Random Roger's Retirement Planning

AUGUST 18, 2022

I've talked about my asset allocation before being overwhelmingly in cash or cash proxies, about 25% in "normal" equity investments, my exposure to crypto these days might be 2-3% up from 1/2 of a percent from when I bought Bitcoin in late 2018 but down from 6-7% when Bitcoin was higher.

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Allocating retirement planning I introduce asset allocation with clients by dividing retirement life into two parts: basic life and high-quality life. After showing them that breakdown, I discuss the details of asset allocation. Chin-Lung Wang , Taipei City, Taiwan Area, 21-year MDRT member

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The Chicago Financial Planner

JUNE 13, 2022

Assuming that you have a financial plan with an investment strategy in place there is really nothing to do at this point. Ideally you’ve been rebalancing your portfolio along the way and your asset allocation is largely in line with your plan and your risk tolerance.

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Nationwide Financial

JANUARY 25, 2023

Last year’s considerable losses and market fluctuations underscore the need for clients to assess their retirement plans to ensure it aligns with their objectives, financial situations, timelines, and attitudes toward market volatility. You can help them start the year right by conducting a retirement checkup.

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Yardley Wealth Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Retirement Planning: Looking Beyond the Basics For 2025, it’s essential to think beyond the standard “maximize your 401(k)” advice. While that remains important, consider diversifying your retirement strategy. Consider whether your business structure optimizes both liability protection and tax efficiency.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

MARCH 7, 2025

The two most common pricing models are fee-only financial planners (flat-fee or fixed-fee advisors) and AUM-based financial advisors (who charge a percentage of assets under management). Unlike AUM advisors, they dont have an incentive to keep assets under management, so their recommendations are truly objective.

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The Chicago Financial Planner

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Perhaps it’s time to rebalance and to rethink your ongoing asset allocation. Related Posts: Five Things to do During a Stock Market Correction Is a $100,000 Per Year Retirement Doable? Take stock of where you are. What impact have the solid stock market gains of the past three years had on your portfolio? Costs matter.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 21, 2025

One of the pre-market Bloomberg emails gave a positive mention to the Cambria Global Asset Allocation ETF (GAA) because it is up in what of course has been a tough tape for equities this year. It is an interesting asset allocation that targets 40% in equities, 40% in fixed income and 20% in alternatives.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

OCTOBER 3, 2024

We emptied the inbox this week covering other questions about getting your CFA designation, the types of bonds you should own in retirement, how pensions fit into a retirement plan, how to spend more money, teaching your kids about money, becoming a landlord, using a HELOC as an emergency fund, how analysts rate stocks and adding international exposure (..)

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The Chicago Financial Planner

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Has the market rally accelerated the amount you’ve accumulated for retirement relative to where you had thought you’d be at this point? If so, this is a good time to revisit your asset allocation and perhaps reduce your overall risk. Learn from the past . Photo credit: Phillip Taylor PT.

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Yardley Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Take advantage of tax-advantaged retirement accounts such as 401(k)s, IRAs, and Roth IRAs to maximize your contributions and benefit from tax-deferred or tax-free growth. Learn more about retirement plan options here. Aim to contribute as much as you can afford to these accounts each year to accelerate your retirement savings.

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Darrow Wealth Management

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Your asset allocation is the percentage of your portfolio that you distribute between different asset classes, like stocks and bonds. To rebalance your portfolio, you’ll buy and sell certain investments to realign to your accounts with your desired asset allocation. How often should I rebalance my 401(k)?

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Cordant Wealth Partners

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

According to research firm Cerulli Associates, Fidelity is a leading 401(k) plan provider with over $2.4 trillion in assets and more than a third of total 401(k) assets. Microsoft can offer a broad range of investment choices for plan participants through this platform. Microsoft’s 401(k) provider is Fidelity Investments.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 23, 2024

This is a little bit of a follow up to yesterday where I mentioned the Global Asset Allocation as mentioned in a paper by Meb Faber. Today, Meb Tweeted out a reference to the Atlas Lifted report from Robeco which references a similar idea, the Global Market Portfolio which is allocated as follows.

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James Hendries

AUGUST 24, 2022

But volatile markets aren’t necessarily a negative thing, especially when it comes to retirement planning. Target Date Funds Can Help Asset Allocation. If you do not have the time or inclination to thoroughly research your retirement investments, consider allowing a target date fund to do the work for you.

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Advisor Perspectives

JANUARY 20, 2023

Learn how our industry-leading asset allocation expertise can help participants make investment choices with more confidence and help employers reach their plan goals. Advice boosts workers’ confidence in choosing investments—from 35% to 65%.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The set-it-and-forget-it nature of a workplace retirement plan is one of my favorite features. I like the ease and simplicity of 401k contributions coming out of my paycheck before it ever even touches my checking account. It’s easy to automate. Plus, I like the fact that it’s difficult to get the money out of these ac.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MAY 4, 2025

The more someone trades, the more they are fighting that natural inertia other than proper asset allocation targets and mitigating sequence of return risk when relevant. Now, though, people are rethinking their fixed-income allocation. They can get 6% or 7% yields in quality assets, without having to go out on the yield curve.

