If going to a more
conservative portfolio still leaves you with an 80 % - or - better chance of getting the income you need throughout retirement, fine.
The Moderately
Conservative portfolio still consists mostly of bonds, but incorporates more stocks into its allocation.
Not exact matches
While the young worker's
portfolio performance
still modestly outpaced inflation, the more
conservative retired investor experienced negative real returns on average for 16 consecutive years.
You can build a
conservative portfolio of safe borrowers on Lending Club and
still see returns of 7 % or higher.
«A
conservative, but
still well performing
portfolio option is a distribution of 15 % US Large Cap stocks, 15 % US Small Cap stocks, 30 % international stocks, and 40 % US Treasuries.
Looking ahead, while we may increase the duration of the
portfolio slightly, we
still plan on maintaining a
conservative duration posture.
Arguably a pretty
conservative investment approach, the historical performance of the Coffeehouse
portfolio has been strong over time — generating 5 % + over the past 10 years, but it
still falls short when compared to investing in a total stock market index fund or S&P 500 fund that track those market indexes.
Even with a very
conservative portfolio you can clear 5 - 6 %, which will
still clear more than 3 % after taxes.
My asset allocation has some similarities to Morningstar's «
conservative retirement saver»
portfolio, which they gear «toward
still - working individuals who expect to retire in 2020 or thereabouts.»
I expect their
portfolio to do quite well while
still being rather
conservative.
This is why such a DGI
portfolio, despite being 100 % stocks, is
still seen as «
conservative».
Even with a
conservative 3.8 % withdrawal rate, the retiree's nest egg takes several years to recover from the 2009 loss — and although the S&P 500 recovers by 2013, the retiree's
portfolio is
still down 18.9 % from where it was 5 years earlier.
I
still remember some of their picks for a
conservative portfolio in the late nineties: JDS - Uniphase (JDSU), Yahoo (YHOO), Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT) and Pfizer (PFE) etc..
We have found that by carefully defining and measuring risk, we can have 100 % equity
portfolios for moderate risk clients and 80 % equity
portfolios for
conservative clients — and
still remain within their risk tolerance.
Still, you don't want to get too
conservative: «If a retirement
portfolio is to last you to age 90, it should not be invested only in cash and GICs,» says Norm Rothery, a chartered financial analyst and founder of StingyInvestor.com.
If Rick can maintain a
conservative average annual rate of return of 4 % on his $ 1.17 - million
portfolio, he will be able to draw a net after - tax income of about $ 55,000 annually for life and
still have close to $ 1 million in net worth at age 90 (including the value of his home).
1) It makes your
portfolio more
conservative because your growth estimates could be a little bit off and the investment will
still work out.
I'm considerably more
conservative than a lot of miles and points enthusiasts when it comes to how many credit cards I open and how often I churn my
portfolio... but I
still take a great deal of interest when there's a nice sign - up bonus on offer.
Usually most of the life insurance companies cash and reserves are held in a
conservative portfolio of treasury securities, but they
still earn a certain interest rate.