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@bee: From U.S. News & World Report (Copy & Paste)
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Ted
As of July 03, 2014, the fund has assets totaling almost $256.35 million invested in 31 different holdings. Its portfolio consists primarily of shares of large companies.
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1. One can always find needles in the haystack.
2. David makes an excellent about S&P, their licensed S&P Indexes bring in a lot of revenue, therefore its in their economic interest to glorify indexes.
@JohnChisum: You can avoid the front-load with LDLAX, a higher ER, and if kept for a year the deferred load disappears. It also pays dividend monthly
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Ted
@VintageFreak: Investing 101 classes begin this fall, I'll let you know the dates. First session, admitting when you make an investment mistake buy not selling.
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Ted
@VintageFreak; Your CIPSX is one wing away from becoming a turkey !
YTD: 60 Percentile
One Year: 82 Percentile
Three Year: 53 Percentile
Five Year: 81 Percentile
M* Snapshot Performance Of CIPSX: http://performance.morningstar.c…
@MFO Members: Sorry to hear about the passing of James Wang, but the sad truth is the fund also died over the last three years.
YTD: 100 Percentile
One Year 100 Percentile
Three Year: 93 Percentile
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Ted
OSFDX Returns: http://…
@scott: I have just copied and pasted this subscription WSJ article titled "Giant Pimco And Founder Bill Gross Struggle To Heal Strains" under fund discussion where it belongs. Most MFO Members do not subscribe to the WSJ, and therefore cannot rea…
@MFO Members: Jeffrey N. Vinik, former manager of Fidelity Magellan Fund, is the current owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Storm, as well as a minority owner of the Boston Red Sox. He is also on the board of directors for Liverpool…
@john: You need to register in order to receive 8 free articles from the Financial Times, that's why I never link articles from the Times.
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Ted
@Maurice: Your comments on Gundlach's interest in buying the Buffalo Bills, and other NFL name changes was great, but after your petty comment, I've decided not to recommend you to ESPN.
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Ted
@Maurice: With all the hundreds of articles on mutual funds and investing, this is the best you could do ? If this keeps up David might as well shut down the board.
@bee: For some time, The Street's.Com printer-friendly version does not function properly. I linked this article in printer-friendly format, however; it then reverts regular format and requires one to click on each page. Thanks for your help.
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@John Chisum: Let's see now, I think that's only the second mistake I have made in 15 years of linking. On second thought, maybe the third !
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Ted
MFO Members: Two heavy storms hit the Chicago Southern Suburbs last Monday night, leaving me without power for some 70 hours. On top of that my cable, phone, and internet service wasn't restored until 1:30PM this afternoon. I will be back-up lin…
