A Guide to Risk Profiles
September 30, 2024
Understanding where your portfolio is positioned across the risk spectrum from Conservative to Aggressive Growth is key to understanding how it would be expected to perform over time and in different market environments.

Figure 1: 81 Total portfolios with portfolio features

Figure 2: Risk profiles across the spectrum for Schwab Intelligent Portfolios
Risk profile | Stock allocation | Description |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 20% | These portfolios emphasize defensive asset classes such as Treasury Bonds and Cash while holding moderate amounts of volatile investments such as Stocks. |
Moderately Conservative | 29–37% | These portfolios have slightly more Stocks than the most conservative portfolios but emphasize less volatile asset classes such as Bonds and Cash. |
Moderate | 42–50% | These portfolios hold more Stocks than more conservative offerings but also include more stable Bonds and Cash to help moderate volatility. |
Moderate Growth | 58–66% | These portfolios have a sizable Stock allocation, as they are designed for moderate growth. The Bond allocation includes more stable asset classes such as Treasuries but can also include High Yield Bonds and Emerging Markets Bonds, which can be more volatile but provide diversification and upside potential. |
Growth | 72–81% | These portfolios have a large allocation to volatile asset classes such as Stocks, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Emerging Markets Bonds. Cash helps provide some stability. |
Aggressive Growth | 88–94% | These portfolios emphasize volatile assets such as Stocks and have minimal defensive asset classes such as Cash. |
Figure 3: Example of a client's portfolio page
