You’ve seen my allocation here:
- 70% stocks, 30% other (15% bonds, 5% gold, 5% commodities, 5% RE)
But this is for the pension portfolio. On top of that, I had my own home - which I feel to be an important asset to own. Adding in RE equity, I get to:
- 56% stocks, 24% (bonds, commodities, RE funds), 20% Real estate.
I find this to be a reasonable allocation. Maybe even increasing bonds a bit more relative to stocks for a 50/30/20 split.
I think 80% stock allocation is too volatile for the average person to hold unless it is locked away in a pension fund where they don’t see the volatility and can’t panic sell out of it.