You can always find these gloom and doom books, I'm certain the authors mean well, but somehow these crazy predictions never come through. From an investment standpoint diversifying your assets and taking a long term horizon trumps all the crazy swings in the market.

Scott Burns' articles on couch potato investing are right on the money; simple diversification and long term planning. Over a long period of time you are well served with his advice. Burns used to be a financial write for the Dallas Morning News and is now semi-retired and is involved with a money management firm. That said, his couch potato investment idea goes back long before his new career.
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