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You are completely different story....

what you are doing is sound. Everyone investment is different, the ony reason I responded to MP4VT2004 as I did is because he is 30 years from retirement. As far as he is concerned he wants the market to tank so he can buy as much as he can so that in 30 years he is sitting pretty. Trying to time the market and going back and forth between bonds and mutual funds ends up costing you more in the long run. As Buffett says when the market is down and everyone is running, that is the time to buy more.

If I were you I would certainly protect my nest egg and do what you are doing if you are happy with where you are, if you feel you can retire at 60 with what you have, I would be probably 80% bonds now, 20% still in the market (I will get to why in a second), and I would still be putting money into 401k plan.

The reason I would still have 20% in the market is one, even if the market is terrible in 10 years when you retire you hit your bond money first, that will take years. The other 20% still sitting in the market will have had 20 years to mature and if the market is still flat, we are all in trouble anyway. Reason two, you should always be trying to make more money so while I agree with putting money into bonds, you should always take a little risk and having 20% in the market is not a bad philosophy.

HokieForever

(In response to this post by vt90)

Posted: 02/02/2018 at 10:11PM

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You are completely different story.... -- HokieForever 02/02/2018 10:11PM

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