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Yes, MAPOX (balanced) is up 20.71% over the past year. DLFNX and PREMX are getting hammered in terms of share price. I notice my monthly div. is a bit lower than it has been from PREMX, but there's a new portfolio reported to M* But the yield is bac…
Take the mother lovers, attach a ball and chain to each of them, and drop them into the sea. Disgusting is a good word. Empty shirts without a soul, without a heart, without a conscience: now, there's an apt description. Sub-human vermin also is apr…
Is Madsen just taking a break from the rat-race, because he can afford to do it? But not yet retiring? If he were retiring, they'd tell us. Or maybe he "got religion?"
Reply to @Investor: The fund name threw me. I took it to be a fund focusing on consumer retail stocks. OK, glad you made the correction for me.
You can see WHY..... But it appears that "retail" refers to non-institutional investors like Joe Blow a…
I recognize some of them, and some of them I own, too. If I were sitting where you are, I'd earnestly look to see how best to consolidate. Your other funds might be very good selections, but I just am not familiar with them. And you have too much to…
Just down -4.75% now, from recent high, after the more recent panic. Thanks, Uncle Ben. But a Market which is hanging on every word from The Fed is not healthy, not normal. Not operating on true fundamentals.
After I make the above-mentioned move, mine looks like:
DLFNX 2.55%
MAPOX 8.61
MSCFX 3.02
MAPIX 36.6
MAINX 2.75
MACSX 2.65
SFGIX 2.72
TRAMX 3.01
PREMX 38.1
Severely barbelled, with MAPIX and PREMX, yes. It is what it is. I guess I've not…
Thank you, all. Yes, indeed. USA it is. Un-exotic American companies (and bonds) via MAPOX. THERE. CASE CLOSED. Thanks again. I FIGURED domestic was the way to go. Thanks for chiming in.
About this time last year, I started a small position in TRAMX which has done well. I'm watching it grow. On 17 July, '13 it hit a new 52-week high. If I'd been in it since inception, I'd be drowning in that fund. It STILL is not back up out of the …
Reply to @AndyJ: :) Gotcha covered. It used to be that I would love to talk about where I'd been. I'm a bit reticent, now. Once, a nice woman, otherwise a friend, said to me: "Is there anywhere you HAVEN'T been?" I paused and asked her, "is that a…
Along with Scott and AndyJ, I'd recommend an EM fund not restricted geographically. I too own SFGIX and have been disappointed, but not enough to sell it. I'm holding on. Consider that option.
Reply to @Hogan: Niagara on the Lake is a sweet place, too. Remember buying a historical book on The War of 1812. Gazebo by the little beach is a fav. spot for weddings.
Interesting, thank you. I wonder what the "secular" picture will look like for those of us who did not flee bonds lately---particularly EM bonds? The share price means less to me today than a few years ago, but my bond fund (PREMX) is still down fro…
Been through Toronto, saw the Jays vs. Yanks there a few years ago. Canada is just plain great. Friendly, wonderful people all over that great country. Funny: We were at the top of the CN Tower, and the first thing wifey said was: "Oh, look. There's…
No, we're worlds apart. Wealth never lets go of its privileged status voluntarily, and government's job is to insure that the great majority who must work to barely get by don't get screwed over. But government is owned now more then ever by Wealth,…
Should have stopped at para. one?... But I was just getting wound up! You've heard about "losing the forest for the trees." Maybe I lost you in the trees. Main thesis: All of this Politically Correct junk is..... junk. And nothing is logical anymore…
Truly sad about that last item. That's not happy news for anyone. In a different direction, I could not help giggling at that fellow's professional title: "senior relationship manager." How important do you have to be to have one of THOSE? Or, I gue…
Days like yesterday and today ALMOST make me wish I was heavier into the USA Market. I'm happy with today's gains, though. Actually, my MAPOX was up yesterday, but down a tiny bit, today. A function of its bond holdings serving as a drag in those ti…
Kudlow is a shill for rampant, uncontrolled, exploitative capitalism at its worst. See ya later. One less empty suit with no soul or conscience to put up with...
Holy Judas Priest. How come there's been ZERO mention of this fund before now? Interesting, to say the least. ...Looking. I see it owns a tiny position in Catalyst Paper. I recall owning TAVIX a few years ago, there was some deal in the works involv…
Just got mine in the mail yesterday. I'll peruse it while I watch the game today.
http://quotes.morningstar.com/fund/f?region=USA&t=SFGIX
So far: Not BAD. My Matthews stuff is doing better: MAPIX, MACSX. I saw a remark from Foster lately, howe…
Reply to @Hogan: It's good of you to be on top of this prospect for my sake, thank you. I truly don't know the ins-and-outs of it all. Our names were all entered as co-owners in my parents' Will before my dad died. (Mother still living, 83, living i…
Right. But maybe I wasn't clear. The link will take you to a page at Barchart.com which shows DLFNX to be among the TOP 1% in terms of its "direction." The other category is "Strength," and the same metric there shows DLFNX to be in the top 10% in …
Yes, I'm feeling the pain. My overweighting in PREMX and my small stake in DLFNX are the reasons. Even MAINX. Usually, the losses from day to day at MAINX are more muted compared to the others. If I was in for the long haul (like myself) I think I'd…
