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by Spooky23 2873 days ago
It depends on how you define conservative.

The typical guidance is to shift towards bonds and short-term instruments in a fund or ETF over time. The problem with that is that the yields have been poor for many years.

A nominally safe investment like the Vanguard Short Term Gov Bond ETF is down in real and nominal terms over the last decade.