Thanks for the info. Actually, I’m trying to stay away from the entire stock market with this set of funds. The only reason is because as is 80% of all my total assets are already in the stock market in one shape or form (stocks, indexes, mutual) in both domestic and international. And i really don’t this next chunk to be also.
That clears up the question I had. You are looking for what to do with an amount that is roughly 20% of your portfolio, not the whole ball of wax.
Here’s a few non-stock things I’ve added in the past year or two to zig when the market zags. These aren’t conservative ways to make 10-12%, but they definitely march to their own beat relative to stocks.
UDN – ETF that bets on a declining dollar
FXY – ETF that tracks movement of the Yen.
DBC – ETF that tracks commodities index
RQI – closed end real estate fund (probably near the end of the cycle on this, but don’t confuse residential RE mess with commercial RE. Commercial RE has remained strong much longer is lagging residential)
