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saatva, had one for a year so far and its awesome.

Some of you may have noticed from recent articles that the Ackman vs HLF is moving back into the spotlight. Both Sides of the argument seem intriguing. HLF claims that they actually have a market outside of their own reps and Ackman claims that the company is nothing more than a pyramid scheme in which fresh recruits drive sales.

Does Bill Ackman have a valid thesis or is he just trying to save face at this point?

I'd appreciate opinions of those of you who have followed this story as it develops.

If there is no transaction fee once a month would be better. You would net more in dividends and incrementally higher capital gains over the long haul.

$2,400 to a 529 for each for the state income tax write-off, as well as the earnings enhancement (assuming you're in LA). You can stash half in a capital one 360 account for liquidity and to add to the kids 529's, college is more expensive than you think. The other half I would open a brokerage account for each and invest it if you truly do not need the money now. Make sure you have quick access to it incase of an emergency or unexpected bills for either of them.

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It's a good idea to avoid buying mutual funds around the capital gains distribution dates. If this is about the LGILX shares you hold check out my post in the other thread.

If I recall correctly you just purchased this fund. In the future you should avoid purchasing mutual funds near their capital gains distribution dates. for every share of LGILX you own (in a taxable account) you will owe around $.60 in tax on the distributions (15-20% on Long term, 25-39.6% on short term).

Having recently purchased the shares you will owe tax on long term as well as short term gains while you never really earned those gains in your own account.

To illustrate it simply lets say you invested $10k last week and today the fund company paid you back $2500 in capital gains. Your account value may still be $10,000 but you will owe taxes on that $2,500 though you personally didn't realize those gains.

If this was in a tax deferred account you can ignore all of the above.

GNI is a trust that is set to expire this next year, It will be worthless. Essentially people are paying $23 for what will amount to roughly $15-16 payout. FYI. It has been a stellar short if played right.

Just a heads up the funds sub adviser changed from UBS to Blackrock last year. However the lead manager has been at the fund for a while, but his analyst team is not the same team that has given this fund past outperformance. This isn't to discourage you I just wanted you to keep that in mind.

One more thing, the funds asset base has grown about 13x in the last 4 years. A high turnover fund has the potential to more likely outperform with a small asset base, although the fund is still at a modest $2.2b now it's trading costs as well as its nimbleness will continue to suffer as assets grow.

I hope you find this is helpful.

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