We can further confirm the conclusion of «stocks over bonds» for investing in most inflation periods by looking at the real returns of long - term treasury bonds versus the total U.S. stock market starting at the unprecedented and long - lived
bond bull market starting in 1982.
We can further confirm the conclusion of «stocks over bonds» for investing in most inflation periods by looking at the real returns of long - term treasury bonds versus the total U.S. stock market starting at the unprecedented and long - lived
bond bull market starting in 1982.
Not exact matches
Since the
start of this
bull market in March 2009, one of the longest in history, a 60/40 split of U.S. stocks and
bonds would have been hard to beat.
I have never seen a
bull market, especially a long - enduring one such as the
bond bull market that
started back in 1981, that failed to end in total euphoria and universal acceptance of the prevailing trend.
As rates have risen, investors have, once again,
started asking the perennial question: Is the
bond bull market over and are rates normalizing?
Since the
start of this
bull market in March 2009, one of the longest in history, a 60/40 split of U.S. stocks and
bonds would have been hard to beat.
Someone who
started out with a mix of 70 % stocks and 30 %
bonds when this
bull market began back in 2009 and simply re-invested all gains in whatever investment generated them, would have something close to a portfolio 90 % stocks and 10 %
bonds today.
Bonds started a long period of rising prices (a
bull market) since 1981.
The 30 - year
bull market we've seen in
bonds will come to an end when interest rates
start rising.