Someone close to retiring should be invested 90% in bonds and money market and 10% in defensive stocks.
Where did he rant? He shared what he himself has done. If you don't host strangers then that is your own personal choice, why does that make Sig attacking anyone?
pfft yeah, buy bonds when rates are at record lows...grreat idea can i hire you as my financial adviser
Just b/c you talked once to a Muslim does not mean you know anything about their beliefs. Unless you have already converted to Islam you are an infidel of a lower class.
It has worked very well for several years now, bonds performed very well. And bonds in retirement accounts should be bought that mature during the expected retirement time span. You might want to listen more carefully to Bill and Jeff.
It would be interesting to hear you out b/c you have talked to a Muslim one time or two. I guess they told you that Islam is a religion of peace and not much else.
So much talk and so little information, very boring. Aristocracy - Elite - Wealthy - Mass Populace - Bipolar - Schizophrenic - Psychopath Every few decades the populace is pushed and pulled between the extremes, they are followers. In 2016 the followers are pulled to the right hand side where many politicians and business sit. The right can be part of the left and the left can be part of the right, there are no rules. The right side produce endless amounts of noise for three reasons. 1) they are not so smart making decisions and obfuscate themselves in case they are wrong 2) they drown out the information from the left side who can easily make decisions 3) they need money to provide an 'illusion' of true left thereby generating followers Everyone believes we're in short term push/pull, only the true left know it's much more. Who's better for the economy, the one who's closet to true left, not illusionary left. Unfortunately very few politicians in any G~ country are true left, so the choice is least worst. The Smart Money is very clear on their view, a systemic event is on the short term horizon. Note: Left & Right are arbitrary and can be inverted.
without knowing the life expectancy of the person and the person's financial position your general advice is both clueless and worthless. it never ceases to amaze how on this board etc people without expertise give advice, which if someone was foolish enough to to take would end in disaster.