Welcome, Mr Contrary! I take it from your avatar that you have recently moved from California to Texas? Personally, I think the PP would be a pretty good place to put this money. You see a potential issue with each asset class: buying them all is a pretty good hedge. Thanks Xan. Long time lurker an...

I make a comfortable salary and have low living expenses, and seem to have an excess of 1k-2k/month. I don't really want to invest this money, as there are some medium term goals I want to save for (3-5 years), but I"m not sure where to put the money in the interim. The tricky part is that I ma...

Fed policy has a significant impact on the economy and business which is why so much attention is given to what they do. The Fed can have a huge impact on the stock market but it's not like someone at the Fed is waving a wand or rubbing a lamp and saying "Stock Market go down" and poof it...