Hale is clearly ambivalent about these risks, as he continues to make a good case for the role of commodity futures in a portfolio. However, if Total Bond Market funds were more prevalent in the UK (as they are in the US) then I wouldn’t have any objections to getting a small dose that way. Its stance of putting consumers first is protected and enshrined in the legally-binding MSE Editorial Code.

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The trick is to pick one that chimes with your attitude to risk, time horizon, and tolerance for complexity. As a recent retiree with hopefully 20+years to fund, I prefer a full, diversified equity portfolio with a rolling 5 years of forecast expenditure in cash (currently earning 5-6%) so I’m not a forced seller of equities. He loves working with Albion’s clients and takes immense pleasure in seeing them develop and grow, in the knowledge that Albion has played a small part in their success.Do they only roll over maturities into longer term gilts, or is there some other trading going to keep the duration at a certain amount – just confused. The defensive asset mix of the Smarter Portfolios only uses short dated UK index linked gilts, or conventional long dated gilts. But most of the other cuts from the 1st edition make sense, and amount to a sanding down of the material into the sleeker 3rd edition available today. In practice if I drawdown once a quarter there might be times my short term cash is 4 months and hopefully never less than 1 month, but I hope I will plan my drawdowns conservatively so there is always more in the tank if needed at the next drawdown. The good thing about index linked gilts is their inflation protection, but you really are paying for it.

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Note, we’ve used a money market fund in place of cash, but high-interest savings accounts will do just as nicely.Valiant: I do sell assets from my growth portfolio to maintain my rolling 5 year of ‘safety assets’ (cash). Inflation-repelling index-linked bonds are an obvious All Weather addition, but they’re not officially featured.