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Risk Tolerance

Many firms use “risk tolerance” questionnaires to determine this for their clients, but a client’s risk tolerance isn’t a static measurement like their height; it varies over time. “Risk tolerance” is a terrible term because it encompasses three different factors: Risk capacity – how much risk the client can afford to take. Risk propensity – how much …

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Bucket Strategies, etc.

A fellow advisor wrote in a professional online forum last year, “[I]n rocky times I turn off dividend reinvestment and let the cash build so if they need money from me, we don’t have to sell principal.” I want to comment not only on that, but also on so-called bucket strategies that I don’t think …

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