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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2185643, member: 71510&quot;]Anyone can use a small section of history in an attempt to prove a point.&nbsp; If you look at the larger picture prior to the chart showing the last 5 years - you will see a different story.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s always a time and place for good investments in a variety of vehicles.&nbsp; It&#039;s always good to diversify.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the last 6 months I&#039;ve been moving 10% out of my wife&#039;s 401k stock funds and into &quot;stable value / bond mix&quot; each time the Dow hit over 18,100.&nbsp; All gains solidly booked and saved off.&nbsp; Now we&#039;re sitting with 70% that lost &quot;almost nothing&quot; as everyone else took a 2-3% correction this month.&nbsp; And there&#039;s more to come in my opinion.&nbsp; A 10% correction is well overdue and politics ought to be a good catalyst this summer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Election year turmoil is about to hit, along with all of the other gloom and doom.&nbsp; Everyone&#039;s on the stock bus - time to get off in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.cdn-seekingalpha.com/uploads/2011/5/14/377194-130538788053123-Richard-Shaw_origin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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