Comments on: Rule for Building Wealth: Go Heavy on Stocks http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/12/19/rule-for-building-wealth-go-heavy-on-stocks/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Matt http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/12/19/rule-for-building-wealth-go-heavy-on-stocks/#comment-74321 Matt Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:01:37 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/12/19/rule-for-building-wealth-go-heavy-on-stocks/#comment-74321 The only issue with being that stock heavy is that if the market or market segment you've invested in takes a dive (say another bubble occurs) you're likely to end up loosing a lot of cash. Granted if you're young and heavily invested in the stock market this isn't likely to cause you much grief down the road. With that said I think that this rule of thumb should take into account the amount of money you're investing with. If at 30 I had 2 or 3 million to work with I would invest it far differently than if I only had 50 thousand. The only issue with being that stock heavy is that if the market or market segment you’ve invested in takes a dive (say another bubble occurs) you’re likely to end up loosing a lot of cash. Granted if you’re young and heavily invested in the stock market this isn’t likely to cause you much grief down the road.

With that said I think that this rule of thumb should take into account the amount of money you’re investing with. If at 30 I had 2 or 3 million to work with I would invest it far differently than if I only had 50 thousand.

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