Comments on: MMM-096: Bear Market Medley http://MadMoneyMachine.com/2008/01/25/mmm-096/ BEST BUSINESS PODCAST NOMINEE 2006 and 2007. Paul Douglas Boyer takes on Wall Street with complete laziness and reviews the Mad Money recommendations of Jim Cramer. Plus: Money-making idea segments like Guru Roulette, Tools in the Crib, and Portfolio Smackdown. Subscribe to get the lastest episodes! More info at MadMoneyMachine.com. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:44:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paul Douglas Boyer http://MadMoneyMachine.com/2008/01/25/mmm-096/comment-page-1/#comment-22871 Paul Douglas Boyer Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:20:11 +0000 http://MadMoneyMachine.com/2008/01/25/mmm-096/#comment-22871 You are correct to point that out. Buying and holding the S&P 500 could be a great portion of one's portfolio, but as I said, if that is one's primary investment then one is not adequately diversified. Admittedly a tangential relationship to active investing (not active trading) in that one is "picking" the US Large Cap sector to be the best performer versus a larger investment in the whole world and in more heavily weighting small value stocks. Thanks for the comment. You are correct to point that out. Buying and holding the S&P 500 could be a great portion of one’s portfolio, but as I said, if that is one’s primary investment then one is not adequately diversified. Admittedly a tangential relationship to active investing (not active trading) in that one is “picking” the US Large Cap sector to be the best performer versus a larger investment in the whole world and in more heavily weighting small value stocks. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: ReadBuySleep http://MadMoneyMachine.com/2008/01/25/mmm-096/comment-page-1/#comment-22860 ReadBuySleep Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:13:01 +0000 http://MadMoneyMachine.com/2008/01/25/mmm-096/#comment-22860 Hi Paul, great show as usual. One question: You say in this episode: "Are you primarily invested in S&P 500 thinking this provides adequate diversification? [...] Then you're an active investor" Isn't this the strategy that launched passive investing, with the 1976 launch of the Vanguard S&P 500 index fund? I guess, you could say that you could diversify some more, but is it really Active Trading? Hi Paul, great show as usual. One question: You say in this episode:

“Are you primarily invested in S&P 500 thinking this provides adequate diversification? [...] Then you’re an active investor”

Isn’t this the strategy that launched passive investing, with the 1976 launch of the Vanguard S&P 500 index fund? I guess, you could say that you could diversify some more, but is it really Active Trading?

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