Old Fidelity Forum Members

[COcheesehead]

Some of you may or may not know there was an invitation only private forum for a select group of Fidelity customers. Fidelity recently did a forum platform update and made the forum almost unusable for many members. I figured it out, but it was almost constant complaining instead of investment sharing. I mentioned I post here and now I see many of my old forum members joining us. There is a wealth (pun intended) of knowledge in these folks. They will add to the forum. My old handle at Fidelity was Mootsie. If you posted there, you knew me. I had over 21,000 posts.

 

[jazz4cash]

Welcome to all players entering from the transfer portal.

 

[audreyh1]

I participated on a public Morningstar forum called the “Fidelity Forum” back in the 2000s to ~mid 2010s but gave up when Morningstar switched forum software and it became such a mess. Handle was about the same.

Never was invited to the private Fidelity forum.

 

[GrayHare]

It never ceases to amaze me how sites destroy nicely functioning UIs. For example, egroups worked well until yahoo acquired it and screwed up the UI so badly they shut it down before long. OTOH, maybe chasing users elsewhere is the goal.

 

[Koolau]

I hope the former (current) Fidelity Forum members will let us in on what they have learned through that forum. Any secrets to reveal? Gossip about Fido? Things to watch out for at Fido?

I'm interested because I'm considering opening an account at Fido. I'm still okay with my Vanguard experience but would like to have a comparison. I'll likely use Fido for QCDs.

 

[COcheesehead]

I hope the former (current) Fidelity Forum members will let us in on what they have learned through that forum. Any secrets to reveal? Gossip about Fido? Things to watch out for at Fido?

I'm interested because I'm considering opening an account at Fido. I'm still okay with my Vanguard experience but would like to have a comparison. I'll likely use Fido for QCDs.

The site had some pretty astute investors sharing their knowledge. There were things shared by posters regarding trading opportunities or maximizing fixed income opportunities. I am not sure any of us had gossip. There was the occasional poster who didn’t participate often who would log in just to rant about something. They would usually leave shortly thereafter.

 

[Bruno]

I am sure you NEED to put together some NIL money for

COcheesehead​

Nobody better about Bond information. ​

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[Bruno]

The people moving over here from Fido dont have much good to say about annuitys.

 

[JoeWras]

Sad to see so many forums get nuked or heavily disabled.

Alternatives like Reddit just don't do it. Reddit is full of childish behavior, and has a heavy political bias. Fidelity has a sub there, but they have to heavily moderate it.

Glad Social Knowledge is still forging forward and keeping this forum intact, and even improving it.

 

[pb4uski]

The people moving over here from Fido dont have much good to say about annuitys.

They should fit right in then.

 

[pb4uski]

Cocheesehead, good to see you posting more. We've missed you.

 

[jim584672]

Reddit is for people too stupid or lazy to Google an answer to a simple question. They go to Reddit where the right answer is down voted and wrong answers are piled on.

 

[COcheesehead]

Reddit is for people too stupid or lazy to Google an answer to a simple question. They go to Reddit where the right answer is down voted and wrong answers are piled on.

In the general forums yes. There is some knowledge if you go into some of sub forums. I learned a few things there and I can bounce from finance, to bonds, to bicycling, to travel, to home repair, to…time suck.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

Some of you may or may not know there was an invitation only private forum for a select group of Fidelity customers. Fidelity recently did a forum platform update and made the forum almost unusable for many members. I figured it out, but it was almost constant complaining instead of investment sharing. I mentioned I post here and now I see many of my old forum members joining us. There is a wealth (pun intended) of knowledge in these folks. They will add to the forum. My old handle at Fidelity was Mootsie. If you posted there, you knew me. I had over 21,000 posts.

Familiar poster...Have you initiated a Bond thread yet? Link?

 

[MichaelB]

Reddit is like Twitter, Facebook and many other social media sites. Some parts are swamps full of crocodiles and venomous snakes, other parts are like gold mines full of nuggets.

 

[COcheesehead]

Familiar poster...Have you initiated a Bond thread yet? Link?

LOL not yet. I think there are couple on here though already. A government bond one and a fixed income thread if I am not mistaken.

