On: Ask YC: How do you invest your money for long term...

[noodle]

go to vanguard and invest your money in several different, diverse, low-cost funds. index funds are great, but you can't buy only index funds and be diverse. buy some REITs, some bonds, etc..

spread the money out, no more than 20% in any single fund unless the fund itself is diverse.

sit on it for a long time.

thats it.

[epi0Bauqu → noodle]

What %s do you suggest in particular across the various asset classes?

[noodle → epi0Bauqu]

well, this is how i invest, specifically. i'm young and more aggressive:

35% domestic 500 index

15% foreign developed markets

20% foreign developing markets

10% REITs

10% intermediate-term bonds

10% inflation-protected bonds