Not exact matches
Most people are familiar with, or have someone guiding them with
traditional investment opportunities: real estate, stocks,
bonds, mutual
funds.
As yields have fallen, duration, or rate sensitivity, has risen, meaning that the risk associated with a change in rates has generally risen for
most bond benchmarks and
traditional funds.
One of the counterintuitive implications is that unconstrained
funds can actually be
most useful in more conservative portfolios that are dominated by
traditional bonds.
One of the counterintuitive implications is that unconstrained
funds can actually be
most useful in more conservative portfolios that are dominated by
traditional bonds.
These days,
most people seem to think 6 % or 7 % annually (before inflation) is a reasonable target for a
traditional mix of stock and
bond index
funds.
The A in IRA stands for Arrangement, not Account as
most everybody thinks, and your
Traditional IRA can invest in many different things, stocks,
bonds, mutual
funds, etc with different custodians if you choose, but your basis is in the IRA, not the specific investment that you made with your nondeductible contribution.