Aggressive portfolios hold investments that are more volatile than value or blue chip investments.
This was part of the reason I changed my portfolio allocation from Moderate to Aggressive (
the Aggressive portfolio holds the lowest percentage in government bonds).
Not exact matches
The latest issue gives you our full analysis, including clear buy / sell /
hold advice, on 19 stocks that may be suitable for the part of your
portfolio you devote to
aggressive investing.
That means that as your stock funds increase in value relative to your bond funds, a greater portion of your investment
portfolio will be
held in these riskier, more
aggressive assets — something that could throw off your allocation and risk tolerance.
In a moderately
aggressive portfolio, put roughly 60 % into «core»
holdings that you are content to
hold on to through any volatile rough patches.
If you find that for whatever reason your
portfolio is much more
aggressive than you are, you need to scale it back — that is, sell off some of your stock
holdings and reinvest the proceeds in bonds and / or cash.
Aggressive stocks expose you to a greater risk of loss, and that's why we recommend limiting your aggressive holdings to a small percentage of your overall
Aggressive stocks expose you to a greater risk of loss, and that's why we recommend limiting your
aggressive holdings to a small percentage of your overall
aggressive holdings to a small percentage of your overall
portfolio.
Ultimately of course, the percentage of your
portfolio that should be
held in either conservative or
aggressive investments depends on your personal circumstances.
Ultimately, though, the percentage of your
portfolio that you should
hold in either conservative or
aggressive investments depends on your personal circumstances and risk tolerance.
(In the latest issue of The Successful Investor, we've updated our buy / sell /
hold advice on Linamar Corp., symbol LNR on Toronto, a stock we include in our
Portfolio for
Aggressive Growth.
The debt
portfolio is distinctive; it tends to
hold US dollar - denominated debt (a conservative move) but overweight frontier and smaller emerging markets (an
aggressive one).
A «glass - half - full» optimist would argue that the
portfolio has maintained a fairly
aggressive level of withdrawals and is
holding up well during the distribution stage.
We are not and continue to
hold an
aggressive portfolio of low - fee index funds (see our actual
holdings).
Many investors may be surprised to find that they're
holding a more
aggressive portfolio than they think?
They range from the conservative Balanced Income
Portfolio, which is 70 % bonds, to the
aggressive Balanced Growth
Portfolio, which
holds 25 % in each of the four asset classes.
The
portfolio has achieved this by investing over 90 % of the dividends received back into more shares of the companies
held within the
portfolio (along with some
aggressive moves in down markets and disciplined actions as
portfolio manager).
You can get our full analysis and clear buy / sell /
hold advice on Russel and dozens of other stocks that may be appropriate for your
aggressive portfolio in our Stock Pickers Digest newsletter.
If you add that future cash to the conservative investments you already
hold, you will find your
portfolio's split between stocks and more conservative investments is less
aggressive than your current
holdings suggest.
The dates in their names refer to your anticipated retirement dates as these funds start off more
aggressive (more stocks) and end up
holding a more conservative
portfolio (more bonds) by the retirement date.
Whether you chose to be more
aggressive and
hold 120 minus your age in stocks, follow the more conservative recommendation of your age in bonds, or create your own interpretation of allocation, you should now have an idea of what your
portfolio should look like at the end of your planning process.
The Vanguard STAR fund benchmark was also up 1.4 % in November matching our
Aggressive portfolio exactly, however, in down markets we're generally falling less than this total
portfolio fund, mostly because of our short positions and longer - duration bond
holdings.
Ultimately, the percentage of your
portfolio that you should
hold in either conservative or
aggressive investments depends on your personal circumstances and risk tolerance.
For example, more
aggressive investors could consider
holding as much as, say, 25 % to 30 % of their
portfolios in Resources.
Also, the longer you can leave them alone, the more
aggressive you can be with your investment
portfolio asset allocation mix, which means you can
hold more of the types of asset classes that beat taxes and inflation over time.
Our total investment
portfolio is somewhere around 80 % equities / 20 % bond
holdings but the JT brokerage is more
aggressive with a 93 % equities / 7 % bonds mix.
One strategy, for example, could involve
holding the majority of your money in a conservative Core
portfolio, while placing a smaller amount in an
aggressive Momentum
portfolio.
This is an
aggressive leverage amount that allows borrowers to unlock the aggregate equity they may
hold across a
portfolio.