Not exact matches
Your
only real task will be to construct your «asset allocation», the
mix of elements such as stocks,
bonds etc. which make up your portfolio.
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mixing BM with formula, or you find you can
only breastfeed once a day to
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While traditional target - date funds use a
mix of equities and fixed - income, the new BMO ETFs use
only investment - grade corporate
bonds, gradually shortening the maturities as the target date approaches.
Your portfolio's overall
mix of stocks and
bonds not
only has to match your comfort level with risk, but also the time horizon of your investment goal.
Only this time I have added municipal
bonds to the
mix:
If we do invest in the market what stock and
bond mix will not
only preserve but grow out nest egg?
You'll
only need one because it invests in a diversified
mix of mutual funds, each itself diversified across a broad array of stocks and
bonds.
For example, while a portfolio of 75 % stocks and 25 %
bonds would have declined 26.5 % in the financial crisis year of 2008 when stocks got hammered, a more conservative
mix of 25 % stocks and 75 %
bonds would have lost
only 5.4 %.
You answer 11 questions ranging from how long your money will remain invested to how you would react to a serious market setback, and the tool not
only recommends an appropriate
mix of stocks and
bonds, but also shows you how that
mix as well as others more aggressive and more conservative have performed on average in the past as well as in up and down markets.
Time horizon, however, shouldn't be the
only driver of your so - called asset allocation, which is your basic
mix of stocks,
bonds, cash investments and alternative investments.
All in all, in a market where banks have
only recently returned to issue new leveraged loans, investors are poised to pick up the slack and achieve returns greater than a similar maturity
mix of corporate
bonds with less intermediate risk.
The solution may be to combine them for stronger and more consistent inflation protection and diversification through risk management provided by the
mix of not
only real asset categories but by the asset class
mix, including
bonds and commodity futures in addition to stocks.
Only the first coat needs to include the Extra
Bond, and the basic recipe is two parts
mixed paint to one part Extra
Bond.