Replacement for RSIVX Multi sector bond fund. in a Roth ira fund purchased about a year ago. Umm ... Re "purchased about a year ago". I may have missed that tidbit in your caption earlier.
If, as it sounds, the Roth itself was opened only a year ago, I'd wonder why one would invest a new Roth IRA in bonds in the first place?
Just a personal observation, but generally speaking a Roth should be positioned for growth. Bonds are currently yielding very low historical returns. The 10-year Treasury yields about 2%. Subtract management fees and one can only expect a 1-2% return on investment going forward (somewhat more with lower rated bonds).
There are, however, a few reasons for holding bonds in a Roth IRA.
--- #1 Age
--- #2 Seeking to protect outsized gains already earned inside a Roth that was originally invested in undervalued assets
--- #3 Estate planning
--- #4 As a smaller portion of a broad-based investment approach
--- #5 Tactically - while awaiting an expected buying opportunity later after an anticipated equity correction
(This last one, however, is a bit suspect because markets are very difficult to predict.)
In addition to the above, some individuals are simply uncomfortable taking risks in the markets and don't tolerate wide fluctuations in value very well. For those investors, conservative multi-asset income funds may be the right choice. As the prior discussion illuminates, RVSIX is hardly multi-asset in composition.
Today’s college graduates might not retire till age 75 If today's college graduates live to age 105 or 110, I don't see working to age 75 as a bad thing, assuming health continues to improve as it has over the last 50 years. There have always been a percentage of people who must work past what they would like to be their retirement age because of financial issues. That is not going to change.
There are two aspects missing -
1. will there be jobs for under 75 y/o and 2. if there is a job will an employer higher them? I don't think there will be, especially when you take into account automation, artificial intelligence and outsourcing of jobs. I'm sure there are many 63 y/o today who would like a job but can't get one.
Today’s college graduates might not retire till age 75 Life expectancy when Social Security was started was about 58 for men and 62 for women. The government figured they would not have to provide many folks with benefits, since most were expected to die before age 65. Now it is 76 and 81. And that is the average, which means many are expected to live much longer. We run our lifetime income projections to age 100 and are considering using longer numbers for our younger clients. Very few of our clients stop their lives and sit in a rocking chair at age 65. Many work because they want to...they like what they do, they own a business. Many retire from their main job and take a part-time job, often what they call a 'fun' job. There are a lot of folks who are unable to retire financially because of various circumstances. The definition of retirement is vastly different from today than it was for our grandparents. If today's college graduates live to age 105 or 110, I don't see working to age 75 as a bad thing, assuming health continues to improve as it has over the last 50 years. There have always been a percentage of people who must work past what they would like to be their retirement age because of financial issues. That is not going to change.