Thread: Follow Up Question about ETFs
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Old 08-16-2007, 03:24 PM
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Default Re: Follow Up Question about ETFs
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(my hunch i stocks have returned 8-9% while bonds about 6-7%)

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This is a pretty big difference over like 40 years.


To the OP- a common way to allocate your %'s is to subtract your age from a number based on your risk tolerance. For conservative folks, (100-age)% of your portfolio would be in stocks, for aggressive (120-age)% would be in stocks.
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