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Perhaps Donald Trump is right, we may need an Alan Greenspan to guide the economy. The economy had its worst quarter in more than 4 years.

Ralph Lauren and Polo

Ralph Lauren is going great guns. It's nice to see a company with such great products
do really swell.

Stay Home this weekend, save your money

McDonald's earnings keep on growing. There has been quarterly earning growth for the
past 4 years. You will be paying dearly to travel this holiday weekend. Gas is at
its highest price ever.

What's going on? Bill Barker's Viewpoint

Please read this article published on the Motley Fool Website at
http://www.fool.com/personal-finance/retirement/2007/05/22/todays-historic-bubble-and-the-one-guarantee.aspx.
Today's Historic Bubble and the One Guarantee
By Bill Barker May 22, 2007
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Recently, you may have seen that there have been wide divergences in opinion about whether we're in the most spectacular bubble ever seen, or at a pretty decent time and place to invest new funds.

Such is always the case.

This time around, Jeremy Grantham, well-known skeptic, who has called a few bear markets correctly in his career, has written to his clients that we are in the middle of a bubble of historic proportions. "Everything is in bubble territory," he says. "Everything. The bursting of this bubble will be across all countries and all assets."

Yikes.

Seriously, yikes
Bubbles are a scary thing. The mere use of the term portends losses of 50%, 60% -- even 80% for broad asset classes. Something as prominent as the Nasdaq 100 (Nasdaq: QQQQ), led by stalwarts such as Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), managed to lose 80% of its value between 2000 and 2003. Today, the most popular place to look for a bubble is the international markets, with indexes captured by exchange-traded funds such as iShares China 25 (NYSE: FXI) or iShares MSCI Brazil (AMEX: EWZ) getting the most attention.

Meanwhile, Warren Buffett, long-term investor extraordinaire and occasional soothsayer about overpriced markets himself, has been very recently quoted as saying that today's prices, while not exceptionally cheap, are nevertheless acceptable.

Who's right? And is it necessary to know who's right before getting started investing?

Always trust the Australians
On this point, I'll defer to Australian personal finance writer Noel Whittaker, who I think sums up a truism about the market as well as I recall ever seeing. He writes, "Life is full of uncertainties. Future investment earnings and interest and inflation rates are not known to anybody. However, I can guarantee you one thing ... those who put an investment program in place will have a lot more money when they come to retire than those who never get around to it."

The truth is that there are always extremely well-informed opinions by investors with solid track records stating that now is not the time to invest. And it may not be. It certainly isn't the exact moment in time to put all of your money into one limited asset class -- but only because it never is. Whether today's mispriced asset class turns out to be international stocks, domestic small-cap stocks, real estate, junk bonds, gold, baseball cards, or oil futures -- no one can guarantee. (Though many will have opinions.)

The Foolish bottom line
The key to a healthy and happy retirement is to have a savings and investment plan, start as early as possible with it, allocate savings into a diversified portfolio, and have the discipline to keep it up over as many decades as you have available.

The usual carrot -- and it's a great one -- to get investors to start early with their savings, and to remain disciplined in adding to their investments, is to show the spectacular returns available through investments' compound returns. This page here should convince you.

If you're interested in learning more about how asset allocation can keep you away from truly suffering from any burst bubbles, how keeping the costs of a lifetime of investing at the minimum radically alters your retirement, and how adding small bits of judiciously managed higher-potential-rewards stocks to your portfolio can keep you pointed toward a fabulous retirement, take a 30-day no-risk free trial of Robert Brokamp's Rule Your Retirement service. We've had great success in helping to educate our readers about the rewards of a lifetime of saving, planning, and investing. That's our one guarantee.

Bill Barker does not own shares of any company mentioned in this article. Microsoft is a Motley Fool Inside Value recommendation. Amazon.com is a Stock Advisor pick. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Watch you Funds carefully

Do you have any Money Making Funds

indexed to the Dow. The Dow went briefly over
13,600. Will it make it to 14,000. Is there still steam left in the bull? Is
the market overheated? Should I be buying or selling?

The Bull is not out of energy, yet

S&P reaches was less than 3 points shy of its all time record set in March, 2002.
Great news if you have money invested in an index fund tied to the S&P or if
you have a federal employees thift savings account invested in the C fund.

China and U.S. - Cozy Financial Partners?

China is investing billions of dollars in the fund investment company, Blackwell.
Blackwell also plans to sell shares in the State ran China Stock Market.
After Japan, the United States owes the greatest proportion of debt to China.

Dieter Zetsche is Happy

Dieter Zetsche seems delighted to be loosing control of Chysler. Even if they did
loose money. Now he just wants to make Mercedes Benz better.

Greenspan to work for Plimco

Alan Greenspan is now working as a consultant for an investment company. This company has the largest bond fund on the market. So how would you like to have Greenspan giving advice
to your Money Making Funds

?

What's Up with Ford?

Will the Ford Family sell some of their stock in the Ford Motor Company? It would be selling
stock for much less than it was in 1999. Same say the company would be better off, if the
family relinquished some of their control. William Ford has drawn criticism for how he has
ran the company.

Go Green, Save Money

Put more money in the bank by going green. Save money. And you can purchase these new
fangled light bulbs at Walmart. Not only do they save you money(25% with the Power Company); they lasts much longer. Then maybe you can afford to fill up your car.

Go Green, Save Money

Put more money in the bank by going green. Save money. And you can purchase these new
fangled light bulbs at Walmart. Not only do they save you money(25% with the Power Company); they lasts much longer. Then maybe you can afford to fill up your car.

Go Green, Save Money

Put more money in the bank by going green. Save money. And you can purchase these new
fangled light bulbs at Walmart. Not only do they save you money(25% with the Power Company); they lasts much longer. Then maybe you can afford to fill up your car.

Will gas be $4 a gallon this summer?

Some are predicting that gasoline prices at the pump this summer may reach $4.

It wouldn't hurt if you had Money Invested in a S&P index fund

If you have your money making funds Money Making Funds
invested in an S&P index fund, you would be in high cotton now. It almost beat its 2,000 record
high yesterday.

What's the Future of the Wall Street Journal

Are any of your
Money Making Funds

invested in the Wall Street Journal? The Bancroft
Family owns over 60% in voting shares. Will they be willing to part with their
beloved Dow Jones Company for $5Billion?