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Hi Bob:

Thanks for jump-starting the financial calculator collection.

Best regards,

Mel
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Mel and Bob,

This is what Barry and I felt about including calculators:
Personally, I approach all but the simplest calculators with a healthy dose of skepticism. "Black box" solutions, be they calculators, optimizers, or monte carlo analyses require at least some basic understanding of the underlying algorithms driving the numbers, as well as a clear understanding of the limits to which the output can be applied.

The optimal solution, in my humble opinion, is that each "black box" tool we employ be accompanied by a tutorial. These could be written by our forum's mathematicians and investment pros. Remember, with this forum, anything which they could write to this effect would remain their property. This should increase the incentive.
Otherwise the two of us are here to moderate and the final decision for topic inclusion belongs to the posters.

I maintain my skepticism ... will try to warn our readers about the dangers of using complex calculators and suggest that posters try to do the same.

Bob, go ahead and create the tread.

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gbs wrote:Mel and Bob,

This is what Barry and I felt about including calculators:
Personally, I approach all but the simplest calculators with a healthy dose of skepticism. "Black box" solutions, be they calculators, optimizers, or monte carlo analyses require at least some basic understanding of the underlying algorithms driving the numbers, as well as a clear understanding of the limits to which the output can be applied.

The optimal solution, in my humble opinion, is that each "black box" tool we employ be accompanied by a tutorial. These could be written by our forum's mathematicians and investment pros. Remember, with this forum, anything which they could write to this effect would remain their property. This should increase the incentive.
Otherwise the two of us are here to moderate and the final decision for topic inclusion belongs to the posters.

I maintain my skepticism ... will try to warn our readers about the dangers of using complex calculators and suggest that posters try to do the same.

Bob, go ahead and create the tread.

gbs
No doubt that there should be adequate warning. My policy is to use multiple calculators to serve as a cross-check on the other ones.

Best regards,

Mel
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gbs wrote:Mel and Bob,

This is what Barry and I felt about including calculators:
Personally, I approach all but the simplest calculators with a healthy dose of skepticism. "Black box" solutions, be they calculators, optimizers, or monte carlo analyses require at least some basic understanding of the underlying algorithms driving the numbers, as well as a clear understanding of the limits to which the output can be applied.

The optimal solution, in my humble opinion, is that each "black box" tool we employ be accompanied by a tutorial. These could be written by our forum's mathematicians and investment pros. Remember, with this forum, anything which they could write to this effect would remain their property. This should increase the incentive.
Otherwise the two of us are here to moderate and the final decision for topic inclusion belongs to the posters.

I maintain my skepticism ... will try to warn our readers about the dangers of using complex calculators and suggest that posters try to do the same.

Bob, go ahead and create the tread.

gbs
:?: When I clicked on Image, I got this message:
Sorry, but only moderators can post topics in this forum.
In case you forgot, I'm not a moderator. Therefore I cannot create a new thread in the Reference Library.

If a moderator would like to create a new "Financial Calculator" section, I will be happy to copy those calculators from my withdrawal strategies article.
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Sorry Bob,

It was an admin setting that I was not aware of.

I created the section: "Financial calculators"

Regards, gbs
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What's Wrong with Variable Annuities

an article to post in deferred annuities section of library.


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Tools:
trowe price freebie mstar xray version:
http://www.troweprice.com/common/index3 ... 77,00.html

http://easyallocator.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/na ... ex_01.html NY TImes wealth estimator

http://www.banksite.com/calc/wealth millionaire mind rating

http://www.adviseronline.com/correlatio ... lation.php vanguard fund correlation

Articles:
http://www.fpanet.org/journal/articles/ ... 6-art7.cfm asset allocation guide

http://www.bylo.org/tradcost.html how to measure true cost of a fund

http://www.retireearlyhomepage.com/mutu ... costs.html mutual fund hidden costs


http://www.fpanet.org/journal/articles/ ... 6527_1.pdf lump sum beats DCA

Calculators

http://www.hughchou.org/calc/wealth2.cgi wealth calculator

http://www.dinkytown.net/ random financial calculators

http://www.bloomberg.com/invest//calcul ... etire.html

http://personal.fidelity.com/planning/r ... buf=999999

http://allfinancialmatters.com/Calculat ... eturns.htm

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/pf/ ... index.html

Financial Model Spreadsheets

http://gummy-stuff.org/allocations.htm

http://gnobility.com/ER/Tamasset_Effici ... ntiers.xls (is this the same as the tamasset spreadsheet on rebalancing/allocation?

http://henwood.no-ip.info/Helpretire.xls

hope this helps its a jumbled list of stuff I got book marked.

does anyone have the tamassets spreadsheet? I cannot find it because the way its being talked about I think that would be a good reference piece also
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Maybe include Ed Slott's The Retirement Savings Time Bomb & How to Defuse It in the Estate section since he's got so much information on stretch IRA's and various types of trust vehicles (pro/con) in it.

