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Old 01-24-2022, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC View Post
A return of 6% makes me think you might have been too conservative during this period.

We are all living longer and our money must last longer so a higher return is helpful. However we all have our own risk prefernces.

Notice nobody uses the rule of 100 anymore.
30 percent stock, 40 percent bonds, and 30 percent cash. Mostly Vanguard and Fidelity index funds. I was probably too conservative, but now I can't even spend my obscenely high Government pension.