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A house is the biggest single investment most people make and the only real estate they need The avenge investor doesn’t have the bankroll to diversify in real estate or the expertise to manage it Assuming you'll retire at 65 and are a moderate risk-takhere are the investment combinations Scott Lummcr recommends: Hastings-on-Hudso- er If you'rt in your 49t or younger: 40 large cap stocks 15 small cap stocks 25 international stocks 20 bonds 0 money market fund In your 50: 30 large cap stocks: 10 small cap stocks 20 international stocks 40 bonds 0 money market fund luyouriOr 15 large cap stocks 5 small op slocks 10 1900 Q BririoLMycre Squibb Company DMbuiBd by unmttmtywi omtuu vonBBw Mnealan NJ 0S643 USA 60600IM-0- 7 slocks bonds 5 money market fund Even very conservative investors in their 60s should keep at least 10 of their money in stocks: In the long run bonds alone don’t perform as well as bonds and stocks together And your real investment horizon isn’t your retirement date — it's your life expectancy Healthy people in their 60s still need stock investments to beat inflation They can expect to live another 20 years — and over a period 4 average annual inflation cuts the buying power of $1 to 44 cents Check your investments once a year to maintain the mix you've decided on or adjust it If you wanted 60 of your money in stocks for example and thanks to a bull market your stocks are now worth 70 of your holdings transfer that extra 10 into your bond or cash K investments 65 20-ye- ar m Lyiui Brenner writes Revised January mtomalionBl a personal-financ- e column for “Newsday” and is the author of “Smart Question To Ask Your Financial Advisers" (Bloomberg Press) msu m sunoH at |