Post #668 by Mark19 on the Mechanical Investing board

Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (43)

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

No. of Recommendations: 1

I am 33% bonds and cash. It was just a coincidence that it was such a clean number. I aim for between 30% and 40% fixed income. My fixed income are mainly close end bond funds, and preferred stocks, so I earn 7% or so a year from them.

I don't think being 100% in stocks is wise. 1929 did happen and it could happen again. We live in a very fast changing world now, so I think the likelyhood of that happening is greater than before.

A bad piece of malware could cause that to happen. Never mind a cyber attack on our electric grid which could not be fixed rapidly.

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

Print the post

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (43)

Prev | Next

Announcements

Mechanical Investing FAQ

Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

A community forum supporting civilized, and highly helpful, self-educating investors that come together for Shrewdness and merry spirits. These message boards closely follow the look and feel of the old message boards at boards.fool.com prior to the boards redirected to discussion.fool.com. Shrewd'm is not affiliated with the comprehensive and excellent investment website, The Motley Fool (TMF), in any way. The Shrewd commmunity here has owed, and continues to owe, gratitude to The Motley Fool for nurturing a culture of jovial irreverence towards Wall St, and that tradition will continue here.