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It's Time For a Flight From Safety & few other reads
Hi Old Joe: for a retired portfolio, as you as you get the 3s-4s% dividend YTDs, you are ok long term as long as you don't loose any $$! also stocks could be at a good price and good p/e goin' forward [only if we have a reasonable recovery and not too much sluggishness]
Comments
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlaura/2011/08/26/three-ways-to-make-your-cash-king/
how to invest in scary economy/market
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/26/pf/how_to_invest_economy.moneymag/
This SPDR ETF Answers the Lure of Rising Dividends
http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/fundwatch/archive/spdr-sp-dividend-etf-the-lure-of-rising-dividends.html
gold bubble
http://www.investorplace.com/2011/08/gld-spdr-gold-trust-gold-bubble/
a rush out of junk
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/113387/rush-out-of-junk-bonds-wsj?mod=bb-budgeting&cmtnav=/mwphucmtgetnojspage/headcontent/main/113387//date/desc/11/s8738904
Investors game Bernanke, bet market will settle
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/25/us-markets-us-investors-idUSTRE77O7KG20110825
also, do you folks think it's time to buy inverse treasury? [betting that the interest rate will rise and so would the returns?]
sit tight...
http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2011/08/26/for-bond-investors-bernankes-speech-means-sit-tight/?cid=djem_sm_dailyviews_h
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/columnist/krantz/story/2011-08-25/What-are-appropriate-upfront-fees-for-mutual-funds/50142220/1
why gold is not the only safe haven commodity:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/golds-not-the-only-safe-haven-commodity-2011-08-19?siteid=nwhfunds
to picks for EM CEFs
http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=392685
the really long views from Doug Ober
http://www.advisorone.com/2011/08/26/the-really-long-view-from-doug-ober-of-adams-expre?t=mutual-funds
buy a fund that can weather any market
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sc-cons-0825-marksjarvis-20110826,0,6435241.column
also stocks could be at a good price and good p/e goin' forward [only if we have a reasonable recovery and not too much sluggishness]
good luck