on 2009/10/05 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

Though stocks have been moving sideways for a month, they still have great potential at an acceptable risk. In our Conservative allocation, however, we are keeping almost all our money in the money market, since stocks still do definitely have a noticable risk. If you are also receiving our ETF newsletter, you might note that, [...]

on 2009/09/21 by Alex, [ETF,Exchange-traded funds]

We pick the mix of investments that maximizes the expected return while not exceeding a fixed maximum risk. Stocks, bonds, and commodities have all been going up in the past couple of weeks. For the coming week, though, stocks look the most promising.

on 2009/07/13 by Alex, [ETF,Exchange-traded funds]

We are continuing to recommend foreign currencies in both of our allocations. One of the funds that we are recommeding follows gold, which, like foreign currencies, tends to go up when the dollar declines. We are also recommending several bond funds, since bonds appear to be picking up. Finally, the direction of stocks is ambiguous. [...]