Rich_by_the_Bay
Moderator Emeritus
OK, bucketeers. If you follow any flavor of a 3-bucket Lucia-like plan I have two questions I have not quite figured out:
1. Would you consider TIPS as a bucket 1 or bucket 2 type asset? It has qualities of both to me; some volatility but locked in income potential regardless of inflation, etc.
2. Same question for Wellesley-like funds; it's a hybrid/balanced fundthat I'm perceiving as a B2 investment, yet like many such funds it has up to 40% real stocks so part of it is a bucket 3 investment. Since the stocks are dividend-producing I am keeping it all in B2 rather than slicing it up. Agree?
The more I play with the concept the more I like 3 buckets. I was hung up on the idea of sequentially depleting B1 then B2, but now that I'm seeing B2 as a more flexible "money sink" or buffer, it seems to work out well for me. I'm also simplifying greatly in my Bucket 3 and it's starting to feel quite comfortabe.
I see no magic in buckets but it keeps me thinking clearly as to asset allocation with a nice peace-of-mind bonus.
1. Would you consider TIPS as a bucket 1 or bucket 2 type asset? It has qualities of both to me; some volatility but locked in income potential regardless of inflation, etc.
2. Same question for Wellesley-like funds; it's a hybrid/balanced fundthat I'm perceiving as a B2 investment, yet like many such funds it has up to 40% real stocks so part of it is a bucket 3 investment. Since the stocks are dividend-producing I am keeping it all in B2 rather than slicing it up. Agree?
The more I play with the concept the more I like 3 buckets. I was hung up on the idea of sequentially depleting B1 then B2, but now that I'm seeing B2 as a more flexible "money sink" or buffer, it seems to work out well for me. I'm also simplifying greatly in my Bucket 3 and it's starting to feel quite comfortabe.
I see no magic in buckets but it keeps me thinking clearly as to asset allocation with a nice peace-of-mind bonus.