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    Asset allocation tutorial?

    14% cash 42% us stock 44% foreign stock 0% bonds 0% REIT 33 21 19 6 6 7 3 3 2 There is an almost equal amount to the above in real estate equity, split 80/20 between a rental property with no net income and our primary residence. *want allocation centroid more toward small...
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    Asset allocation tutorial?

    MDY 0 0 0 23 27 33 9 6 2 33% mid growth
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    Asset allocation tutorial?

    +1
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    best portfolio mix for these times

    I'll bite. The idea of keeping AA stable is appealing.
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    Your Best of Worst Investments YTD?

    Best, by far, is VWO, up 32.86 even after yesterday's pullback. Worst, and the only negative, is IJR, -0.49%
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    Anticipated gasoline price

    In a perfect world, we would be able to take advantage of cheap Brazilian ethanol. BUT, start loading that stuff onto the energy market, and Brazil will go from a rich rain forest to Indiana South in no time (am I a Green, maybe). A good start: aggressive tax credits for p-v, higher CAFE...
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    Anticipated gasoline price

    True to a point, ERD50. The b!tch of the thing is, though, that the alt energy market is responding to something that is not technically a market (the oil "market"). Despite the rumors that they are at max pumping capacity, I think that opec holds all the cards wrt production and uses it like...
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    Anticipated gasoline price

    I fail to see how an increase in gas tax alone will result in anything other than more dollars for pork. If the increase were used dollar-for-dollar for alternative energy research/credits, then maybe it could help. There needs to be a space race style paradigm shift to really focus us toward...
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    buying a business, tax and depreciation

    These are questions which I have addressed with our cpa, but I figured I would also run it by the experts on this board, as well, for some second impressions. A couple of partners and I entered into agreement to buy a service-oriented business (LLC) with great cash flow from another gentleman a...
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