This calculator gives you an indicative investor risk profile and a suggested split between growth and defensive assets, based on the factors that genuinely shape how much risk suits you. Choosing an investment mix is not really about chasing the highest return; it is about matching your portfolio to how long you can leave the money invested and how you would actually behave when markets fall, because the worst outcome is panic-selling at the bottom. The biggest driver is your time horizon: money you will not touch for fifteen years can ride out the inevitable downturns and belongs largely in growth assets like shares, while money needed within a couple of years should sit safely in cash and bonds no matter how bold you feel. Your honest reaction to a sharp fall, and your general comfort with volatility, then fine-tune the picture. You answer a few questions about your horizon, how you would respond to a twenty percent drop, your comfort with ups and downs, and your age, and the calculator scores them into a profile from conservative to aggressive, with a suggested growth-asset percentage. Treat it as a sensible starting point for a conversation with an adviser or for choosing a KiwiSaver or managed fund, not a personalised recommendation.
Indicative only, based on a simple score. Not personalised financial advice. Consider talking to an adviser about your full situation. Estimate only.
The calculator scores your time horizon, your reaction to a market fall, your comfort with volatility, and your age, then totals the points into a profile. A higher score points to a higher allocation to growth assets like shares; a lower score points to more defensive assets like cash and bonds.
An investor with an 8 to 15 year horizon who would hold through a 20 percent fall, has medium comfort and is 40 lands in the balanced range, suggesting roughly 60 percent growth assets and 40 percent defensive.
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