Some Defensive Income Strategies For Stressful Times

By MyPlanIQ:Permanent portfolios have been very popular recently, mostly due to the strength of gold and Treasury bonds. Our Permanent Portfolio ETF Plan is a plan that consists of the following candidate funds:

MyPlanIQ submits:Permanent portfolios have attracted investors' attention due to their stable performance in the past 15 years. One of the criticisms or suggestions is that the portfolios are U.S. centric: the lack of international and emerging market stock exposure. In this article, we present a global ETF version.

By Scott's Investments:Last week, different tactical approaches (momentum, moving average) to the Permanent Portfolio were detailed here.

By Scott's Investments:Last week different tactical approaches (momentum, moving average) to the Permanent Portfolio were detailed here.

By Scott's Investments: << Return to Part I

MyPlanIQ submits:First, let's review the markets: For the week ending on 5/20/2011, the notable developements among major assets include:

By MyPlanIQ:The worry for long term investors, especially those who have a shorter time window before they need to start drawing on their nest egg is, what will happen to my investments as we go through these choppy waters. We return to check on the permanent portfolio and its variants which was first proposed by Harry Browne in his Fail-Safe Investing book and has delivered stellar results for the past decade.

MyPlanIQ submits:We are exploring different portfolios looking for ideas to help improve returns for retirement investors. We believe that it is vital for the individual to be more involved with their retirement investing to see better results. We recently reviewed the Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio which has defied conventional thinking with a lazy portfolio of four assets, Cash, Gold, US Equities and Long term treasury bonds.