Bonds are not bad.

You make an asset allocation, which includes bonds and stocks, through someone low cost like Vanguard. You ignore your portfolio. Rebalance it once or twice a year and go on with life. Very simple.

Anonymous wrote:Well, you can buy bonds rather than a bond fund, that way you don't sustain the capital loss.
Other than that, income property, reits, dividend-paying shares, foreign bonds. Diversify and hope for the best.

Worst case scenario, see if you can turn some tricks in the Tenleytown Wholefoods car park.

What a jerk. Nicest adjective I could come up with.

Preferred ETFs

PFF, PGX, PGF

High Yield ETFs PEY, and VIG,

Or a basket of of High Yield Champions

Or I can across this article this mornin:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1486021-own-these-world-s-leading-brands-and-never-fear-a-recession-again?source=email_the_daily_dispatch&ifp=0

Well, you can buy bonds rather than a bond fund, that way you don't sustain the capital loss.
Other than that, income property, reits, dividend-paying shares, foreign bonds. Diversify and hope for the best.

Worst case scenario, see if you can turn some tricks in the Tenleytown Wholefoods car park.

I thought you were supposed to be buy bonds and money market after retiring.

What are you supposed to do now.

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/06/07/the-problem-with-bonds-and-ultra-low-interest-rates/?iid=HP_LN