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The 70th anniversary special issue Kiplinger’s Personal Finance , we distillation to show you how to create, protect and enhance your life, your best advice of our wealth. Start with these sophisticated investment techniques to help improve your portfolio:

Open a brokerage account

Once you have established a bank account and begin to participate your employer’s retirement savings plan by opening a brokerage account to your wealth-building program to a new level. This will allow you to invest in individual stocks and exchange-traded funds, which most people can not do in their 401 (k), as well as mutual funds without transaction fees. You need $ 2,500 Fidelity, our number one online brokerage accounts; Schwab just $ 1,000, which is the exemption from registration if you deposit at least $ 100 a month automatically.

Continue to invest in low-cost

The same in other conditions, the less you pay, the more you can keep your own. Through online brokers such as Charles Schwab or Fidelity began to open accounts (see Best online broker). You can buy and sell shares of about $ 7 per trade. In addition, many of the top discount stores let you trade ETF options without sales charges. Fund investors should focus on low rates mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. You can buy index funds, such as those that track the S & P 500 index, about 0.05% of the annual fee. Top low-cost actively managed funds include: Dodge and Cox Stock (DODGX) and MAIRS the engine of growth (MPGFX), both Kip 25 members.

If you work with fund managers, you might pay about 1% a year. Trying to negotiate a lower fee. Or consider “ROBO” the adviser, which uses technology to manage your portfolio contracted. Under improved management fee of 0.25% of total assets each year. Wealthfront levy balances under $ 10,000 and the cost of any amount more than a year without management fee of 0.25%.

For your investment

The target date funds, which is widely used in the planning of 401 (K), designed to set it and forget it’s investment. heThey are the best investment the investor who does not know how or do not want to bother figuring out how much of their portfolio should be stocks or bonds, or when rebalancing. In the pros and cons of target date funds to do the work for you, mix stocks and bonds transferred to the MO When you get older, you retire, even if more conservative allocation. Select the name of the fund with the year when you plan to retire to match. Our favorite target date series Pioneer target retirement , to hold index funds, and tons. Rowe Price Retirement , which holds the majority of actively managed funds. If you are 18 years from retirement, for example, to retire 2035 (VTTHX) for the Pioneer goal.

Recall that stock

The accumulation of wealth in the long run, the best way is to invest in stocks. US stock market, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index as a measure, has recovered about 10% compounded annually. After the stock is a fickle and volatile name in the short term, their long-term rise, their breathing may be comprehensive or mother bear is due rket. But with interest rates still in the gutter, stocks will almost certainly exceed the investment (eg, savings accounts and money market funds) in the next decade and beyond classes of bonds and cash. Started to invest in low-cost exchange-traded funds, such as i share core P 500 (Symbol IVV), which tracks the S & P 500, or Pioneer total stock market (VTI), which follows a benchmarks, including nearly all US stocks. You can use the ETF revised version of the engine department, such as the Pioneer Information Technology ETF (VGT) or the Guggenheim Museum, the S & P 500 and other weight-care ETF (RYH). But money is not invested, you need quickly.

Investments to overcome inflation

Kipling expected inflation from 2017 to 2016 from 2.1 per cent is still a modest 2.4 percent rise year on year. This is far less than in the 1970s style out of control levels, but it is worth enough to protect some of the inflation in your portfolio. A good choice: Treasury inflation protection securities (TIPS). TIPS principal value is adjusted to keep pace with rising consumer prices. Purchase TIPS directlyFrom Uncle Sam at www.treasurydirect.gov. Another inflation fighter for the Fidelity Floating Rate High Income (FFRHX), to make a major investment in below-average credit rating of the borrower in the loan, the bank. Interest rates in response to changes in short-term rates, which may lead to periodically adjust the time as inflation accelerates. Goods should also be performed as well as rising inflation. For exposure to commodities, consider Port CommodityRealReturn strategy (HACMX). To learn more about keeping ahead of inflation, see hedge your assets.

Spread out your investment

Play it safe with a wide range of stocks and mix bonds could help in the bad times of your portfolio to sustain and improve your long-term returns. If you have at least 10 years until retirement, for example, holds 70% of equity portfolio, 30% in high-quality bonds. Mutual funds can work well, too. Vanguard Wellington (VWELX), Kipling 25 (a list of our favorite funds) in a stock holding in about two-thirds of its assets seating and bonds, and has annualized 8.2% rate of return over the past 20 years.

Emerging markets Shot

Before delivery rose modestly in 2016, in the development of the stock market, such as China and India, in the past five years, four people lost money. However, emerging market equities are still worthy of your assets in place. Not only is the company is expected to exceed 13% in 2017, far more than in the American enterprises to expand access to these shares, investment Baron Emerging Markets [stock is relatively cheap, but corporate earnings in emerging markets 123] (BEXFX) , a Kiplinger 25 funds or exchange-traded i share core MSCI emerging markets ETF (IEMG), which tracks the index.

Take a small share of a flier

You in an emergency fund money into retirement accounts and maxed contributions after considering the possible return of inventory bold and innovative turbo-charged . Small, fast-growing company might be a good choice now because small companies should benefit from health-conscious American economy, they may get fewer regulations to enhanceAnd reducing the corporate income tax rate, now under consideration in Washington. Two top select:

T …. QM Rowe Price US small-cap growth equity (PRDSX) and T …. Rowe Price Small Value (PRSVX), two members of Kip 25

Do not try to time the market

Wondering if it’s time to sell all your stocks? do not. First of all, what are you going to return it? Almost no cash, and bonds come with their own set of risks. How will you know when it’s time to get back market? Our advice is: set an appropriate configuration, and then balance

Rebalancing regularly

You need to trim your winners on a regular basis and add to your allies behind, let your portfolio unchanged . Check your brokerage statements every six months to see if your portfolio has left the track. If you are assigned to a specific category has been assigned drifting over five percentage points, to make the necessary transactions from your goal, keep your back aligned distribution.

Adjust your investment

As you approach retirement, the purpose is to generate enough growth to fight inflation, but ratchet down the risk of the portfolio. 55% of shares, 40% bonds and 5% cash portfolio to achieve this goal. For more growth, structural adjustment, 60 times the percent of stocks and 40% bonds and cash; For less risk, go with% bonds and cash and 40 to 60% of the shares.