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+1. Following this thread! Seriously looking at single-stock PCFBY.
@Crash. The bulk carriers use different terminals than the container ships.
Check out the Baltic Dry Index if you aren't already. A number of sources quote it.
Home page for the …
As of April 14
https://gcaptain.com/port-of-long-beach-march-cargo-record/
Vessel traffic service officials reported this week that the containership backup outside of LA/LB has been reduced to 44 ships, down from a record 109 in early January.
As …
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/mythic-scheria-and-legendary-phaeacians-001034
Scheria is a mythical place in ancient Greek mythology that was the home of the legendary and mysterious Phaeacians, who were known to be masters of the sea…
I don't think they have updated that page, or their screen page since the 20th century. Maybe the early oughts.
The screen for other funds is often broken well into the month. As a matter of fact, I just tried the screen, and it is only returning V…
@msf, thanks for the corrections. I must have been typing slowly and wrongly while you were posting quickly and accurately.
Or I need to have my eyes checked.
I don't know if any of these qualify as "contrarian" besides the fact that they were up today.
If M* is up to date, the following were gainers in my IRA: VPU, PRUZX, TCREX, VDC, PTH, GLFOX, VDIGX, XBI, DSEEX. IRA was off 0.35.
In the taxable: VUIA…
Recently added money to FSMEX, FYLD, PEY, IHDG, CSB, SCHD in my taxable account after some tax-loss harvesting from two large stakes in muni funds. I still have lots of dry powder.
I also plan on making some purchases in my IRA in the near future. …
Hearing March inflation numbers will be at 70 year high.... April inflation numbers likely over 10%
Seems unreal to even type that... what will the general public think about that...
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Baseball Fan
That doesn't seem right. The inflation rate …
"For years, something strange kept happening on Wall Street.
Before a big shareholder could carry out plans to sell a slug of stock, the price dropped. It was as if other investors knew what was coming."
☞ Wall Street Journal Article
Nobody told …
Thanks for posting this. I decided to keep more of my powder dry.
I followed the link in the article to this:
https://moneyandmarkets.com/taylor-rule-shows-the-fed-hasnt-messed-up-this-much-in-decades/
The Fed is adding Everclear to the punch bowl…
Sold most of my IRA bond funds in February 2021. Many of them were up 8% at the time I sold. That seemed good enough for me. I don't really like bonds much anyways.
I still have some bond exposure from balanced funds PRWCX, VWINX, and VWELX. I also…
At the moment, I can't think of a cheaper ESG fund in large blend. But I'm open to suggestions.
For "safety" Vanguard Dividend Growth has been comparable over the years.
How many share classes will they have?
;>)
I was stuck with their loads at work for a while -- until my mitching and boaning convinced the powers that were to look elsewhere.
Don't like to jump around, but losing my confidence in Int'l fund managers. Hold VWILX and MGGPX. Thinking of reducing positions and adding to VTSAX, a smoother ride. These guys did weather 2020 pretty well, but are getting beat up now. Stay the cou…
Don't like to jump around, but losing my confidence in Int'l fund managers. Hold VWILX and MGGPX. Thinking of reducing positions and adding to VTSAX, a smoother ride. These guys did weather 2020 pretty well, but are getting beat up now. Stay the cou…
Maybe the Omicron variant is just the excuse the stock market needed to finally let some air out of the bubble. Today's action was cringe-worthy.
Yep.
The snow is on the mountain. Just waiting for the sound in the valley to start the avalanche.
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@WABAC- Way to go. We only get to do this once- make the best of it.
Thanks Joe.
We never borrowed money for anything but the house. And never took out anything but enough equity for a new roof. Simple stuff. But not easy.
I took it early.
My wife was lucky enough to get a job in her field in another city. But two of my three careers would not have easily translated to the environment in our new town. Not to mention that the job market was rougher then.
I decided …
When MFO Discussions is opened, there are 4 Announcements at the top and the Setting-wheel offers the choice to "Dismiss". Being the curious type, I clicked on that on some to see what happens and those items have disappeared from the top of my list…
I plunked down 2 bucks to take a look around this past weekend. I was inundated with emails despite opting out of everything in my user account.
What I saw of the screens open to me was pretty sad. I would rather subscribe to MFO premium for data …
I have owned general global funds in the past. And I have been getting rid of them. The last to go will be DODWX from my IRA sometime very soon. Then VMNVX from my taxable account just as soon as I can harvest a tax loss.
My feeling now is that glo…
I was looking at some of my old notes today. I see I forgot a couple of the ETF's I was looking into. Descriptions are from etf.com.
RNRG
RNRG offers exposure to companies that produce energy from renewable sources including wind, solar, hydroelect…
"The good news is that if you believe that innovation in climate technology is set to take off, the investment industry has introduced a raft of new funds globally. The bad news is that many are unproven and much more volatile than diversified equit…
I have been looking into these for my wife's accounts. And Tesla can be an issue depending on the underlying index. Given the recent runup These are fund whose returns aren't so heavily influenced by Tesla.
Descriptions are from etf.com. For variou…
Thanks for the tips guys.
Fidelity has a lot of funds. But is missing some that are available to me through my Vanguard IRA.
Yahoo finance is much easier to read than M*.
VEXAX, or other extended indexes, avoids that concentration. So do equal-weight indexes, dividend aristocrats, etc.
I bought PSLG when I was re-arranging the deck chairs in the IRA. But I'll probably sell it soon.
I think they are in the process of "upgrading" the portfolio widgetery. I received an offer to play along. Since they wanted me to try out premium again, I skipped the offer.
@MSF. Thank you for the useful information. I won't bug Charles about it any further.
At least I can screen by rating. And I always look at the portfolios and theses anyway. I'll just have to look at a few more.
Aside from everything else going on in this thread, I would like to see any Lipper data on duration. And I would like to be able to screen on their duration numbers the way I can screen on many other factors.
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I hope you get your data. However,…
Aside from everything else going on in this thread, I would like to see any Lipper data on duration. And I would like to be able to screen on their duration numbers the way I can screen on many other factors.
I like data. That's why I asked about duration.
I spent some of my work life selling data to people looking for answers. So I'm aware of the caveats.
Pretty funny how this thread turned out.
Also try this fee only search site: https://www.feeonlynetwork.com/
If there is no one close by, have you tried talking to the trust department where your org does its banking? A big city bank might blow you off as too small. In a town too small fo…
If this was the last century, I'ld say try your local Yellow Pages.
I'm wondering why you can't find local, fee-only, advisors to shop among. Maybe you could even find one to volunteer their services if they are interested in what you are doing.
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