Josh Brown at The Reformed Broker tries to put into perspective what investors face as they move
beyond simple portfolio solutions.
Not exact matches
The goal is
simple - improve public perception of the Lib Dems» views on his
portfolio beyond simple opposition to tuition fees.
Start a dialogue around students» work with a
portfolio tool like Seesaw: Go
beyond simple messaging and consider how you might start conversations with individual parents about their kids» classwork.
For example, a client who started the year with a
simple 60/40
portfolio comprised of the $ 287 billion Vanguard Total Stock Market Fund (VTSMX) and the $ 247 billion Pimco Total Return Fund (PTTAX), the two largest mutual funds in the world, would now have 66.3 % invested in stocks and just 33.7 % invested in bonds, pushing
beyond the typical 5 % leeway most advisers give their asset allocation.
Although most investors diversified
beyond this model and incorporated small caps, foreign stocks, high yield bonds, and perhaps something more exotic like REITs or commodities, a
simple mix of 60 % S&P 500 and 40 % Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond is often the shorthand definition of a balanced
portfolio.
I do not recommend that most investors go much
beyond a
simple total market
portfolio.
The reason is
simple: There are critically important dimensions of
portfolio risk
beyond standard deviation.
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