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Friday, 3 April 2015

Shifting My Portfolio into "Retirement Gear": Primitive Proposed Plan and Timescales

Some time back me and No More Waffles had a little discussion in the comments section of one of his posts. Part of this was about our thoughts on pooled investment vehicles like exchange traded funds (ETF) and Investment Trusts (IT). In particular, it was about their place in our portfolios in the (far) future.

Currently both me and NMW are in our 20s. As it stands, my current plan for now is for most--but not all--of my investments to be in individual stocks. I do hold a few ETFs and may add a couple of ITs in time but most would be individual companies.

However, as I get older and retirement approaches I plan to shift my strategy a little. Chiefly, this shift would see more of my investment cash going into ETFs, Investment Trusts and the like.

The discussion made me realise I had not really planned it very much. As such, I thought it may be useful to write up my plans--as they stand--to see what you all think. What are your plans? What do you make of my tentative scheme?