Not exact matches
While an
aggressive type
portfolio will naturally fluctuate over time and has more «volatility,» this is nothing to get scared about because you are saving this money for the long term and over a 10 + year investing horizon you are
going to make more money investing in stocks than in bonds.
I allocated extra capital in my recent purchases: Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC), American Realty Capital Properties Inc. (ARCP), Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF (REM) and Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (OHI) where I
went really
aggressive on yield and took a calculated high risk, considering the long - term horizon of my
portfolio.
By the way, the same principle would apply if you were
going from a more conservative to a more
aggressive portfolio, say, 40 % stocks - 60 % bonds to 70 % stocks - 30 % bonds.
Then you have the ability to
go ahead and weather that stock market volatility, and therefore if you want, it justifies having a more
aggressive stock allocation for your investment
portfolio.
BlackRock's All - Bond
Portfolio has a projected MER of 1.30 % (with 0.5 % going to advisers), while its aggressive equity portfolio comes in at 1.81 % (with 1 % to a
Portfolio has a projected MER of 1.30 % (with 0.5 %
going to advisers), while its
aggressive equity
portfolio comes in at 1.81 % (with 1 % to a
portfolio comes in at 1.81 % (with 1 % to advisers.)
On Thursday, Cabot Market Letter and Cabot Top Ten Trader Editor Mike Cintolo wrote about the Conservative
Aggressive style of investor, and also discussed the two ways to
go about managing your
portfolio during a market decline.
If you want to be very
aggressive in your
portfolio,
go with 100 - 80 % Stocks, the remainder in Bonds.
If you're younger and have more time, you might
go for a
aggressive portfolio and allow the money to grow faster over time.