Or if decide to create a Retirement &/or IRA reference section put it there.

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I recommend that a librarian add a library thread descrbing & linking Simba's terrific Excel spreadsheet for modeling allocations using historical data:

http://www.diehards.org/forum/viewtopic ... 1180016065

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Cb wrote:I recommend that a librarian add a library thread descrbing & linking Simba's terrific Excel spreadsheet for modeling allocations using historical data:

http://www.diehards.org/forum/viewtopic ... 1180016065

Cb 8)
Simba promised to add it himself at some point in the future.

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From Bob U.

Barry--

Thank you for the link to "Retirement Planning's Greatest Gap." It is the most fair-minded, most comprehensive, most systematic analysis of long-term care insurance I've ever read.

For anyone considering LTCI it is a must read. Bob U.

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Barry--

See page R22 (final page) of the quarterly review in today's Wall Street Journal. Andrew Blackman has a lengthy quiz, "How Well Do You Know...Hedge Funds?"

Perhaps tomorrow I can post a link if the piece is free to non-online subscribers. Bob U.

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Wall Street Journal on Hedge Funds

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Perhaps tomorrow I can post a link if the piece is free to non-online subscribers. Bob U.
In the meantime, here are two revealing quotes from the article:

"Mr. Buffett pulled no punches in attacking what he calls the '2-and-20 crowd' -- a reference to the fees hedge funds charge.

He claimed that the high fees set up an 'inexorable math' that makes investors poorer over time, and ended with an adage: 'When somone with experience proposes a deal to someone with money, too often the fellow with money ends up with the experience, and the fellow with experience ends up with the money."

"Economist Burton Malkiel and Atanu Saha studied hedge-fund returns from 1995 to 2003. The S&P recorded an average annual return of 12.4% in this period. -- Hedge funds had an average annual return of 8.8% for the period studied."


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Hi Taylor,

We were attracted to the same Buffett quote, which I posted @ Chuck Ds favorite quote thread. Didn't mean to steal your thunder. :D Bob U.

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Gentlemen:

Please refer to the Harry Kat link included above. You will not only find papers examining the statistical, cost, diversification, and return properties of hedge funds, but also his creation of low cost (35 basis points management and transaction cost) hedge fund replication strategies, now being designed for institutional investors. Refer to the recent paper for details:

Alternative Routes to Hedge Fund Return Replication: Extended Version by Harry Kat (April 2007)
With average hedge fund performance steadily deteriorating and equity markets picking up again, interest in hedge fund return replication as a cheaper means of obtaining hedge fund-like returns is growing steadily. Currently, there are various products on offer. Compared to real hedge funds (of funds), all of them offer improved liquidity, transparency, capacity, etc. and thereby solve a range of problems surrounding hedge fund investment. There are, however, substantial differences in terms of their attraction as portfolio diversifiers. The multi-strategy replication products offered by Merrill Lynch (Factor Index), Goldman Sachs (ART Index), and Partners Group (ABS fund) exhibit a strong correlation with the stock market. This severely limits these products' attraction as portfolio diversifiers. FundCreator does not necessarily replicate any specific fund or index, but allows investors to design their own diversifier from scratch. This gives investors a unique opportunity to create new tailor-made diversifiers with characteristics that are optimal given their existing portfolios. Clearly, this makes FundCreator-based synthetic funds much more attractive than the various multi-strategy hedge fund replication and alternative beta products currently on offer.
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french fama section aka a 3 factor section?
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LH wrote:french fama section aka a 3 factor section?
Hi:

We have a section devoted to market factors in the US Stock Topic. Here is the link.

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The reference library contains a tremendous amount of useful information, but it isn't organized well. For instance, the title of "books" contains 22 posts with several having their own list of book recommendations. This is simply daunting to a new reader. What are the books that will provide the most useful information for newbies?

I think the librarians should take the suggestions deemed most useful from the "books"post and present them in one single sticky post. One section for new readers containing no more than maybe 6 books and another section for advanced reading containing maybe a dozen books.

