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'Hope and Hold' ETF Portfolios Somewhat Worse for Wear
Posted on October 01, 2008
My family asked that, while on a 4-day break, I refrain from posts to the ETF Expert blog. We all needed a weekend of quality time. Little did I know that 9/29/2008 would register a 777 on the Richter Magnitude Scale for stock market damage. The House didn't pass the rescue package? Fortunately, I've had a large percentage of assets in cash and income-oriented assets for quite some time. (See the Wisdom of Avoiding the Big Loss. ) Nevertheless, I still needed to talk to colleagues via cell phone and Internet to determine the damage to core stock holdings....
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