Rule of Thumb for Investing

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]2008 was one of the most challenging years for young investors like us. Our portfolio went down by nearly 35%! That's not fun. Now we are in the process of re-evaluating our strategies and risk taking capacities to set forth on a new direction with renewed vigor. In the process of doing so we were