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@Maurice: I stand corrected !
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Ted
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@Normally, I don't recommend owning two sector funds, but in this case your reasons are sound. How well I remember PRGTX back in 1999 -2000 when former manager Chip Morris took PRSCX on a 100% roller-coaster ride.
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Ted
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@MFO Members: "Investors Are Swarming" is somewhat misleading. The fund's inception date was 2/11/13, and with just 194.5 million in assets I don't think you could call that swarming.
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Ted
@MFO Members: Beginning today, M* will only allow access to portfolio manager to members who have only six or less funds.
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Ted
P.S. Just kidding !
@MFO Members: In a 4/28/17 interview with M*, Dan Ivascyn had this to say about Pimco Income Fund size. "So, we've been pleased that we've been able to maintain performance during this period of growth. If we get into a situation where we feel tha…
@MFO Members "Seven percent of all American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows", and a lot of mutual fund investors, especially on the MFO Board, believe they are cheaper by the dozen !
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Ted
@PRESSmUP "If you'd be so kind to guarantee the one which would do the best over the next year or so, I'd look at that one.": I liked your response, you took in in the spirit that it was intended, having some fun !
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Ted
@PRESSmUP:How many of each, one two or maybe three ?
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Ted
Emerging-Markets Local-Currency Bond 1.79 10.10 6.05 9.78 -2.73 -0.01
Emerging Markets Bond 0.73 6.80 3.87 9.99 2.77 4.12
Preferred Stock 0.81 6.22 3.69 8.69 5.92 7.…
@Junkster: "many here hold PONDX/PIMIX and that fund has a large position in emerging markets bonds and is less volatile than a pure emerging markets bond fund." If own Pimco Income Fund in one form or another, you don't need an Emerging Markets Bon…
@MFO Members: You know the sign at the zoo, DON'T Feed THE BEARS, well with all due respect, willmatt72 is bound and determined to own a fund or funds in every fund category. He promised to reduce the numbers of funds he has accumulated, but his q…
@Paul ! Paul ! Wake up and smell the coffee, I post this article yesterday.
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Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/33509/paul-katzeff-a-focus-on-these-leading-stocks-is-helping-this-mfs-mutual-fund-outperform-the-market#…
@ Its called a soft close, if your are presently a shareholder in Fund XXXX, you can purchase additional shares regardless of the account.
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Ted
@Lewis: "Historically, the funds have done well in bull markets and poorly in bears." That's because the Oberweis family is more familiar with bulls rather than bears. There is nothing better than Oberweis Chocolate Ice Cream.
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Ted
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@ PRESSmUP: The Senate Intelligence Committee released Comey's full opening remarks Wednesday afternoon, at which time the major indexes traded back near session highs.
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Ted
Source: CNBC
@PRESSmUp: Its not premature, former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate testimony Comey released prepared testimony saying the president asked him to end an investigation into the former national security adviser, not Russia hacking . Once the relea…
@Lewis Braham: Time to get off you Ivory Soap Box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When are you and all the other left-wing liberals going to learn, we don't live in a perfect world. Until you reach the great beyond there will always be rich, middle-class…
@MFO Members: If I'm not mistaken the government of Qatar gives all two million citizen roughly $190,000 in cash from oil revenue every year. That amount, highest per capita income in the world, will buy a lot of food don't you think ?
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Ted
