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  • Hold Reserves, Loan Money or Own Something by Richard Shaw
    Cash, bonds and stocks are the three primary asset classes for securities investors.  They point to the three basic things you can do with your money other than spend it or donate it .  You can hold it in reserve (cash). You can loan it (basically bonds).  Or, you can own... More »
    November 23, 2009 • SHV, BND, AGG
  • Diversification by Ted Stamas
    In the twenty years I have been investing, I'm currently the most diversified as I've ever been in any of my portfolios. I only own two ETFs, but these two Exchange Traded Funds mirror the performance of major domestic indexes and both are to the short side. The ProShares Ultra Short S&P 500... More »
    November 4, 2009 • SDS, TZA, VT
  • “China Up / U.S. Down” Theme Checkup by Richard Shaw
    One big investment risk is subscribing to a popular mantra with your life’s savings, without continuously checking the data — the facts — to make sure the mantra continues to make sense. The “China up” and “U.S. down” theme is a major current... More »
    November 1, 2009 • FXI, IVV, SPY
  • Trend Condition of Country Funds by Richard Shaw
    There were some substantial price moves today for many country and region funds.  How do they look now relative to their 200-day simple moving averages? The chart below shows the ratio of the price to the 200-day average, and the 100-day average to the 200-day average, for 35 country and... More »
    August 17, 2009 • VT, EFA, VWO
  • Monday Readings and System Updates by Scott's Investments
    First off - I hope to have some good data for readers around the 1st of this month for the various portfolios I've featured in July on Scott's Investments. I want to make some updates to the site to allow readers to more easily track various portfolios I've featured, however, since I do have a... More »
    July 27, 2009 • VT, ACWI
  • Current Markets Picture by Richard Shaw
     The S&P 500 appears to have made the transition from aging rally to beginning of correction. As we have said before, something like 800 is a likely support level that could be the end of the correction (down a bit more than 10%), unless confidence is shaken so much that lows may be... More »
    July 7, 2009 • SPY, VTI, EFA
  • Keeping Portfolios Simple by Richard Shaw
    Different strokes for different folks.  Some investors, prefer individual stocks and bonds.  Others prefer funds.  Some have a combination.  All too often, investors have an eclectic collection of stocks, bonds, funds and  annuities that they have accumulated over a... More »
    June 24, 2009 • VT, ACWI, BND
  • Old Mutual to Launch Five New ETFs by Michael Johnston
    Old Mutual has filed a registration statement for five new ETFs, each of which tracks an index maintained by the FTSE group. Old Mutual, founded in 1845 in South Africa, provides long-term savings solutions, asset management services, and general insurance services in 38 countries worldwide. The... More »
    June 3, 2009 • VT, VEU, EFA

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