The original strategy involved investing half of an investor's assets in an S&P 500 Index fund and half in a fund mirroring the Shearson/Lehman Intermediate Bond Index.

原始的策略包括投资者将一半的资产投到标准普尔500指数基金(S&P 500 Index Fund)，另一半投到希尔森-雷曼中期债券指数(Shearson/Lehman INtermediate Bond Index)。

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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with long technical names often use catchy or easy-to-remember symbols in order to bolster their marketability as well as indicate their portfolios. (NYSE: MUNI) is the ticker for Pimco Intermediate Muni Bond Strategy ETF which invests in municipal bonds, while (NYSE: CORN) represents Teucrium Corn Fund ETF that tracks the price of corn.

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