The first quarter of 2015 is now behind us and my FMBP has been producing what I set it up to do. Since the beginning of the year, I have been developing the new Frothy Market Beginners Portfolio, or FMBP. For those of you who are first time readers, let me review what the portfolio was built for and the criteria. I realize this is a very broad picture, and there will be many variations of them, but the one thing that binds this type of investor together with all of the others hoping to achieve the same ultimate goal is income. Income to pay expenses during retirement is perhaps the single biggest dilemma of any investor who seeks a more secure financial future. The reasons I continue to re-iterate the guidelines is to make sure that existing readers as well as brand new ones have a reference point without having to scan countless other articles for all the details. Read more