Current ETF Allocations and Gold Fund Timer Signal

There are changes to both our ETF portfolio and Gold Fund Timer this month.

ETF Allocations as of 8/31/2010 (ticker symbols are in parentheses). Our current ETF allocation is

20% Vanguard REIT Index ETF (VNQ)
20% iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond (AGG)
60% Money Market or other Risk-Free investment

We're increasing our money market allocation from 40% to 60% by selling our 20% position in the SPDR Trust (ticker symbol: SPY). This transaction will take place as of the market's close on 8/31/2010.

Gold Fund Timer

As of 8/30/2010, our gold timing model has a buy signal for gold mining stock ETFs (such as GDX) or gold mutual funds (like RYMPX). This means to buy these these funds as of the market's close on 8/31/2010. These funds are volatile. We generally recommend no more than 10%-15% of an investor's total portfolio should be invested in them. We'll update this page when we get a new sell signal.

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