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Originally Posted by TerryH View Post
I moved my stuff mostly out of the market in July of this year. My portfolio peaked a year earlier in July 07. I'm still down 11% for the year, but at least I slowed the bleeding to a drip.

60% guaranteed interest bearing a whopping 3% but at least it's not losing, and any added funds go here too.
20% bonds
20% stock

I did the same. About a month ago I went with bonds 90% snf 10% stock for another 3 months. I will site out the next 2-6 months and get back in with 60-70% stocks again afterwards....
My move to bonds helped me sit out a lot of the chaos. I was already down 15% and stopped it.
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