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To: Paul Senior who wrote (47826)5/5/2012 5:50:55 PM
From: research1234  Respond to of 78740
 
Interest rates climbed from lows in the 1950's to highs in the 1980's, and have again reached lows comparable to the 1950's. Hard to get excited about long bod investments today if one believes in the power of long cycles.

I'm turning 60 this year, and my investment allocation is close to Paul's. Instead of bond funds, I've got about 10% invested in preferred stocks bought in late 2008-early 2009. Hopefully I'll be nimble enough to exit sometime in the next five years or so when rates start to rise IMO.



To: Paul Senior who wrote (47826)5/6/2012 3:00:07 PM
From: Investor2  Respond to of 78740
 
I'm about 65% stocks, with the rest split between GNMAs, money market funds, GICs, CDs, bond funds, and TIPS. About 70% of new money is currently being dollar-cost-averaged into stocks. I'm debating whether to change that, considering the world's current economic woes, ECRI's ongoing recession call, etc.


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