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    What are some good Youtube channels on investing, stock insights, companies analysis? Investing


    What are some good Youtube channels on investing, stock insights, companies analysis?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 11:24 PM PST

    The cyclically adjusted price-earnings ratio of the American market, which uses a ten-year average of profits, is 32.4; it has only been higher in September 1929 and during the dotcom bubble

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:54 AM PST

    What is your top growth stock for 2018 and why?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 10:37 PM PST

    ~300,000$ share

    Posted: 07 Jan 2018 03:26 AM PST

    Hi! I'm very intrigued if there's someone from this subreddit who possesses a part or an entire share of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.?

    I'm reading about Warren Buffet and he's a pretty interesting man!

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    How ballsy is it to keep investing in REIT stocks and ETFs? I am of the belief that since all the wealthy folks love real estate then owning REITs is a smart move?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 09:20 PM PST

    I have shares of VNQ, O and WPC as far as my REIT holdings go. I might acquire more REIT shares but wonder if they are in a bubble. Seems all the wealthy financial advisors love real estate. Why mess with trying to own individual properties when you can own an index of properties via VNQ?

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    Discussion of BRK.B: I've read that the underlying holdings of BRK.B are highly diversified and therefore BRK.B can almost be likened to a mutual fund. Given its great average annual returns, why not invest the majority of a portfolio in them as opposed to mutual funds or ETFs?

    Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:01 AM PST

    I know past performance doesn't indicate future performance, but this seems like a good idea. My main concerns/questions are whether the tax advantages I get from my index fund investments in my Roth IRA and 401k would offset the additional gains I might get from holding BRK.B in a brokerage account (after also accounting for the long term capital gain taxes I would incur).

    I'm fairly new to all this but trying to learn. Sorry if they're is something I'm overlooking.

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    Could someone answer these questions about bonds for me?

    Posted: 07 Jan 2018 02:33 AM PST

    Firstly i invested in this bond fund in october and its down 4% which seems like a big fall in a short space of time. Does anyone know why its made such a big move? I am aware it invests in more riskier treasuries of emerging markets. And does this fall represent a better time to invest currently?

    Secondly i understand how individual bonds work but how do bond funds and etfs work? What drives the price up and down? Is it simply driven by demand?

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    The P/E Conundrum?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 03:40 PM PST

    {I know P/E ratios are not everything }Company A has great earnings, a strong balance sheet, great future prospects, and a great management team. In addition to that, the profits will grow and the business model is understandable. The only problem is that it is trading at 35X earnings. Wouldn't you think legendary investors like Graham and Warren Buffet have missed these companies solely because they never touch these companies that have over 20 P/E ratios? Graham uses the 15X to 20X barometer too. Wouldn't you think Buffet may have missed great companies because of this so called "value" approach and buying good businesses? Also, what if the stock is a really a value but the market just overreacted a little before you analyzed the company? So why do big portfolio managers care about this PE ratio when there are still good companies that are growing earnings and have a great management team? If you come across a stock like this, how will you approach it?

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    Could someone please assist me in interpreting option contract layouts?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 11:54 PM PST

    Hi all. Learning about investing and was hoping somebody could explain the components of images I keep seeing of options contracts such as https://i.imgur.com/EM5CcYh.png. My questions:

    1) Is the "Price" the premium the purchaser pays per share for the option?

    2) The "Market Value" I'm assuming is the market value of the entire contract as it's 100x the price listed?

    3) What is the Cost Basis?

    Thanks y'all.

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    Is the market overvalued?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 09:07 AM PST

    There's not much consensus here: on the one hand, you have CAPE hitting levels typically associated with bubbles, but on the other hand, interest rates have been at never-before seen lows, which you would expect to push up the price of stocks (and other assets). So, the question is then, is the current prices of stocks justified by the low interest rate?

    That is something I haven't seen a convincing answer for. I've read a couple articles that related the interest rate to market prices, but the data was a bit outdated, so I decided to try to take a stab at recreating it. I looked at the historical monthly value of the 13 month Tbill (IRX), which I'm using as a proxy for the interest rate, and compared it to the historical S&P500 price and historical CAPE levels. I also ran this against the 10 year Tnote (TNX) for comparison. I think we've all seen the chart of the S&P500 overlaid with the falling interest rates, but it's hard to draw any conclusions from that. Plot the interest rate against the CAPE ratio, however, and you get a pretty clear trend: https://i.imgur.com/dWrfPLf.png

    Here, the Dot Com bubble stands out as clearly above the trend (overvalued), and a good portion of the time since the Great Recession stands out as being below the trend (undervalued). I took the trendline as the fair value CAPE, and from that, I backed out what the fair value for the S&P 500 was based on the current interest rates: https://i.imgur.com/pAGX5yq.png

    Based on this, the Dot Com bubble and the period leading up to the Great Recession are periods where the market was overvalued, but the bull run from 2009 up until 2015/2016 was actually undervalued given the interest rates at the time. It was only recently in 2016 that the market has crossed into overvalued territory.

