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Thank you sma3! We are spending this summer in northwest again. I have no quiet place I can be before noon eastern (9 am here). Library opens at 9am! I've set up a session for Friday, 2 pm eastern ... posted on board. But, if that does not work, just call me at 805 468 9599 ... if I can pick up I will. Hopefully, can pick a day where you can attended from noon on. Very happy to do! c
Just updated the screenshots on Welcome page. Best one probably Compare Tool Page, which shows full suite of ratings and metrics available in MultiSearch ... more than 600 in case of funds like DODBX. Pretty impressive!
@Sven. High hopes for VGWLX and VGWIX. I do believe that every D&C fund 'cept DODWX has beaten its peers since launch (or at least back to 1960). Give it time. But yay, I picked wrong in 2002 going all in on "one fund for life" DODBX instead of …
I absolutely agree.
A fallout of the current crisis is to be much more aware of these statistics on life expectancy, cause of death, by country, by age.
A remember being stunned to learn that more folks actually died after 9/11 from fear of flying…
Just added link to Andrew Miller's study mentioned in road trip piece ... quite good:
https://alphaarchitect.com/2016/06/07/will-bonds-deliver-crisis-alpha-in-the-next-crisis/
But the article also talks about the positives as well as opportunity to ameliorate the doomsday scenario. It was actually quite broad and balanced. But that does not generate clicks. So, the sensational title. And I subscribe the The Atlantic! The…
Hi Catch. Please see link below and refer to the maximum drawdown (MAXDD) column, which is for period referenced. If you still think this is wrong, please let me know ... I mess up a lot! I hazard for those who practice "Ready, Fire, Aim." c
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Here's link to April marketing brief:
http://alphacentricfunds.com/funds/IncomeOpp/presentation.pdf
No mention of liquidity crisis.
Just: "Turn in Q1 2020 Marks The Sharpest Reversal in History"
Once the Fed stepped-in and the redemptions stoppe…
Just added nine new evaluation periods to MultiSearch and Portfolios tools, as described here.
I'm finding the new period quite helpful. Thank you @WABAC!
Yep. You're telling me. I certainly wish I'd invested all in just VWINX (VWIAX) and forgotten about it. I do own it now, since getting back to basics. But given that we've been in a bond bull for most of its existence, I'm not sure my expectations g…
The longer I am a retiree, the less interested I find myself becoming in strategies I need to monitor for market signals. I did not used to feel that way!
@WABAC. In addition to the 48 periods that MultiSearch provides metrics and ratings across, it now provides return metrics and ratings by calendar year, which I find helpful from a consistency assessment basis, as discussed in Back To Basics.
@WABAC. It may be possible to pretty quickly implement a specific period for metrics only (lots of sites do that Yahoo, M*). The tricky part is the ratings for specific periods. That requires computing metrics for all funds in a desired category, pl…
@WABAC. The closest thing in MultiSearch right now that provides ratings to end dates other that current month are the full, up, and down cycle Display periods. There are 6 such cycles going back to 1960 (though honestly it looks like we called the …
