Dave Taft has left the building (or home office that is). After 23 fantastic years today was my final day with Siemens. So excited to see what this retirement thing is all about. And so, my next great adventure begins…
I’m so thrilled to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and hope everyone will get theirs as soon as humanly possible. We can beat this pandemic but all have to work together to make it happen. Please do your part. Vaccinations save lives…not just yours, but those around you.
It was pretty sad. Hopefully 2021 will be better.
On my 2019 Christmas trip I wandered through the Barranco and Miraflores neighborhoods of Lima, Peru in search of murals and street art. They were everywhere and I wasn’t disappointed.
I was fortunate to be in Brixen Italy during their Water Light Festival. The festival ran from May 9 – 25, 2019 and each night from 9 – 12 PM there were various displays throughout the city center. While they had a map, they also strung green fiber cable above the streets that you could follow from display to display. The highlight were the colorful flying fish that moved to music in front of the Brixen Cathedral.
For the average investor target date funds have become a popular auto-invest, set-it and forget-it option for retirement saving in their 401(k) plans or IRA’s. That’s actually a good thing in my mind if the investor sticks to the program. The funds include a mix of stocks and bonds that are automatically re-balanced and become more conservative as they move toward the target retirement date. Some argue they might become too conservative for retirees, but that’s a separate discussion.
What many don’t realize is there’s no “industry standard” for the asset allocation in these funds; that’s left to the fund companies. Below is a list of widely held target date 2030 funds. As you can see, they have a huge range of asset allocations ranging from 75/25 Stocks to Bonds/Cash/Short-Term down to 55/45.
Wow! To me 55/45 is awfully conservative for someone 12 years from a planned retirement.
This “risk tolerance” spread is something individual investors should be aware of, and comfortable with, particularly as they approach retirement.
Just remember, target date funds are not created equally.
Note: Fund data as of 9/19/2018
As an Arizona native I’ve had mixed feelings about John McCain’s policies over the years though have found a new respect for him these past few. John McCain served his country, not just himself. R.I.P. and Godspeed John.
On my recent trip to Glasgow I spent some time wandering the city to look at the wonderful murals they have. Here is a selection covering many of them.
The Mural Trail website with map is found at: https://www.citycentremuraltrail.co.uk/
Hasbro has trademarked the scent of Play-Doh: “a sweet, slightly musky, vanilla fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, combined with the smell of a salted, wheat-based dough”. I wonder if a Play-Doh fragrance is in the works? 🙄
I ❤️ My Tribe!
