I dabbled in the cryptocurrency space in 2011 by messing around with mining bitcoin, but back then I was more interested in it from a technological perspective vs. as
an actual investment asset class.
Not exact matches
So when
investment portfolio benchmarks are set up properly, the only thing that usually changes is an index fund that represents its market and
asset class, is substituted for an
actual investment the manager held in the Real World.
Then everything in the model is held the same, except all of the
actual investments are swapped out and replaced by the benchmark index, or index mutual fund or ETF, that best represents each
asset class.
When
actual returns obtained from owning a superior
asset class is so poor, it isn't surprising that for most people, their home turns out to be the «best
investment».
After optimizing at the
asset class level is done, the optimal mix of
asset classes is chosen, and then the advisor will select
actual investments that represent those
asset classes.
• There are hundreds more
actual investments than there are
asset classes.
For financial advisers, they're the oldest and most - commonly - used standardized method of showing what
actual investment portfolios would look like in terms of funding vehicles, risk,
asset class mix, income yields, and what the historical performance has been.