Beginning of 2013. The year is not over yet. This is kind of crazy. Thats more than double you get in an average year. But those big gains have probably thrown your portfolio, assuming you have one, out of whack by making it too stock heavy. That can spell danger to you in the future if you do not rebalance soon. Lets say that youre an investor you want to take on a moderate level of risk, i base this on the idea that maybe youre 50 years old. This is geared for you. 60 this stocks and 40 in bonds. A real port tollio would break these off into further holdings and include alternatives, gold a precious metals. But lets assume that you started 2013 with a portfolio that looks Something Like this. Since january 1st, it has increased your stock to 66 of your portfolio, your bonds have shrunk to 40 , and its not what you intended it to be. This is now the portfolio of someone who takes more risks than you want to. We brought analysts and experts on the show to debate whether its time to get
Thanks for watching. Im Christine Romans following fiscal cliff all day and night. Ashleigh banfield returning tomorrow. Newsroom with Suzanne Malveaux starts right now. Welcome back to cnn newsroom. Heres whats going on right now. 2013 hitting right now in bangkok, thailand. Were looking at live pictures there as the celebrations and the fireworks exploding there. Lots of picturetaking and a lot of excitement there. Right now Pope Benedict holding a new years eve mass at st. Peters basilica. They will celebrate the new year in six hours. A couple of hours ago folks toasted 2013 in new zealand. Check it out. Pretty cool. Party started with fireworks with the auckland sky it tower. Organizers were worried bad weather would be a problem, but everything turned out just fine. Congratulations. The second major city to ring in the new year, sydney, australia. Check it out. Wow, that is over city harbor bridge. The show is huge. We are talking about seven tons of fireworks. Happy new years al
Happening now in the newsroom just four days until we go over the socalled fiscal cliff. Why that deadline could hit unemployed americans hard. Training teachers to defend themselves and their students. Hundreds of educators attend a free gun class in utah. Its the latest response to the Newtown School massacre thats attracting a lot of attention this morning. Thousands of dockworkers could put the u. S. Economy at risk if they go on strike on sunday. Well take you inside the crisis some are calling the container cliff. And sea world taking its water act all the way to wall street. Why investors could soon own a peace of shamu. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning. Im Victor Blackwell. Carol has the morning off. With the nation still reeling from the shooting massacre in newtown, connecticut, and engaged in a National Debate on gun control, chicago suffered a grim milestone last night, a man was killed in a shooting on chicagos dangerous west side. This scene marks chicagos 500th ho
Stories were watching now in the newsroom do you have a right to know if your neighbor owns a gun . A new york paper thinks so, they published a map of people with gun permits and well talk to someone who is on that list in just a minute. A snag for thousands of holiday travelers, the killer winter storm arrives in the northeast, were already seeing long delays, hundreds of flights canceled, and highway traffic snarled. 1. 1 billion toyota agrees to settle a Class Action Lawsuit over unintended acceleration and also installed new safety features and a shark tank in a Shopping Mall explodes, sending sharks flying everywhere and shoppers running for their lives. Newsroom starts now. Good morning, im carol costello. Jobless claims fall to a fouryear low. Alison kosik joins us from the New York Stock Exchange to tell us more. This winds up being a big improvement for jobless claims number falling 12,000 last week to 350,000, and what that means is that the level now is close to the lowest
Between the credit cards and Student Loans . Well show you surefire ways to crush those bills. Must have essentials to keep you out of the red and in the black for 2013. Help wanted tuesday follows black monday, seven nfl head coaches are looking for jobs after being sacked. And private pot party. New year and a new place to light up in colorado, members only clubs where you bring your observe. Opening time 4 20. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning, im joe johns from washington, and sitting in for carol costello. We begin this morning with the fiscal cliff and the drama that now shifts to the house, thats because overnight the Senate Overwhelmingly passed a compromise measure, the move delays the spending cuts that have could plunged the nation back into a recession. For most americans here is the bottom line, taxes would stay the same for almost everyone but top earners but the measure is up to the house. Lawmakers could vote on a compromise today and Republican Leaders in the hou