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Looks like they pilched the entire ROFIX team to run the fund:
https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1034432/strong-performing-value-funds-management-team-resigns
https://www.feim.com/our-firm/about-us/news/first-eagle-investment-management-establis…
I agreed to be a beta tester, but all I see is an upgraded home page with the same information ( without the portraits of the band of renowns, thank goodness, who needs to see Benz face day after day after day?)
But the portfolio manger is the sam…
M* is beta testing a new Portfolio Manager. It lets you automagically sync your investment accounts and provides a real-time Instant X-Ray for all your account holdings. At least in beta, it doesn’t require a premium membership.
If you haven’t already, you might want to check with your local, regional, or state nonprofit association. They can be a good resource of both information and networking - if they don’t have an answer they might know a nonprofit that had a similar e…
Mr. Solomon likely thinks he’s earned his lunch - it’s the old “if I had to do it back in the day, then you have to do it now” attitude.
What’s really ironic is that research and data-driven companies like investment banks don’t even think about l…
@catch22
Based on my experience as a certified VITA tax preparer, I wouldn’t recommend waiting to file their returns - this will just delay the receipt of their stimulus money. (If they haven’t gotten the first or second payment it’s likely not com…
What I have been doing is phasing strongly into PMEFX, Penn Mutual AM 1847 Income Fund, run in part by a couple of fund managers who used to run BERIX (Berwyn Income Fund)
Baseball Fan
I’m watching PMEFX but looking to put in a decent chunk becau…
Barron’s Article: https://www.barrons.com/articles/arks-cathie-wood-disrupted-investment-management-shes-not-done-yet-51614992508 (may be paywalled - I accessed it through Apple News without a sub)
One cautionary tidbit: her mentor at USC was Arth…
When I'm logged into my Fidelity account, there is a link to TurboTax and Fidelity pays the fees.
David
The only thing I see on both our Fido accounts (we have Premium Services) is the usual “up to $20 off” offer. Even with the discount, it’s still …
Thanks for letting us know PMEFX is now available at Schwab. I’ve been keeping an eye on this fund since I saw the former BERIX team was running it - was happy with its performance and also liked its exposure to small caps.
It’s not just Block, TurboTax has always constantly updated its software throughout the tax season. Sometimes, it’s for IRS updates due to last minute tax law changes and other times for bug fixes.
Before they were all the rage, Mrs. Ruffles's employer, which was owned by private equity, merged with a SPAC a few years ago to go public. It has done well based on the share price. Unfortunately, its sponsor started a few more SPAC’s whose mergers…
@MikeW Thanks for the heads up. It looks intriguing. I found a brief article on Kiplinger’s from December 2020 about DSCPX:
Davenport Small Cap Focus (DSCPX) Clobbers the Broader Market
It shows it fell right between the two Paradigm funds perfor…
@gk3105gklm. Thanks much for sharing this. Will take a look. Paradigm Select comes up also on my screen
Coincidentally, I was just coming on to see what people’s thoughts were on PFSLX. It’s a long-term Great Owl, good Martin/Sortino ratios, MFO ra…
There is one option available to some to get into PRWCX: rollover part or all of a 401k to TRP and they’ll let you invest your rollover in their closed funds. You’ll then have an IRA invested in PRWCX.
You can transfer assets to/from an existing IR…
Just wondering if there’s an option to upload documents to TRP’S website so you don’t have to rely on the mail being sorted? I’ve used this option at Schwab in the past and am in the process of doing the same to transfer a 401k out of the nightmare …
Yes, compare HGGIX and DODFX, eh?
I'll be putting a small slug of intermediate-term money into HGGIX this month. I know we are at all-time highs. What else can be said, but "that's a nice problem to have." And "don't fight the Fed."
Not to defend…
With regard to PMEFX , I'd like to see how it handles a 20%+ bear market before investing .
If it’s any indication, during the 2008 bear market, the fund they formerly managed, BERIX, had a MaxDD of 13% and a return of -12.0% with a recovery time o…
If you’re looking for something along the lines of the old Berwyn Income Fund, you might want to look at PMEFX, a new fund run by its former managers that has a very similar strategy. More info here: https://www.pennmutualam.com/strategies/balanced-…
"Clearly DODFX is positioned for a rising rate environment."
I'm not so sure about that. Over the past few years, it had been positioned as a short term fund (see M* historical style boxes here), but in 2020 it extended its duration into intermed…
CTFAX looks good. Important to note new management since 5/2018. Performance since 5/2018 has been stellar. I am seeing an increase in 30/50 fund of funds in the last 5 years. 49% equity allocation.
New management has done well but earlier this year…
"Barbell investing” gives me flashbacks of the late (but not lamented) IPS Millennium Fund which used to use that phrase and an accompanying barbell graphic to describe its investment strategy.
Golub1- I'm at Fidelity as well & you can purchase VWINX at for $5 per transaction vs $75 by setting up automatic investments (dollar cost average). You can set up when you want to start and end the auto purchases. You can also stop them at any …
Goose eggs. They don't like me either.
Wasn't the market closed for Columbus Day? But usually they show the activity of the last day of trading.
No, markets were open yesterday - shouldn’t be the issue.
The above report is from 2015. What happened to Median household income in the United States from 1990 to 2019? It went up very nicely from 2015 to 2019 under you know what president
Correlation is not causation.
If I were making such an investment today I would choose MSFBX.
Too rich for Mrs. Ruffles’s blood - suffered a 40% drawdown in 2008-09
Not according to Yahoo, MSFBX has been steady from the data I have seen.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MSFBX…
Is there a reason You need to move this fund to another? I show it has had a 35% return over the last year! I my opinion if it isn't broke don't fix it.
It also had a maximum drawdown of 58% in 2008-09 and took 6 years to recover. Time to take profi…
If I were making such an investment today I would choose MSFBX.
Too rich for Mrs. Ruffles’s blood - suffered a 40% drawdown in 2008-09
If she inherited multiple IRAs from the same person, she could combine them into a larger inherited IRA. Tha…
Thanks all.
BRUFX is out because of its standalone status. I have PRWCX in my IRA but there’s no way to get it in this account because of the soft close.
@catch22 I know I can’t avoid a drawdown but I want to try and keep it manageable to one th…
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Democrats were the ones who initially downplayed the crisis
This is what Biden said on 2/1/20 one day after Trump initiate the travel ban on China.
Joe Biden @JoeBiden Feb 1(link)
We are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavi. We need t…
question asked, question answered. Thx Shadow. Le sigh...
From the following post, FD states:
"We are going to test it. I will start posting opinions from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh."
https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/56913/…
Sorry to see him go from the Fund Discussions but it will hopefully increase the signal-to-noise ratio for the overall site.
Why is is that people who cling to the concept of strict constitutionalism have no clue as to the limits of the First Amen…
I found one at pubmed. Found quite a few more at this link after your post stirred my curiosity again
He's a urologist into microsurgery and robotics. I won't claim to know how to evaluate his credentials in the world of urology.
I wasn’t claiming…
Not only is he an internationally known expert in biotechnology and nanotechnology who has had a stellar academic career, but he is also the president of the World Academy of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies (WABT), an institution founded under …
