Even when it crashes it's like 20% no? It's not actually that big of a deal.

linsomniac 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

The idea is that over a 40 year window that 20% (or more) crash is eventually going to rebound, so just sitting on the target retirement fund is going to do well over it's lifetime. As you get closer to retirement, and don't have the time to recover from the crash, the plan moves to safer investments.

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im3w1l 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Crashes can be a lot bigger than just 20%.

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aners_xyz 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m sorry but 20% of a retirement fund is a lot of money.

	▲	koakuma-chan 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		It may be a lot of money but it shouldn't matter because you don't need all of it right away.