD for current needs; I've suggested to those I know that the RMD shouldn't be taken until just prior to the calendar year end (the old RMD rule). Let the money grow through the entire year. Yes, you're going to be …
Hi @rforno
You noted: " in 'safe' bonds earning piddling amounts"
Is/are the piles of debt too large across most bond areas? Yes. Will a day of reckoning arrive to blow up the debt markets? The potential exists.
Are some bond areas not earning the…
Hi @kings53man et al
A quick look at a plain, active managed long term Treasury fund, being VUSTX vs SP500 starting at Jan. 1999, which includes all distributions.
So for China, Japan and the many others who hold our U.S. Treasury debt, they d…
Hi @davidrmoran
Kinda tough placing a standard HY fund against FAGIX for a compare. Over the period of FAGIX existence, the fund usually has an equity exposure of 15-20%. An unusual HY fund.
PHYZX appears to be doing some other magic in the cash …
Hi @LewisBraham
The post is placed at fund discussions, and the purpose is to help with looking ahead to our economic future and what may or may not be investment paths going forward to help protect one's family, financially speaking.
@FD1000
Absolutely. One must remain flexible and adaptable, willing to take time to study and observe. Perhaps most of all, remain curious. When these desires leave, then the decision arrives as to perhaps a desired conservative allocation fund; and…
@dsuttr
The below chart offers a small example of VFINX vs WHOSX, 1999 to present date.
***Note: both charts are total return, meaning all distributions included.
Chart
This period covers, with a little extra; the 20 year period of the article…
johnN
You placed the below information at Old_Skeets barometer thread, but I'm not going to clutter his thread with my request.
virus data may not be that deadly after all the precautions measures implemented. Some predict maybe 0.45-0.9% death ra…
Morn'in.
Treasury issues have trended positive pricing overnight, with the normal swings; not unlike overnight equities. Currently, the yields remain lower. It this trend sticks, as well as UP equity; we'll have a decent day all around at the fini…
