for a 10 yrs investment are bonds safer than stocks?

johnN

http://www.smartmoney.com/invest/strategies/for-a-10year-investment-are-bonds-safer-than-stocks-1314052501465/?cid=djem_sm_dailyviews_h
imho - 70s%equities + 30s% bonds

related - lower T yields boost dividend stocks
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/stocks/story/2011-08-23/Lower-Treasury-yields-boost-dividend-paying-stocks/50109912/1

gold reigns even on stock market
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904279004576524890803937206.html
related - some gold bulls say time to cash in, rally overdone
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/23/idINIndia-58934620110823

stocks are ups stocks are down wall street keeps sayin' the same thing
http://www.smartmoney.com/invest/stocks/stocks-are-up-stocks-are-down-wall-street-keeps-saying-the-same-thing-1312406971520/?cid=djem_sm_dailyviews_h

30 Closed-End Funds With Dividends Over 10%
http://seekingalpha.com/article/289380-30-closed-end-funds-with-dividends-over-10

investors need to make $$ not to beat benchmarks
http://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2011/08/23/investors-need-to-make-money-not-beat-benchmarks/

4 Utility funds for security seekers
http://www.investorplace.com/2011/08/4-utility-mutual-funds-security-investing/

market to bounce back?
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/History+shows+markets+will+bounce+back/5291875/story.html

johnN

ot - how gloomy should we be about the economy
http://www.salon.com/news/us_economy/?story=/tech/htww/2011/08/24/how_gloomy_should_we_be_on_the_economy

can you win vs a computer trader? probably not
http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/value/archive/could-computerized-trading-cause-market-crash.html