Bear Market Investment Strategy - The Bear Stearns Bailout

Do you have the proper investment strategy as the downside risks in the stock market get worse? Trying to predict the stock market is almost impossible so it’s important to watch the economic trend and invest appropriately. With the recent announcement of the bailout for Bear Stearns we see risks growing even higher in the economy and stock market. We started protecting our portfolio last year as the economic numbers started looking bad and this has greatly helped our portfolio. Over the last year the Market Flavor portfolio is up almost 10% as the S&P 500 is down almost 10% over the same time period. With Bear Stearns stumbling we feel they could be the first to drop out of many companies struggling to stay in business. Businesses are cutting jobs, consumer and business spending is down, and consumer confidence is incredibly low. Make sure you have an investment strategy that will stay strong as the stock market continues to slide.

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Stock Market Performance in 2007 - The S&P 500 vs. The Market Flavor Portfolio

With a disappointing finish to 2007, the S&P 500 ended the year with a 3.5% gain. We are pleased to report that the Market Flavor Portfolio returned a very impressive 21.13%, from inception (3/1/07).

The Market Flavor Portfolio was created on March 1st 2007 and over that comparable time period the S&P 500 performance was only 4.65%. Without adding a lot of risk, the Market Flavor Portfolio outperformed the S&P 500 by an incredible 16.48 percentage points for the comparable time period. That equates to a staggering 250% increase over the performance of the S&P 500! We are very pleased to have provided this level of performance to our members and we are diligently working to try and repeat this great performance in 2008. With Market Flavor you can count on a quality stock portfolio without drastically increasing your portfolio risk.

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Best Investments for 2008 Q1

With a bad ending for stocks in 2007 and a weak economic outlook for 2008, we have been advising our members to maintain a conservative stock portfolio and to also utilize a high yield online savings account. Until we see an improvement in the US economy we feel it’s too risky to be fully invested in the stock market.

The best investment for 2008 is to park your cash in a high yield online savings account, at least for the first quarter of 2008. With all the currently stock market risk we think you have a much better chance of loosing money in the stock market during the first quarter of 2008 then making money. With odds like this it’s a much better idea to park money somewhere with a guaranteed 5% return.

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