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Harvard and Yale 2009 Returns

how about a portfolio for someone in retirement at age 75?
40/60 or 20/80.

Some Graham and Dodd Type Thoughts on Stocks vs. Bonds

U.S. Treasuries offer what James Grant refers to as "return-free risk". The next wave will be an inflationary one, I'm afraid. The economic, fiscal and political policies currently being pursued are the exact opposite of those which took us from 15% long Treasuries in late 1981 to almost 2% in late 2008

Time for Income: Time for Bonds?

what do you think about a 100% fixed income portfolio, at least for next year or two for a 75 year old just retired.

35 ETFs Showing Strong Upward Price Pressure

if I want to preserve most of gains I have on any of these upward slope ETF's, what must I watch for, since most are interest rate sensitive, correct?

'Too Far, Too Fast': A Look at Asset Classes

would RSI 15 be useful for another time period, more than 15 days?
Or for weekly or monthly?

The Green Shoots of April: Some Reasons for Market Optimism

the bond market doesn't like it now, past few days. So how do you stay invested in fixed income and earn a decent yield. Even short duration bonds are getting hit.

Why Not to Buy Bond ETFs

what's a retired 75 year old invester to do? Any thoughts for fixed income?

Do We Need Bond Sector ETFs?

I'd be interested in what a retirement ETF portfolio should look lke that should be about 75% fixed 25% equity. And possibly some hedge.

Relative Performance of Asset Categories

close to the time there will be a reversal? Stocks will outperform bonds.

You Can't Trust Bond ETFs for the Time Being

What can you trust besides cash?

Defining a Set of Core Asset Classes

Thanks for the comment Xu tiu. In my IRA accounts, I can see it makes sense but not sure about the taxable accounts. Perhaps,still better for the equites and mutual funds.

Defining a Set of Core Asset Classes

Hi Geoff,

I have mostly managed mutual funds with managers I find are some of the best, Evillard, Leuthold, Romick, McGregor, Rudolph-Riad Younes, Royce, Cuggino. I don't own any bonds or bond funds except those in the funds I own. Can those bonds serve as my allocation to bonds? If I have 40-50% bonds from those mutual funds, can they be considered my bond allocation? I am 75 and only recently retired.

Defining a Set of Core Asset Classes

I thought I was doing ok with a managed futures RYMFX fund but not now.

finance.yahoo.com/q/ta...

It seems that commodities have disrupted any benefit, in the short term, at least. How can this be prevented?

REITs Pop While Commodities Flop

can some one explain what this means?

TIPS spreads are now collapsing