The list of suggestions could still remain for those interested in other books with somewhat different themes. I'd suggest this system for all major headings such as asset allocation, etc. The underlying idea is that the library should be structured and organized in a manner most useful for posters looking for information. Too many random suggestions is overwhelming and misses the mark.

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pkcrafter wrote:I think the librarians should take the suggestions deemed most useful from the "books"post and present them in one single sticky post. One section for new readers containing no more than maybe 6 books and another section for advanced reading containing maybe a dozen books.
Paul, I don't disagree with this suggestion, but your proposal sounds an awful lot like the diehards.org list of investing books.

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Hi Ken,

Yes it does sound like it could be the Diehards list. The problem here for new readers is first finding the Diehards recommended list and second, being able to distinguish that list from the many other recommendations. There certainly are many excellent recommendations, but for newbies, a short list is probably much more helpful.

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Why not have a sticky or some sort of reminder on the Investing and Personal Finance Forum to have newbies go to the reference library for popular topics?

Also, is there a topic in the reference library for how to allocate funds between taxable and nontaxable accounts? This is one I like to refer back to often?
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InvestingMom wrote:Why not have a sticky or some sort of reminder on the Investing and Personal Finance Forum to have newbies go to the reference library for popular topics?

Also, is there a topic in the reference library for how to allocate funds between taxable and nontaxable accounts? This is one I like to refer back to often?
The easiest means of locating topics in the Reference Library is to use the Table of Contents. The sections dealing with Asset Location, taxable account investing, and retirement and tax-deferred investing should help fit the bill.

We attempt to accomodate "newbies" by providing definitions and basic information in the initial topic post, with more involved and complex references for succeeding posts. Given the architechtural structure of a conversation forum (which is how the reference library is structured) there are limits to how precise one can organize materials and maintain integrity of authorship.

The simplest means for adding a basic reading course is to provide a link to the diehards org link in the initial book topics post. This link combined with Taylor's "gems" link is probably the best introductory solution for beginners.

If you think it would be helpful, I can provide links to affilitated topics in the initial topic posts for many topics. ( I have already done this in the Asset Location Topic). Perhaps including a return link to the Table of Contents in each topic will also prove helpful.

We also try to provide a degree of organization by titling post entries; since post titles are indistinct, perhaps you will find it helpful if we also give the post title greater prominence by placing it inside the post.

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pkcrafter wrote:Hi Ken,

Yes it does sound like it could be the Diehards list. The problem here for new readers is first finding the Diehards recommended list and second, being able to distinguish that list from the many other recommendations. There certainly are many excellent recommendations, but for newbies, a short list is probably much more helpful.

Paul
Hi Paul,

The way in which is now is that you have various posters and you also get to see their personal views re books.

Alternatively as we did with the commodities post we can reorder the list of books as more poster express a preference toward them.

You can also make a post with the books that you liked.

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Paul:

We also have a Topic especially geared for the novice investor:

Investing: For Beginners

Forum members have provided book recommendations here with novices in mind. This topic is one to which you might want to contribute and also keep in mind when referring novices to the library.

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In Re: Mutual Fund Costs

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Reactions to the Topic Mutual Fund Costs

from Taylor Larimore
Hi Barry:
Thank you for these important links and quotes showing the important detrimental effect of costs on mutual fund returns.

Best wishes.
Taylor
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Don't take my word for it. Ask Warren Buffett. Ask his mentor, Benjamin Graham. Ask Jack Meyer, the remarkably successful wizard who tripled the Harvard Endowment Fund from $8 billion to $27 billion. Here's what he had to say:

"Most people think they can find managers who can outperform, but most people are wrong. I will say that 85 percent to 90 percent of managers fail to match their benchmarks. Because managers have fees and incur transaction costs, you know that in the aggregate they are deleting value. The investment business is a giant scam."

When asked, "can private investors draw any lessons from what Harvard does?" Mr. Meyer answered: "Yes." He then recounted the lessons. "First, get diversified. Come up with a portfolio that covers a lot of asset classes. Second, you want to keep your fees low.' That means avoiding the most hyped but expensive funds, in favor of low-cost index funds. No doubt about it. And finally, invest for the long term."
This is from Mr. Bogle's In Investing You Get What You Don't Pay For which is linked in a post above.

It is pretty powerful when you have Yale's David Swensen and (formally) Harvard's Jack Meyer preaching the same thing.
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mingstar wrote:This is an update to the January 1, 2005 posting number 133613, nee 38726, on the Morningstar Vanguard Diehards Forum by Roger (statsguy) and Taylor Larimore.

