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Title: Investors with pride in Oklahoma are sought
Post by: FOTD on August 26, 2009, 04:03:27 PM
http://newsok.com/investors-with-pride-in-state-are-sought/article/3395751

Anything?
Title: Re: Investors with pride in Oklahoma are sought
Post by: Conan71 on August 26, 2009, 04:19:31 PM
Kitschy.  Won't be a good one to be in yet if we have not seen the real bottom of the recession nationally since it's top-heavy with energy, banking, and utilities.  Might as well just call it an energy etf with 73% of assets in the energy industry.

Title: Re: Investors with pride in Oklahoma are sought
Post by: cannon_fodder on August 26, 2009, 04:23:29 PM
That's what I was thinking Conan.  If the fee structure was right I'd probably kick in a small investment into this fund.  I think Oklahoma is positioned to remain competitive in several industries and the company's here, generally, operate on a conservative business model (CFS, SemGroup, Williams excepted.  Man, maybe not).

Funds are a crap shoot.  But if the fees are off it's a no go.  My guess is a start-up fund will have fees well over my max range.  (when I think of fees, I mean fees and/or expense ratio in general)
Title: Re: Investors with pride in Oklahoma are sought
Post by: FOTD on August 26, 2009, 04:27:20 PM
Quote from: cannon_fodder on August 26, 2009, 04:23:29 PM
That's what I was thinking Conan.  If the fee structure was right I'd probably kick in a small investment into this fund.  I think Oklahoma is positioned to remain competitive in several industries and the company's here, generally, operate on a conservative business model (CFS, SemGroup, Williams excepted.  Man, maybe not).

Funds are a crap shoot.  But if the fees are off it's a no go.  My guess is a start-up fund will have fees well over my max range.  (when I think of fees, I mean fees and/or expense ratio in general)

It's an ETF....anybody know these gents and what their track records are?
Title: Re: Investors with pride in Oklahoma are sought
Post by: cannon_fodder on August 26, 2009, 04:37:54 PM
Quote from: FOTD on August 26, 2009, 04:27:20 PM
It's an ETF....anybody know these gents and what their track records are?

In an ETF the fund still incurs fees and expenses.  They aren't accounted for (or regulated) like a mutual fund, but it is essentially a measure of overhead to assets.  My guess is there overhead to asset ration will be high.   Just a guess - but start up funds of any kind tend to have high expense ratios.  Organize it as an ETF or otherwise.   [to be honest, I'm not very familiar with ETFs outside of index funds]

And no.  I do not know these guys or their track record.  Care to enlighten me?
Title: Re: Investors with pride in Oklahoma are sought
Post by: FOTD on August 26, 2009, 04:47:36 PM
Just wondering....

A friend from OKC responds "Capital West Securities". Never mind. Should not seek info on financials here at TNF.

Never mind.