How I'd Invest $50,000 for Retirement, If I Had to Start From Scratch
How does the old saying go? "If I had known then what I know now"? It may be a tired, shop-worn cliche, but it's tired for all the right reasons. Namely, everyone can relate to the idea, including investors. There are just some lessons that can only be learned in time, and that are usually taught by mistakes.
With that as the backdrop, if I could start over with a completely clean slate and $50,000 in cash, here's what my initial portfolio would look like.
It may not be an exciting holding, but you don't invest for excitement -- you invest to grow your assets. Simply participating in the broad market's long-term success is the best, risk-adjusted way of achieving this goal. Ergo, I'd allocate more than one-third of my portfolio to index funds like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY).
Source Fool.com