The content is the same. I simply updated the links to correspond to the new posting numbers on that forum.

Thanks again Roger and Taylor!
Happy New Year!

Larry

FOR NEW DIEHARDS

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LInenfort:

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Linenfort asks:

"Could someone please add MPL to the glossary? Thanks."

If you mean MLP, it is shorthand for Master Limited Partnership.

Note: Please use this Suggestions To The Librarians Topic for asking questions, making requests, or offering comments.

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401k plans

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Barry
How about a thread for 401k plans. I'm thinking of information that might be helpful for those running or advising on 401k plans. Here's an inaugural link, if you think it is worth a separate thread (you may have been the one to post his originally).
http://ici.org/home/fm-v16n4.pdf
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Hi Grok:

We have a post section in the Topic: Retirement and Tax Deferred Investing which is designed to cover your areas of concern. The post is titled Fiduciary Standards.

If you, or another forum participant, have additional entries you would like to include in this topic, please post them and I will add worthy entries to the sub-topic, as always, crediting the contributor.

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Re: Retirement Plan Providers

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Barry Barnitz wrote:Hi Grok:

We have a post section in the Topic: Retirement and Tax Deferred Investing which is designed to cover your areas of concern. The post is titled Fiduciary Standards.

If you, or another forum participant, have additional entries you would like to include in this topic, please post them and I will add worthy entries to the sub-topic, as always, crediting the contributor.

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Hi Barry,
Thanks- I agree that that's the right place for that paper.
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I just competed a four-part series of articles on Immediate Annuities:

1) Immediate Annuities in Retirement
2) Annuities: A Primer
3) Pros and Cons of Immediate Annuities
4) Immediate Annuities Links Page
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bob90245 wrote:I just competed a four-part series of articles on Immediate Annuities:

1) Immediate Annuities in Retirement
2) Annuities: A Primer
3) Pros and Cons of Immediate Annuities
4) Immediate Annuities Links Page
Thanks for the work, Bob!
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401K FAQ

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Here's a nice list of 401K FAQ's

401K FAQ

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A Section on "the futility of market timing"

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Copied from another post:
NoMoreInvestingExcitement wrote:
bob90245 wrote:
NoMoreInvestingExcitement wrote:I should have checked for this before posting, but if there isn't already something in the library re: "the futility of market timing," maybe that could be arranged. That way, we could all refer new questioners on this topic to a standard reference and tell them to come back with further specific questions, if necessary.

I looked in the Reference Library and didn't see a thread devoted to "the futility of market timing". The closest was a thread on "Active vs. Passive Investing". But that didn't really touch on market timing; it was mostly index funds versus managed funds.

Look, I doubt there will be a paper that can fully satisfy your requirement. Someone will always find something that makes market timing plausible. For example, Marketwatch.com columnist, Mark Hulbert, follows dozens of market timing newsletters. And he will readily admit that most market timers underperform buy-and-hold. But then he writes about a subset of market timers who he says seem to know what they're doing and has a better than average record. It makes for compelling reading but who knows if Hulbert has found the "Holy Grail".

In the end, it just comes down to persuasive logic. The best that I've come up with goes like this:
  • Over the course of one's investing lifetime, there will several bull-bear cycles. Getting out near the top and in near the bottom will be very tricky the first time, extremely difficult a second time and good luck getting it right throughout your investing lifetime.
Oh, I realize of course that there isn't going to be one source which we can point to in order to dissuade would-be market timers.

But maybe a compilation of relevant threads could be listed in the library under some heading like I suggested (or maybe "Why Diehards Don't Attempt To Time The Market"). That way, much of the repetition that was the subject of the OP could be handled initially with a referral to the library along with an invitation to re-post if necessary.

Just a thought...
http://www.diehards.org/forum/viewtopic ... 802#150802
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Guys,

you might want to consider posting directly in the topic of interest in the library.

The library is organized by Barry and me but the content is mostly user generated.

If you find something worth of inclusion go ahead... write a comprehensive post or add the links directly to to topic of interest.

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Ratings (Best's, Moody's, etc.): interesting article

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http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazin ... /42616.htm

Doesn't actually answer any of the practical questions I have, but I thought it was a very interesting article on how the different raters, historical background on ratings, etc.
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US Defined Benefit Transfers

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http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29088

Couvman's post re pension transfer values is very important (and could be urgent!) for many Boggleheads with defined benefit plan assets.
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A note should be added that HSA contributions/earnings are subject to state income tax in CA and a few other states (not sure of the others). That may make the hassle of investing it not worth it.

