To learn about how to determine what
kind of asset mix is appropriate for your risk tolerance, see Achieving Optimal Asset Allocation.)
Not exact matches
On the other hand, Lockhart said, «If we see a deterioration from this point, and I would say my more realistic fear is just a
kind of ambiguous picture
of mixed data that signal neither accelerating strength nor necessarily deterioration, but that
kind of moping along in the middle, then I think it's not a foregone conclusion that the
asset purchase program should be removed or be removed rapidly.»
Finding the right
mix of asset classes, like stocks and bonds, goes a long way in determining what
kind of growth you can expect and how much risk you're assuming in your portfolio.
It
kind of depends on your time horizon — think about it like
asset allocation and stock and bond
mixes as you get older.
Here customers can
kind of mix and match their favorite options with their favorite
assets and create an option choice that is custom for themselves.
The industry has developed different
kinds of diversified Target Date Funds (TDF) and managed accounts that actively rebalance to as aggressive an
asset mix as possible: typically 60 % stocks to 40 % bonds.
As certain
kinds of assets (like stocks or bonds) perform better or worse than others, your target allocation (the percentage
mix of various investments that you've chosen) will get out
of whack.
The other thing that I can't get over is that, despite my having consistently said investing is about setting and maintaining a suitable
asset mix, minimizing costs and turnover, and rebalancing when things get out
of kilter, there are still so many callers who press me for a forecast
of some
kind.