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I have one rental house that if I sell it will have a cap gain of about 100k.I sold my other one 2 years ago at a loss of about 100k.Can I use the loss to balance out the gain???Thanks in advance.

Has anyone been invested in this fund for any length of time and are you happy with the returns?Thanks.

So is it the opinion of most that something like Vang sh term corp is a better optionthan a cd for a good chunkof money...about 40 % of my portfolio?

Thanks...this is a difficult time for new bond money.I hate having it sit in a money mkt.

I was wondering what most of you have your non stock market money in since money markets are zero.I was thinking SHY or VFISX along with Vang short term corp.Or Vang has short term bond market which is a mix of the 2.CD'S for 5 years yielding well under 2% seem too long to be locked at that...

W2r and Ha....Thanks for the replies.Food for thought for me.Ha just to let you know I am not trying to convince others about my view,I was looking for someone to show me why my view is so wrong other than telling me about the total market being more diversified.All I know in my limited little...

Thanks to all....Yakers I have really looked at Wellesley and wondered the exact same thing about the bond portion.The problem I have is the same a lot of you have expressed.It seems like a horrible time to invest in bonds.I do have about 20% now in Vang short term corp but I have about 40% of...

I am 60 and more interested in capital preservation than gains and it seems that consumer staples are much safer in a down market than the total market or S&P 500.In 2008 the market went down 37% and cons staples only 16% with similar results in other bad years.I realize the gains would be less...