Comments on: Zoinks! http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/14/zoinks/ Peering into the Cauldron of the Gods... Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:20:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason G. http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/14/zoinks/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Jason G. Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:28:24 +0000 http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/14/zoinks/#comment-265 Actually, the iShares EFV fund would be closer to the OAKIX style -- international/global <i>value</i>... rather than the EFA fund, which tracks the entire EAFE index. Actually, the iShares EFV fund would be closer to the OAKIX style — international/global value… rather than the EFA fund, which tracks the entire EAFE index.

]]> By: Jason G. http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/14/zoinks/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Jason G. Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:02:39 +0000 http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/14/zoinks/#comment-264 No, this is and has been standard practice for years... at least with all the mutual funds that I have owned... The ex-div date for mutual funds is the same date that the dividend is payed out, so if you bought on Wednesday, you'd qualify for the dividend. Unfortunately, you'd also qualify for the capital gains distributions that go with it... Now is a good time to buy OAKIX so you can avoid that year-end capital gains distribution... otherwise, I'd recommend EFA if you want the same flavor of investment in an ETF. No, this is and has been standard practice for years… at least with all the mutual funds that I have owned…

The ex-div date for mutual funds is the same date that the dividend is payed out, so if you bought on Wednesday, you’d qualify for the dividend. Unfortunately, you’d also qualify for the capital gains distributions that go with it…

Now is a good time to buy OAKIX so you can avoid that year-end capital gains distribution… otherwise, I’d recommend EFA if you want the same flavor of investment in an ETF.

]]> By: John http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/14/zoinks/comment-page-1/#comment-263 John Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:46:16 +0000 http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/14/zoinks/#comment-263 Is this a newer practice that's a response to the fairly recent relaxation of the tax on dividends? In other words, are high-quality mutual funds with savvy managers adjusting their model to provide better tax advantages to their shareholders by allowing a way to reduce the distributed capital gains tax? If so, bravo! And....is now as good a time as any to buy OAKIX? Is this a newer practice that’s a response to the fairly recent relaxation of the tax on dividends? In other words, are high-quality mutual funds with savvy managers adjusting their model to provide better tax advantages to their shareholders by allowing a way to reduce the distributed capital gains tax? If so, bravo! And….is now as good a time as any to buy OAKIX?

]]> By: John http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/14/zoinks/comment-page-1/#comment-262 John Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:42:26 +0000 http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/14/zoinks/#comment-262 This 13% payout precipitating such a sudden downturn seems rather odd - I cannot recall having seen such a significant 1-to-1 transfer of the payout and the mutual fund price. Was Dec 13 or 14 the cutoff date for shareholders to receive the payout? This 13% payout precipitating such a sudden downturn seems rather odd – I cannot recall having seen such a significant 1-to-1 transfer of the payout and the mutual fund price. Was Dec 13 or 14 the cutoff date for shareholders to receive the payout?

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