What to Do With $100,000 in Today’s Economy
October 29, 2012I actually get this question quite a bit on our financial helpline and in our worksite financial planning sessions, not so much that someone got an inheritance (though I did get that last week), but many people simply want to know how they should allocate their assets in their own 401(k). The question doesn’t have a quick and easy answer and answering involves asking a series of questions first because investing starts with you – the investor. Obviously, an aggressive investor is going to have a very different investment mix than a conservative investor. A fifty year old may have a very different investment mix than a twenty year old no matter what the current economic outlook. Here are some questions I always start with: Continue reading “What to Do With $100,000 in Today’s Economy”