QUOTE(wongmunkeong @ Apr 9 2012, 04:04 PM)
Hi VincentWMH (ooo.. so close to my initials WMK

),
No worries - this is a forum for airing, bouncing and poking ideas / plans around mar.
As a "calculated risk taker" (ie. medium risk taker), there are no hard/fast rules as to the Asset Allocation (excluding emergency funds).
Generally, if unsure, i'd suggest 1/3 for EACH, thus, even if U total up your Equities, it's 66.66% vs 33.33% Fixed Income, which is near the "traditional advised" of 60% Equities vs 40% Fixed Income.
Personally, since i'm a
"backside" itchy feller that wants to have some leeway to trade or test some investing methodologies, my planned holding is:
5% gold/commodities/trade/testing
(1/3 - 5%) for Fixed Income (note - i've a 1 year emergency fund which is NOT included in my Asset Allocation)
1/3 for Biz Equities
1/3 for RE Equities
My investing methodologies for Biz & RE Equities are 50% programmatic (every quarter invest based on value and dollar cost averaging) + 50% opportunistic (value buys, trend buys). Note - these excludes my 5% crazy money which i try out things like gold, commodities, FUTURES, options (my next test hehehe - after i recover from my stupidity in Index Futures), etc.
Just a thought

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(ooo.. so close to my initials WMK

) heheee..

we have got exactly the same
Wong
Mun but a
'K' to yourself and an
'H' to me.
thanks for re-affiming my 'sort-off' existing asset allocation and 'new to me metho-do-logies' on the "50% programmatic (every quarter invest based on value and dollar cost averaging) + 50% opportunistic (value buys, trend buys)"

gonna shift my gear towards this
secondly, i will want to top up my emergency fund from current 9mths to 12mths too but i define this as ?mths x $net take home/mth
i'm a 'front&backside' itchy fella myself also, each year i allow 10% of the 40% fixed income or cap<12K/pa for 'fun-luck'

eg casino gaming, 4D, big sweep lottery.
thanks again WMK!!