Asset Allocation May Update

by Carrie on May 21, 2009 · 0 comments

in investing

I’m trying to get my portfolio balanced by using only new money I’m putting in rather than selling anything at this time.

Here’s where it was at in April:

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In April I was doing okay on cash investments but much too high on large cap and too low on small cap and international. In April I contributed $416.66 in new money (1/12 of my annual $5000 Roth IRA contribution). I also received some funds from my parents that had been scheduled to transfer to me when I turned 25.

After allocating that new money to small cap and international assets, here’s what my portfolio looks like:

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Schwab’s portfolio analysis tool now gives me a green OK on my asset allocation rather than the yellow warning symbol I had before. At this point I’ll be allocating my new Roth IRA investments every two weeks as necessary to try to maintain a balance and I’ll rebalance every three months if any asset classes get significantly out of balance.

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