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Get (and give!) advice on investment portfolios and financial planning goals for retirement (401k, Roth, IRA, HSA) and taxable investing accounts, particularly stock and bond mutual funds and ETFs - learn tips for tax efficiency and other account optimization strategies. This is a great place for beginner and advanced investors to share knowledge! NOTE: please include the names of funds in your post, not just the tickers (we don't have those all memorized!).

Welcome! To get targeted and useful responses, please title your post with key details like your age and goals - this helps set yours apart from all of other general 'feedback please' titles!

Users should feel free to post their own (draft or implemented) portfolios for review as well as resources related to portfolio construction. Please be sure to include full names (not just tickers), percentages and expense ratios of funds/ETFS to help us better help you.

Speaking of which, we have a FAQ in progress. Not sure where to start with your 401(k) options? Link us to an image of the whole list. Want to organize your portfolio for easy sharing? Put it into PortfolioVisualizer and include the shareable link in your post.


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Considering a tilt toward US/growth/tech?

The year is 2024 and a lot of investors are asking about US large, tech and growth stocks, a performance-chasing approach following a familiar pattern: people gravitate to what is popular. Alas, winners rotate. So, here goes:

Start by reading about three-fund portfolios, consider the diversification benefits of ex-US holdings, and for a simple graphical demonstration of rotating winners, check out this chart. The bottom line is this: global equity investments increase diversification and as of the time of this sidebar update, international stocks are relatively inexpensive compared to US ones.

Be extremely wary of buying high, which can lead to selling low. If you're at a loss for where to begin, start with a Target Date fund and learn the basics of investing before you start tilting away from a broadly diversified global portfolio.

We've all been where you are - the appeal of recent outperformers is extremely tempting. But if you had invested in the best performing markets and sectors during the 2000s, you'd have had a rough time during the 2010s. No one knows what the future holds, but avoid learning the hard way by diversifying. Good luck.

Considering individual stocks? Read this

Considering Edward Jones? Read this

Not enough retirement account space? Consider Series I and EE Bonds


While both active and passive strategies of various durations are open for discussion, the primary purposes here is to help in the creation of intermediate-to-retirement allocations, largely hands-off approaches suited to the majority of investors (who have lives outside of finance!).

Above all, remember: we all had to start somewhere, so don't worry about asking stupid questions! Lastly: no blogspam (including actual blogs but also other forms of self-promotion).

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$198750 - 41% gain in one year - VTI only

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2024/11/23
13:57 UTC

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Recommendations for portfolio tracking tools

My spreadsheet is getting overwhelming. Looking for something that can:

  • Show net worth trends over time
  • Break down investment allocation
  • Connect to accounts automatically
  • Run retirement scenarios/simulations

Currently checking like 5 different apps just to know my actual allocation. Anyone found a good solution for this?

2 Comments
2024/11/23
09:31 UTC

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Rate me - roast me 24m

I started investing at the start of this year, I know I am missing out on some growth since my portfolio is very conservative. In my opinion I should add tech stocks, can you give me some advice?

1 Comment
2024/11/23
06:09 UTC

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18 year old new investor

Hi, I recently started learning about investing in individual stocks. I made a small profit and am learning when to buy, but I’m struggling with knowing when to sell. I’d love some advice on improving my trading strategy and any tips for a beginner. Thanks!

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4 Comments
2024/11/23
04:00 UTC

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20M up 70% ytd

Hi, I usually realize the gains at the end of each year and then distribute the profit into various PE funds (right now it’s a lot of real estate, commercial and residential, and yes I know that industry is really sucking for me.)

27 Comments
2024/11/22
04:46 UTC

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21 years old, 30+ year investment horizon (revised portfolio)

I received a lot of advice from my last post and have tried to implement it. I’ve also done some backtesting since my last post and this is the portfolio I’ve come up with

Any advice is appreciated!!

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2024/11/21
21:17 UTC

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The Age of VOO will end

Maybe not for another year two, but seriously. Consider other things for a change and you might not regret it!

24 Comments
2024/11/21
03:27 UTC

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Advice on portfolio

Hi guys, I’m currently 22 years old and want some advice for my portfolio. So I want to invest according to the boglehead philosophy. So monthly recurring payments and don’t look at it basically. Since my invest horizon is 20 years I’m doubting 2 things. Firstly, should I invest in a bond etf for stability as I’m only 22 and willing to take somewhat of a risk. And should I maybe incorporate the sp in the pie? Thanks for the advice!

4 Comments
2024/11/20
17:43 UTC

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Looking for advice: How Can i balance my portfolio?

I’m looking for advice on how to balance my stock portfolio of my current holdings for context.

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My main goal is to create a more diversified and stable portfolio, minimizing risk while maintaining decent growth potential. I’m open to suggestions on which stocks I should consider selling, holding, or buying to achieve better balance.

A few things to keep in mind:

  • I’m not tied to any specific sector or company but would prefer to avoid overly risky bets.
  • I’m willing to consider ETFs or dividend stocks if they make sense for my goals.

