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For me that was one of the final blows that made the site totally unusable for my needs, free or otherwise.
@MIkeW: You not wrong,. and try finding the fund families page, or the purchase tab which gave you the various share classes.
Regards,
Ted
"For every dollar brought in by the new tariffs, a dollar has been authorized to fund rescue programs for farmers who have been harmed by retaliation from China and other countries. The U.S. authorized $12 billion in farm rescue funds in 2018 and an…
I know! My shares of Gas Lamp Lighters (GLL) are still way underwater, too. But I'm sure they'll come back any day now!
Am still holding 5000 shares of International Buggywhip (IBW). Hoping for comeback any time now. When that happens, am going …
Admittedly, I used to have CNBC on in the background when trading futures back during the GFC But as a seasoned investor, my automatic response is: "CNB--who?" and then "CNB--whyyyyy?"
Speaking as a current academic (following 20 years in industry) don't get me started on the insanity of the academic business. What really burns me is seeing more administrators and staff hired to lead feel-good initiatives while schools rely mai…
M* is perpetually beta testing their site .... though at times it seems their goal is to reach a wobbly alpha state instead of stable release. Sad to see such a resource fall so hard for so long. :(
Stars? As with their Badges and Kudos, i don…
YES. I heard 'hawkish cut' on the commentary yesterday and thought the pundit mis-spoke.
Politicians are making a pigs' breakfast of everything and expect central bankers to bail them out and/or provide political cover for re-election. Central b…
Nibbling around the edges, yes. Have too much cash sitting around and am still putting it to work despite keeping a fair amount of ammo for when things really go south in the equity markets...
MIC took a nosedive last year due to several lawsuits over its management of one of its projects. (I'm likely going to be a lead plantiff on one of them as it moves forward) Not sure why that's recommended right now unless it's a 'recovery' play.
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MVNOs use the same towers/networks as the big players they lease from, with a few differences:
- they get lower network priority compared to paying/pre-paid customers, esp during congestion
- they may not have the same domestic network roaming ag…
Frankly I'm finding better site functionality and more useful data, food-for-thought analysis, and interesting commentary at SeekingAlpha these days. May be worth more than M*Premium the way things are going over there these days. Sheesh.
And of…
M* has been alpha testing the new site, and site improvements, for a few YEARS now. Premium members were paying for the privilege of disruptive or incorrect data, broken pages, features working or not working, etc. Overall, a horrible QA and de…
... and then earn a 'badge' talking about it......
But don't forget it's now very easy to get the "Carbon Risk Score" and the "Fossil Fuel Involvement" rating -- two very crucial data points to consider when evaluating a mutual fund.
Catch thx. It wasn't the content (thankfully much of the political noise ceased when they moved everyone to the new site back in May) it's just the new layout is not very intuitive and I find it much more cumbersome than the prior site ...or most s…
Their old site had so many scripts running it was insane. Glad I blocked most of them to make it usable for so many years.
@Tar, agree. Though happy to see the level of vitriol there seemed to drop down with the new site, for whatever reaso…
Oh really? I haven't look at it in a while. That's good to know -- thanks!
BRLIX is equally weighted only through the end of this month. As the prospectus now says: "This 'roughly equally weighted' Index contrasts with most other 'market-cap we…
You may want consider doing a partial exchange, keeping a foothold in the fund while exchanging monies into a better performing Bridgeway fund such as the Blue Chip Fund or the like since it is in a non-taxable account.
If I wanted broad megacap e…
FYI M* did another 'upgrade' this week and much of the functionality is broken and/or no longer there or easily available. Several threads expressing anger, frustration, and more are in full-swing over there -- and rightfully so. We saw a simila…
In addition to macro threats (wars, climate change, etc) ....
"Fuss sees less of a threat from the buildup of BBB credits—the lowest investment-grade rating—than others. Corporations still have an incentive to seek an optimal rating, borrowing to …
Typical Forbes clickbait. Roll the dice, throw some darts, pick 3 semi-interesting funds that pay mightily and suggest it's that easy to retire with riches. Puh-lease.
I haven't looked lately but doesn't PDI continue to run a massive pre…
Exactly. PAUIX's 20% short SPX position in a raging 'bull' market back then definitely dragged hard on it. I held it for a while during/after the GFC but dumped it once I realized they had no plans to reduce/exit that short position as the world …
That's a fair assessment, hank - almost as if he thinks everyone/thing in the country 'works' for him and should do his bidding immediately and w/o question. Frankly in 2017 I was tempted to move my equity positions into index funds just to minim…
Politics is useful (and informative) if it's civil, informed, and doesn't devolve into ad-hominum, me-versus-you name calling and the typical reactionary related bleating the moment someone takes a view contrary to yours, real or perceived... many …
NYT and WSJ mainly.
I keep a cheap, $10/yr subscription to Kiplingers b/c every now and then there's some interesting food for thought on general finance/investing stuff. To wit: through a Kip article years ago I learned about lost asset sites -- …
Personal Capital, maybe? It's what I use for a one-stop-shop dashboard of my accounts. Can't comment on the sorting aspects, as I never really play with the customizations, but it serves my needs ok enough.
That they don't advertise or have star managers doing CNBC hits is to me a good thing. As are the rest of the items you mention. My only concern w/D&C is they tend to be a bit too dogmatic in their views and are very slow to change .... they …
Even domestic, anything more than 2.5 hours (which I'm used to flying DC or NY to FL) I will fly up front. I appreciate the extra leg/seat room and it's just not worth the headaches otherwise.
Despite being our 'resident Aussie' (long story) I've t…
