Most web sites have a questionaire which spits out a specific allocation for a given risk tolerance.
But that same questionaire does not fill you in as to what risks you are actually taking.
My goal was to educate on what the risks were, and how a given risk is accounted for.
A few things- I would prefer a questionaire not give specific advice (I am not recomending anyone go 40-60 or 80-20 or choose any specific mutual fund). So it is vague on purpose in that regard.
My goal is to have a place when someone posts "where do I start", I can link the thread in a post, possibly quote some text, and save myself retyping the same information over and over... I find many of my responses on this site to be similar, I just direct them to different people. So having a thread on what risks exist is helpful if a person thinks that investing is too risky.
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- General questions get general responses. Specific questions get better responses. Want a better answer? Re-read my signature LOL
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