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Vanguard lifestrstegy 80

Stargunner · 2020-02-15 14:14:33

Reviewing my pension and looking at funds to invest in.The Lifestrategy 60/80 are extremely popular on here, particularly for pension funds. I am trying to find out why they are so popular. The Lifestrategy 80 has produced a 57% return over the last 5 years, but there are so many other global funds that have far exceeded…

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Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite

16 February 2020 at 2:35PM

Stargunner said:

Thanks for your replies. I will probably invest the bulk of my pension in the LS 80, but also invest a small amount in 1 or 2 other global funds and monitor how they perform, as I can easily switch it to 100% LS80.

Diversify your porfolio. Holding correlated assets leaves you totally exposed to market volatity. Likewise increaes the risk of permanent capital loss.

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