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The Perfect Asset Allocation

The Irrelevant Investor

The five largest stocks in the Russell 1000- Apple, Microsoft, Exxon, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft and General Electric- are bigger than the entire Russell 2000. Likewise, the weighted average market cap of the Russell 2000 is 16% higher than the S&P 600, which both claim to track small cap stocks.

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What Are You Willing To Give Up In Pursuit Of All-Weather

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

That period ending in May 2000 was relatively bad for PRPFX. I'd argue it all worked out in the end but imagine how you might handle being that far behind in early 2000. I don't know whether those weightings can vary but the numbers come off the home page for the fund.

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Melted Rocks & Retirement Planning

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Get out a spreadsheet, list your fixed expenses, list out what you typically spend on discretionary stuff, add it all up and pad it by $1000 or maybe $2000 depending on how lucky you are/are not with one-off expenses like vet bills, new tires and all the rest of things like that. That's the number you need to cover.

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Microsoft’s 401(k) Retirement Plan Details

Cordant Wealth Partners

Whether or not rolling these assets into the Microsoft 401(k) plan is advantageous will depend on factors such as: Investment options in each plan compared to an outside custodian Consolidation and simplicity Whether you feel more comfortable with these assets in the Microsoft 401(k) than in an IRA with an outside custodian.

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March Madness: Final Four Investing Bracket 2023 

Dear Mr. Market

In other words, these investments (or “teams”) are ranked and seeded on a number of factors but one of the main drivers is how hot they recently performed within the past few months or recent year. With this exercise, however, we are able to build an intelligent portfolio that will have a number of “winners” along with some stinkers.

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Investment Perspectives | Managing Risk

Brown Advisory

equity market’s gain since early 2017 has been concentrated in a relatively small number of sectors and specific stocks. Risks in Bonds In attempting to reduce portfolio risk by shifting assets from equities to bonds, it’s important to recognize that bonds carry risks of their own. Concentration: Much of the U.S. Many non-U.S.

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Investment Perspectives | Managing Risk

Brown Advisory

equity market’s gain since early 2017 has been concentrated in a relatively small number of sectors and specific stocks. In attempting to reduce portfolio risk by shifting assets from equities to bonds, it’s important to recognize that bonds carry risks of their own. Concentration: Much of the U.S. Risks in Bonds. Many non-U.S.