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@Mark & MFO Members: Here is the link.
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Ted
http://www.cetusnews.com/business/Pimco’s-Daniel-Ivascyn-on-Staying-Ahead-of-the-Fed-.r1gITMEkrb.html
@Paul & MFO Members: Come on Paul get your act together !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ted
http://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/mutual-funds/top-funds-are-banking-gains-with-bofa-morgan-stanley/
@Paul & Derf: Here is the link !
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Ted
http://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/mutual-funds/winning-mutual-fund-focuses-on-leading-stocks-like-autohome-marketaxess/
@Lewis: Sorry Lewis, you can't match the Linkster when it comes to linking articles. I'm to good, to fast, and good looking. Better luck next time.
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Ted
http://mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/33828/legendary-music-producer-quinc…
@Catch22: The drop in bond prices leading to increased yields was more than adequately cover in the "The Closing Bell." There is no need to slap bond ETFs declines on the board, it just makes the board look cluttered.
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Ted
@Soupkitchen: Good old Taylor was a big fan of CAIBX before Roy Weitz banned him from the FundAlarm Discussion Baord. You can still find him hanging around on the M* American Funds Discussion Board under the name TaylorZR.
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Ted
@ron: For your information.
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Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/33891/jeremy-grantham-i-do-indeed-believe-the-us-market-will-revert-toward-its-old-means-just-very-slow#latest
@MFO Members: For a couple of years, 1998-1999, Grand Prix Mutual Fund was the hottest thing since sliced bread, and investors were willing to pay a front-load of 5.5% and an expense ratio of 2.5%. Bob Zuccaro's fund returned 111.8% in 1998, follo…
@Old Joe: I was responding to willmatt72's purchase of PRGTX through Fidelity, not Schwab. If he had inquired about Schwab, I would have replied "Available to Existing Shareholders."
Ted
@finder: I prefer the open-ended fund PIMIX, there's nothing wrong with either PDI or PCI as long as you understand that many CEF's employ leverage to attain higher returns.
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Ted
@JoeD & MFO Members: HBLIX Is ranked #11 in the (30%-50% E) fund category By U.S. News & World, and has a 5-yr. performance record that puts it in the 3rd percentile by M*. Thanks JoeD for bringing this excellent fund to the Boards atten…
@MFO Members: I guess the point of this thread is to tell use that long-term health is very expensive, and out of reach for many Americans. Like we already didn't know !!!
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Ted
ron: I like VWINX, or VTMFX
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Ted
VWINX:
http://money.usnews.com/funds/mutual-funds/allocation-30-to-50-equity/vanguard-wellesley-income-fund/vwinx
VTMFX
http://money.usnews.com/funds/mutual-funds/allocation-30-to-50-equity/vanguard-tax-man…
@ron "PONAX is simply a higher expense fund with a lower return than PIMIX." That is very true, but PIMIX isn't available on Morgan Stanley's Platform, so I own PONCX.
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Ted
@davidmoran: I have no idea or could care less what I pay for electricity, I have one of my people handle that. In case I loose power, I have a back-up natural gas generator that provides power for the entire house.
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Ted
