(PUB) Investing 2016

breath. Every tick in the market must be explained. The same goes for Chicken Littles squawking about doomsday sce- narios. We call this infotainment. Turn it off, and your portfolio will thank you. n

because, well, he’s predicting gloom and doom. But I wouldn’t buy his brand of snake oil. In the media, every data release, no matter how trivial or quickly forgotten, is reported on with bated

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diversified approach and add it to one of your PRIMECAP Management-run funds. Then relax. You are going to make some money here. One place you probably won’t make money without an astounding bit of luck is in the commodities and metals markets. Precious Metals & Mining , up 31.6% so far this year, has ben- efited from the 16.3% bump in gold, which has a multiplying effect upon the prices of miners’ stocks. Yet, for all the hoopla around that fabulous three- month return, don’t forget that the fund remains 68.3% below the high it hit in …wait for it…May 2008. I say it all the time, but one of the best things you can do for your portfolio (not to mention your men- tal health) is to go on a media diet. This doesn’t mean you should ignore your investments or the world around you. But once you’ve set a long-term course for your finances, you probably shouldn’t be taking a detour because of some talking head. The latest: Robert Kiyosaki, the discredited author of Rich Dad Poor Dad . He’s trying to make a comeback by arguing that baby boom- ers who begin to hit age 70.5 in 2016 and are required to take money out of their 401(k) and pension plans will cause a major 2016 crash. The baby boomer investor has been a scapegoat for all manner of disaster scenarios, none of which have panned out. The flaw in Kiyosaki’s thinking is that baby boomers will draw all of their required distributions out of the markets at once, and that they are going to spend them, rather than simply reinvest some- where else. The media loves this guy,

MARCH SPECIAL DISTRIBUTIONS

MidCap Value ETF MidCap Value Index

$0.3080 @ $86.64 $0.1130 @ $33.64 $0.1170 @ $55.28 $0.0190 @ $10.51 $0.1613 @ $8.38 $0.9190 @ $81.16 $0.2960 @ $27.26 $0.4210 @ $93.29 $0.3450 @ $101.11 $0.4860 @ $85.89 $0.1490 @ $86.19 $0.1610 @ $93.01 $0.1410 @ $78.85 $0.3950 @ $92.82 $1.0060 @ $186.43 $0.3520 @ $102.73 $0.5150 @ $86.06 $0.2500 @ $95.29 $0.2610 @ $103.35 $0.2650 @ $95.18 $0.3050 @ $110.19 $0.1500 @ $117.08 $0.0330 @ $32.57 $0.1330 @ $51.89 $0.3670 @ $101.06 $0.0820 @ $23.70 $0.0550 @ $12.85 $0.0730 @ $18.09 $0.0600 @ $14.84 $0.0420 @ $12.64 $0.4910 @ $102.27 $0.1310 @ $26.79 $0.1220 @ $43.60 $0.5000 @ $90.54 $0.2550 @ $46.19 $0.1430 @ $44.99 $0.0440 @ $14.26 $0.4800 @ $104.22 $0.2220 @ $49.92 $0.2220 @ $57.29 $0.0850 @ $23.08 $0.7170 @ $106.12 $0.3580 @ $52.85 $0.5360 @ $81.85 $0.1980 @ $32.13 $0.1620 @ $24.96 $0.2280 @ $36.80 $0.1480 @ $43.16 $0.0540 @ $16.86 $0.0270 @ $93.60 $0.0010 @ $34.92

500 Index

$0.9620 @ $188.97 $0.1350 @ $29.19 $0.4630 @ $121.90 $0.2390 @ $63.55 $0.6340 @ $133.79 $0.3130 @ $66.26 $0.0210 @ $11.72 $0.1570 @ $35.93 $0.0370 @ $8.88 $0.4100 @ $80.38 $0.1550 @ $32.27 $0.0800 @ $22.58 $0.0570 @ $34.45 $0.0280 @ $21.10 $0.6750 @ $85.56 $0.3380 @ $43.94 $0.2090 @ $29.95 $0.2720 @ $48.57 $0.1390 @ $25.93 $0.3060 @ $80.91 $0.2120 @ $62.06 $0.1310 @ $45.91 $0.0650 @ $23.36 $0.0780 @ $53.23 $0.0240 @ $20.94 $0.3200 @ $105.01 $0.1470 @ $54.12 $4.8570 @ $193.44 $0.3960 @ $122.42 $0.1980 @ $60.69 $0.4780 @ $68.75 $0.1860 @ $26.88 $0.5030 @ $104.33 $0.2590 @ $54.09 $0.4070 @ $107.51 $0.2080 @ $55.08 $0.0450 @ $53.05 $0.0180 @ $21.29 $0.0850 @ $53.49 $0.0340 @ $21.76 $0.4550 @ $93.30 $0.1740 @ $37.19 $0.3810 @ $97.52 $0.1940 @ $50.18 $0.3690 @ $69.52 $0.2830 @ $82.15 $0.3860 @ $59.20 $0.2820 @ $119.89 $0.1630 @ $98.53 $0.0540 @ $38.31 $0.0690 @ $32.32

Balanced Index

Pacific ETF Pacific Index

Consumer Discretionary ETF Consumer Discretionary Index Consumer Staples ETF Consumer Staples Index Convertible Securities Developed Markets ETF Developed Markets Index Dividend Appreciation ETF Dividend Appreciation Index

Precious Metals & Mining

REIT ETF

REIT Index

Russell 1000 ETF

Russell 1000 Growth ETF Russell 1000 Value ETF

Russell 2000 ETF

Russell 2000 Growth ETF Russell 2000 Value ETF

Dividend Growth

Emerging Markets Stock ETF Emerging Markets Stock Index

Russell 3000 ETF

S&P 500 ETF

Energy ETF Energy Index Equity Income

S&P 500 Growth ETF S&P 500 Value ETF S&P MidCap 400 ETF

Europe ETF

S&P SmallCap 600 Growth ETF S&P SmallCap 600 Value ETF

European Index

Extended Market ETF Extended Market Index

SmallCap ETF

SmallCap Growth ETF SmallCap Growth Index

Financials ETF Financials Index

SmallCap Index

Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index

SmallCap Value ETF SmallCap Value Index

Growth ETF Growth Index Health Care Health Care ETF Health Care Index

Social Index

STAR Cons. Gro.

STAR Income

Target Retirement Income Tax-Man. Capital Appreciation

High Dividend Yield ETF High Dividend Yield Index

Tax-Managed Balanced Tax-Managed SmallCap Telecom Services ETF Telecom Svcs. Index

Industrials ETF Industrials Index

Information Technology ETF Information Technology Index Int’l Dividend Appreciation ETF Int’l Dividend Appreciation Index Int’l High Dividend Yield ETF Int’l High Dividend Yield Index

Total International Stock ETF Total International Stock Index

Total Stock Market ETF Total Stock Market Index Total World Stock ETF Total World Stock Index

LargeCap ETF LargeCap Index Materials ETF Materials Index MegaCap ETF

Utilities ETF Utilities Index Value ETF Value Index

Wellesley Income

MegaCap Growth ETF MegaCap Value ETF

Wellington

World ex-U.S. ETF World ex-U.S. Index

MidCap ETF

MidCap Growth ETF MidCap Growth Index

World ex-U.S. SmallCap ETF World ex-U.S. SmallCap Index

MidCap Index

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