Comments on: Are You Changing Your Asset Allocation? Contest for $$!

By: Shevy

Shevy — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:07:17 +0000

Um, just a comment about the time because you said the cutoff was 8 PM and I see the time on my post above is shown as 9:04 PM. Except that it’s 6:04 Pacific Time (i.e. where I am). Does this mean I missed my chance?

By: Shevy

Shevy — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:04:24 +0000

I basically have a money market account (that accumulates my money until I have enough for a GIC) and a series of GICs, plus my locked in plan from a previous employer and a paid for annuity (ditto). The only change I’ve made recently is to stop my weekly payments into the money market account while I switch to a different financial institution but I’ll restart that soon.

I may not be making double digits but I haven’t lost any of my retirement money yet.

By: Looby

Looby — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:19:04 +0000

No changes for me, depressingly I have another 35+ years of working ahead of me.

By: mary

mary — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:17:06 +0000

no change

By: Paolo

Paolo — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:27:08 +0000

I’m in it for the long term. No change in allocation on my part.

By: David

David — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:46:27 +0000

I’m just getting started in the game, so with our emergency fund, and a short term bond for down payment savings we actually have very little invested in equities. I’m contemplating ‘borrowing’ from our emergency fund to take advantage of the sale.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:30:32 +0000

No change. if i haven’t changed till now, might as well stick with it long term as per the original plan

By: JM

JM — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:51:40 +0000

No change for now. Will reassess mid 2009.

By: Thicken My Wallet

Thicken My Wallet — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:29:25 +0000

I trying to get cash to 30% from 20%. Yes, 30%. Fixed income is in a bit of a bubble so I am waiting this out before I go back into fixed income.

By: Ace Sarion

Ace Sarion — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:17:09 +0000

No change, for now!