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Is Your Asset Allocation Healthy?

Use this handy asset allocation pyramid to determine whether your investment portfolio is "healthy." read more »
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Asset Allocation for Young Investors: Go "All-In?"

For investors in their 20s who have already shown to have nearly perfect risk tolerance, is there any reason to own fixed income in their retirement [...] read more »
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Asset Allocation Explained

A brief and simple explanation of asset allocation. read more »
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Asset Allocation and Time Horizon

Conventional wisdom says that asset allocation should vary depending upon your time horizon. Does that really make sense? read more »
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Rebalancing: Periodically or Based on Allocation?

What's your method for rebalancing? Do you rebalance based on the calendar (annually, for instance)? Or do you do it based on your allocation? read more »
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Investing Basics: Asset Allocation using 10-5-3 Rule

This rule is just one tool in your long-term investment plan. read more »
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Rebalancing Across Accounts

By remembering to look at your portfolio as a whole, you can take better advantage of the tax shelter provided by retirement accounts. End result: Yo[...] read more »
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The 100% Stock Portfolio: Why Not?

If you have a long enough time horizon and a high enough tolerance for volatility, what's to stop you from allocating your entire portfolio to stock[...] read more »
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Why Risk Tolerance is a Load of Crap: 60% in Bonds Just Won't Cut It

Regardless of your risk tolerance, if you don't own a significant amount of equities, inflation will eat you alive. read more »
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Asset Class Performance and Timing the Market

It's obvious that after a period of overperformance, a given asset class will spend a while underperforming. The tricky part is figuring out how lon[...] read more »
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Investment Policy Statement

A brief description of investment policy statements. read more »
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Results of a Balanced Portfolio

For all the talk about the "failure of buy & hold," how did diversified, annually rebalanced portfolios actually do over the last decade? read more »
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Investment time horizon - what is it?

A brief description of investment time horizon. read more »
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Risk and Reward - What the Last 18 Months Have Taught Us

Balancing returns with proper risk controls will allow investors to realize superior gains over time and cut back on volatility and risk of loss read more »
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Roth IRA, 401k, and Asset Allocation

When calculating your asset allocation, be sure to account for the fact that a significant portion of your 401k is going to be taxed away when you be[...] read more »
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