Itsallaguess wrote:Well I wish this sort of crucial proposal was made much earlier in the thread, as I think it would have seriously affected people's responses in it, and it would certainly have influenced my own..
Oh, if not explicit, I think hints of an intent of total domination and Borg-like assimilation were evident from fairly early on.
... whether it was done via what seems to be a long overdue 're-imagining' of the current '
Investment Strategies' board-description, to perhaps at least 'allow' the words '
Total Return' to explicitly *exist* somewhere on the main Lemon Fool board index and board descriptions (
https://www.lemonfool.co.uk/index.php), it doesn't *really* matter, but either option would, at least, fill in what seems to be a slight gap at the start of the 'investment map' here...
Well, obviously there are differences of opinion about a new board, and I don't even really see this perceived "gap", but as the one thing that does seem to be agreed on is that the current
Investment Strategies board description is not fit for purpose, perhaps fixing that to something more commonly acceptable is the best way forward.
I did make a suggestion ("
General Investment Strategy discussions including comparisons between strategies") to try and get the discussion going on that in
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=23356&start=80#p308895 but it didn't get any responses. Maybe the matter needs to be a new topic?
Personally, like others, I don't see a
need to explicitly call out total return, considering it implicit and the default anyway. However, in the spirit of compromise and trying to keep as many people happy as possible (I know, a fool's errand!
) I'd support the use of the phrase in the Investment Strategies board description
provided it doesn't give the impression of being exclusive. E.g. something like:
"
General Investment Strategy discussions, including total return and non-total return strategies, and comparisons between strategies".
Well, yes, I do think that's a bit superfluous, but it does satisfy your goal of an explicit mention, satisfies mine of being non-exclusive, and won't upset the current denizens of the board, as it's what's done there already. It's just off the top of my head and I'm happy to consider other descriptions that match those conditions.