re: Investment Advice: IRA, bonds, etc

In general, I have 3 types of mutual funds:

Equity (90% of better in the stock market);

Balanced (example is 60% equity and 40 % fixed); and

Fixed Income (bonds - muni, high yield, investment grade, etc)


Here are my Equity MF's - FLPSX, VDAIX, VFIAX, VEIPX, VGHAX, VDIGX. Also looking at Smead Value (SMVLX) and VHDYX.

Or you could buy stocks straight up. I have GE, which has been described as a mutual fund. I was burned by financial stocks I bought in 2/08, so I have been moving toward in MF's.