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@JohnChisum; That doesn't make ant sense, I have found a number of your links, most Off-Topic having nothing to do with mutual funds, with no comments. I suggest you just sit back, have a bowl or plate of Chop Suey, and let the linkster do the hea…
@reids: Let's take a snapshot of SWHEX last week with huge volatility. On Friday, October 17th SWHEX was up 1.06%, however, S&P 500 Index was up 1.29%. For the entire week, 10/13-10/17 SWHEX was down -(1.69)% while the S&P 500 Index was do…
@John Chisum: Come on John stop throwing links up against the wall to see which ones stick. I link this on Friday !
Regards,
Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/16306/goldman-sachs-in-talks-to-acquire-etf-provider-indexiq#late…
Sorry about, it was free eariler this morning. (Scroll For Artitle title Near Top Of Google Search)
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Ted
https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&site=&source=hp&q=funds+for+a+volitle+market&oq=funds+for+a+volitle+market&…
@JohnChisum Close call, but give me the good old S&P 500 (VFINX).
Regards,
Ted
Returns: http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/mutual-fund/compare?Tickers=VFINX+SFLNX&Compare=Returns
Risk: http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/mutual-fund/compare?…
@Charles: Leading Groups ! Country ! Capitalization !
Regards,
Ted
http://finviz.com/groups.ashx
http://finviz.com/groups.ashx?g=country&v=210&o=name
http://finviz.com/groups.ashx?g=capitalization&v=210&o=name
When I was growing up in Chicago we had five TV stations, #2(CBS), #5 (NBC, #7(ABC), #9(WGN) & #11 (PBS) with generally something interesting to watch. All that was needed was a roof antenna or rabbit ears at a modest cost. Now, we have 300 st…
@catch22: "Course, some of these may travel the other direction before the year is finished" You are correct, 2014 will be another year for equities, not bonds.
@JohnChisum: Be careful what you wish for !
Regards,
Ted
https://www.google.com/search?q=putin+barechested&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&imgil=752Az5OW_X8AuM%3A%3BSdhvGcZW8YwQGM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.fool.com%252Finvesting%252Fgen…
@MFO Members: Sign me up for davidmoran's suggestion. I'll go one better, if there are no comments or views within a twenty- four period delete the post and save some bandwidth.
Regards,
Ted
@davidmoran: Here are the returns for the three funds mentioned in the article and FTBFX.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/mutual-fund/compare?Tickers=VBMFX+TGMNX+LSBRX+FTBFX&Compare=Returns
@Tampabay: I've never been a believer in the so called 'eating your own cooking' theory. I could care less if a fund manager has any money in the fund he/she manages. The proof in the pudding is what kind of returns do they get. There is no evid…
@MJG: For your infromation, I linked the Ellis document along with the Scott Burns article. What's the point?
Regards,
Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/16176/scott-burns-the-performance-management-lottery-ticket/p1
@MFO Board Member: Now it appears that Art Cashin has become relevant, at least in the eyes of John Wayne (Aka. John Chisum). As many of you know, a while back I linked his daily commentaries on a regular bases. I stopped doing so because I got ti…
