Christine Benz
Christine Benz is Morningstar's director of personal finance and author of 30-Minute Money Solutions: A Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Your Finances and the Morningstar Guide to Mutual Funds: 5-Star Strategies for Success. Follow Christine on Twitter: @christine_benz.
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The Time Is Right to De-Risk Your Retirement Portfolio
For pre-retirees and retirees, the risk of standing pat with a too-heavy portfolio mix outweighs the downside of exiting stocks too early.
How to Create a Master Directory
This valuable document can help you see what you own, and serves as a crucial estate planning tool, too.
Retirees: Check Your Worry/Asset Ratio
Guess what? Small positions often contribute the lion's share of the angst.
12 Battle-Tested, Low-Volatility Funds
When the going has gotten tough, these stock, bond, and allocation funds have held up better than their peers.
Miller: Less Investment Choice = Better Retirement Outcomes
The nationally recognized expert on retirement and aging discusses the state of retirement readiness in the U.S. and how reducing choice could improve success rates.
Retirement Planning Is Complicated. Your Retirement Portfolio Shouldn't Be.
Four ideas for streamlining your holdings and reducing your oversight obligations.