tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post4248499670788748968..comments2023-05-18T10:37:34.608+01:00Comments on <a href="http://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com">Retirement Investing Today</a>: Keep calm and carry onRetirementInvestingTodayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-19624542736274248922017-04-05T13:46:35.356+01:002017-04-05T13:46:35.356+01:00You typically care about underperformance if it ha...You typically care about underperformance if it has the ramification of materially affecting your quality of life at some pointThe Rhinohttp://www.thenewrhino.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-88925047589098850432017-04-02T05:45:08.880+01:002017-04-02T05:45:08.880+01:00Yes, the western markets are all looking fairly ri...Yes, the western markets are all looking fairly richly valued right now. For some diversification you might want to consider: Russia (P/E 9), Vietnam (P/E 13), Brazil (14), and Argentina (can't find the PE but I know it's currently cheap).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-61405115825493119662017-04-01T15:38:02.674+01:002017-04-01T15:38:02.674+01:00The S&P 500 only started in 1957 but your grap...The S&P 500 only started in 1957 but your graph shows it since 1880.<br /><br />https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26P_500_Index<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-33764417736498419722017-04-01T07:45:27.509+01:002017-04-01T07:45:27.509+01:00Good to see that it is coming along well. :) Very ...Good to see that it is coming along well. :) Very impressive dividend income! JoeCrystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704987336977651777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-68388172956533157912017-03-27T20:04:48.419+01:002017-03-27T20:04:48.419+01:00Keep calm and carry on! That's my plan!.
I'...Keep calm and carry on! That's my plan!.<br />I've never really got my head around investments, but I enjoyed reading what you have to sayCarolynhttp://www.shieldfuneralplans.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-80111983598846034122017-03-27T18:39:29.867+01:002017-03-27T18:39:29.867+01:00While I wouldn't disagree that US stocks are m...While I wouldn't disagree that US stocks are materially overvalued, I don't believe that's true of UK ones. The high P/E ratio of the FTSE100 is skewed by the huge falls in profits in energy and other resources firms resulting from the decline in commodity prices last year and some resulting impairment charges. CAPE, which takes a multi-year view, suggests that our domestic market mayMark Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446924775948855423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-48398454927265550092017-03-25T23:07:32.539+00:002017-03-25T23:07:32.539+00:00What would I care about underperformance? It'...What would I care about underperformance? It's not a competition.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-69856593164434670852017-03-25T17:35:02.864+00:002017-03-25T17:35:02.864+00:00My last offshore active fund, which I can't se...My last offshore active fund, which I can't sell for tax reasons, decided in both 2014 and to a lesser extent in 2015 to pay a huge amount of 'unsustainable' dividends. There was never an explanation as to why but it wasn't great from my side as I just paid tax on them.RetirementInvestingTodayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-52043971829037805292017-03-25T17:32:18.242+00:002017-03-25T17:32:18.242+00:00I'm not sure I agree with that dearieme but I&...I'm not sure I agree with that dearieme but I'm also not there yet so we'll see how that works psychologically. If you don't hold the line and just rebalance (maybe even by selling the out performing asset classes to live off and by continuing to reinvest any spare dividends in the under performers) both your risk profile will change with time and you also risk under performance RetirementInvestingTodayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-12825113347692114912017-03-25T17:25:20.494+00:002017-03-25T17:25:20.494+00:00what the hell happened to your dividends between 2...what the hell happened to your dividends between 2013 and 2014!The Rhinohttp://www.thenewrhino.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-39868057030846440992017-03-25T14:58:44.512+00:002017-03-25T14:58:44.512+00:00"Carry on" is likelier to suit someone i..."Carry on" is likelier to suit someone investing every month, especially someone with earning power in the job market, than someone who has retired and is keen to invest so that he, or more likely his widow, doesn't suffer poverty in old Old Age.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to reading about your experiences in retirement, assuming I live long enough.deariemenoreply@blogger.com