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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stock bull who wrote (7430)	8/31/1998 3:31:00 PM
From: Math Junkie	Respond to of 42834

Re: "<<I did hear the show where he advised listeners to readjust their portfolio's so individual equities did not exceed 4%.>>...isn't this the same thing as adjusting one's allocation?" No. Asset allocation, as Bob uses the term, refers to the percentage of your total investment portfolio that is in equities (stocks and equity mutual funds) versus the percentage that is in fixed income investments (bonds, etc). His comments indicate that, as one gets closer to retirement, or to otherwise needing the money, one should adjust the ratio towards the 50/50 range.