Retirement Investing
Bob Carlson offers his expert opinion on where to invest your money so that you can get through retirement safely and securely
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How do I get started following your recommendations? Should I sell my current investments and immediately adopt your portfolios?
I’m rarely in favor of wholesale changes in a portfolio. Take the time to look at how your portfolio is structured now and how you think it ideally should be structured. Decide which of my recommended portfolios is for you and see how close your current asset allocation is to my recommendations. If your allocation […]
What if I have less than $10,000 to invest?
I recommend that you get started with a Core Portfolio first, and develop a Managed Portfolio as your investment portfolio increases. If you don’t have enough assets to assemble my True Diversification portfolio, I suggest you start with one of the all-weather balanced funds I recommended earlier. I don’t recommend many funds in this category. […]
How can I follow your recommendations with my 401(k) plan?
The most important contributor to investment performance is your asset allocation. Usually it is more important to be in the right type of fund than in a specific fund. So you can follow my recommendations by using whatever funds your 401(k) allows in each category. If your 401(k) does not offer consistently good funds or […]
What is the biggest mistake you see in portfolios you review?
Most investment portfolios are much too complicated. It is not unusual for an investor to own more than a dozen mutual funds that were accumulated over the years and then forgotten. Also, most investors have their money disbursed over several mutual fund companies and brokers. In these situations, most of the time that is put […]
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