Bankrate has some nifty pie charts that show you how you should be allocating your retirement investments at different age groups. How you allocate your assets determines the risk in your portfolio. Of course, you don’t have to take these suggestions, your level of risk should reflect your tolerance for it. —MEGHANN MARCO

Allocating assets for your retirement portfolio [Bankrate]

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