    So, since the market is overvalued now, I should sell, right? Not so fast. Looking at it from a returns standpoint, while being undervalued is associated with a higher average return and higher occurrences of achieving a positive return, even when the market is overvalued, the average 1, 2, and 5 year returns are still positive, and the number of occasions where you achieve a positive return over those time periods almost all exceed 50%: https://i.imgur.com/0wkAVCD.png

    I'm stopping here, but here is a link to the raw data if you want to play with it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zg1E-zSUDr8P3oOyp0mVFvKZYK5hrBfSrrTFmB3jjE0/edit?usp=sharing

    Hope you find this somewhat useful.

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    How to best invest HSA funds?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 03:10 PM PST

    My employers offers an HSA account with HSA Bank. I have the option to transfer and invest funds with TD Ameritrade which has some commission-free ETFs. Which ETFs would you recommend now that the VTI ETF is no longer available as commission-free? Alternatively, should I try to transfer my funds to vanguard? If so, what would be the most efficient and cost-effective way of doing it? I dont want to spend too much time jumping hoops to transfer money around. Thanks for your advice!

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    A few dips on big-name value plays (NEE, GD, O)

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 11:12 PM PST

    Was looking for a couple additions to my IRA and noticed NEE and GD are both down about 10% from yearly highs.

    They're both up big in 2017 but I believe they fit the Value criteria in that they are both "Good companies at a fair price." I expect they will recover their recent losses in the next few trading days or weeks.

    O is a company I'm less excited about long-term but may be a great value at current. They rent mall space to retailers as well as a few other industries (they have a significant gym/exercise facility ownership as well). They failed to do anything in 2017, but experienced significant share price upside in 2016 when investors chased yield.

    Any other thoughts on these tickers? SO is also on my radar as a value play but one without much growth on the horizon.

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    Is DRIP usually cheaper?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:04 PM PST

    I signed up for a DRIP plan, assuming that I'll get a discount for each share because I remember reading something about it being cheaper.

    DRIP just came in and I realized it wasn't cheaper, in fact it was like 20 cents more expensive per share.

    Is DRIP supposed to be somewhat cheaper than the market price? Or what's the usual consensus here?

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    PRIIPS Legislation Update!

    Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:17 AM PST

    A week or so ago, I made a post on here about the most recent PRIIPS legislation in Europe

    The Gist of said Legislation means your Broker won't be able to purchase US based ETFs without a KID document.

    I made it my mission to email as many of the ETF providers as possible,

    Here are some of their responses,


    Vanguard

    We thank you for your queries. Vanguard offers an extensive range of MiFID II-compliant European domiciled UCITS ETFs throughout Europe. Please send an email to European_client_services@vanguard.co.uk and we'll respond with this list. We're confident you'll find investments that meet your needs. However, if you have further queries please send an email to the address above.


    Direxion ETF | Funds

    Good Morning John, Thank you for your note. We have only recently been made aware of the MFID II new requirements inclusive of KID/KIID document and current halt on European investors to trade our ETFS. We are working with our legal counsel in Europe to determine how best to remediate the issue. We do not yet have a firm timeline for re-admittance. We will provide an update on our website when we are closer to a resolution.
    We are however actively working to investigate and hopefully resolve this issue.


    Global X Funds

    Thank you for your interest in the Global X Funds. Thank you for your inquiry. While US registered ETFs are not subject to MIFID II, we are working to understand the implications of the new EU regulations on EU brokers that may provide access to our products on their platforms. Over the next couple of weeks, we ask that you check globalxfunds.com/press for an update on our findings. For further questions, please call an Investor Services Representative by dialing 1-888-493-8631 Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET, or visit our website at www.globalxfunds.com. Again, thank you for your interest in the Global X Funds.


    ARK Funds

    Thank you for your interest in ARK ETFs. We are aware of the issue and are currently looking into possible solutions, in order to meet the new requirements.

    We hope to provide you with an update shortly.

    These all say roughly the same thing, Working on it, I also had this response from Horizons, Makers of the HMMJ Marijuana ETF,


    Horizons ETFs

    Thank you for your question. We are aware of these particular regulations. Our understanding is that these rules are intended to regulate European Investment Managers and Broker Dealers. Horizons ETFs falls under neither of these categories and has no operations or offerings in the EU. Rather, we have 81 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange. We are not aware of any aspect of the rules which would prevent, in any way, the purchase of our securities by any EU entity or individual investor. Our current understanding is that we are not subject to these particular EU regulations. On our website there are available certain documents that contain pertinent information regarding our ETFs (i.e. Fund Summary, Prospectus, and Product Sheet). We hope you understand and please do not hesitate to contact us again with any questions.


