On the first table, I'm not sure how putting 25 % into each of the 4 asset classes actually has a better return than
the best individual asset class.
Not exact matches
Conversely,
individuals who lend through peer - to - peer platforms are able to generate
good fixed interest returns in an
asset class that has a low correlation to stocks and bonds.
Correlation amongst
individual asset classes is never a
good thing for a system as a whole or a fund manager.
While I find it very comfortable to recommend
asset classes (particularly low - cost index funds), I am totally out of my comfort level suggesting a
good time to buy or sell
individual securities.
Target - date funds may not do as
good a job with each of the
individual components as fund managers that are focused on a specific
asset class.
Much research has documented the carry, momentum, and value factors in
individual asset classes as
well as across the global landscape.
Individual investors can do quite
well across their lives by sticking solely to the cash, bond, stock and real estate
asset classes for their entire investment portfolios.
What you're supposed to do is determine a mix of viable
asset classes that fits an
individual investor's life, and then either fund it with something very diversified like mutual funds, ETFs, or index funds (the CFA program likes index funds, as most advisers can't even pick open - ended mutual funds, or ETFs,
well enough to beat an index fund).
In this case the median realized returns line up very
well with expectations, and the dispersion is smaller than that observed in Figure 4 for the
individual asset classes.
It is important to note not all tax savers are the same in terms of
asset -
class, so one should choose to use the instrument that
best suits their
individual needs.
As the
asset class expands, the structures, cost effectiveness, transparency features, tax and dividend reinvestment features are making this product an attractive offer to
individual investors as
well as to traditional financial and private institutions.