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Now that we have your portfolio up and running, the rest comes down to three things: contributing consistently, maintaining your portfolio, and staying the course. We are going to focus here on maintaining your portfolio, which largely comes down to one thing: rebalancing. We have already touched briefly on rebalancing…

Well, this is it: the day has finally arrived! Today, we are going to take all of your planning from the previous steps, and put it into action. And we have come quite a long way! But if you’re anything like me, when I reached this stage, I was flat-out…

Let’s recap. If you’ve been following the FFWF Investing Guide so far, you now have the basic framework of your portfolio established: you’ve worked out your ideal mix of asset classes (your asset allocation), and have a list of the best index fund choices available for each of your investment…

Congratulations! In establishing your asset allocation, you have the cornerstone of your investment plan built, and the biggest decision you will make in portfolio planning behind you. Now that we have an allocation that is suitable for you—based on your time horizon and personal risk tolerance—the next step is to…