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I have to say that I do owe TMF for getting me started in the right direction back in '98. Looking back now, it was amazing the quality posters who were there. There were a few members who published a few books, not even including those with the "TMF" before their name, IIRC. Some have their own...

Interesting article. I dunno, but I feel somewhat paranoid in knowing my estrogen levels may be rising.  :-[  But also understanding that working out has been shown to increase testosterone levels, I'm curious if pushing the iron counters the effects of fatherhood. Just don't wanna see myself...

What happened to TH? Hope nothing terrible. Bookm

Re: Durham, NC: Gangsta candidate for Mayor I was thinking it was more of a broken white line similar to the one found on a highway.  ;D Bookm

Re: Durham, NC: Gangsta candidate for Mayor Oh that one's funny. In most places you cannot be a police officer with misdemeanor or felony convictions, but hey, you can still be mayor of a council person. Can't we ask a bit more from our city leaders? Are the pickin's that slim? Bookm

I'm with xprinter, only a cigar occasionally. But I guess since the nicotine in 'em is worse than cigarettes, I must be a smoker then. Bookm

Could be I'm just a glutton for punishment, but I've tried to dabble in several types of investment vehicles. Once retired, DW and I will be able to draw from DRIPs, a ShareBuilder acct., taxable MM, Roth, 457, 403b and two DBP's. Taxes will be a constant, but what's taxed, and how it's taxed...

Diversity among investment vehicles as well as individual investments themselves. Very wise indeed. Bookm

Greetings Ginger: Each plan of course has to abide by IRS rules and guidlines. These rules more or less explain how far each plan can go, say, when offering different pay-out options. Each plan can then choose how many of those options to offer their employees. Their scope is usually spelled...

That is a good plan. The Virginia plan is a strong one as well. We have 6 equity index funds and Vanguard's TIP's and H-Y bond fund, and a PIMCO one too. Who is Wisconsin's plan administrator anyway? It's not Great West is it? Bookm

Re: Anybody see "Grizzley Man" on Prime Time Last night? I have to say, that is an amazing photograph with the bear in the background CT. I heard mention on various nature shows that most animals aren't as aggressive when at a watersource. Don't know how true that is tho. Were you aware of the...

Better than a "fivehead".  ;D Bookm

Justin wrote: Those percentages are from a DBP that our employer contributes to on behalf of the employees. Our retirement benefits are determined by a formula, not on accumulated contributions and interest. The formula amount depends on (1)age at retirement, (2)the average compensation of the...

Greetings Justin. Don't know if you're looking for more pension allocations, but here's the most recent Virginia DBP's alloocation: Fixed Income - 20.00% Domestic Equity - 38.75% Non-U.S. Equity - 20.00% High Yield - 3.0% Private Equity - 7.0% Real Estate - 6.0% Hedge Funds - 5.0% Cash -...

Greetings wildcat, I think you're referring to Robert Arnott's recent study which was published in the Financial Analyst Journal. Yesterday in the "peal oil thread" I mentioned Arnott and PIMCO's attempt at recreating a equal weighted index mutual fund thru the use of derivatives. His study is...

Good points made thus far. What you have listed is a great start towards holding a diversified portfolio. It's close to what William Bernstein suggested in his initial online journal entry on portfolio composition - minus 3 or 4 sub-classes. Here's what Bernstein suggested if one wanted to hold...

Been off line for a few days, apologize for returning to this so late. I should have been more specific RE PCRIX's holdings. :-[     The fund holds those U.S. Treasuries I warned of as collateral against commodity futures. Since mutual funds cannot buy comodities directly, most simply purchase...

Hi Roger_R: Jeremy Siegel made that exact same point in the most recent Kiplinger's magazine, warning that the last 8 recessions since 1950 were preceeded by a flat or inverted yield curve. And we are close to flat now, it appears. Bookm

You probably meant Pimco's commodity fund - PCRIX and not a T Rowe Price fund, I assume. If you want oil, you'd be very disappointed with Pimco's fund. Fourteen of its top 15 holdings are U.S. Treasuries.  :o Perhaps Bill Gross had something to do with that. But right now, that fund is off doin'...

Greetings wildcat: In a recent article on moneycentral, David Dreman believes that oil stocks are still a wise play. Interesting, coming from a value maven: The integrated oil companies, which encompass everything from drilling to gas stations, and the pure exploration-and-development...

Thanks for the response Ha. After some eyeballing, energy does seem to add to one's diversification. I've not seen actual numbers, but it seems energy either has a low correlation or is un-correlated to the overall market. I've seen them do the opposite of each other on some days, and on others...

Of the few people who's opinion I respect that have read Taleb's book, they recommend it. According to the link in the article, the second edition hasn't been released yet (at least that's what Amazon indicates). I'm waiting until then to give it a read. Bookm

Greetings HaHa: So your energy holdings are LTB&H investments? I added some energy several months ago as part of my mad-money investments. Yet see the majority of the fund's stocks are at/near recent highs, and are richly priced. I don't plan on adding any more to this segment, so don't wish...

Greetings newellcr: You're correct of course, Detroit certainly isn't experiencing any huge gains in home prices. But the housing risk study mentioned there was a 38% risk of a price downturn in Detroit for other reasons due to the area's job market problems (Auto maker layoffs). Median income...

The August Kiplinger's had an article listing the riskiest housing markets, according to Fannie Mae starting with the riskiest: 1. Boston 2. NY City 3. Fort Lauderdale 4. DC 5. Detroit 6. L.A. 7. San Francisco 8. Sacramento 9. Providence 10. Minneapolis-St Paul Bookm