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No New Posts Market Insights - 4 Viewing

Discuss what's moving the markets.

907 16,487 Post election investing
by liftlock
Nov 19, 2024 17:43:07 GMT
No New Posts Portfolio Design and Management - 3 Viewing

Create and maintain the right investment portfolio.

182 3,883 What percentage of your portfolio is cash? and why?
by win1177
Nov 20, 2024 19:59:01 GMT
No New Posts Income and Dividend Investing

Do you invest to generate an income stream? Explore it here.

128 1,763 Tactical Dividend Multiplier Test
by richardsok
Oct 22, 2024 20:00:45 GMT
No New Posts International Investing

The U.S. accounts for only 14% of the global GDP. Discuss what's happening outside the borders.

75 1,154 Emerging Markets ?
by waffle2
Nov 13, 2024 19:13:28 GMT
No New Posts T/A

Technical Analysis identifies opportunities based on statistical trends involving trading activity.

30 350 T/A that don't make sense to me
by FD1000
Oct 15, 2024 15:45:55 GMT
No New Posts Investing 101

Novices and experts alike can come here to ask or answer questions about the principles of investing.

33 440 Selling specific tax lots of a mutual fund
by hondo
Oct 24, 2024 14:03:54 GMT
No New Posts Retiree's Retreat: all about Retirement - 1 Viewing

How to prepare for and invest in retirement, including everything about IRAs and 401k plans.

138 2,394 When to take Social Security (and Medicare)
by archer
Nov 20, 2024 19:59:47 GMT
No New Posts Personal Finance

Everything that intersects Finance and Life.

92 1,191 US Savings I-Bonds Rate, 11/1/24 – 4/30/25
by yogibearbull
Oct 31, 2024 15:00:15 GMT
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Discuss tools, resources and other information to find, screen, assess and compare investment products.

79 549 Gallenstein IRS Tax Rule: Homes owned pre-1977;step up basis
by retiredat48
Nov 6, 2024 16:35:57 GMT
No New Posts Brokerages and platforms - 3 Viewing

Talk about where you keep your assets and do your trading: fund supermarkets, web sites, customer service, promotions, etc.

44 479 Brokerage firm promotions
by chang
Nov 20, 2024 21:52:53 GMT
No New Posts Forum Tech Issues

Tips, tricks, bugs, and other issues relating to the Big Bang! Investors forum and ProBoards.

40 247 Notifications . . .
by yogibearbull
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Buys, Sells, and Why

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No New Posts Buys, Sells, and Why

Report your trades here, and don't forget the "why". Keep follow-up questions and answers brief. Longer discussions should take place in a separate thread.

1 4,117 Buys, Sells, and Why
by Norbert
Nov 20, 2024 20:45:22 GMT

Investment Products

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No New Posts Mutual Funds

Everything under the sun about Open-End Mutual Funds.

265 1,348 How to move PRWCX shares
by saratoga
Nov 11, 2024 13:52:50 GMT
No New Posts Stock Squad

"Buy low, sell high" ~ Louis Rukeyser

179 1,448 VALE
by chang
Nov 19, 2024 2:09:32 GMT
No New Posts Bond Brigade

Bonds, bonds, bonds, bonds!

182 4,119 VWALX (and munis)
by Chahta
Nov 1, 2024 15:12:13 GMT
No New Posts Balanced and Allocation Funds

If you want the experts to rebalance for you, or just want a smoother ride, discuss multi-asset funds here.

29 504 FMSDX or VWIAX
by fred495
Oct 26, 2024 15:47:19 GMT
No New Posts Exchange-Traded Funds - 1 Viewing

The first ETF was launched in 1993. As of 2022 there are over 9,500 ETFs with assets topping $10 trillion.

83 653 Cambria ETF TAX
by yogibearbull
Nov 12, 2024 15:01:56 GMT
No New Posts Closed-End Funds - 1 Viewing

Open discussion about Closed-End Funds.

189 3,007 DXYZ
by richardsok
Nov 10, 2024 19:22:02 GMT
No New Posts Alternative Investments

Everything outside the box: gold, long-short funds, cryptocurrencies, FOREX, real estate, commodities, collectibles ...

54 914 IBIT IShares Bitcoin ETF
by yogibearbull
Nov 10, 2024 20:51:29 GMT

Mutual Fund Families

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No New Posts Fidelity Family

Everything about the company founded in Boston in 1946 and its family of funds.

53 414 Securities Lending
by Capital
Nov 10, 2024 12:16:38 GMT
No New Posts Vanguard Virtues

Founded by John C. Bogle in 1975 - "Changing the way the world invests."

68 494 Vanguard culling its legacy mutual fund account system
by Capital
Oct 30, 2024 17:34:24 GMT
No New Posts DoubleLine Funds

Founded by Jeffrey Gundlach in 2009, had amassed $137 billion in assets as of June 2021.

1 67 Jeffrey Gundlach: King or Crank?
by Broozer
Oct 16, 2024 18:43:09 GMT
No New Posts T. Rowe Price Funds

Started by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937, TRP is one of the oldest mutual fund companies.

22 98 T. Rowe Price International Discovery & HY funds reopening
by johntaylor
Sept 15, 2024 13:47:15 GMT
No New Posts PIMCO Pros

With a name like "Pacific Investment Management Company", an acronym was a necessity. Discuss the necessity of PIMCO funds here.

14 109 Rare Interview: Dan Ivascyn of Pimco
by retiredat48
May 12, 2024 23:50:58 GMT

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