By using free switches, policyholders are able to move their investment between
different asset classes like debt, cash and equity, depending on the risk appetite.
The advantage of robos is academic proof that the performance of a diversified portfolio of
different asset classes like stocks and bonds and different sector allocations such as Canadian, U.S. and emerging markets will beat a series of single company picks.
Not exact matches
For a certain minority of investors, there are
different types of exotic
asset classes that can fit into an
asset allocation portfolio model, including things
like private equity and managed futures.
On a more positive note: The maps are huge and unique in geography, the vehicles are very much fun to use, all of them, except maybe the inflatable landing boats, and the combat roles the
different classes play out is refreshing: The sniper can lay down claymores and sit back, plinking enemies from, in some maps, perhaps up to a quarter of a mile away, considering he / she is good, and has a good gaming rig, the combat medic can heal allies, and revive those who were fragged, saving them from having to respawn back at base, the support guy can lay down suppressing fire and resupply his allies with ammo, the spec ops guy can sabotage bridges, vehicles, and team
assets (such as artillery and UAV trailers) with sticky C4 charges (pity the soldier who takes off in a jet only to have it explode in midflight from a hidden c4 charge stuck on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol
like in 1942), and the assault guy....
A balanced portfolio can be constructed with many
different funds or ETFs across various
asset classes like the two above examples.
Broadly speaking, portfolios are split into a number of
different «
asset classes»
like stocks and bonds, which vary in terms of how «risky» they are.
We
like to talk about each
asset class and how they all work together and grow in
different ways and
different amounts during the year.
Within the
asset classes,
different investments in sectors
like energy or consumer goods offer
different benefits as well.
Even though all the
assets in a dividend growth portfolio are in the single
asset class stocks, we saw above how you can mitigate risk to your dividend stream by diversifying among a variety of economic sectors, industries, companies with
different dividend characteristics, and the
like.
Many well - established providers
like Vanguard and Direxion have hopped on the bandwagon through new product offerings that combine
different asset classes or rotate between sectors.
Equity factors, just
like individual stocks or
different asset classes, can get cheap at certain times and expensive at other times.