Most stock pickers won't beat the overall market so I'd stick to ETFs. 1-SPY (S&P 500) ......................................................................... 25% 2-QQQ (nasdaq) .......................................................................... 25% 3-VNQ (real estate) ...................................................................... 15% 4-TLT (bonds) ................................................................................... 5% 5-IPOs (100 companies over 10 years) ................................. 10% 6-BTC (bitcoin) .............................................................................. 10% 7-GLD (gold) .................................................................................... 5% 8-Cash (stock picking hobby) ...................................................... 5% ***Farmground crowdfunding ... 5%(Fund with 5% of VNQ if/when they don't require accreditation) ***IPOs ... Invest $100 each in 10 largest IPOs each year for next 10 years. ***If "Cash (stock picking)" beats ETFs then move more from stock ETFs to Cash. ***Rebalance at the end of every year.
100k in your 20's, cheap hookers and cheap wine. Get "your money's worth". Worry about life after the big Four Oh.
My risk tolerance is 40%. I have an extra 13K$ that I would like to get some high kinda risky returns. And for the 100K$ I'd like conservative investments.
I've never seen risk tolerance defined as a percentage. Does that mean you are willing to lose 40% of your investment? Every one wants to get kinda high risky returns but no one wants to lose money. What do you consider a conservative investment?
If it is extremely worth it in a sense I can go for an aggressive risk of maximum 40% in worst case scenario. But my usual range is conservative/moderate. I consider guaranteed and steady return along with maintaining a lower level of risk a conservative investment such as investing in debt securities.
Risk tolerance is about you. Coin flip; You have 3 choices. You can keep your 100K or You lose 40K so you have 60K left You win and double your money and have 200K Which option do you choose. Most people believe that they have a high risk tolerance but when it comes to their own money they really don't. If I offer 1 to 100 odds on drawing a single card from the deck, at what point does the bet become too expensive? Most people would be willing to risk a buck, some even 10 bucks but few are willing to risk 1000. Take a look at game shows like Deal or no deal and who wants to be a millionaire. When the cash get's high enough no one wants to take the risk. The best way to manage risk is to have a method of getting out of the market when it starts to trend downward.
Avoid bonds ( rising interest rates are bad for bonds ) and bitcoin ( pure gambling ) entirely at this point. Old rules about a stock/bond split don't apply in this unusual situation with 0.25% interest rates.