Comments on: Jonathan Clements: 5 Reasons Why Stocks are Attractive

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:43:03 +0000

I don’t know about mutual funds, Ernesto, but take a good look at the industries that are down right now: housing and banking. There are indexes that track each one, so there must be mutual funds for them as well. If you space out your purchases over the next 2 years there’s a good chance you’ll do well (I think).

By: MossySF

MossySF — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:45:50 +0000

If you’ve got the guts to catch falling daggers, go financials, value and reits. A multi-year DCA schedule into the classes getting hit the most should pay dividends as the eventual reversion to mean will mean bigger rebounds over the long term. The funds/ETFs I’m directing 50% of my new money to:

Vanguard Value (VIVAX)
Vanguard Midcap Value (VMVIX)
Rydex S&P Smallcap 600 Pure Value (RZV)
WisdomTree Intl Top100 Dividend (DOO)
WisdomTree Intl Smallcap Dividend (DLS)
Vanguard REIT (VGSIX)
iShares Mortgage REIT (REM)

By: Ernesto

Ernesto — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:12:59 +0000

I spent part of the morning looking at stock mutual funds to move some of my cash holdings into.

Anyone have a suggestion?