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One other thing back on the original topic.
I like the lifestrategy and target retirement series.
But I'm not recommending them right now to novice or hands-off investors, probably their best customers.
The reason is that the equity component is based on the total stock market or s&p 500 indexes.
I feel both are very much overvalued right now. DCA'ing over a long period might help this. Maybe not.
I'm generally suggesting that people with large sums to invest make their own small basket from value stocks and either short term corp or intermediate term muni bond funds (the latter if their tax rate is high).
I'd probably buy vanguards large value index in the 40-60% range (depending on my willingness to take risk) and fill out the rest with 5-8% high yield or tax free money market and between 32 and 52% short term corp or intermediate term muni, again depending on the amount allocated to stock.
A little more volatility with the value stocks, but at p/e's in the mid-teens theres less room for downdrafts, and the long term returns are better than TSM and SP500.
The retirement income fund isnt a bad choice, although it doesnt have a huge exposure to stocks...which may be a good thing. Vanguards Wellesley is also a good income option and is weighted towards large cap value and intermediate term non government bond issues.
I like the lifestrategy and target retirement series.
But I'm not recommending them right now to novice or hands-off investors, probably their best customers.
The reason is that the equity component is based on the total stock market or s&p 500 indexes.
I feel both are very much overvalued right now. DCA'ing over a long period might help this. Maybe not.
I'm generally suggesting that people with large sums to invest make their own small basket from value stocks and either short term corp or intermediate term muni bond funds (the latter if their tax rate is high).
I'd probably buy vanguards large value index in the 40-60% range (depending on my willingness to take risk) and fill out the rest with 5-8% high yield or tax free money market and between 32 and 52% short term corp or intermediate term muni, again depending on the amount allocated to stock.
A little more volatility with the value stocks, but at p/e's in the mid-teens theres less room for downdrafts, and the long term returns are better than TSM and SP500.
The retirement income fund isnt a bad choice, although it doesnt have a huge exposure to stocks...which may be a good thing. Vanguards Wellesley is also a good income option and is weighted towards large cap value and intermediate term non government bond issues.