10% Short term Bonds +\n10% INTERMEDIATE Bonds +\n10% InFLATION protected Bonds +\n20% Large cap Stocks + \n5%  Mid Cap Stocks + \n5%  Small Cap Stocks + \n20% Foreign Stocks + \n20% Dividend Growth Stocks"only
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You'll never find it, and if you did it would change soon.  You'll have to buy 8 funds, preferably ETF's, to get this exact breakdown.
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The math depends slightly depending on what 10% annual return indicates (specifically, if you want the return to be compounded).\n\nHowever, the principle here is that if you're looking at a zero coupon bond, there are no interest payments, so the return is going to be exclusively realized in getting the principal back.  Also, since we're talking about returns, we won't include factors such as the riskless rate, etc.\n\nBasically, you have the following:\n\nToday:  Pay $X to receive bond\n5 Years Later:  Receive $2000\nDesired return:  10%\n\nUsing the more simple example of an uncompounded bond, the formula is:\n\nFuture = Today * (1 + rate) ^ time\n\n$2000 = $X * (1.10) ^ 5\n\nBacking it out, $X = $1241.82\n\nIn this case, having a zero coupon bond makes the math easy.  Had it paid a coupon, it would have been a tad more complicated.
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Hi, i suggest a great site with plenty of Issues related to your Investing and everything around it. it also provide clear and accurate answer to many common questions.\n\nhttp://investing.sitesled.com/\n\nI am sure that you can get your answers in this website.\n\nGood Luck and Best Wishes!
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The standard reference is:  Ibbotson Associates' Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation.  It is updated annually.  The answer is 10.4% for stocks from 1926-2004.  3.8% for 1 month T-bills. The book costs $110 dollars, but you can find websites that use the Ibbotson data like these:
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Options  -  50 questions\nMunicipal Securities - 50 questions\nPackaged Securities- 20 questions\nDirect participation programs - 15 questions\nCorporate Securities - 15 questions\nSecurities industry regulations - 15 questions\nExchange operation / NYSE - 15 questions\nEconomics and securities analysis - 15 questions\nMargin - 10 questions\nUS government securities - 15 questions\nRetirement plans and taxation - 15 questions\nCustomer Accounts - 15 questions\n\nthis breakdown changes every now and then, but the topics are the same.
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Sir Section 54 of the Income Tax Act 1961 gives the details of saving tax it goes that you have either to purchase bonds as you mentioned but it wont help as those bond would have to be reinvested in same Capital asset rather you can go for another same type of asset of same value you have 3 years from the date of sale or get your money invested in bond and keep renewing each tenure and the last option will be pay a tax and the correctly specifed rate
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investing your money. You can do that 10 dollars at a time. Contact Scottrade or ETrade for starters.
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YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING !!!   No one should have more than 5 % of their total investments in any one stock.   If you purchased it at $ .50 (total investment = $ 5,000 ), wait til it hits $ 1.00 and then sell off half.  You now have all of your investment back and no matter what happens,  you are safe.  If it goes to $2.00,  sell off another half.    Then just sit back and hope that it goes to $ 10 and splits.  In a few years, you could have 10,000 shares worth $ 100,000 but, in the meantime, you have had no sleepless nights worrying about it.
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feel free to contact me at \nannie.chang@pspmortgage.com\n\nI have a list of private investors depending on what you are looking for.
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Here is one aggressive asset allocation that I would suggest:\n15% large-cap\n15% mid-cap\n15% small-cap\n10% international\n10% special sector (e.g., healthcare)\n10% fix income (e.g., bonds)\n10% cash \n\nHere is what I recently read: "The smartest investors concentrate on what makes a difference: asset allocation." Therefore, no matter how aggressive you are, you should get your asset allocation right and keeping your costs as low as possible.
