Not going to engage in silly back and forth. I am glad you find the discussions perfect. Some unfortunately think things can be better. Have a good day.Then why do you use it?I wasn't making an argument at all, straw man or otherwise.Well, asset allocation is what defines the portfolio, so of course risk level flows from the asset allocation (which by the way does not have to be limited to stocks and nominal bonds). That by itself is a tautology.I disagree with your statement. In fact, the post I replied to explicitly stated "the purpose of AA is to set a risk level that someone can live with". Isn't that by definition, assigning a level of risk to a portfolio based on the % of equities vs the % of fixed income/bonds?
That is a false assumption. You can find many threads going back for years commenting that nominal bonds have inflation risk, or that having too small of a stock allocation in retirement can be risky just like having too large of one can be.
That does not imply that risk is fully commensurate with the percentage of equities, however, which also was part of your straw man assumption in order to invalidate it by commenting on the term and inflation risk that materialized in 2021/2022.
I stated an opinion- this forum does a poor job discussing the actual details and intricacies of things.
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