Please see Health Savings Account on the Bogleheads Wiki.
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mikep wrote:A note should be added that HSA contributions/earnings are subject to state income tax in CA and a few other states (not sure of the others). That may make the hassle of investing it not worth it.

Please see Health Savings Account on the Bogleheads Wiki.
Thanks Mikep. I have added a note and link to state taxation of HSA contributions and earnings.

Please see Health Savings Account on the Bogleheads Wiki for the update.

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Armstrong lazy portfolio?

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Shouldn't the Frank Armstrong portfolio in the lazy portfolio section of the wiki be 9% small value, 6% small blend instead of visa-versa?
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anthau wrote:Shouldn't the Frank Armstrong portfolio in the lazy portfolio section of the wiki be 9% small value, 6% small blend instead of visa-versa?
Hi Anthau:
I have corrected the values in the table; however revising the graphic will have to wait until someone skilled enough with graphics undertakes a corrected version.

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Wiki - RMD vs. Annuitization

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The final paragraph of this Wiki is inaccurate. It states that the final distribution will go to the estate. In fact, the final distribution will go to the person or entity that is the designated beneficiary.

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MBMiner wrote:The final paragraph of this Wiki is inaccurate. It states that the final distribution will go to the estate. In fact, the final distribution will go to the person or entity that is the designated beneficiary.

Bruce
I have edited the final paragraph. Please see Required Minimum Distribution vs Annuitization on the Bogleheads Wiki.

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Please see G Fund on the Bogleheads Wiki.

Section: G Fund and Inflation

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Investment Policy Statement

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Hi Wiki editors,

A recent conversation led me to the "Investment Policy Statement" Wiki page. The link to M*'s "Classroom" tutorial is a great inclusion. May I also suggest a link to this excellent 8-15-02 article by Sue Stevens at the M* website, which appears to follow the same format as the tutorial?

Creating Your Investment Policy Statement

And thank you for creating a tremendous new resource for small investors in the Bogleheads' Wiki!

Thanks!

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Post by Barry Barnitz »

petrico wrote:Hi Wiki editors,

A recent conversation led me to the "Investment Policy Statement" Wiki page. The link to M*'s "Classroom" tutorial is a great inclusion. May I also suggest a link to this excellent 8-15-02 article by Sue Stevens at the M* website, which appears to follow the same format as the tutorial?

Creating Your Investment Policy Statement

And thank you for creating a tremendous new resource for small investors in the Bogleheads' Wiki!

Thanks!

--Pete
Hi Pete,

I have added the link. Please see Investment Policy Statement on the Bogleheads Wiki.

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add iREIT into abbreviations?

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add iREIT into abbreviations for international REITS?

have a nice day,

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LH wrote:add iREIT into abbreviations for international REITS?

have a nice day,

LH
Thanks,

We have added iREITS to the abbreviations page. Please see Forum Abbreviations and Acronyms on the Bogleheads Wiki.

By the way, the linked wiki page (Please see International REITs on the Bogleheads Wiki) is a stub waiting for development.

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Possible updates to the UK investing page ?

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Just reading the uk investing page and there's some updates I think you could consider (I can't put links/refs in because I'm a new boglehead and am rejected by the spambot - but hopefully this is still useful !).

- Vanguard have launched and are available to retail investors through Alliance Trust.

- In response to Vanguard, HSBC have greatly reduced charges on their index funds from Sept 2009 - there's an article on uk morningstar giving all the details of the new competitive (at last !) TER's. Search HSBC TER in the fund section. This gives useful funds such as Pacific index, FTSE-250 small companies etc at competitive rates.

- There is a short term bond fund now available - iShares FTSE Gilts UK 0-5 (IGLS)
TER 0.2%, duration 2.24 yrs.

- I think there's a small error in the "general approach" section. Gives the impression that the L&G/Fidelity TER's are 0.5 and 1.0 respectively - should be 1.0 and 0.35 respectively.

- I would suggest changing the L&G global 100 recommendation to the Aviva Investors International Index SC1 fund- it's slightly cheaper at TER 0.95% and a much wider range of the total market. More in keeping with the bogle philosophy I would have thought. I would also suggest putting the new Vanguard FTSE Developed Market ex-UK fund in as well since its available now and cheaper.

Hope this helps,

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