When investors ask me, "What percentage should I have in stocks and what percentage should I have in bonds?" I say, "I don't know." To provide an answer is to imply knowledge of somebody else's emotional fortitude. And few people (if any) know their tolerance for risk until they've been tested. Your allocation has more to do with emotions than performance. So respect what you might not know about yourself.
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What Percentage Should You Have In Stocks and Bonds?
I walked into the school’s photocopy room and saw one of my fellow teachers. I’ll call her Kim. She looked a bit dazed, so I asked her what was wrong. “My portfolio has lost half its value,” she said. “I was watching a guy on CNBC’s Squawk Box last night and he said the markets will fall further …
