By opening an account with a discount broker such as Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., you'll not only save money on commissions but you'll also get access to online tools that help you assess your risk tolerance,
set asset allocation targets, access research reports and track your portfolio's performance.
Not exact matches
Common wisdom in investing tells us that we should
set a
target asset allocation in our portfolios and periodically rebalance to ensure our portfolio stays in line with our
allocation goal.
Generally, endowment funds follow a suitably strict policy
allocation, which is a
set of long - term rules that dictates the
asset allocation that will yield the
targeted return requirement without taking on too much risk.
Most investors should follow a buy - and - hold strategy that maintains their
set asset allocation, rebalancing when actual
allocations depart substantially from their
targets (although a modest dose of contrarianism can help sophisticated investors).
For example, a 2045
target - date fund is
set up for someone planning to begin withdrawing money in 2045 and would currently have an
asset allocation of more stocks than bonds.
The investor decided to include REITs in her
asset allocation, so for the US stock
allocation (60 % of stocks), we
set a
target allocation of 12.5 % (of the US stock
allocation) for each of the four new US stock
asset classes.
While there is no right or wrong answer,
setting up a balanced portfolio that matches your
target asset allocation is hard.
For completeness my real return
target of 4 % was
set based on historical returns of all my
asset classes over long periods combined with expected
asset allocations.
If you don't feel you're up to creating your own stocks - bonds
allocation, then you might consider investing in a
target - date retirement fund or managed account, options that
set and manage an
asset mix for you.
The primary objective of the Fidelity Fund Portfolios — Income is to provide a representation of just one way you might construct a portfolio of Fidelity mutual funds, designed for the purpose of providing a focus on interest and dividend income, over a range of long term risk levels, which are consistent with the
asset allocations of a (sub) set of Fidelity's Target Asset Mixes (T
asset allocations of a (sub)
set of Fidelity's
Target Asset Mixes (T
Asset Mixes (TAMs).
You
set initial
targets and intermittently rebalance your portfolio as returns alter original
asset allocation percentages or your
targets change.
You might have other accounts that make your overall portfolio globally diversified, but if not, you want to make sure to
set a
target asset allocation for a global portfolio.
You
set a
target asset allocation for your investments and then periodically buy and sell different investments to stay focused on your objective.
The timing of portfolio rebalancing can be based on either a calendar date or a
set target about the changing weights of the current
asset allocation from those of the original mix (for example, if an
asset class differs by more than 5 % of the original
allocation).
So, we almost always advise our investors to not try to time the market, to
set long - term
asset allocation guidelines and every once in a while rebalance their portfolios in line with their long - term
targets.