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[jIM_Ohio]

Thread crapper here. Keep a diversified domestic and international stock portfolio. Forget about the other junk. Obviously I've been way early on this call, but eventually energy and commodities will tank. Stocks are way cheap now and will prevail as they always do.

Yeah, this is my line of thinking. Past performance is no guarantee... yet we all use past performance to justify investing to some degree (if I expected only 7% returns from equities, I would be investing heavily in bonds- much less risk for about the same return).

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Thread crapper here. Keep a diversified domestic and international stock portfolio. Forget about the other junk. Obviously I've been way early on this call, but eventually energy and commodities will tank. Stocks are way cheap now and will prevail as they always do.

Disagree with this one.

Remember the bull run of Microsoft and other technology had in the 80's and 90's?

There will be a bull run on energy like we have never seen before.

[sidney7]

Although it's impossible to predict, I personally would hold off on the energy until at least winter to see how it pans out. It may keep going up, who knows, but it definitely has had a major run-up that may drop back down. Either way if you do an ETF you will be safe in the long haul. What's your time frame? Energy over the next 5 and 10 years will almost certainly go up so if you aren't in a rush then I see no harm in buying now.

[yellow heel]

My time horizon is pretty long. I would say another 30 years or so.

Is there good etf or fund that concentrates on commodities? I think I can find plenty that focuses on energy.

[poundwise]

Help me spice up my portfolio!

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