Susan Dziubinski: Hi. I’m Susan Dziubinski with Morningstar. I interviewed Morningstar’s director of personal finance and retirement planning, Christine Benz, in early August for a special episode of The Morning Filter podcast. Here’s an excerpt from our conversation.
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Are You Playing It Too Safe With Your Portfolio?
Dziubinski: What are some signs that an investor might be taking on too much risk or maybe playing it too safe with their allocations?
Benz: Well, again, I think it comes back to time horizon, Susan, and people can use age 50 as kind of a rough cutoff as to whether they should care about taking too much risk. I do sense that there’s a…
