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Re: Let me guess, everything's great!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:17 pm
by TripleB
buddtholomew wrote:
I Shrugged wrote:
Is 3% VEU significant? Not in my way of thinking. Anything less than 5%, and maybe 10%, is just noise. Not trying to be mean, just saying it plainly.
This is done.
25/15/20/40 equities/gold/treasuries/cash, US/EU 80/20 with 5.6 years fixed income duration.
Why not just put 20% of your portfolio into cash as your variable portfolio and 80% of your portfolio into a true PP? Then never mix the two.
Re: Let me guess, everything's great!
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:52 pm
by buddtholomew
TripleB wrote:
buddtholomew wrote:
I Shrugged wrote:
Is 3% VEU significant? Not in my way of thinking. Anything less than 5%, and maybe 10%, is just noise. Not trying to be mean, just saying it plainly.
This is done.
25/15/20/40 equities/gold/treasuries/cash, US/EU 80/20 with 5.6 years fixed income duration.
Why not just put 20% of your portfolio into cash as your variable portfolio and 80% of your portfolio into a true PP? Then never mix the two.
I prefer to view the portfolio holistically for a true representation of my risk tolerance.
I tried the PP/VP allocation as you suggest, but was still too focused on the volatility without seeing the big picture.