Fidelity Fund Portfolios (2024)

FAQs

Is the 3 fund portfolio good enough? ›

While the three-fund portfolio is great because it's simple to learn and easy to manage, it isn't without its disadvantages, as we discuss on our personal finance primer.

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A three-fund portfolio isn't complex. It just means choosing one representative fund to include in your portfolio from the domestic stock, international stock and bond categories. These funds can all belong to the same family or come from different mutual fund companies.

So, what's the ideal number of funds? Well, there is no right or wrong answer. It can depend on a number of factors including the number of funds you're comfortable monitoring in your portfolio, your investment objectives and risk appetite.

Three-fund lazy portfolios

These usually consist of three equal parts of bonds (total bond market or TIPS), total US market and total international market.

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Because Fidelity is privately owned, it is able to make decisions based on long-term benefits — not short-term gains — for the clients it serves. Fidelity's financial stability, its compliance with industry regulations, and its insurance protection all serve to help safeguard your investments.

A Lazy Portfolio is a collection of investments that requires very little maintenance. It's the typical passive investing strategy, for long-term investors, with time horizons of more than 10 years. Choose your investment style (Classic or Alternative?), pick your Lazy Portfolios and implement them with ETFs.

Here are a few popular options: An 80/20 three-fund portfolio with 64% U.S. stocks, 16% international stocks, and 20% bonds. This option prioritizes growth and is good for investors with high risk tolerance. An equally weighted three-fund portfolio with 33% to 34% in each asset.

This investment strategy seeks total return through exposure to a diversified portfolio of primarily equity, and to a lesser extent, fixed income asset classes with a target allocation of 70% equities and 30% fixed income. Target allocations can vary +/-5%.

Is it better to invest in one mutual fund or multiple? ›

The decision to invest in one fund or multiple funds depends on your investment goals, risk tolerance, and diversification strategy. Investing in one fund can be simpler and more straightforward, while multiple funds can offer broader diversification across different assets and sectors.

Can you over-diversify a portfolio? Yes. Holding 50 stocks rather than 25 may lower your downside risk somewhat, but it can also reduce your profit potential. And at that point, it may be better to consider investing through an index fund, or even a combination of several sector-based funds.

The right number of stocks to own is different for every investor. Most investors aim to own somewhere between 10–30 stocks in their portfolio. In my experience, owning fewer than 10 stocks is too little diversity and too much risk concentrated on just a few positions.

As of May 17, 2024, the Bogleheads Three-fund Portfolio returned 7.40% Year-To-Date and 8.21% of annualized return in the last 10 years.

General ROI: A positive ROI is generally considered good, with a normal ROI of 5-7% often seen as a reasonable expectation. However, a strong general ROI is something greater than 10%. Return on Stocks: On average, a ROI of 7% after inflation is often considered good, based on the historical returns of the market.

Rebalancing is about managing risk, not chasing investment returns. Rebalancing your portfolio once a year is plenty. Rebalancing less frequently may be even better if your portfolio is diversified from the outset.

How many funds are enough? One thing you should always remember is that a lot of funds in your portfolio doesn't mean you have a diversified portfolio. A portfolio with 15 funds that have overlapping is not diversified. You should have no more than 4 funds in your portfolio.