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Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. is a Naples, FL and Newport, RI based financial advisory firm. We have been ranked by Barron’s as one of the top independent financial advisors in the nation for the last eight consecutive years. We manage portfolios for individuals, families, and small businesses throughout the United States.

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A Conservative Strategy is the Mandate

February 28, 2011

February 2011 Client Letter

The value of the U.S. stock market has doubled from its March 2009 lows and has vaulted almost 30% since this past August. Fueling the bull stampede is the Fed’s continued ultra-accommodative monetary policy, improved economic momentum, a pre–presidential election year (the average stock-market return in year three of a presidential cycle is 17.5%), and investors’ rising risk appetite (flows into stock funds are on the rise). Wall Street strategists seem optimistic: recent average price targets for 2011 project that the S&P 500 will reach 1,400, an 11% gain.

Adding Currencies to a Portfolio

December 16, 2010

December 2010 Client Letter

With momentum appearing to be behind the stock market, now may be a good time to review one of the most important considerations of investing: risk. Risk tolerance varies among individuals and even varies for the same individual during different market environments and time periods. Because an investor’s tolerance for volatility is subjective, risk tolerance can be difficult to measure precisely.

Investing in Emerging Markets: Brazil

November 5, 2010

November 2010 Client Letter

In the early 1980s, the stock market’s tank was fueled up and ready to roll. Short-term interest rates had topped 19% by January 1981. In October 1981, 30-year mortgages were 18%. As interest rates began a two-decade secular decline, the stock market exploded. From August 1982 through March 2000, the S&P 500 returned an amazing 19% a year, nearly double what it had returned the previous five decades. A whole generation of investors grew accustomed to a seemingly endless run of asset growth.

Bond Strategies for a Low-Yield World

October 8, 2010

October 2010 Client Letter

One of the more surprising developments this year has been the relatively strong performance of most bonds and bond funds. One of our firm’s largest holdings, Vanguard GNMA, has a year-to-date total return of 6.5%.  This return comes on the heels of steady performances in 2009 (up 5.29%) and 2008     (up 7.22%).

We invest in Vanguard GNMA expecting the fund’s total return to approximate the fund’s current yield.  By example, if Vanguard GNMA’s SEC yield is 3.5%, we would expect its year-end total return to be approximately 3.5%. This year, the fund has exceeded our expectations by posting a total return several percentage points higher than its yield.  The pickup in appreciation has been an especially welcome development in today’s low-yield environment.

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