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Like most kids growing up in the sixties I breathed baseball. Not old enough for acid, free love and Woodstock I got "high" on "fungo flies" and the smell of bubble gum on cardboard (baseball cards).
I had notebooks and notebooks of hand made box …
@Old_Skeet, Thanks for bringing this fund to our attention. Others have mentioned PRMSX
https://mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/search?Search=prmsx
and still other ODMAX (including you and @Ted)
https://mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/search?Search…
@Crash...I will ask Chris Sales to verify, but I do believe the belly button ring was all in fun...
alex-cora-smirks-while-addressing-chris-sales-belly-button
For what it's worth, it turns out Sale wasn't actually hospitalized due to an infection fr…
"By way of comparison, simply investing that same $500/month in one-month t-bills would have given you more than $67k"...without the volatility and sleepless nights. Entering these two scenarios into Portfolio Visualizer produced slightly different,…
Thanks@ Ted,
I'm contemplating the following. Using a credit card offer for 12 month at 0%. The CC has a flat $35 transfer fee and would allow me to pay off a 3.5% personal loan one year early. Paying that loan off 12 months early would save me $52…
VTMFX holds 51% of its fund in tax free munis while also holding 48% in LC/MC equities with a 9% turnover and a 2% yield. A solid choice for someone looking for a tax efficient balance fund. ER = 0.09%
@msf, As best I recall it was John Hancock as the TPA (third party administrator) for the employer's plan. The fund choices seemed to be what you described as clones of other familiar funds with fund identifiers unique to these in house JH funds...a…
This article touches on the concept of Withdrawal Rates (from a retirement portfolio) starting in a low interest environment:
does-the-4-rule-work-in-todays-markets
Thanks @Ted (corrected)
@MikeM...Maybe a better way for me to describe this account is a "self directed Traditional IRA".
Investopedia does a good job of describing what I believe you point out is more commonly referred to as a Self Directed IRA.
what-are-differences-bet…
Other interesting mining news. Chimata Gold Corp (CSE: CAT) owes a idle Tin ore that was operational in Africa in the 1990's. Its tin ore tailings dump has a large stockpile of Lithium (Lithium-rich spodumene deposit).
miningmarketwatch.net/cat.htm
From Bloomberg:
The Shanghai Composite closed at a fresh four-year low on Thursday, cementing its position as the worst global benchmark. China’s market capitalization is down some $3 trillion, knocking it down one notch to number three in global ra…
Miners are not all equal. Here are (10) mining operations that will be able to dig gold profitably even if gold drops to $550 / OZ.
ten-mines-will-make-money-even-gold-price-falls-550
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My SDIRA will hopefully continue to be funded by self employment income until I am 65...maybe beyond (70.5). I decided to keep this investment sim…
Interesting statistic. What surprised me, prior to the income tax (1913) the federal governments largest revenue streams were from tariffs. 30% of total federal revenue came from tariffs. As recently as 2012 tariffs accounted for just 1.7% of federa…
Thanks for the link. I figured I'd post VMSXX mentioned in the interview.
Money market funds are more easily researched directly through the fund house's website.
Here's Vanguard's link:
Vanguard Municipal Money Market Fund (VMSXX)
As a comparis…
What are your concerns with these funds? Day to day, IOFAX seems to move in very small increment (price) and then pays a nice dividend monthly/yearly. They both have a short life span (open in 2014) so pretty much untested in down markets. @Junkster…
FAIRX has also been dinged by its large bets on Fannie and Freddie that never materialized. The fund bleeds 1% in ER as well. It is holding over 25% in cash.
M* categorizes the fund as Large Value with and investing style of small growth...emphasis…
@Old_Skeet, have you watch Consuelo Mack interview with Richard Bernstein today?
Linked here:
https://wealthtrack.com/whats-the-biggest-risk-in-the-markets-today/
His biggest bear market fear is the fixed income space where investor continue to i…
The New revised NAFTA agreement may make it harder for Canada to do business with China.
https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/nafta-s-china-clause-is-latest-blow-to-trudeau-s-asia-ambitions
Here's is an example of what arrived here in the US via China. Why we allow highly sensitive manufacturing to happen outside the US is beyond belief.
https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-05/china-spy-chips-report-adds-pressure-on-pentagon-clo…
Thanks @Ted... I came across this article (looks like a 2015 publication):
Assets Tied to Inflation
It's probably wise to avoid assets that are closely tied to inflation right now (2015). Contrary to popular belief, the reason the Federal Reserve a…
Quotable quotes:
Optimism is a rational form of ignorance.
and,
Carl Richards got this right, and it’s a humbling but accurate view of the world: “Risk is what’s left over when you think you’ve thought of everything.”
Good day to see which of your holdings are well positioned for a downturn. Obviously Index funds will move with the market, but managed funds will have an opportunity to show how will they manage market risk.
Drilling down into the S&P 500 sectors for recession proof industries (showing little draw down on profit margins during the last two recessions):
- Tobacco (Consumer Staples)
- Household Products (Consumer Staples)
- Healthcare Equipment (Healt…
Let's get some ticker symbols in this article ( I hope I have these correct):
Fidelity Extended Market Index = FSEMX or FSEVX
Harbor Bond = HABDX
Artisan Global Value = ARTGX
I could be wrong, but I believe Uncle Sam requires RMDs in order to collect on the deferred taxes. You don't have to spend your RMDs but you do have to pay the taxes.
59.5 & 70.5...what's up with these ".5''s?
"What I'd really like to at least …
Another topic that helps explain averages is the proposed repeal of the SALT tax deduction.
This is being proposed by democrats and its repeal would benefit the top 20% who pay taxes (a repeal of SALT would benefit 96% of these high earners) .
H…
@Soupkitchen,
I own PONAX. My brokerage features allows me to see the "unrealized gain/losses". See if you have this feature. When I select this feature for PONAX I see:
And so, yes these are losses that could be realized by selling shares. The tr…
Jojo, when I look at my brokerage account, it show that I am down 3.5%. I'm looking at that, as well as at M*.
Often times brokerage accounts do not take into account the total return value of your investments (they neglect to factor in things like…
Related article:
farm-to-cradle-nestle-experiments-with-tracking-gerber-baby-food-on-the-blockchain
IBM and a system called Foodtrust are mentioned this article:
Welcome to IBM Food Trust™, the collaborative network of growers, processors, wholesal…
Here's a nod for equal weight Health care ETFs:
If one is so inclined, a superior way to make a long-term bet on health care stocks would be to equal-weight the portfolio. Since the start of 1990, the S&P 500 equal-weighted health care sector (…
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https://edelmanfinancial.com/promotions/nurses
