Risk Tolerance Questionnaire Your investing strategy should reflect how much risk you are willing to take. It's important that you are not jolted out of investing because markets perform in a way that makes you uncomfortable. We want you to make money AND sleep well at night. This brief 7 question survey will help you focus the amount of risk you are comfortable taking. At the end we will give you a sample investment portfolio, based on your risk comfort zone. What is your goal with your investments? To grow aggressively To grow significantly To grow moderately To grow, but cautiously To avoid losing money Assuming normal investment market conditions, what would you expect from your investments over time? To keep pace with the stock market To slightly trail the stock market, but make a solid profit To slightly trail the stock market, but make a moderate profit To experience less volatility than the stock market, but make a reasonable profit To experience a lot less volatility than the stock market, but make a small profit Assume the stock market has unexpectedly weak performance over the next 10 years. What would you expect from your investment portfolio? To lose money To make very little, if anything To squeeze out a very small gain To have a modest gain To have little effect on my portfolio Which of these statements best describes your hopes for your portfolio over the next 3 years? I don't mind losing money along the way, I'll make a lot of money in the long run I can tolerate a reasonable loss, markets always recover I can tolerate a small loss I would be uncomfortable with a loss I don't want to lose any money, a small gain would be nice What statement best describes your attitude toward your portfolio over the next three months? No worries, one quarter is nothing in the scheme of things I wouldn't bail, but I would take notice I would worry if the loss was over 10% I can only tolerate small short term losses I have a hard time with any losses to my portfolio When do you expect to start drawing income from your portfolio? Not for at least 20 years In 10 to 20 years In 5 to 10 years Within 5 years Immediately What is your current age? Less than 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 Older than 70 Time's up
