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3 fund retirement strategy (self.personalfinance)

submitted 2 weeks ago by root to c/[email protected]

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For someone in their 30s, does the following allocations make sense? The goal is to have a fair amount of diversity and to more or less “set it and forget it”

55% VG INST 500 IDX 35% VG INTL STOCK IDX 10% VG TOT BD MKT IDX

I’m wondering if maybe there should be less in International and more in one of the other two, etc

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bogleheads has explained its rationale for its three-fund portfolio strategy. If I were you, I’d be trying to investigate/explain why my three-fund strategy is better than Bogleheads’.

[–] root 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I actually changed mine to 3 fund after discovering the boggleheads post you mentioned a while back. Perhaps I didn’t follow the advice correctly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At first glance the only difference is that you’re excluding US small stocks. But I’m neither an expert nor doing anything more than a first impression.

[–] root 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, good catch! It looks like I have this as an option which may help supplement my S&P 500 choice (Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund).

Thank you for the expert advice :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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