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Why ETFs Will Overtake Traditional Mutual Funds [view article]
Discussing ETF's versus mutual funds without describing their distinct functions and advantages is like talking about satellite radio as though it were just radio. Mutual funds originally gave the buyer diversification and simplification of some tax situations, but nowadays most funds are so large that even the themed funds function like just a market index. ETF's allow the buyer to drill down more specifically into certain commodities or to execute short positions with less risk, nice options for the retail buyer. While major pension funds will likely play footsie with big mutual funds for a long time to come, the tide can't be held back forever. There are too many mutual funds today and they're all becoming homogenous index funds, giving the buyer little reason to choose between them and a stronger desire to master one's own fate by buying commodities when they seem cheap or shorting things that seem ready to fall... ReplyWhy ETFs Will Overtake Traditional Mutual Funds [view article]
Of the almost 800 ETF funds in existence on July 31, 2008 only 209 had more than $300 million in assets, the level generally thought to be breakeven for a managed fund. Almost 300 of the funds had less than $28 million in assets.There is certainly a place for ETFs in the investment universe but I think it is a niche product that has grown too fast and is due for retrenchment. Reply
Why ETFs Will Overtake Traditional Mutual Funds [view article]
In my book it's ETF's and Notes for two big reasons...expenses and trading anytime during the day. ReplyWhy ETFs Will Overtake Traditional Mutual Funds [view article]
Well, low expense ratio is really the key factor. While I am locked in by mutual funds (tax considerations if sod), I am putting new funds into ETFs. ReplyWhy ETFs Will Overtake Traditional Mutual Funds [view article]
I agree with everything said, but one must be careful of saying (as so many people parrot) that ETFs are low-cost. Many ETFs have expense ratios in excess of .6%, even up to 1%. And many mutual funds, finally wising up, are finally lowering costs, with many below 1%. Vanguard, of course, is best in both categories. It seems to me that mutual funds are best for investors, while ETFs are best for traders. ReplyWhy ETFs Will Overtake Traditional Mutual Funds [view article]
We're big on ETFs at Contrarian Profits, and think that commodities based ETFs are particularly attractive...www.contrarianprofits.... Reply
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Is this a buy or a sell? ReplyWall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
To All of the commentors! All that I really know is that when I retired, 1999, I could save $1000 per month. Today I run $500 per mo. negative. And I'm one of the fortunate ones. ReplyWall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
"Doesn't this mean that the decline in profits when these drugs hit patent expiration will be even sharper?"What it means is that I have already reduced my holdings in Big Pharma. Reply
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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
"Drugmakers boosted prices for their 50 top-sellers by 7.82% in 2007, on the heels of 6.73% and 6.22% jumps in 2006 and 2005, in an effort to boost profits in the face of patent expirations and waning pipelines. The ploy could backfire by pushing government to beef-up its regulation of drug pricing."Doesn't this mean that the decline in profits when these drugs hit patent expiration will be even sharper? Reply
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
Oh please!!! There is more oil coming out of the Middle East than ever. And what do you think would have happened if Saddam was allowed to continue on his path? Typical though. America sucks and it especially sucks if a Republican is in the White House. ReplyWall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
"And can you imagine the price of oil if we had not stabilized the middle east."Stabilized? Did you mean to say that. You know,LESS oil is coming out of Iraq than before the war. Reply
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
Mr. Barta wants to place blame, yet another time, on President Bush. Let's see now; we have the war, global warming, Katrina relief (3 years later we still are spending tax dollars out the ying yang), torture, Gitmo and baseball steroid use on Bush. How about if the earth is naturally warming, the war has kept the radical muslim morons too busy to plan effect assaults on our soil, water boarding is effective and doesn't harm anyone, and HGH is harmless. Boy, what would you have to talk about for the next month. The real pity is that Mr. Barta cannot bring himself to admit or accept that there are events that cannot and should not be controlled by more Federal Regulations. Regulations got us into the mortgage mess in the first place. Free market supply would have never permitted the financial institutions from lending beyond acceptable tolerances. Our banks were induced by the Fed to create all those vehicles by which they attracted huge numbers of unqualified buyers. Now the banks get to write down the loses, foreclose homes and have insurers (also regulated by the Fed) pay the short falls. You also forgot to mention that basic economics are prevailing in a bifurcated trough and that NAFTA has had a lot to do with it. Not to mention that we are still being taxed to death at the middle to high income levels which is curtailing spending. And can you imagine the price of oil if we had not stabilized the middle east. I hope you are not a financial advisor. You are so lopsided that you could not offer objective advice. ReplyWall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
"Stagflation, a lethal brew of simultaneous inflation and recession, may be hitting the U.S. for the first time since the 1970s."Blame the Bush Failed Presidency. Fiscal irresponsibility; military adventures (ineptly executed, at that); undirected tax cuts; lack of regulatory oversight of financial institutions. Reply
It Just Can't Get Any Bigger [view article]
2.7 cents to $27.00 is a thousand times greater, not a hundred. Now that’s impressive.Disclosure: This is a personal comment by a CrossProfit analyst.
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