    They don't seem to know what they are talking about, This legislation means that brokers cannot sell you the product without a PRIIP being provided.

    In the case of the other 3 Progress is being made to make these funds available to european customers again,

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    How to best make use of leverage ETF in a portfolio?

    Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:13 AM PST

    I want to start using leverage in my portfolio. Its only small as yet £5300 in a range of Vanguard funds/ETFs, 12% in bonds, equity roughly equally split between US EU EM and Pacific + Japan

    I believe I could take the risk to use leverage. I was looking at leveraged QQQ and SandP500 ETFs.

    But I wanted to know first if there is a proper way to make us of, and balance use of leverage in a portfolio?

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    Daily advice thread. All questions about your personal situation should be asked here

    Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:05 AM PST

    If your question is "I have $10,000, what do I do?" or anything similar. There is no single answer to this question, but we will also need A LOT MORE information if we are to give some sort of answer

    • How old are you?
    • Are you employed/making income? How much?
    • What are your objectives with this money? (buy a house? Retirement savings?)
    • What is your risk tolerance? (Do you mind risking it at blackjack or do you need to know its 100% safe?)
    • What are you current holdings? (Do you already have exposure to specific funds and sectors?)
    • Any other assets? House paid off? Cars? Expensive girlfriend? (not really an asset)
    • What is your time horizon? Do you need this money next month? Next 20yrs?
    • Any big debts?
    • Any other relevant financial information will be useful to give you a proper answer.

    Be aware that these answers are just opinions of Redditors and should be used as a starting point for your research. You should strongly consider seeing a registered financial rep before making any financial decisions!

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    Head to Head Evaluation For A Personal Broker

    Posted: 07 Jan 2018 03:56 AM PST

    Hi fellow investors,

    I'm trying to make a head2head test between several brokerage companies in my country. All of them offer a service called Personal Broker/Financial Analyst/Whatever and I want to make a fair comparison between them by opening an account with each of them and giving them equal amount of money.

    Obviously, it all has to be done within the same timeframe.

    1. What are some of the conditions you think are necessary here in order for the test to be fair and complete?

    2. What are other ways to evaluate your personal broker, if you have any? In the book "Next Door Millionaire" one describes the way brokers to be evaluated - request the broker to show the numbers from his own portfolio and ask him to show you his tax returns. Not everyone will comply with this, so I want to ask what are your favorite ways of evaluation?

    EDIT: Title should read "of personal broker", but you get it

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    Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac common shares took a beating yesterday yet preferred shares are steady, here's why

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 07:04 AM PST

    Cryptocurrencys

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 10:16 PM PST

    I want all of you to share your opinions, on how this market I'm invested in will ultimately collapse.

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    When to add money to an index fun

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 02:45 PM PST

    I am new to investing and In September I put $500 into a betterment account. This has since grown to over $545 and I want to add more to this account. I was going to wait until the market dipped a little bit (and the money in the account also dropped) to add more but the market has been really strong lately. Should I just add money now or wait later?

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    Anyone lose admiral shares after withdrawals?

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 07:52 PM PST

    Internet googling is spotty with answers. I needed to take about 10k of long term cap gains this year. Is it about a quarter before vanguard knocks me back to invester shares? At least the changed it 30 days with no electronic rebuys. It used to be 60. I know it raises fund costs but I needed to take those gains this year for tax purposes.

    Anyone lose their status here after selling?

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    Want to share this Felix Zulauf podcast that I thought was really good.

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 01:39 PM PST

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2017-11-21/felix-zulauf-discusses-the-evolution-of-markets

    Very interesting podcast. He suggested that the currect economic cycle is driven by China. The most interesting point I thought he mentioned is that China's election in 2022/23 may mean that they will try to slow down the China's current growth to leave some in the tank when 2020 comes, to help with the election. Suggesting that there may be a slow down in the next 2 years.

    I definitely recommend giving it a listen. It is a pretty macro view of the economics though

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    $APRI bio stock

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST

    Apricus is a company that has an erection cream in their pipeline that is up for FDA approval within the next month. I have been in for a while and am up over 40%. Is anyone else in and any guesses on what will happen to the share price if approved by FDA ?Apricus

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    Thoughts on future performance of TSX (Canada's main market).

    Posted: 06 Jan 2018 03:40 PM PST

    Historically the Canadian market has outperformed both the S&P and DJIA up until 2010. Since then the S&P has beat the TSX by nearly 80% on an absolute return and in only one of those years has the TSX beat the S&P. This is obviously due to the TSX's heavy weighting in Energy. Despite doubling of WTI in the last couple years alot of the energy names have done much of nothing. Meanwhile dividend growth in some of the stalwart companies such as telcos, banks and pipelines has been strong and currently the index is yielding approximately 2.7%

    Can we expect some kind of reversion to the mean where the Canadian market outperforms the US markets in the next 5-10 years?

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