Monthly Archives: October 2008

Three main lessons from the Crash of ‘08

If you are upset about what’s happened to your portfolio, that’s in the past and we must now look forward. Here are a few lessons to help you consider what to do next.
1. Get Your “Sleep-At-Night” Allocations Right. The most important investment decision we make is what percentage of our nest egg to put into [...]


A Lehman Brothers ETF – Is Not A Lehman Brothers ETF

My title sounds a little stupid, right? Wrong. Many of our MarketRiders members and investors new to ETFs have been worried about having ETFs with the name “Lehman” in their portfolios, particularly the prolific Lehman 1-3 Year Treasure Bond Funds (SHY) or the Lehman TIPs Bond Fund (TIP). Some investors [...]