In a given year,
different asset classes perform differently, making it difficult to predict which asset will perform best.
Different asset classes perform better at different times, as do industry sectors within an asset class.
Not exact matches
As you'll see lower in this article,
asset classes can
perform drastically
different in any given year.
The objective is not to create a one - sized fits all portfolio, but to create a simple portfolio with exposure to
different asset classes that
perform well in
different market environments.
It does not matter about the
asset class portfolio you use, each one is expected to reflect
different risk and return investment characteristics, and will
perform differently in any given market environment.
In future blog posts, we will explore the
different roles the DRS can
perform within a portfolio, including as a core equity position, across multiple
asset classes, as an alternative, or as a fixed income surrogate.
In fact, the tool best suited to deal with the specific dangers a bear market presents is our DAA strategy, which rotates among six
different asset classes, investing in the top -
performing three at any given point in time.
Since
different asset classes out -
perform and underperform in
different situations and under
different economic conditions, by combining
asset classes, this portfolio aims to provide both growth as well as stability.
The objective of the All - Season portfolio is not to create a one - sized fits all portfolio, but to create a simple, low volatility portfolio with exposure to
different asset classes that
perform well in
different market environments.
The Claymore Investment website has a nifty
asset allocator tool that lets investors construct model portfolios by mixing
different asset classes and examine how they would have
performed in the past.
Each
asset class is expected to reflect
different risk and return investment characteristics, and
performs differently in any given market environment.
Fixed income is a highly versatile
asset class with
different types of instruments that will
perform best in
different types of economic environments.
For example, thinking of stocks as a single
asset class is too vague given that small cap stocks may
perform very differently from large cap stocks, and stocks from
different countries have widely differing returns.