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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2242484, member: 71510&quot;]Thanks for the feedback on this one.&nbsp; I needed to hear &quot;laymen terms&quot; and what everyone else got out of it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m getting the same thing.&nbsp; Uncertainty, and investors looking for a safe haven as we ride out the &quot;stealth recession&quot; as I call it (jobs being created, wages going up, but being offset by taxes, fees, healthcare, etc - and no long term GDP driving industrial growth).</p><p><br /></p><p>The wife and I are at a fortunate crossroads and at an opportune time to make some short and long term moves with a nice windfall - and we want to make sure we use it to secure our retirement - regardless of market fluctuations.&nbsp; I&#039;m doing my normal &quot;measure 4492319 times, cut once&quot; method.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;m reading is &quot;safe haven&quot; and what I&#039;m seeing from history during the 88-1992 era is large corrections which one would typically associate with a changing of the guard (lame duck president and transition from conservative to liberal president) and a very large negative stock correction in that era.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone in here has convinced me to move 100% of all our assets into Lottery Tickets.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In all seriousness, I got a lot from everyone&#039;s feedback.&nbsp; Re-affirms my gut instincts.&nbsp; We spent Friday afternoon talking to my wife&#039;s family &quot;so-called&quot; financial advisor that was trying to convince me that I didn&#039;t know enough to make financial decisions (in other words - pay me to do it for you).&nbsp; When I pulled out my 5 year portfolio track results and compared to his - he ate a large piece of humble pie.</p><p><br /></p><p>He is used to &quot;set it and forget it&quot; investors, and he does pretty well by them - but I was able to beat his target portfolio by just over 2 times ROI over 5yrs.&nbsp; I&#039;m a micro-manager I guess. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sticking to my contrarian platform and avoiding the herd.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]KR1WO246iXk[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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