Because
future asset class performance is unpredictable, it makes sense to invest in all of them that have favorable characteristics over the very long term.
An asset allocation strategy that stresses the importance of owning both positively and negatively correlated assets may help provide a defense against cyclical downturns
in asset class performance.
For example, someone withdrawing 5 % annually from their retirement savings account over five years would need a cumulative gain of 82 % before their savings recovered their value after a 20 % decline.4 Because of the risk of steep downturns, a retirement portfolio should be diversified to reduce the impact of a
single asset class performance.
Nor is this pattern limited to
asset class performance.
Of the three factors that make up your return (
asset class performance, fees, taxes), you control two of them — fees and taxes.
Built custom model comparing
asset class performance and forecast of future asset class performance for Portfolio Managers