Earnie, is that non-GAAP EPS? If so, what is the GAAP number?
Earnie, is that non-GAAP EPS? If so, what is the GAAP number?
As it says, those are actual results.
Good to know. Thanks!
Earnie,
GAAP EPS is the actual number, so are you saying that was the GAAP EPS?
Good to know. Thanks!
That post wasn't me. Obviously Igy is trolling my name since he can't make a rational argument against the data I posted.
Up until recently, IJR has been trashing VTI. What recent time period are you speaking off?
That's fine. Do you think VTI will outperform IJR the next year, or over what future period are you speaking of?
I'm simply saying that total market funds represent the market as a whole, which includes many speculative and terrible stocks, as well as mega and small caps. However, VTI for example, returns only one specific percentage at any given time, which is in the middle (meaning average return) of the market, not at the top. A total market fund does not represent the top return of the market, but the middle (average return), not meaning the stocks in the middle, but the average return of the market.
I'm speaking of the average return of the fund, which is the same as the average return of the market, regardless of the type of stock this entails.
Maserati,
DB back in the headlines:
Igy
They never left.
Evidently same for you.
Hi, K5/Igy! Do you still think people who use multiple handles are cowards? Or is that just when other people do it and not when you do?
It appears someone is merely mocking your poorly disguised trolling.
Hi, K5/Igy! Why are you avoiding my questions? Do you not like being considered a hypocrite?
Investment Advisor wrote:
It appears someone is merely mocking your poorly disguised trolling.
For the record, I have not posted here in several days. Any posts attributed to me that appear to be trolling are just that.
ok, except saying that there is an 'average return of the market' is not really true - you can measure the market in many different ways. Dow, SP500, Total stock market market weighted, total stock market equally weighted.
you can get very different returns from whatever index you use. the major point here is that VTI and other market weighted indices do not in any way reflect the return of the average stock. Because stocks like AAPL and XOM are 1000s of times as impactful on the market as tiny small caps. If you are looking for the return of the average stock, you would not use VTI.
The zerohedge.com article that Igy would never post.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-05/most-un-fun-bubble-ever
Yeah, DB. Like I said, I can't say much, except that this is a thinly-veiled backdoor bailout. Think about who will buy the new issue.
Unfun wrote:
The zerohedge.com article that Igy would never post.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-05/most-un-fun-bubble-ever
I didn't post because it is a poor article. In the conclusion the author writes:
"The reason there is little euphoria as stocks push up to new highs is that most investors are “under invested†in risky assets. Sure, the stock portion of their portfolio might be rising, but they don’t have enough to fund their retirement."
This is flat wrong on a variety of levels. I question the lack of euphoria, just look at SNAP. Secondly, someone has to own each share of stock at every moment in time, so who owns the "under invested" shares? Also, perhaps the most ignorant assumption is one should increase portfolio risk in order to meet a retirement goal. Sorry doesn't work out too well at historically high valuations. Of course one can extrapolate that assumption if you plan on living another 100 years.
Igy
Update on YTD bond returns.
Long term bonds have still been the place to be, year to date.
BSV (short): 0.22%
BIV (inter) : +0.54%
BLV: (long) +1.05%
I've been hiding out in interm and shorter bonds for YEARS now and it has cost my clients lots of money.