Risk tolerance combines your financial capacity to absorb losses with your emotional ability to stay invested when markets fall. An allocation that is too aggressive for your temperament leads to panic-selling at the worst time. Matching your portfolio to an honest assessment of your risk tolerance is what makes a plan sustainable.
An investor who would sell in a 30% crash should hold a more conservative allocation.
The classic "100 minus your age" rule for stock-bond allocation has not aged well. Here is a more nuanced approach based on your timeline, risk tolerance, and income sources.
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