Investment Strategy To maximize the optimal performance of our investment portfolio, we have placed a certain percentage of stocks in different sectors of the stock market. To maximize value in a bear market, we have structured an initial investment strategy focused on placing funds in income assets in the form of Treasuries and bonds. Roughly, we estimated contributing between 20 and 30% into these low-risk funds until the market index rises. Once the stock market indexes recovered, the majority of our $1 million in assets would be placed in Canadian and U.S. stocks. The remaining part of the liquidity was to be used in derivative instruments to increase potential earnings while keeping portfolio risk diversified. ExecutionThe execution of our investment strategy occurred in three phases. First, we invested in Treasury bills and bonds according to our initially intended investment plan. This is to reduce potential losses and risks associated with stock market declines. Therefore, we have invested about two hundred thousand of our funds in these low-risk assets to maintain purchasing power. Due to inflation we didn't want to lose purchasing power by leaving funds in an account without earning interest. Furthermore, we have invested a small part of the funds in the commodity market. With a struggling stock market and a positive outlook on gold, we invested in Gold Corporation and at the same time invested in income assets. We analyzed the market for two weeks to determine when the stock market would go from a bear market to a bull market. . Without a change in the market and a decline in bond prices, we decided to invest in stocks according to our investment strategy, which brought us into the second phase of our portfolio. So in early February we bought shares of Sirius, Microsoft, Neon, Washington Mutual and Nike. As expected, the stock market continued to fall, decreasing the value of all our stocks, except Gold Corporation stock. Finally, the third phase is where we have profited from our investments. After achieving disappointing results on the stock market, we developed a new investment strategy. This strategy has focused more on the commodity sector rather than the equity sector. Therefore, in early March we bought contracts in gold, corn, platinum, timber and US currency. As stocks fell, commodity prices rose allowing our lumber, corn and platinum to make huge gains.