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Other than Schwab where else but directly can you buy MRFOX?
RPGAX ;has performed well and Fidelity now has it available NTF. However the ER is very high @1.15. When I look at RPBAX which carries an of ER .64, I think I would do better by adding a little more international stock and foreign bond to it. But d…
Sorry about the foul up with the Symbol heading. Thanks, Bob, good points. I did hold a load of TIBIX at one point. However it's equity holdings for most of the time I held was about 80%.
Tortoise slow to make changes? Not sure whether it was a compliment. I once held a large position in IVA worldwide, but sold a considerable amount. Lately I have been thinking it might be a good idea to up my investment substantially. The US market…
PRESSmUP, thanks that was the write up I was looking for. One of the disheartening things about these cash rich funds is that many have very high ER's. It seems to me that the cash assets should be at the a lower ER that the stocks portion of the po…
I say investors should try to stick with it ... as hard as that may be to do. " I think as a former dedicated value investor that it is just too hard. Buying what is performing doing well and switching when its not is probably a better strategy for…
BBALX, is one that David owns (still own David?) and one that has been reviewed on this site twice. I've been mostly in the fund in various accounts. I'm mulling placing large amounts in my IRA accounts as I get closer to my 80th birthday next yea…
David, thanks for the report on Leuthod. Can u tell us what they are short - which indexes or is it individuul issues? Are they more constructive on other developed markets
David
Thanks for the references. I was actually thinking about the fund and the write up you did while I was out walking this morning. I rationalized a scenario which would fit the selling call options and being a nervous investor. Here is how the …
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Kevin this is a new fund, but quite record in it's short tenure. I wonder how short they might go if they preceive the mariets due for a significant correction? I like RSAFX but the ER is so high that in the lo…
Back in May 14, there was a discussion title re ARLSX which became a broad discussion of L/S and a number of funds in the category. I own WBMIX and it's been okay and I would like to try another fund with the idea of doing better than a bond funds …
Reversion to the mean works over the long term, but momentum works over shorter terms. How soon it fails and when to switch to another strategy is the great puzzler. We do know that the average investor gets in late, (buys high) and sells late (sel…
MSF, thanks for the explanation. I always think that tactical funds are a senswible way to invest figuring they will do a a bgetter job of asset allocation then I can, but I'm usually disappointed with the results. this last year has been difficult…
Charles I got that from you. Read my 10:15 AM post. This was taken directly from the MFO, Nov. fund discussion. If it's not true than you miss-reported. However I think I've seen that reported elsewhere as well.
Charles November 2014 in Fund Discussions
GTAA ETF to be dissolved at AdvisorShares, Cambria plans relaunch of strategy as GMOM ETF
Honestly, think this is good news...
Letter yesterday:
Cambria Investment Management, LP and AdvisorShares issu…
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I tired it with Chrome today and using the discussion link I can get my password manager to fill in the sign in page. That's a big help…
I'm accepting cookies. Clicking on the discussion link doesn't sign me in. Still get the Howdy Stranger etc. I changed my password as requested in 1 email - nothing doing.
Thanks Finder. I wonder how one would do if you did just the opposite. Invested in the categories toward the bottom of the his lists and wait for them to pickup - more a of a contrarian/value approach with a longer hold time .
Hi Ted,
Do you or anyone else know what accounts for the differences in rankings - aside for the fact that the leadership strategy has more categories?
For the leadership strategy he says to buy only the first two categories and then hold the nex…
Intermediary platforms, I presume is other brokerages, IE Fidelity? If that is what it means then they would not consider automatic investing in the " intermediary platform " ?