I’ve seen a few variations on this ad over the past couple days, so it’s time to dig in as the questions pile up — the ad I’m looking at this afternoon is for one of the Stansberry Pacific newsletters, Brian Tycango’s Strategic Wealth Confidential. That’s a pretty new publication, but Tycango has been a […]
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Travis, enjoy your insights on the sales pitches I get in emails everyday. New question, since so many stock shares are...
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So my wife inherited an account several months ago. Although I don’t consider the account huge, it was managed by a So...
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He had 2 articles in I think in Nov. and December, 2017 issues that were excellent. One analyzed which funds produced h...
$no ticker Many mutual funds can generate a lot of taxable income and capital gains on an annual basis, and are there...
$no ticker I have a general investing logistics questions that I'm hoping for input on. I need to open an IRA, a Roth...
Thanks, I really appreciate the way you broke this down. It makes perfect sense to me. I've done a lot of reading since ...
I have no connection with this newsletter, but I would note that the S&P 500 is up about 40% since January 2016. You...
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The author Dr. David Eifrig does not like any negative criticism or negative feedback. If you do, they bully you and can...
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Hi Travis: Now that you have mentioned it, would you mind sharing in an article or two about your diversified portfol...
It's different for everyone -- one rule of thumb is not to invest in a company unless you can spend an average of an hou...
Portfolio update On vacation this week and obsessing over my portfolio (in a mostly positive sense) more then usual. ...
keith is funny in playing such tricks. Previously ,he had an article on some 611 payment ,you can have a decent $50,00 ...
Travis, As an international investor (having no access to US Mutual funds), how would I be able to get invest in such f...
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Thank you Hedy, Arch, Dunnydame and HN for your input. 'Taking a position' to someone new to stock investing, let al...
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You are very patient & kind, Travis. So many questioners who clearly have not read your well-researched article. T...
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$No Ticker re Motif investing. Having spent 20+ years as an Investment Adviser, I ran into situations similar to what yo...
Aspi I applaud you deeply in your very accurate words of financial success.I'm my own proof that while making a decent s...
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I started investing in mutual funds back in the late 70's, for years just a hundred a month then $200 and at the end in ...
What are the 9 mutual funds . I am a disabled military veteran should I look into the 26(f). what is the best way...
Very helpful info, thanks. FYI, here are the first three "26(f)" recommendations. As you said, they are regular mutual...
There is no such thing of 26(f) program. These actually are regular mutual funds which you can invest with your retire...
sorry for misleading information about buying mutual funds on tradestation Tradestation already block recommended fu...
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In that Pogo picture, the characters are Spiro Agnew, John Mitchel, and J. Edgar Hoover, along with Pogo Possum. I was r...
what are the 9 mutual funds?...
No, the term used in these ads is just a reference to mutual funds. "Bank on yourself" gets pitched now and again (ofte...
It's 9 mutual funds, most of companies anybody would recognize. Most have an required initial investment of $2500 (and n...
26(f) is just a term they made up to refer to mutual funds, which are a way that many investors build diversified invest...
You would have to experience some harm in order to file a suit. And probably no one is going lose money by investing in...
Junk...simply look for good mutual funds...
I began investing very small amounts early in my twenties and steadily put away all I could into mutual funds and stocks...
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You're referring to the ad, not to my article. These are just mutual funds -- if you own a bunch of them and diversify,...
$AYTU I grabbed a few shares. I'm relatively new to both trading (have had a SEP with mutual funds for a while, but ...
I believe the second stock is care.com (CRCM) The mutual funds he mentioned invest in it. Let's figure out the other 3....
If you're going to choose your own stocks you need to develop your own criteria and use investment newsletters, If you g...
Just a fancy way to refer to mutual funds, for the most part. Saying "I've got some mutual funds to recommend" doesn't ...
Thanks for the great explanation !! I went partway through the Fitz-Gerald presentation (like I have some others) and t...
Pharma investing arms, mutual funds, people who can squeeze by the diminutive share price are going to want desperately ...
Thank you, Travis. Keith Fitz-Gerald came up on my FB out of the blue and I was curious because I manage my own Roth ret...
Thanks for the fine article.That was some pitch that had me wanting to spend more on useless newsletters. I think I will...
Vanguard has some very low fees on their mutual funds. I do own some because my 401K had Vanguard. Also, my wife, as a...
Marineone, investing in stocks is a complicated endeavor that is fraught with many ways to lose money. Losing money i...
So we have one more pundit whose blatherations in future should be viewed with suspicion. Have been considering for some...
The video is sneakily giving you the impression that those kinds of returns are ordinary for mutual funds, which is what...
Not an uncommon opinion, and I sympathize with it. But if you're not someone who wants to manage this on a weekly basis...
I still do not know what a 26f program is but I do no that the top 10 recommendations that are made are a list of mutual...
Personally I think mutual funds are a waste of money. why pay a bunch of people 1-3% to invest my money when I can keep...
Thanks, Travis for deciphering Keith Fitz-Gerald's lengthy spiel down to mutual funds. In regard to the "fiduciary rule"...
I'd be pretty shocked if a portfolio of ten actively managed mutual funds didn't end up very closely mimicking the s&p 5...
Mutual funds just like ETFs and individual stocks held outside of a retirement account could be considered as being tax ...
Travis, the thing I didn't get from Fitz-Gerald's pitch was how these mutual funds could be tax havens, and how owning a...
I agree about the deception, but if you're using 26(f) as a secret term (since most folks won't buy a newsletter just to...
In my opinion, Fitz-Gerald is utterly deceptive in the presentation for this "secret" His presentation praises Dave ...
Both are open-ended mutual funds, and their success will be driven by what the overall market does. If you think the ma...
I subscribe to Money Map Report and have read the report discussed (Unleashing the Power of 26(f) Programs). I also have...
I've been a subscriber for many years. Find this Vanguard Newsletter very helpful and well researched. All Model portfol...
"The 26(f) term is just an umbrella term for a class of mutual funds. It isn't anything to get too hung up about. All ...
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Travis, This is one of the most succinct and sensible presentations contrasting the pluses and minuses of mutual funds, ...
I haven't dug into their mutual funds for a while, but have been thinking of taking a look at some of the recent ads fro...
Russ I can partially answer. SAND is a royalty play on miners production and thus an entirely different animal than CEF ...
Alanh and Lumpified: Does the problem goes away if you open a margin a/c and only use it as a cash (non-margin) a/c? I...
Regular open-end mutual funds always buy and sell right at NAV....
What are your thoughts on the REITs being touted, as on Sept. 16th, many mutual funds will be forced to purchase them, a...
Travis: If one looks at the (Forms 3 & 4) Direct holders: Aug 12th through 18th purchases: There were purcha...