I know our accounts have some inefficiencies and need fixing, but short term I was looking for help funding my SEP (which is due very soon). It will be around 20-25k invested.
Here are our details
Ages: 47 and 45
State: CA
Tax Filing Status: Married filing jointly
Debt: none
Emergency Fund: 1 year
Our Investments:
Taxable
466k in 2040 target fund
295k in 2020 target fund (no idea why I even chose this fund many years ago
)
SEP
451k in 2040 target fund
Our ROTHs
165k in 2040 target fund
130k in 2040 target fund
TSP
641k in 2040 lifecycle
15k in G fund
Total
2.16M
As you can see, I went basically all target funds. When I first started getting into investing I wanted an easy "set it and forget it" strategy. So I just kept dumping all our investments into target funds, which I am now realizing was either a mistake or a huge mistake. Too conservative, bad for tax purposes, etc...I'd like to fix all of our accounts soon (if they are "fixable") but right now I want to be sure to fund my 2023 SEP properly in the next couple days.
Any recommendations? We'd like to semi-retire/coast-retire in about ten years. Our goal is about 10k per month.
Should I go with something like VOO? Or the 3 fund portfolio (VTI, VXUS, and BND)? If so, what percent of each?
Thank you
Here are our details
Ages: 47 and 45
State: CA
Tax Filing Status: Married filing jointly
Debt: none
Emergency Fund: 1 year
Our Investments:
Taxable
466k in 2040 target fund
295k in 2020 target fund (no idea why I even chose this fund many years ago

SEP
451k in 2040 target fund
Our ROTHs
165k in 2040 target fund
130k in 2040 target fund
TSP
641k in 2040 lifecycle
15k in G fund
Total
2.16M
As you can see, I went basically all target funds. When I first started getting into investing I wanted an easy "set it and forget it" strategy. So I just kept dumping all our investments into target funds, which I am now realizing was either a mistake or a huge mistake. Too conservative, bad for tax purposes, etc...I'd like to fix all of our accounts soon (if they are "fixable") but right now I want to be sure to fund my 2023 SEP properly in the next couple days.
Any recommendations? We'd like to semi-retire/coast-retire in about ten years. Our goal is about 10k per month.
Should I go with something like VOO? Or the 3 fund portfolio (VTI, VXUS, and BND)? If so, what percent of each?
Thank you
Statistics: Posted by schmitz — Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:29 pm — Replies 1 — Views 98