You also improve
the diversification of your bond allocation with the addition of inflation - indexed Treasury bonds, an intriguing diversifier thanks to the guaranteed inflation protection, though less intriguing at today's modest yields.
Not exact matches
The prevailing personal finance wisdom
of today says that this
allocation to public equities is thought to offer sufficient
diversification across geographies, industries and firm - specific risks, while
bonds are generally believed to further mitigate risk through an inverse correlation with stocks.
Considering the high correlation between green
bonds and core fixed income, investors have the possibility to reallocate part
of their core fixed income
allocation to green
bonds in order to increase
diversification and «green» their portfolio with a minimal impact on the risk / return profile
of their portfolio.
In their February 2015 paper entitled «Credit Risk Premium: Its Existence and Implications for Asset
Allocation», Attakrit Asvanunt and Scott Richardson measure and explore the predictability and
diversification power
of the credit (or default) risk premium associated with corporate
bonds.
Depending on its
allocation between
bonds and equities, a balanced portfolio with proper equity
diversification should provide long - term growth in the range
of 6 % to 8 %.
The Franklin Absolute Return
Bond Fund offers a flexible mandate that brings
diversification to both the returns and risk profile
of an investor's fixed income
allocation.
Diversification, asset
allocation, and portfolio balancing are about all you can do to avoid overexposure, unless you put half your assets in
bonds and cash which will kill your return to about the rate
of a decent CD.
However there are lots
of bonds which are perfectly suitable for retirement portfolios and should be included in the retirement planning process for asset
allocation and
diversification.
The other study by Ibbotson Associates titled Strategic Asset
Allocation and Commodities also found that an equally weighted, monthly rebalanced composite
of four commodity indices show «low correlations to traditional stocks and
bonds, produce high returns, hedge against inflation and provide
diversification through superior returns when they are needed most».