If the latter, you would probably be better off putting two-thirds (or more) of your money in cash investments and buying a straightforward index fund with the balance.

FORBES: Another Option

In managing a portfolio that has a bias toward equities the balance is usually a combination of cash equity and index or sector tracker funds.

FORBES: Optional Opportunity

The solution is a "dual-index" mortgage, in which the principal balance is indexed to inflation, and payments are indexed to Mexico's government-decreed minimum wage.

FORBES: Mortgaging The Future

U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the weekly Goldman Sachs and Johnson Redbook chain store sales reports, the international trade balance, Treasury international capital flows, and the NAHB housing index.

FORBES: A.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold Weaker on Profit Taking, Chart Consolidation

The ET reported that 45 out of 85 companies in the Bombay Stock Exchange 100 index, excluding banks, have added to heir cash balance sheet.

FORBES: Like U.S. Peers, India Corporates Hold Cash, Not Spending

The Dow Jones Transportation Average has been a market leader since the 2009 lows, but the index gave up that leadership in May when the weekly on-balance volume (OBV) formed a negative divergence.

FORBES: December Holds Key to the Future

In an ETF, managers balance the share makeup of the fund so it accurately reflects the performance of its underlying index, charging lower fees.

WSJ: Investors Sour on Pro Stock Pickers

Croesus first wrote about Markit in August 2007 (see "Profiting from the Meltdown"), in a story about how a few major firms created an index of subprime mortgages (ABX) and one for leveraged loans on their balance sheets that needed to be hedged (LCDX).

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