Investment Strategy Assessment

Twelve questions about your timeline, your finances and how you handle market swings. Your answers match you to one of the four Global Core portfolios.

12
Questions
3 min
Approximate time
4
Possible portfolios

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Investment Strategy Assessment

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Your match

How your answers scored
Capacity for riskTime horizon and finances
Comfort with riskTolerance and emotions

What you would own

Talk through your result

Your match is a starting point for a conversation, not a recommendation. The right portfolio also depends on your taxes, your other accounts and your full financial picture.

What the assessment looks at

Three questions in each of four areas. Together they show how much risk you can afford to take and how much you are comfortable taking.

01

Time horizon

When you will start using this money, and how long it needs to last once you do.

02

Risk capacity

How well your finances could absorb a bad year without changing your plans.

03

Risk tolerance

The trade-off you would choose between growth and the size of the swings.

04

Emotions

How you are likely to feel, and what you are likely to do, when markets fall.

How your match is made

Your capacity for risk

Time horizon and risk capacity are about your situation. Someone who needs the money in three years cannot afford the same swings as someone who will not touch it for twenty, no matter how calm they feel.

Your comfort with risk

Risk tolerance and emotions are about you. A portfolio that looks right on paper does not help if a rough year leads you to sell at the bottom.

Each side points to one of the four portfolios. When they disagree, your match is the more conservative of the two.

The four Global Core portfolios

Every portfolio is built from the same five low-cost funds. What changes from one to the next is the weighting.

Common questions

Is my result investment advice?

No. It is an educational starting point based on twelve answers. A recommendation takes a conversation about your goals, taxes, other accounts and income needs.

What if my capacity and my comfort point to different portfolios?

That is common. The assessment matches you to the more conservative of the two and shows you both, so you can see where the gap is. A wide gap is worth talking through before you invest.

Will my result change over time?

It can. Your time horizon shortens as you get closer to using the money, and your finances and outlook change. It is worth retaking the assessment every couple of years or after a major life event.

Do you keep my answers?

No. The assessment runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is stored or sent unless you choose to share your result with us.

Prefer to talk it through?

Bring your result, or skip the assessment and start with a conversation about what you want your money to do.

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