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Regarding "your age in bonds", it's worth noting that Vanguard's all-in-one retirement funds don't follow this advice at all. For example, the Target Retirement 2050 fund has 10% bonds [1], while I would expect most people buying this fund to be 30+.

[1] https://investor.vanguard.com/mutual-funds/profile/VFIFX



I'd suggest ramping up bonds shortly before retirement (and then ramping them back down again afterwards, which the vanguard funds do not do -- mostly because they cannot tell if you have actually retired on your target date).[1]

[1]: https://earlyretirementnow.com/2017/09/13/the-ultimate-guide...


There's the "100 minus your age rule", the "110 minus your age" rule... Linear, simple, all easy to remember — not necessarily "tuned".




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