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Aug 08

You Can Be a Couch Potato Investor in the Federal Thrift Savings Plan

By Scott Burns Q. I saw your advice to a Seattle reader who had lost some money in the government Thrift Savings Plan. I also have over $100,000 in the TSP. I have been investing conservatively for the last few months because the stock market has been declining. I’m retired and 68. Soon I will have to...

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Apr 08

When Investments Go Down, the Value of Attentive Spending Goes Up

By Scott Burns Q. I am a Couch Potato investor. From regular news stories--- and some of your columns--- one might deduce the financial end is near. Should I stay the course or trim the sails? ---F. S., San Antonio, TX A. The day-to-day news is dismal. You aren’t alone in your concern. I have received...

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Mar 08

Couch Potato Portfolios Aren’t About Change

By Scott Burns Q. Would you comment in a column on your present suggestions for a Couch Potato portfolio for retirees? ---C.D., by email A . The Couch Potato portfolios aren’t about change. They are about simplicity and low costs. Whether it is a two-fund Couch Potato portfolio or a 10-fund Couch Potato...

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Nov 07

Diversification is the Answer, Whatever the Question

by Scott Burns Q. I am conflicted by what I have been reading about Social Security in your columns and book "The Coming Generational Storm." On the one hand, you recommend we delay taking Social Security benefits until we reach full retirement (66 for me), if we can afford it, because the...

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Nov 07

A Better Building Block

by Scott Burns Q: A few years ago you recommended a Couch Potato portfolio based on six building blocks. The fourth block was to be an "unhedged international bond fund." You recommended American Century International Bond fund. That fund no longer accepts new investors. Do you have another...

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Apr 07

An 8 Percent Yield Means Major Risk

Q. In a recent column you told a reader that a guaranteed high investment return doesn't exist. You also said, "If someone tells you about an investment that will provide a safe 8 percent return, grab your wallet and run." I take exception to your conclusion. I think it's possible to put together a portfolio...

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Jan 07

Using ETFs to Build a Portfolio

Q. I am 47 and work fulltime. I have about $250,000 in my 401(k) and about $150,000 in my IRA from a previous employer. I have invested in the Couch Potato portfolio and in the IRA, and in the past few years have moved to the Margarita Portfolio (I am a Parrothead). I was going to split $85,000 into...

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Jan 07

Waiting to buy

Q: I'm a 64-year-old grandma who messed up bad. My money was in the Vanguard 500 index fund, but in August everything was going south. So I moved my money to a money market account. Now stocks are doing well again, and I have no idea how to get back into the Vanguard 500 without losing a lot of money...

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Apr 06

Solving a Wonderful Problem: Where to Put Your Money

Q. I'm about to move our investments so they fit an asset allocation similar to one of your Couch Potato portfolios. Ours will be made up of five classes: small U.S. stocks, large U.S. stocks, international stocks, total bond, and health care. My difficulty is that my wife and I have six different accounts...

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Jul 05

TIPS Have an Advantage in Periods of Inflation

Q. I've had the "Couch Potato" portfolio for my 403b account for close to five years with 60% Vanguard Total stock market Index fund and 40% Total Bond Market Index. I didn't know until recently that you now suggest Inflation Protected Securities in place of the Total Bond index. Can you tell me why...

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