Check out this superb resource for historical stock,
bond and cash proxy returns from the NYU Stern college of business.
Not exact matches
Consider this simple example with a three - instrument portfolio comprised of a S&P 500 ETF, a long - term
bond ETF
and a
cash -
proxy ETF.1 Based on daily returns since 2010, the annualized volatility on the
cash proxy (a short - term
bond ETF) is effectively zero, compared to 16 %
and 15 % for the stock
and bond ETFs.
Short - dated
Bonds tend to be a proxy for cash, long - dated bonds a hedge against deflation, and index - linked bonds a hedge against infla
Bonds tend to be a
proxy for
cash, long - dated
bonds a hedge against deflation, and index - linked bonds a hedge against infla
bonds a hedge against deflation,
and index - linked
bonds a hedge against infla
bonds a hedge against inflation.
Since 1900 stocks returned 6.5 % annualized after inflation,
bonds 2 %
and cash — using T - bills as a
proxy — just 0.8 %, according to London Business School academics Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh
and Mike Staunton in research forCredit Suisse.
Conversely slower growth companies like real estate investment trusts (REITs), utilities
and telecom companies, which are seen as
bond proxies because they deliver a steady
cash flow to investors, have a tendency to lag as rate climb.