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LOL! · 08-19-2007, 10:55 AM

My spouse was in two different investment clubs over the last decade. My observation from that is that if you are gonna pick 10 large cap stocks, then you are just mimicking the S&P500 and consequently, will do about the same as that index.

Why not pick 3 large cap, 3 mid cap, 4 small cap and half of them half to be non-US stocks? That might help get you away from S&P500 returns.

Here's my picks: SPY, VTV, MDY, IWM, VBR, EEM, VWO, DLS, GWX, VNQ. Buy them only within the last 30 minutes of trading when they have dropped at least 1.5% (SPY, VTV), 2% (MDY, IWM, VBR, DLS, GWX), 3% (EEM, VWO, VNQ).

Good luck!

08-19-2007, 10:55 AM	#6
LOL! Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,080	My spouse was in two different investment clubs over the last decade. My observation from that is that if you are gonna pick 10 large cap stocks, then you are just mimicking the S&P500 and consequently, will do about the same as that index. Why not pick 3 large cap, 3 mid cap, 4 small cap and half of them half to be non-US stocks? That might help get you away from S&P500 returns. Here's my picks: SPY, VTV, MDY, IWM, VBR, EEM, VWO, DLS, GWX, VNQ. Buy them only within the last 30 minutes of trading when they have dropped at least 1.5% (SPY, VTV), 2% (MDY, IWM, VBR, DLS, GWX), 3% (EEM, VWO, VNQ). Good luck!