Thanks for the replies! Tom, you are not just an AIM guy, you are pretty much the MAIN AIM GUY. I have been following your work off and on for a long time. I really appreciate the reviews and comments that you have made in the Amazon review section of Mr. Lichello's book. I also appreciate the respect that you and all AIMers show Mr. Lichello by referring to him as Mr. L.
Thanks for the link to the article. It is really interesting and is actually very similar to a sample portfolio presented in the book that I referenced in my first post. The article and the book definitely both take the style approach.
The post and the article are both super helpful.
If I may, I would like to get your thoughts on risk. Obviously, AIM is designed to help mitigate risk; however, the suggestion is to use a high-beta stock, fund, or index. What I often see; however, is that the funds that are used are not necessarily high beta. Is there such a thing as an ideal beta? Is there beta that is too low? Too high? Another ETF that I have been considering is SPHB. It is an index that tracks the 100 highest beta companies in the S&P 500. Yahoo finance currently shows it beta as 1.44, which to me seems VERY AIM-like.
