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<blockquote data-quote="Flipx99" data-source="post: 3613855" data-attributes="member: 562352">I would just like to remind everyone that an IRA year is 16 months. So if you are a big budgeter kind of person....a $4,000 per year amounts to $125 bi-weekly contribution.Here are the funds I currently participate in:AMERICAN CENTURY MID CAP VALUE INV (ACMVXAMERICAN CENTURY LIFE SCIENCES INV (ALSIX)BARON PARTNERS (BPTRX)JANUS OVERSEAS (JAOSX)JANUS CONTRARIAN (JSVAX)VAN KAMPEN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH A (VIFAX)** -- I am stuck with this fund as it was transferred in. Since eTrade isn&#039;t a vendor, they can&#039;t sell it. So I am kinda stuck with it.And here is my performance thus far:YTD&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; JAN&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FEB&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MAR&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; APR&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MAY&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; JUN&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; JUL&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AUG SEP OCT NOV16.89% 1.12% -1.15% 0.73% 3.61% 4.32% -0.85% -1.47% -0.80% 6.61% 4.58% -2.22%- Notice how poorly I did for the 1st quarter...doubling the S&amp;amp;P is about sticking to your strat.-The majority of this portfolio will be rolled over by Jan. I feel the flight to quality may be over soon, and then it&#039;s time to get back into risk.-Notice I don&#039;t hold any individual stocks in my retirement. Although I watch the market everyday, work out problems in the classroom everday, I still can&#039;t predict where a stock will be tomorrow or 6 months from now. But I do get a sense from Economic Indicators what sectors will do well.-I&#039;ll stick with the Life Sciences fund as that is a 3 year play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flipx99, post: 3613855, member: 562352"] I would just like to remind everyone that an IRA year is 16 months. So if you are a big budgeter kind of person....a $4,000 per year amounts to $125 bi-weekly contribution. Here are the funds I currently participate in: AMERICAN CENTURY MID CAP VALUE INV (ACMVX AMERICAN CENTURY LIFE SCIENCES INV (ALSIX) BARON PARTNERS (BPTRX) JANUS OVERSEAS (JAOSX) JANUS CONTRARIAN (JSVAX) VAN KAMPEN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH A (VIFAX)* * -- I am stuck with this fund as it was transferred in. Since eTrade isn't a vendor, they can't sell it. So I am kinda stuck with it. And here is my performance thus far: YTD JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV 16.89% 1.12% -1.15% 0.73% 3.61% 4.32% -0.85% -1.47% -0.80% 6.61% 4.58% -2.22% - Notice how poorly I did for the 1st quarter...doubling the S&P is about sticking to your strat. -The majority of this portfolio will be rolled over by Jan. I feel the flight to quality may be over soon, and then it's time to get back into risk. -Notice I don't hold any individual stocks in my retirement. Although I watch the market everyday, work out problems in the classroom everday, I still can't predict where a stock will be tomorrow or 6 months from now. But I do get a sense from Economic Indicators what sectors will do well. -I'll stick with the Life Sciences fund as that is a 3 year play. [/QUOTE]

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