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[neilv]

Fixed asset allocation aligned with ordinary American, and no moving back and forth from cash. (Just cash for modest bill-paying, emergency fund, home, big child-raising expenses like college tuition.)

They're generally incentived to keep all 3 indexes up.

[pc86 → neilv]

Going from "no individual stock picking" to "we feel you have too much cash, you have to buy index funds!" is quite the leap.

[neilv → pc86]

Moving huge sums between index funds and cash can constitute trading on insider information, and/or on conditions that a lawmaker is able to manipulate.