Risk Profile Questionnaire

Risk-Profile Questionnaire

What is your age?

What is your primary investment objective?

○ Income

○ Income and growth

○ Growth

The assets considered for investment are what percentage of your overall investable assets?

○ More than 75%

○ 50% to 75%

○ 25% to 50%

○ Less than 25%

When do you plan on beginning withdrawals from your investments?

○ I am already withdrawing cash or income.

○ 1 to 2 years

○ 2 to 5 years

○ 5 to 10 years

○ More than 10 years

Describe your investment knowledge. Choose one:

○ I am a knowledgeable investor.

○ I am a somewhat knowledgeable investor.

○ I have little knowledge of the markets and investments.

○ I have no knowledge of the markets and investments.

Considering the risk vs. return trade-off for an investment, which scenario best describes you?

○ The potential return is the most important factor.

○ The potential return is more important than the risk.

○ The potential risk is more important than the potential rate of return.

○ The potential risk is the most important factor.

Generally you prefer investments with little fluctuation in value, and you’re willing to accept the lower returns associated with these investments.

○ Strongly agree

○ Agree

○ Somewhat agree

○ Disagree

Which situation best describes your return expectations from your portfolio?

○ My return should hopefully exceed inflation (I accept volatility).

○ My return should keep pace with inflation (I accept some volatility).

○ I want to preserve my capital as well as I can (I prefer low volatility).

Considering the volatility of the markets, if you owned investments, how would you feel about the rise and fall of your portfolio, in dollar terms?

○ Volatility would affect me and make me uncomfortable.

○ Volatility would somewhat affect me, but would not make me too uncomfortable.

○ Volatility would not affect me.

How important is it for your overall portfolio to perform in line with, or better than, the popular U.S. market benchmarks, like the S&P 500 or Dow Jones Industrials?

○ Very important

○ Somewhat important

○ Not important

If your stock portfolio lost 30% or more of its value, how would you typically respond?

○ Sell all of my remaining stocks.

○ Sell a portion of my stocks.

○ Hold on to my stocks and sell nothing.

○ Buy more stocks.

If your bond portfolio lost between 5% to 10% of its value, how would you typically respond?

○ Sell all of my remaining bonds.

○ Sell a portion of my bonds.

○ Hold on to my bonds and sell nothing.

○ Buy more bonds.

My previous investment satisfaction with the following asset classes is: (5 being highest in satisfaction, 1 being lowest in satisfaction)

____ Cash, money markets, CDs

____ Individual corporate bonds or bond mutual funds

____ Individual stocks or stock mutual funds

____ Real estate investment trusts

How important are the following:

Capital Preservation

○ Not at all important

○ Somewhat important

○ Very important

Growth

○ Not at all important

○ Somewhat important

○ Very important

Low Volatility

○ Not at all important

○ Somewhat important

○ Very important

Inflation protection

○ Not at all important

○ Somewhat important

○ Very important

Cash flow

○ Not at all important

○ Somewhat important

○ Very important

High potential returns

○ Not at all important

○ Somewhat important

○ Very important

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