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@MFO Members: What do you expect , its Chicago, and if don't get off the plane when they tell you it can happen to you ! Fly The Friendly Skies Of United !!!
Regards,
Ted
United: Fly The Friendly Skies:
UAL Is A Screaming Buy:
http://www.market…
@BenWP One thing you can do to help yourself, is cut down on the number of funds you own as I previously suggested you do.
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Ted
Vanguard: 5 Ways To Make Your Portfolio More Tax-Efficient
https://personal.vanguard.com/us/insights/article/yo…
@Crash: For your information. Founded in 1985 by Alfred “Al” Lagan, Congress Asset Management Company is a boutique, SEC registered, family-owned, investment management firm based in Boston, MA. The firm was built with the strong conviction that the…
@MJG: Like your response ! If it wasn't for Wall St. MFO wouldn't be here, and Lewis would have to find another free-lance writing job other than financials.
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Ted
@guilhermes: It appears that SPFPX 5* rating is predicated on it's 2013-15 performance. Since then I consider it to be a run-of-mill bank loan fund.
Regards,
Ted
M*: SPFPX Performance:
http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/performance-return.ac…
@MFO Members: Every time another WFC negative message is posted I buy more of the stock. If it's good enough for Warren, 26.8 Billion worth, it's good enough for me. I expect a 10% increase in the stock price over the next six months, and a possi…
@MFO Members: He would be proud, I can hear him singing "GO ZAGS" inside the pearly gates.
Regards,
Ted
Bing Crosby And Gonzaga University:
http://researchguides.gonzaga.edu/c.php?g=334991&p=3308126
Going My Way: Bing Crosby:
@Mulder: I'm trying the best I can, my sources are hard at work on this date to get an interview with Bruce Berkowitz. Details to follow: I just talked to MFO's cub reporter Lewis Braham who has a collect call into Bruce Berkowitz, but he's not an…
@Crash: When I think of scotch, I think of Johnnie Walkers' !
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Ted
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@MFO Members: Spent many a wonderful day in Austin in the mid seventies drinking Shiner Beer, that's before the world and Dell Computer discovered it.
Regards,
Ted
P.S. In addition to Yackman funds, Austin is also the home of Dimensional Fund Advi…
@willmatt72: If you believe you need to own a, Multi-Sector,. Nontraditional, High-Yield, Intermediate-Bond, High-Yield Muni, and a Short-Term Bond Fund, then the best of luck to you.
Regards,
Ted
@willmatt72: With all due respect, you remind me of a kid in a candy store telling the man behind the candy cases, I want to try a piece of each kind. You own to many bond funds and suffer from diworsification !
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Ted
@Bud: Thank for the link ! Murata said,"We don’t see this as an issue anytime soon. The $100 trillion global fixed income investment universe is immense and we believe we have ample room to find attractive opportunities." This is reassuring as a …
@MFO Members:
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Ted
Michael Holland Says Times Like This Need Some Cash: Video: (He was a frequent on the old Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-03-30/michael-holland-says-times-like-this-need-s…
@MFO Members Here is a very useful tool.
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Ted
Retirement Calculator Center:
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Old_Joe: Nice to see an article written by Kathleen Pender, an excellent financial writer, who's articles I have linked for many years both here at MFO and FundAlarm.
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Ted
@MikeM: Had the same drill at good old St. Philip Neri in South Shore neighbor of Chicago.
Regards,
Ted
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@Hank: Too Many Clues In This Room sounds almost the same as The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, wouldn't you agree
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Ted
he Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald:
@Mark: The lyrics without the music just doesn't cut it with me Why not let You Tube do the work ?
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Ted
Gordon Lightfoot: Too Many Clues In This Room:
@ Lewis: MJG is correct, "This type of post is blatant fear-mongering." Please stop trying to turn MFO Discussion Board into a platform for left-wing communist propaganda.
@MFO Members: Here is a 2014 Vanguard Study on the subject;
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Ted
Global Equitirs: Balancing Home Bias And Diversification:
https://personal.vanguard.com/pdf/ISGGEB.pdf
@ MFO Members: Some more articles on retailing.
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Ted
Barry Ritholtz: U.S. Stores Are Too Big, Boring and Expensive:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-24/u-s-stores-are-too-big-too-boring-and-too-expensive
Business Insider: …
@MFO Members: I'd look before I'd leap ! I know some MFO Members think Laura Geritz is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but her record at Wasatch is behind her. I wouldn't be to quick to invest Rondure new funds.
Regards,
Ted
