In such
environments traditional asset allocation, stock - picking at market timing often fail to adequately address market risk.
Not exact matches
The
environment of continuing monetary accommodation — necessary to support activity and boost inflation — may lead to a continued search for yield where there is too much money chasing too few yielding
assets, pushing investors beyond their
traditional habitats.
Because as investors if you're looking at this current contemporary global macroeconomic backdrop from the 10 - 12 year perspective, I find it with the typical disclosure here that I'm not able to see with a perfect crystal ball or anything but it's hard to believe that
traditional assets, that global equities, will be thriving in this
environment just from the simple perspective of how overstretched they are from any reasonable measure of valuation.
The current market
environment may also warrant investors to consider adding alternative investments as part of the rebalancing process, as the risk levels for
traditional assets such as stocks and bonds have almost certainly risen.
Coming from a
traditional investing
environment, there are some glaring realizations as one starts the investment process in digital
assets.
Not only does this mark a new era of investment alternatives from
traditional assets like stocks and bonds for investors to use in order to protect against portfolio risks but as investors allocate to commodities in local Asian markets, the futures growth may help standardize the quality of energy and food to make prices less volatile and their
environment cleaner.
Though one person disses the
traditional 60/40 stocks / bonds mix, in an
environment where complex
asset allocations are getting punished, I find it to be quite reasonable.
(ETF Trends: Dec 19, 2013) ETF Trends featured CSM, HYHG and IGHG as alternative strategies investors can focus on in 2014 to help diversify away from
traditional assets in a volatile
environment.
«In an
environment of extraordinary uncertainty, the
traditional role of
asset allocation and long - term investing is far more difficult,» said Michael Sonnenfeldt, chief executive of Tiger 21, a forum for wealthy investors who meet monthly to discuss financial matters.
But in today's
environment, our next guest says this
traditional asset allocation may no longer work and could be putting your retirement nest egg at risk.
Having worked outside the
traditional law firm office
environment now for nearly seven years, I do look at the hugely expensive property
assets (often with one desk for every lawyer, plus all the support infrastructure) and wonder how much cash law firms could free up by rationalising them.
In general, futures are financial instruments that let investors «bet» on the performance of
assets in
traditional stock market
environments.