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Originally Posted by lewdog
Just be careful. My parents lost 50%+ of their retirement, within 3-4 years of retirement in 2008 because people thought being exposed to a high percentage of equities was "always safe."
I wouldn't recommend more than 50% exposure to stocks within a few years of retirement.
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I don't really think you have an option at this time. We haven't hit negative nominal interest rates like Japan & Europe but we're getting there. A normal US bond fund is already negative real yields.
He's planning to retire at 56, assuming he's healthy he can't be taking a negative drag on 50% of his portfolio. He could easily have 35 years left. Unless it's a mental/emotional crutch, I don't think I'd go above 30%? bonds. Unless you're betting on rates going down, right now most bonds are setting money/purchasing power slowly on fire.