Retirement Strategy: Remember All Of Our 'Dry Powder'? (Part 24)

By Regarded Solutions:With so much news that has come out our "Team Alpha" portfolio update is a bit late this month but still is showing good results vs the recent declines in the overall markets.

By Regarded Solutions:Our "Team Alpha" portfolio has had an awesome run thus far. Any of our readers who have followed this step by step portfolio, and strategy, would be well ahead of any of the market indexes and in very good shape for the balance of the year.That being said, I feel that Friday was a great day to take profits, rebalance and set some strategic goals for what I consider a market that has gotten ahead of itself.

By Regarded Solutions:"Team Alpha" sold McDonald's (MCD) at nearly its all time high when we took profits (review the action here). It is time to add McDonald's back into our core portfolio as of today.

By Regarded Solutions:It truly is hard to believe that one third of the year has flown by already. Now that we have 4 months "in the bank", so to speak, let's catch up to how our "Team Alpha" core portfolio is doing.

By Regarded Solutions:At the time I write this article, France has elected a Socialist and all the indexes are showing a sharply lower open for our markets come Monday morning. I believe this could be the capitulation that we have been waiting for to deploy our cash reserves.

By Regarded Solutions:Here we are, sitting around waiting for the pullback or correction that never comes, the market has not even flat-lined, and we have now taken chips off the table (read this), implemented a "flat market strategy" (review that here), and have even taken some conservati

By Regarded Solutions:When we began our journey back in late October 2011, the S&P was roughly 1225. As of Friday's close it stood at 1408. An approximate increase of 15% in a relative blink of an eye. A very impressive run thus far, even though we have been waiting for a pullback to pick up some bargains to add to our core portfolio.

By Regarded Solutions:As most of my readers know, I am an ardent believer in a dividend growth stock portfolio for a secure retirement. We have a "Team Alpha" core portfolio that we have been following since I began writing this series, and we "home gaming" non professionals have been doing a pretty decent job thus far.