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Strategies & Market Trends : Retirement - Now what? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 99Dan who wrote (64)	11/9/2004 9:12:34 PM
From: Nazbuster	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 288

Another way to play the market trends (if you're so inclined) is to use the Profunds Bull and Bear funds. They allow you to go in/out frequently without penalty. They have funds which directly track market indexes and others that are effectively margined and are double leveraged. If you think you can spot overbought and oversold conditions, you can trade in/out for short periods of time and sit on cash the rest of the time.

To: 99Dan who wrote (64)	11/10/2004 11:41:40 AM
From: OldAIMGuy	Respond to of 288

Hi Dan, I have been monitoring 13 ETFs as a portfolio for some time. Ten represent the 10 sectors of the S&P500 plus three small and mid cap ETFs. The idea was to have "total market" exposure. While this is only a demonstration exercise (not like my very real IRA) it does show some interesting things about the market since mid-2000 when I started the effort. aim-users.com They were last updated in Oct. I usually update the graphs and percentages once a month. Best regards, Tom