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Comment on Life Settlements – Wall Street’s Next Bubble? by Norman A. Hood

Norman A. Hood — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:22:34 +0000

With the increase in transparency and regulation throughout the life settlement industry, it’s just a matter of time before securitizations will play a major role in helping policy owners receive a fair payment for their unwanted policies.

Comment on How to buy low and sell high – for real! by Another Market Crash Coming for 2010? (VIDEO). | After Hours Investing

Another Market Crash Coming for 2010? (VIDEO). | After Hours Investing — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:41:09 +0000

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Comment on Beware Target-Date Funds! by What To Watch For In Your 529 College Saving Accounts.

What To Watch For In Your 529 College Saving Accounts. — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:36:55 +0000

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Comment on Are Target Date Funds good, bad or just plain ugly? by Daddy Paul

Daddy Paul — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:41:35 +0000

I have a few beefs with target retirement funds. One the only consideration for asset allocation is a person’s age. Next if you look at these funds they are composed of funds from the same family giving you less diversification than you would think. Lastly many of the funds in these target funds are bloated.
My advice is do your own asset allocation and buy mutual funds to fit your needs. Short of that if you unwilling to do that invest in a couple of good balanced funds.

Comment on Beware Target-Date Funds! by Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:09:34 +0000

@Daddy,

That’s definitely a valid criticism but I haven’t been aware of that being a large part of the “why target funds are bad” sort of articles I’ve read… those seem to be focused mainly around asset allocation and performance.

Thanks for adding another point to the discussion!

Comment on Beware Target-Date Funds! by Daddy Paul

Daddy Paul — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:03:09 +0000

I do not like target date funds for a number of reasons. My biggest beef is they consist of a number of funds from the same fund family which really means less diversification than you are lead to believe. “Target retirement funds are a bastion of mediocrity”. My advice is you are unwilling to do the work to come up with a good asset allocation for you buy a good balanced fund.

Comment on A Tale of 4 High Income Bond Funds. by Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:45:08 +0000

I agree DP.

Chances are that we’ll see a spike in inflation in the near future, and as I point out in my post the opportunity for big gains in bond values has passed for now.

Comment on Morningstar’s Six Top Candidates for International-Stock Manager of the Year. by Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:43:52 +0000

Great idea Oscar… I’ve been looking for some relevant video, but most of it is licensed

If you or anyone else know of a site that has free and meaningful video content relevant to the topics on this site, please share!

Comment on Morningstar’s Six Top Candidates for International-Stock Manager of the Year. by Oscar Henningsen

Oscar Henningsen — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:12:28 +0000

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Comment on A Tale of 4 High Income Bond Funds. by Daddy Pauld

Daddy Pauld — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:22:41 +0000

At this point I would invest only in short term bond funds and a small amount in high yield funds. When rates rise long term funds are taking it on the chin.