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@catch22 & MFO Members: Here is a Barron's video clip of Felix Zulauf expressing his thoughts on China which is part of Barron's Round Table Part II. (Scroll down to read)
Regards,
Ted
http://www.barrons.com/video/felix-zulauf-global-stock-sell…
@MFO Members: Pool party, and watching the Cardinals vs. Panthers game on giant TV screen, that's living !
Regards,
Ted
http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2016/01/22/inside-etfs-event-to-feature-mcnabb-gundlach-siege?t=etfs&page_all=1
@Lewis Braham: "And by the way, the $1 hamburger is crap and terrible for people's health." Are you saying hamburgers are Un-American ? I'm reporting you to Ronald McDonald, the BurgerKing, and Dave Thomas's daughter.
Where's The Beef ?
Ted
@MFO Members: We here in Chicago don't have the lack of or little service that those members who live in smaller cities. Round trip MDW to TPA round-trip $107.00 on LUV.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.southwest.com/reservations/price-reservations.html?i…
@MFO Members: You can't win, if you don't play ! I recommend all MFO Members buy at least one ticket and spend an extra dollar $3.00 to get an extra powerball. Good luck !!!
Regards,
Ted
@MFO Members: For whatever reason M* is listing their nominees peicemeal, yesterday 1/11/16 Domestic Stock Manager, and today 1/12/16 International Stock Manager. This morning thinkadvisor.com gave us the entire list of all 14 nominees. What's the…
@Irwilliams: I didn't realize Jonas Max Ferris's website was still around ! He's married to Dagen McDowell who's mutual funds article as a Barron's writer I linked in the good old FundAlarm days. "Last year, the Aggressive Portfolio had a gain of…
@davidmoran: Excellent article ! For those who might have missed it, Jonathan Clements was Chuck Jaffe's guest on his Money Life Show.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/25182/chuck-jaffe-s-money-life-show-guest-jonat…
@Maurice: Based on its 1-10 year percentile ranking, I recommend you sell !
Regards,
Ted
M* Performance FAIRX:
http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/performance-return.action?t=FAIRX®ion=usa&culture=en_US
@ MFO Members: Here is the article referred to by Crash in his post.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-07/the-average-stock-is-already-in-a-bear-market
@MFO Members: If I'm not mistaken, I link the news on 12/23/15.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/24935/manning-napier-buys-a-3b-shop-on-the-west-coast-rainier-investments#latest
@ducrow: Based on it's 1-mo.-5 yr. 86/85 percentile performance I'd sell
Regards,
Ted
M*: ICMBX Performance
http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/performance-return.action?t=ICMBX®ion=usa&culture=en_US
ICMBX Is Ranked #59 In The (M…
@ MFO Members: It was not the double-digit year I expected, but I can complain about my fund portfolio.
Regards,
Ted
As Of 12/24/15:
PRHSX: 13.70%
FBTCX: 10.70%
QQQ: 10.16%
PFF: 3.78%
SPY: 2.15%
Total Average Return: …
@Mark: Glad you enjoyed the video ! Since It was filmed in Brazil I assume the language is Portuguese. Here is some infor on the video.
Regards,
Ted
https://declara.com/content/q5PYb6pa
@mcmarasco: Author recommends FSPHX instead. I also own FBTCX and highly recommend owning a biotech fund along with a general health care fund.
Regards,
Ted
