Hello,
I'm only 31 (already 31?) and have been bit too many times by individual stocks tanking. Many of these picks have come from investment services such as fool.com. Overall they do OK, but I'm so annoyed that I have started moving more toward funds instead of individual stock picks. For the person who does not like the risk of individual stocks, and is my age, but is still fine with some degree of risk, what percentage of your portfolio would you have in individual companies (GOOG for example), and what percentage in ETF's and Funds (SPY and VTSMX for example). Thanks!
-Raymond
I'm only 31 (already 31?) and have been bit too many times by individual stocks tanking. Many of these picks have come from investment services such as fool.com. Overall they do OK, but I'm so annoyed that I have started moving more toward funds instead of individual stock picks. For the person who does not like the risk of individual stocks, and is my age, but is still fine with some degree of risk, what percentage of your portfolio would you have in individual companies (GOOG for example), and what percentage in ETF's and Funds (SPY and VTSMX for example). Thanks!
-Raymond