Oh, and by the way, always giving glory to our Lord, Jesus Christ! He comes first. Always.
Any thoughts on the Vanguard Target funds? Target funds are the set it and forget it option to retirement with automatic changes to your portfolio allocations of stocks and bonds over time.
I found the glide path graphic below from the Vanguard website at <https://advisors.vanguard.com/investments/products/vtinx/vanguard-target-retirement-income-fund#overview> interesting.
I'm not a big fan of foreign stocks and bonds due to their low historic returns, but the eggheads at Vanguard are probably right in that they provide diversification against US market losses.
At <https://corporate.vanguard.com/content/corporatesite/us/en/corp/vemo/vemo-return-forecasts.html> Vanguard is predicting foreign stocks will outperform domestic ones over the next 10 years. I wonder how accurate Vanguard's market forecasts have been in the past.
I find it interesting that the final portfolio allocation of their Retirement Income fund doesn't kick in until ~10 years into retirement and the chart assumes the retirement age of 65.
Ed McQuarrie talks the REAL History of Stocks and Bond performance.
https://www.morningstar.com/funds/vanguard-wellesley-income-is-top-choice
Could be a great fund to start with starting in retirement and cash. Or use Vanguard Wellington and cash if you want to be more aggresive
https://www.morningstar.com/economy/what-weve-learned-150-years-stock-market-crashes
Take a look at this what has happend in past in stock market
We're taking my son to his Introduction to Auburn event at Auburn University.
we'll see you next week though!
In the meantime, a white paper I'm reading.
"This study validates...that the implementation of (China's) Five Year Plan was followed by a significant production expansion in the encouraged sectors of China. This expansion crowds out production in the same sectors in the US, leading to significant drops in both employment and investments and a notable increase in plant closures."
But it's TRUMP that started the trade war, eh?
