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@Dex: why are Art's comments posted every day. Because I like to post his comments. Who died and left you in charge. Don't ever tell me what to post again. !!!
@heezsafe: Just remember, Larry Swedroe is a PR man for Buckingham Asset Management out of St. Louis, and has never managed anyone's money. It would be nice to see him put his money where his mouth is.
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Ted
To tell the truth, open-end equity mutual funds is the last place you want to look for yield. For that one needs to seek fixed-income vehicles.
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Ted
@carefree: Since dividends seem to be a priority in your post, look at VHDYX.
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Ted
M* Snapshot Of VHDYX: http://quotes.morningstar.com/fund/vhdyx/f?t=vhdyx
Clorox Trade Details: Copy & Paste 5/31/14: Maxwell Meyers CNBC:
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Ted
Days before billionaire investor Carl Icahn launched a $12.6 billion bid to buy Clorox in 2011, one or more investors placed some very large and well-timed bets i…
Hello Hank: A week late and a dollar short.
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Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/13574/stock-returns-around-memorial-day#latest
@MFO Members: With all due respect to Steve Romick, I would never pay a fund manager 1.14% ER to hold 46 cents of every dollar I invested in cash.
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Ted
@Bobpa: Though you might enjoy this 2012 article from WSJ on the fund's manager.
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Ted
Copy & Paste 11/16/12: Karen Johnson WSJ:
Francis Chou was a 25-year-old telephone repairman in Canada when he pooled 51,000 Canadian dollars from h…
@JohnChisum; I like his third point, "Third, and related to the prior point: Investors who pour money into inflation-indexed bonds must be complete morons, because they are locking up money for ten years at what is “really” -9% real yields (meaning …