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International College of Financial Planning

JULY 30, 2022

Certified Financial Planner (CFP) is globally the most respected financial designation for personal assets management. Earning the CFP designation requires a rigorous course of study covering investment planning, income taxation, retirement planning and risk management.

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Zoe Financial

MARCH 21, 2025

Their role extends beyond investment managementthey can help with: Retirement Planning : Structuring your assets to support your desired lifestyle. Estate Planning : Ensuring your wealth is passed on according to your wishes. Risk Management : Protecting assets from unforeseen events.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MAY 1, 2025

Other than having the proper asset allocation and addressing sequence of return risk when relevant, I would not want to get too aggressive, like selling 95% of my stocks, trying to fight that inertia. What if it jumped 10%, he got back in and then it fell 30% and then traded sideways? The chart is the S&P 500 going back 40 years.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 20, 2025

The asset allocation was 10% to hedges, 30% to T-bills for asymmetry but that seems more like optionality to me, 9% to edges which included one broad stock picking ETF, a derivative income fund and a short volatility product. None of them were hideously wrong out of the blocks but it's too soon to declare victory with them.

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Discipline Funds

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The simple answer is that the short-term movements of the stock market should be irrelevant to your financial plan assuming you have a well constructed temporally diversified portfolio. Insurance is largely optional and plan dependent, but I think of the other 4 time horizons as essential. Infinite or indefinite: Insurance planning.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Right or wrong, I think of endowment style investing as being a similar to the Permanent Portfolio, not so much quadrants but more like disparate asset class segments which gets us to a paper about endowment asset allocation from True North Institute.

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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Offer more ways clients may achieve their retirement plan goals while helping address the diverse investment needs of participants. Learn about our industry-leading investments and expertise—featuring more default options and more personalized asset allocation.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JANUARY 22, 2025

The starting point today is the that Rational ReSolve Adaptive Asset Allocation Fund (RDMIX) has gone through a strategy change, renaming as the ReturnStacked Balanced Allocation & Systematic Macro Fund and keeping the same symbol. " balanced allocation and $1 of exposure to a systematic macro strategy."

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 30, 2024

Circling back to model ETF portfolio mentioned at the top of this post, the asset allocation was as follows. US Equity 56% Trend Following/Tactical 38% Emerging Market Equity 5% Cash 1% I don't know often that changes but that there is not a permanent allocation to fixed income is of course intriguing to me.

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Validea

JUNE 22, 2023

We talk both retirement planning and factor investing with Dimensional Fund Advisors Senior Researcher Mathieu Pellerin. The post Factor Investing for Retirement with DFA’s Mathieu Pellerin appeared first on Validea's Guru Investor Blog. In this episode, we combine two of the topics we often cover on the podcast.

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Validea

JUNE 22, 2023

We talk both retirement planning and factor investing with Dimensional Fund Advisors Senior Researcher Mathieu Pellerin. The post Factor Investing for Retirement with DFA’s Mathieu Pellerin appeared first on Validea's Guru Investor Blog. In this episode, we combine two of the topics we often cover on the podcast.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

AUGUST 27, 2022

A point we've been making here for ages is that with an adequate savings rate, appropriate asset allocation and the ability to avoid succumbing to panic, an investor should be able to have retirement plan success as defined above.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The first example to look at they call Leverage In The Strategic Asset Allocation via this table in the paper. The paper introduces the idea of mixing momentum and value in some combo that they never quantified as a possible substitute for low volatility before digging in more deeply into different examples or cases.

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WiserAdvisor

APRIL 25, 2023

Rebalancing involves adjusting the mix of assets in your 401(k) portfolio to maintain a desired level of risk and return. Rebalancing a 401(k) refers to adjusting the asset allocation of your investment portfolio back to its original target percentages. Click to compare vetted advisors now. What is 401(k) rebalancing?

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Carson Wealth

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Take Advantage of Retirement Plans and Matching Contributions. Most employer retirement plans allow you to save on a tax-deferred basis, meaning that contributions into these types of accounts are not considered in calculating your taxable income. . Determine an Appropriate Risk Tolerance for a Longer Time Horizon .

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Nationwide Financial

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Different cycles of growth and inflation over time tend to favor other asset classes. Maintaining an appropriate asset allocation for an investor’s specific goals and risk tolerance is critical for long-term success. Retirement planning is a long-term process with many risks and challenges for investors.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

New assets in to the fund and the passing of existing fund holders become potential sources for higher payouts. There's pending legislation that if passed could be very favorable for retirement savers and retirees in terms of providing more flexibility. Stay tuned.

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Tobias Financial

APRIL 11, 2024

Edzai and Franklin will cover a wide range of essential topics including managing student debt, understanding employer-provided benefits, retirement planning fundamentals, holistic asset allocation for tax-efficient returns, risk management, and asset protection strategies.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Anytime I talk about letting markets work for you over the long term and the role that an adequate savings rate plays in financial success, I will usually caveat that with assuming a proper asset allocation. But down 40% and the multi-asset fund we've been talking about is still going to be pretty close to 25% in precious metals.

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