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Desertion. LOL.
On a serious side note. As a rule of thumb, if there is a manager change I sell first and ask questions later. I think more often than not, that will prove to be sound decision. However, sometimes it does not work out so well.
When …
VF: "I guess that's the difference between me and some others. I don't do stuff which I don't think is right. It's not illegal to sleep with your neighbors wife. I just don't do it. But let's say If I did, my wife would leave me.
Now Wells Fargo ca…
I guess that's the difference between me and some others. I don't do stuff which I don't think is right. It's not illegal to sleep with your neighbors wife. I just don't do it. But let's say If I did, my wife would leave me.
Now Wells Fargo can do …
@Edmond. You say WFC has been punished? How? By the fine? How is "having to fire" 5300 people punishing Wells Fargo? And that is because "it came to light" - not because WFC brought it to light. If it hadn't come to light then when it eventually did…
What is your proposal for influencing Vanguard?
Each of us need to do what we can in our circle of influence. I cannot influence Vanguard since I'm a piddly little investor. Those "Admiral" shareholders. What are they doing?
Vanguard touts itself…
moved to the electronic black hole
LOL! Sometimes we wonder don't we? All that money. A column in a record in some database table waiting for Die Hard 4.
One cannot fault Vanguard for holding WFC through its index funds. If Vanguard is holding WFC in its active funds, managers should take care of it.
However, we may be having the wrong argument. I'm saying INDIVIDUALS have to take responsibility. Ma…
I've been contemplating buying / selling several funds but sorta holding off. Like I mentioned in another thread, I wanted to move my GAVAX holdings to Vanguard. I sold day before yesterday. Was going to buy back at Vanguard. Now I might wait a bit.…
Wells Fargo has been known for dealings like this for a long, long time. However, nobody important wanted to talk about that, especially holier-than-thou Warren Buffett.
Hypocrite...because "it is not in the interest of shareholders". Not sure if Da…
I sold early today at a decent price. You mean you sold WFC the stock?
I think the question was if anyone has accounts with WFC. Either way, like I said in Ted's post...
I just bought minimum position in WARAX this week. If I had known I wouldn't have. Waiting for the 90 days so I can bail.
When something like this happens, you take chance and do business with another bank (who has not been caught doing anything w…
Please not muhlx. The guy calls himself an economist and I got fooled by his tripe for years. He does not even understand the basics of stocks, bonds and interest rates. You have several funds you can bottom fish with.
I think buying the european version is to show confidence in the concept. Why did we buy the u.s. version? Because we saw the index "work". If the european index is also working, makes sense to buy it, no? I think I just might. Would depend on when …
I am looking to sell GAVAX and re-buy @ Scottrade and Vanguard respectively. Was not available at Vanguard when I bought it. I've been trying to consolidate all my one-fund company funds at Vanguard.
I hope this fund continues to do well.
FWIW, I own DSENX. Could never pull the trigger on PRBLX and BPAVX when I should have is one of my regrets which I will not simply try make good for. Patience,...some day these will go down...
Thanks all. I'm looking risk before return offsets to current holdings in my portfolios. So this is useful fodder for me to evaluate. Still hoping someone interviewed them. Different when answering questions assuming not scripted vs marketing video.
I wish there was more info available on BMO. It seems to have units around the world.
I've decided against BMATX for now. Looking to split the remaining 3 across each portfolio @ Fido, Vanguard and Schwab. Hoping more folks will come forward and pr…
Hmm... Bad performance begins soon after it goes public. Have weseen that story before?
No secret I own many of their funds. One I regretted not being able to own closed. Their latest fund I was vocal about not buying. Have given them a free pass, …
Just look at the chart. These kind of finds should be bought with timing. It starts rolling over earlier and then when the turn comes it shoots up in massive outperformance at which point everyone starts noticing. If the market goes down, I bet it g…
I was attempting your request using Portfolio Visualizer today. Here are my results as a video tutorial (hope it works!).
Instructional Video I created:
http://screencast.com/t/0nbXoRuBPPy
Link to website:
portfoliovisualizer
I bow before thee and…
Thanks all for taking the trouble. I was aware of the PA website but didn't think it would offer assistance. My bad.
@msf great catch on dividend adjusted Navy on yahoo. I completely missed that.
As you might have guessed, I am trying to see if cer…
So I've sold part of my position in SCMFX. FWIW, I have concluded it is not better / worse than any other fund of its kind. It is indeed a bull market fund, so I've a little bit of tax loss harvesting and will wait patiently.
Now SEEDX. It seems to…
Guys, come on. If I wanted to do donkey labor why would I ask :-)
I feel positive there is a site that does this. Will find it.
PS yahoo ignores dividends and just gives NAV so it becomes a real pain. M* works in dollars but no way to download dat…
"Choose all index funds and look at those that are not doing well. buy a chunk......."
VintageFreak, which are those index funds that are not doing well, that you would buy now?
"wait to buy next chunk. and next. and next"
How long would you wait…
Do not underestimate M*'s ability to spin. If it weren't for all the actively managed funds, they would pretty much be out of business. Their revenue depends on advertising and subscriptions.
MORN is publicly traded stock. They are working in the …
These lists seem to be veiled attempt at morningstar. Always include some vanguard fund or American fund and maybe no one will notice.
Look at the charts of those equity funds. What is remarkable about them? Every fund is up and coming for your mon…
@chinfist, that's not the point. I want to make sure these funds are really sucking wind "right now". If they are not, they could actually be living up to their hype relative to other funds. I need recent numbers for the funds I own.
At Morningstar the capture ratios are under the tab for risk and ratings
Yup, but I wanted them over a narrower time frame than 1 year. I wanted to do YTD, Monthly, Weekly if possible. Numbers are already bad for longer durations on M*.
For instanc…
I have a very weak stomach. More importantly, I can't keep things in my stomach and let them take forever to digest. As in when performance does not confirm to expectations after having done due diligence before buying the fund.
Regarding FMIMX and…
I have repeatedly said the financial asswiser profession needs to be outlawed, even if it needs an amendment to the constitution. At some point of time we need to start blaming ourselves for trying to find one.
I know I am not a genius and sometime…
About SEEDX, I looked into it twice after it was profiled here, but didn't see anything special enough to consider replacing the U.S. funds I usually use - from Parnassus and Jensen. Oakseed returns have been nothing to write home about, and it's no…