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The tax rate on long term capital gains other than listed securities or units is 20%. Thus , in your case , it will be 20% .\n          \nExplanation ot Section 112 of the I T Act makes it clear that ONLY securities or units have the benefit of option regarding indexation i.e 10% on LTCG without indexation or 20% with indexation.\n\nPlease read the Explanation to Section 112\n"Provided that where the tax payable in respect of any income arising from the transfer of a long-term capital asset, being listed securities or unit or zero coupon bond, exceeds ten per cent of the amount of capital gains before giving effect to the provisions of the second proviso to section 48, then, such excess shall be ignored for the purpose of computing the tax payable by the assessee."\n       As far as saving on LTCG is concerned , you can take the benefit of Section 54EC by investing whole of LTCG in bonds issued by   either  by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development  or\n\nNational Highways Authority of India Rural  or Electrification Corporation Limited,or\nNational Housing Bank,or\nSmall Industries Development Bank of India ,\n\nwithin SIX months from the date of transfer .\n\nYou can also take the benefit of Section 54F of the I TAct for saving tax on long term capital gain tax by investing the Sale Value of the long term capital asset in any residential house  within a period of one year before or two years after the date on which the transfer took place purchased, or has within a period of three years after that date constructed, a residential house .\n\nRemember this benefit is not available to you in following cases\n i) You own more than one residential house, other than the new asset, on the date of transfer of the original asset; or\n\n(ii) You purchases any residential house, other than the new asset, within a period of one year after the date of transfer of the original asset; or\n\n(iii) You constructs any residential house, other than the new asset, within a period of three years after the date of transfer of the original asset; and
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The answer to this depends on what you will need the money for, and when you'll need it. If it's anything over 10 years (ie retirement, kids' college education, saving for that vacation home, etc), equities-based investments are the way to go. Long term, they've average an 11% return, compared to 6.8% for real estate, 5% for bonds, and 2.5% for cash investments. Of course, stocks are a lot more volatile than most other kinds of investments (excepting commodities, of course), so short-term, a mostly-stock portfolio is a no-go.\n\nIndividual stocks are usually way too risky to even bother with, to be even more forthcoming. In 2000, you could have invested in the #1 energy company in the U.S., or the #2 phone company. What could have been more stable than a couple of leading utilities? Ask the shareholders of Enron and Worldcom, respectively. No, a far smarter, and safer, way to get that needed equity exposure is through high-quality mutual funds. I'm not talking the junky tech-bombs that exploded on the scene the late 90's. I'm talking about quality funds that own quality stocks, and have a quality track record to back it up.\n\nNo matter what route you go with, the most important thing is to DIVERSIFY. Diversify, diversify, diversify. I can't say it enough. A good rule of thumb for most people is that your age should be the percentage you are in fixed income investments, like bonds, CDs, and cash. Thus, the older you get, the more conservative you'll become. Of course, your individual risk tolerance will vary.\n\nAssuming you are 25, a sample portfolio like the following will be sufficient:\n\n20% Large-cap stocks\n20% Mid/small cap stocks\n20% International stocks\n5% Real Estate Investments\n5% Commodities\n5% Precious Metals\n10% Government bonds\n10% Corporate Bonds\n5% International bonds\n\nAs daunting as that may or may not look, it can be achieved very easily through just a few mutual funds. Consult a financial advisor, or do the research yourself if you have the time, tools, and talent. Oh, and the discipline. That's probably the #1 reason people go to financial advisors: they realize they don't have the discipline to stick with a plan on their own.\n\nA portfolio like the one above should average 8-10% annually, or better. They key is that all the different asset calsses behave differently when the same economic event happens, like, say, interest rates risiin, or a war starting in Bulgaria. Stocks behave differently than bonds, which behave differently than commodities, which behave differently tha real estate, etc.\n\nThis sort of portfolio should average 8-12% per year, so just split the difference and say 10%. Will it do 10% EVERY year? Of course not. I'd be surprised if it ever did EXACTLY 10%. That's an annual average. Using the "Rule of 72", where you divide the number 72 by your return % to see how often your money will double, we see that if this portfolio is earning 10%, it will double every 7.2 years. Compare that to a money market earning 2%, which will double every 36 years!\n\nSo, in 7 years you should have about $140,000\nin 14 years you should have about $280,000\nin 21 years you should have about $560,000\nin 28 years you should have about $1,120,000\nin 35 years you should have about $2,240,000\nin 42 years you should have about $4,480,000\nin 49 years you should have about $8,960,000\nin 56 years you should have about $17,920,000\nand on and on and on....\n\nOf course, if you keep adding money in, say $100 a month, you'll become a millionaire MUCH sooner. The key is discipline, and sticking in when markets are up OR down. Don't try to time the market--you'll NEVER get it right.\n\nHope this helps!\n--J.
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You can find the answer here.\n\nhttp://www.swlearning.com/finance/brigham/ffm10e/ffm10e.html\n\nGo to chapter 8 and it will explain how to solve.
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www.morningstar.com might have some stuff. \nother then that... im a stock retard and i got a D in Econ. when i gratuated haha
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It depends what you invest in. US t-bonds will give you about 5%, German bonds 8%, and Brazil 12.5% or so (no capital gains taxes in Brazil either!). Of course, as you can guess, though, the higher the reward, the higher the risk.
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http://toolsformoney.com/bond_calculator.htm
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They should.\nBond ladders are a good thing to use when investing in bonds.