The 60/40 equity-to-fixed-income asset allocation retirement portfolio is a great asset allocation strategy used by many retirees. Contrary to what some people think, this asset allocation strategy is still relevant and a perfect investment plan for some retirees....
How reliable is the 4% rule when using a 60/40 equity/fixed balanced investment strategy? Will you run out of money if you have bad timing and retire right before a recession? How will sequence of negative returns affect your retirement plan? To answer these questions...
Like what I saw in the year 2000, many investors are now touting the benefits of an all-equity retirement portfolio. I thought it would be fun to see how a hypothetical $2 million retirement portfolio would have performed using the 4% rule for retirement distributions...
Retirees should plan to encounter four recessions during a typical 25-to-30-year retirement. According to Fed Chair Jerome Powell during his March 19th, 2025, press conference, the unconditional probability of a recession is in the range of 1 in 4 at any time. Another...
The recent research paper, Beyond The Status Quo: A Critical Assessment of Lifecycle Investment Advice, has created a lot of buzz since the paper was published. The authors advise an optimal retirement portfolio that is 100% equities with 33% in domestic stocks and...
There is a simple litmus test to determine if you will fail when building a diversified portfolio will fail. Ask yourself the following questions. Do you understand every single investment in your portfolio? Do you know why you own every single investment in your...
