This is why stocks tend to keep up with inflation over time, but
bonds and cash tend to lose their purchasing power.
For example, when interest rates are high,
bonds and cash tend to do better than stocks.
Not exact matches
A target - date fund is only as good as its underlying components, which
tend to be other mutual funds that cover stocks,
bonds and cash.
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.
The difference is that individual
bond portfolios
tends to have higher costs, less diversification,
and cash drag.
Since governments
tend to have AAA
bond ratings - the risk is about as low as
cash and so DJClayworth's answer comes into effect: Bob gives Sue
cash to give to Mary.
And when
bond investors think rates will increase, they
tend to move to short - term
bonds or
cash.
I have to admit that I'm not as methodical as some when it comes to rebalancing, but I do
tend to do some rebalancing from fixed income (
bonds and cash) to stocks after stock market declines of 10 % to 20 %,
and perhaps rebalance from stocks to fixed income after stock market increases of 25 % or more.
Remember, we
tend to underestimate our life expectancy in retirement,
and thus underweight our equity allocations relative to
cash and bonds.
Cash and cash equivalents, which tend to earn less than bonds are «located» in the middle from a tax location or tax optimization standpo
Cash and cash equivalents, which tend to earn less than bonds are «located» in the middle from a tax location or tax optimization standpo
cash equivalents, which
tend to earn less than
bonds are «located» in the middle from a tax location or tax optimization standpoint.
During the final year of the Fund's operations, as the
bonds held by the Fund mature
and the Fund's portfolio transitions to
cash and cash equivalents, the Fund's yield will generally
tend to move toward the yield of
cash and cash equivalents
and thus may be lower than the yields of the
bonds previously held by the Fund
and / or prevailing yields for
bonds in the market.»
High - quality
bonds tend to go up in value
and accrue more interest, similarly to
cash — which has no yield — but does appreciate dramatically, when everything else goes down.
Because many of those indexes may
tend to rise
and fall at the same time, which is why it's a good idea to throw a lot more asset classes such as some commodities,
bonds, property
and cash,
and other assets into the mix.
Nevertheless,
cash,
bond,
and stock financial asset interests
tend to be the most easily changeable in their composition.