Institutional investors often avoid these stocks despite the potential upside beyond 12 months as non-movement can
drag on portfolio returns.
Not exact matches
Cash is a
drag on long - term
returns, but if you're incapable of being fully invested in a balanced
portfolio, then the
drag from cash is nothing compared to the
drag on selling into a decline.
I have no view
on the direction of currency movements, but I do prefer unhedged equity ETFs, because currency diversification can lower the volatility of a
portfolio, and the cost of hedging is a long - term
drag on returns.
Hedging worked well in the mid-2000s and other periods when the Canadian dollar rose dramatically, but over the long term it causes a
drag on equity
returns and may even increase a
portfolio's volatility.
This could have skewed the asset allocation in the overall
portfolios of its investors and also created a
drag on returns.
A DRIP can be a great way to have your investments compound over time and ensure cash doesn't provide a low -
return drag on your
portfolio.
Just don't fill up
on too many cookies because that can
drag down the overall
return of a
portfolio.
But as the equity gilt shows, if you withdraw dividends from the
portfolio then their effective rate of
return is minus 100 percent, and that's a big
drag on future growth.