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QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 09:56 PM) Keep him away from the youth destroyer. You rannnnnng?

Flowers is basically our 2nd best hitter at this point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 08:43 PM) Watch the fees. That is probably why he wants you diversify. Honestly if you have google, you know as much as they do. If you can drop the adviser and move into a discount broker, do it. Full service brokerage is a complete waste of money. You can get into ETFs that mimic any fund you could find, and at a small fraction of the extra costs. I've definitely been looking to have a little more control of my own accounts and do it through a discount broker. I emailed the guy this evening trying to find out what penalties, if any, I would incur for closing out my accounts. Hopefully I'll have a better idea of the direction I want to move tomorrow. Thanks for your advice. Any suggestions as far as alternatives to full service brokers?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 18, 2011 -> 07:27 PM) I suggest moving them into another fund, such as Vanguard; they have low fees and really have been one of the best performers. That said, if you get a big tax hit it may not be worth moving them at all, and using other sources of funds for a large purchase may be incredibly smarter. I'll definitely take a look at my options. The majority of my cash was invested into mutual funds. Only a small amount was actually put into the Roth. I appreciate all of the advice. It definitely gives me something to think about before making any decisions.

Well, I'm definitely not trying to be reactionary I made the bright idea of investing in the late spring/early summer of 2008 right before the market took a crap. I decided to not move any of my assets as the market bombed and things rebounded to basically back where they were when I began investing earlier this year. Obviously now those numbers are a bit down. My interest in pulling out is two-fold. One, I'd like to possibly buy a place in the near-term and would prefer to not lose any more of my funds with a market tank job. The second reason is that I really don't trust my investment adviser. I met with him a few months ago to get suggestions on what we can do with my funds for the future. He suggested moving into a number of other funds through Oppenheimer. I have kept an eye on them over the past two months. If I had listened to him I would have taken a much larger hit. This is after he gave very little advice during the downturn and basically went into duck and cover mode.

Very tempted to close my mutual fund and roth IRA accounts with the way things have been going with this market lately.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 13, 2011 -> 11:40 AM) I think it is mostly Soxtalk that doesn't like him.

Did everyone see that coming but Ozzie? WTF?

Let Dunn hit vs Gonzalez? BARF SANDWICH!

House centipedes. If you've lived in an apartment in Chicago you know what I'm talking about.

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 09:09 PM) You mean for 2 months before he jumps ship.Not to mention wasnt it just the other day he got shelled? He gave up a 10 spot to Milwaukee a week ago.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 08:52 PM) Whats everyone think? Do we win this game in the 10th, 11th, 12th, or later? 10th plz

Look out! Old Gregg is in!!

Wow....Rios has a pulse.

5 pitches lolz

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 02:42 PM) Lillibridge singled to RF. Clearly he should have been bunting.

Nice inning for JFP there.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 02:17 PM) Non-Sox, but anyone think the Reds fire Dusty after this year? Didn't he only sign a one or two year extension last year?

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 02:14 PM) It was almost. Haha, he definitely tried his hardest.

Please no DP!

The guy just crushed a ball 400+ feet his last at bat. Let's have him bunt!

Why the f*** are they having him bunt right now?

Wow, that's the most authoritative hit I've seen from Rios in months.

Nice hit by CQ, just missed going back to back.

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