tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28360876.post659408039490790172..comments2023-10-26T11:34:14.369-04:00Comments on MFI Diary: What If...Marsh_Gerdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375422931807610092noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28360876.post-68119686844680297132017-01-08T17:06:16.393-05:002017-01-08T17:06:16.393-05:00It seems like the frictional cost could practicall...It seems like the frictional cost could practically be eliminated by moving your MFI account(s) to Interactive Brokers. I'm personally with Schwab and their commissions and fees suit me. I think that when I started with MFI that my commission was about 0.5% each way. Based on the expected MFI return this was acceptable to me. Due to increasing the amount invested in each tranche and reductions in commissions over the years I now pay about 0.1% per trade. <br /><br />I think you've mentioned stop-loss in the past. Have you looked at this recently in order to eliminate the 'stink bombs'? Some limit like 25% to get rid of the chance that it turns into a 60 or 70% loss? Just looking through my stocks it seems like if a stock dropped more that 25% if was much more likely to continue dropping than it was to increase in price.<br /><br />Also, if you are throwing out the stocks with the lowest market cap, why not just increase the screening size?jbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03939778385819203444noreply@blogger.com