Feel free to share your thoughts or strategies. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help!

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2024/11/20
16:05 UTC

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ROTH IRA Thoughts(21)

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Looking to add small/mid cap and possibly looking at international as well. Im selling GOOGL as I want to lower the percentage individual stocks have. Want to keep SWPPX and CIBR as core holdings.

Which one is actually worth holding between SWPPX and SCHG. I understand they have similar holdings. Investment strategy is easily 30-40+ years.

Looking to also add some ETF's

ALSO, first year having a ROTH IRA and Im close to maxing it!!

Any and all advice and insights is appreciated!!!

0 Comments
2024/11/20
12:31 UTC

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Why does diversification matter if I'm buying good companies at satisfactory prices?

82 Comments
2024/11/20
04:28 UTC

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21 years old, long term horizon (30+ years)

I want passive income when I retire to live off of, without selling a bunch of stocks. So that I can create generational wealth. As a result my general portfolio plan is:

40% dividend

35% broad market

25% growth

This results in…

40% SCHD

24.5% SPLG 10.5% AVUV

18%SCHG 7% SOXQ

26 Comments
2024/11/19
21:21 UTC

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Thoughts?

Diversified based on input I have received. Thank you for that. Please lmk if anything I can do better.

8 Comments
2024/11/19
19:31 UTC

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Thoughts on my portfolio? Where can I diversify? Or where can I increase profits? New investor trying not to miss out on Trump’s economy

3 Comments
2024/11/19
13:43 UTC

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Rate my 401k portfolio

  • Spartan ® 500 Index Pool Class C: 46.79%
  • Spartan® International Index Pool Class C: 33.42%
  • Spartan® Extended Market Index Pool Class C: 11.42%
  • Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Institutional Shares (VBTIX): 8.37%
  • Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (SCHZ): 10%

I think I was trying to emulate a 3-concept portfolio. I forget the reasoning by now.

0 Comments
2024/11/19
08:03 UTC

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I invested poorly with a robo advisor & need help.

Around 2020 I decided to go into the market and after some research decided to go with personal capitals robo advisor service with an attached financial advisor. The fee seemed reasonable for not having a lot of experience and for what I knew about the market at the time their strategy seemed sound. They try a more “even” investment into all things and well in the last for years I’m out quite a bit of money. If I had just gone into VOO and VTI indexes I’d probably be atleast 30% farther ahead than I am now. I have the majority of my life savings wrapped up in this and a large chunk sitting in a money market account getting 3.5% since I haven’t felt happy with my situation and feel stuck. How would you go about transitioning into Index funds at this point? I know a large part of the funds I mentioned are tech based and have been booming so buying in now seems sub par. I was also looking at going with a wellsfargo advisor because that’s generally where I do my banking and I qualify for their top tier services if I go all in. That being said they are going to adjust my portfolio and change it into their setup and I’m wondering if I shouldn’t just do it myself although I’m not sure I know how to not shoot myself in the foot with capital gains. Any help would be appreciated.

11 Comments
2024/11/19
01:57 UTC

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Rate My Portfolio (26 M)

This includes my Roth IRA, Rollover IRA and taxable brokerage account

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I feel like it's not diversified enough and very risk prone. Any suggestions or rebalancing to do?
The bitcoin and dividend ETFS are in my ROTH IRA

5 Comments
2024/11/18
21:48 UTC

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Advice for potential portfolio

Thoughts on this portfolio?

For context: I am a new Canadian investor at 36 years old. I have all the basics already set up (emergency funds, TFSA maximization, HIYA, etc) but I am looking at ETFs/index funds and building a portfolio, and holding long-term for retirement in 20-25 years.

Here is my sample Diversified Portfolio:

Canadian Equities (30%):

VCN or XIU 

U.S. Equities (30%):

VUN (Total Market) or VOO (S&P 500)

International Equities (20%):

XAW or VXC 

Emerging Markets (10%):

XEC or XAW 

Bonds (10%):

ZAG or VAB for stability and income through Canadian investment-grade bonds

How does this look? Open to any suggestions. I am also currently researching and gaining information through bogleheads.

8 Comments
2024/11/18
20:47 UTC

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Just found $10k in an old account

As the title suggests, I just found $10k USD in an old military retirement account. It is both Roth and traditional IRA.

What do you suppose I do with it?

( At the moment, it is just cash and I plan on rolling it over to Vanguard)

I have a list of what to out the funds in to, which include:

VOO, VTI, SPY -50%

SCHD -2% FDVV - 2%

QQQM- 20% VGT -10% SCHG -7%

IBIT- 3%

O - 3% MAIN - 2%

Is this a good idea? I cannot add to this retirement account, as I am no longer employed by the US military.

I plan on putting it into a vanguard IRA/Roth IRA and putting these percentages on the account.

Any changes you would make?

I'm male, single, 29 years old. Have a full-time job, about to buy a house. Thanks.

9 Comments
2024/11/18
20:29 UTC

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