 

[audreyh1]

Fixed Income Investing II

We are starting a new version of the long running thread "We Are Entering a Golden Period for Fixed Income Investing", wherein the topic - OF FIXED INCOME INVESTING - may be thoroughly, thoughtfully and respectfully explored by the ER membership. Here is the link to the initial thread as a...

www.early-retirement.org

Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds Discussion 2024+

New year, so time for a new thread! The previous one is over 2500 posts. You can see the upcoming auctions and most recent treasury auction results here: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/upcoming/ Link back to the prior thread...

www.early-retirement.org

Preferred Stock Investing-The Good , The Bad and The In Between 2021

With a new year, we're starting new versions of our long running threads so that they will load faster. Here is the link to Preferred Stock Investing-The Good , The Bad and The In Between 2015 - 2020...

www.early-retirement.org

 

[MichaelB]

Fixed Income Investing II

We are starting a new version of the long running thread "We Are Entering a Golden Period for Fixed Income Investing", wherein the topic - OF FIXED INCOME INVESTING - may be thoroughly, thoughtfully and respectfully explored by the ER membership. Here is the link to the initial thread as a...

www.early-retirement.org

Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds Discussion 2024+

New year, so time for a new thread! The previous one is over 2500 posts. You can see the upcoming auctions and most recent treasury auction results here: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/auctions/upcoming/ Link back to the prior thread...

www.early-retirement.org

Preferred Stock Investing-The Good , The Bad and The In Between 2021

With a new year, we're starting new versions of our long running threads so that they will load faster. Here is the link to Preferred Stock Investing-The Good , The Bad and The In Between 2015 - 2020...

www.early-retirement.org

Thanks for the links

 

[aja8888]

Seems like a few of the new posters here (maybe not all from Fidelity) have interests in CEF's. Maybe a new thread started on that subject would be of interest? I would like to hear more on the subject of CEFs as I am turning into an income investor as I age out.

 

[pacergal]

Always good to welcome new Forum posters.

 

[sengsational]

Reddit is like Twitter, Facebook and many other social media sites. Some parts are swamps full of crocodiles and venomous snakes, other parts are like gold mines full of nuggets.

If the topic is in a "long tail", meaning it's not something that's got a lot of coverage and is very specific, reddit is often the only place I can find discussions on a topic. And there are some curt, rude, and unhelpful responses, but since I'm just lurking, it's easy to ignore those and get the experience (nuggets) from the thoughtful posters.

 

[pizza4me]

Some of you may or may not know there was an invitation only private forum for a select group of Fidelity customers. Fidelity recently did a forum platform update and made the forum almost unusable for many members. I figured it out, but it was almost constant complaining instead of investment sharing. I mentioned I post here and now I see many of my old forum members joining us. There is a wealth (pun intended) of knowledge in these folks. They will add to the forum. My old handle at Fidelity was Mootsie. If you posted there, you knew me. I had over 21,000 posts.

 

[sengsational]

To those joining us from Fidelity Forum, if you haven't done so, please take a minute to read the community rules: Community Rules

It will only take a couple of minutes. And it's much more pleasant than the terms and conditions on all of the web sites (that we never read and click that we "agree to").

 

[TickTock]

Seems like a few of the new posters here (maybe not all from Fidelity) have interests in CEF's. Maybe a new thread started on that subject would be of interest? I would like to hear more on the subject of CEFs as I am turning into an income investor as I age out.

I second the interest in a CEF thread. I'll likely not use them as part of our portfolio, but I do like to learn about financial stuff.

ETA: Perhaps two threads: CEF income and CEF equities.

 

[lakeview]

Some of you may or may not know there was an invitation only private forum for a select group of Fidelity customers. Fidelity recently did a forum platform update and made the forum almost unusable for many members. I figured it out, but it was almost constant complaining instead of investment sharing. I mentioned I post here and now I see many of my old forum members joining us. There is a wealth (pun intended) of knowledge in these folks. They will add to the forum. My old handle at Fidelity was Mootsie. If you posted there, you knew me. I had over 21,000 posts.

Always appreciated your posts at Fido and decided to make the move. I don't want to miss out on knowledgable thoughts that you generously share. Too difficult to navigate the Fido forum at this time.