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I decided to try the MerillEdge Guided investment but it has been losing money, it has some Vanguard stocks and iShares mostly but I have never seen that account have more than the original amount, it sounds like I am better off doing the CDs and Treasury Funds I was doing before, so far it has lost 1.83% of its value, is it better to hold and wait even if it loses more money until the prices rise eventually or is it better to sell off or should I just wait a big longer? This is what I have on my portfolio:
I have been investing with them for like 2 months and in 2 months, I have lost 1.83%, it is driving me crazy but I dont know if that is normal since I have never invested before. This is what I have on my porfolio:
VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATL
ISHARES US TREASURY BOND
VANECK VECTORS HIGH-
ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL
ISHARES CORE S&P U.S.
ISHARES CORE S&P
SPDR BLMBRG BRCLY
ISHARES NATIONAL MUNI
ISHARES BROAD USD INVST
VANGUARD FTSE DEVELOPED
VANGUARD MORTGAGE-BACKED
VANGUARD FTSE EMERGING
Thanks.
Last edited by latinomanz; 10-04-2018 at 07:01 PM..
I have been investing with them for like 2 months and in 2 months, I have lost 1.83%, it is driving me crazy but I dont know if that is normal since I have never invested before. This is what I have on my porfolio:
When you post the investments also put in the allocation percentages, that could show where you have a higher concentration for example international equities have struggled.
I decided to try the MerillEdge Guided investment but it has been losing money, it has some Vanguard stocks and iShares mostly but I have never seen that account have more than the original amount, it sounds like I am better off doing the CDs and Treasury Funds I was doing before, so far it has lost 1.83% of its value, is it better to hold and wait even if it loses more money until the prices rise eventually or is it better to sell off or should I just wait a big longer? This is what I have on my portfolio:
I have been investing with them for like 2 months and in 2 months, I have lost 1.83%, it is driving me crazy but I dont know if that is normal since I have never invested before. This is what I have on my porfolio:
VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATL
ISHARES US TREASURY BOND
VANECK VECTORS HIGH-
ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL
ISHARES CORE S&P U.S.
ISHARES CORE S&P
SPDR BLMBRG BRCLY
ISHARES NATIONAL MUNI
ISHARES BROAD USD INVST
VANGUARD FTSE DEVELOPED
VANGUARD MORTGAGE-BACKED
VANGUARD FTSE EMERGING
Thanks.
it seems like way to many funds with a lot of overlap . i can't imagine a portfolio needing more than 1/2 a dozen funds most of the time
My opinion might not be popular but I think we may be on the verge of a flash crash and the market is pretty rich here, but I don't want to give advice to sell and have it backfire.. I am selling my index funds or should I say I have sold them already. I actually believe a 3.5% bond yield might beat stocks over the next 5 years as a whole for long term oriented investors, I think we'll probably have a recession during this time frame and if you went cash right now, you could probably buy an index fund when the dow is trading between 15000-18000 and the Nasdaq 5000-6000 some time during the next 5 years... so does buying and holding an index fund with the market so rich make sense to me?
I'm still holding my energy stocks and my AT&T and a few of my longer term smaller cap growth stocks. Keep in mind I do some pretty short term trading so my opinion could change in a month depending on where the market is at, rates are at, what the economic numbers say, what Trump is saying, etc. Still, my confidence level of a short to mid term selloff is pretty high.
going to cash never makes sense to me . i have been doing this way to long to fall for that thinking . i believe in keeping my equity position and beefing up defensive assets like gold and long term treasuries . you can almost set your watch to long term treasuries soaring if we hit a deep plunge .
When you post the investments also put in the allocation percentages, that could show where you have a higher concentration for example international equities have struggled.
I do not have percentages but I got this:
VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATL
15
$54.1799 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
ISHARES US TREASURY BOND
10
$24.0899 Last updated at 11:25 AM ET
VANECK VECTORS HIGH-
8
$30.6999 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL
3
$84.15 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
ISHARES CORE S&P U.S.
11
$60.8999 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
ISHARES CORE S&P
19
$56.6094 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
SPDR BLMBRG BRCLY
2
$35.66 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
ISHARES NATIONAL MUNI
19
$107.15 Last updated at 11:25 AM ET
ISHARES BROAD USD INVST
10
$52.8995 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
VANGUARD FTSE DEVELOPED
16
$42.26 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
VANGUARD MORTGAGE-BACKED
8
$50.4252 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
VANGUARD FTSE EMERGING
6
$39.1463 Last updated at 11:26 AM ET
equities are long term investments . if you are not prepared to let them run for many years you do not belong in investments that are volatile .
So, it is better to let these run for many years?
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