By incorporating the inherent impacts of different economic forces into every investment decision, this approach addresses what Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) fails to consider: external economic forces ultimately
drive asset class returns and correlations.
Not exact matches
Every year, a quantitative group within Franklin Templeton Multi-
Asset Solutions reviews the data and themes
driving capital markets in order to build
asset return expectations for different
asset classes for the next five to 10 years.
They
drive the overall level of
returns in markets, and
drive differences in
return between
asset classes.
But as John Hussman said in his October 17th Weekly Market Comment, «passive
returns look glorious in the rear - view mirror precisely because Fed - induced yield - seeking speculation has
driven nearly every
asset class to rich or obscene valuations in recent years.»
They
drive the overall level of
returns in markets, and
drive differences in
return between
asset classes.
You and your family's particular tolerance of or aversion to investment risk
drives your long - term
asset allocation strategy and your exposure to
asset classes with different expected risk and
return characteristics.
Our conversation took us through the different types of factors: macro factors that
drive the level of
returns for
asset classes, and style factors that
drive the differences in
return among individual securities within an
asset class.
This paper asks some critical questions of the concept of commodities as an
asset class, noting that, historically, futures contracts have been an inconsistent hedge against inflation, and the historically high average
returns of commodity futures portfolios were
driven largely by choice of weighting schemes.
High - yield bonds are an equity - like
asset class, whose
returns are overwhelmingly
driven by credit spreads and credit losses, not rates and duration.
Stability, Yield
Drive Healthcare Real Estate Investment Activity, Say InterFace Panelists Investor demand for healthcare properties throughout the country is soaring,
driven by the recession - resistant nature of the
asset class and its ability to consistently generate strong
returns... REBUSINESS