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2. I wouldn't say they should be completely out of equities.....

Mon Feb 7, 2022, 12:06 PM

Feb 2022

...but reducing exposure to perhaps 30-40% will provide some buffer against inflation while preventing unaffordable losses of principal.

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Older Investors Have a Lot of Money in Stocks. How to Check if It's Too Much. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 OP

If not in stock, what should older investors have their money in? PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #1

I wouldn't say they should be completely out of equities..... lastlib Feb 2022 #2

In reality, the payout from bonds is so abysmally low, that PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #3

No one is suggesting 100% stock ownership. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #5

For about five years now people here have been saying the market is overvalued, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #9

I largely agree with you. It's a matter of risk tolerance, I think. lastlib Feb 2022 #6

I don't have a high income. My annuities are simply part of PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #8

There are bold traders, and there are old traders in stock market at140 Feb 2022 #11