Increasing lifespans, expensive bonds and stocks, and
increased asset correlation should cause investors to be skeptical of this rule of thumb.
Not exact matches
The growing interdependence can be seen in the
increased correlation of market movements both across countries and across
asset classes.
Correlations across
asset classes have also been
increasing.
High Frequency Cross-Market Activity in US Treasury Markets looks at the
increased high - frequency
correlation of trading activity across
assets and trading platforms.
But no higher as the
increasing correlation of
assets begins to
increase volatility at that point.
A recent column from Bloomberg Gadfly discusses
increasing correlations of
asset classes.
This has become harder over the years as the
correlation between
asset classes has
increased in what has become a risk - on, risk - off world, reducing some of the benefits of diversification.
Risks associated with derivatives (including «short» derivatives) include losses caused by unexpected market movements (which are potentially unlimited), imperfect
correlation between the price of the derivative and the price of the underlying
asset,
increased investment exposure (which may be considered leverage), the potential inability to terminate or sell derivatives positions, the potential need to sell securities at disadvantageous times to meet margin or segregation requirements, the potential inability to recover margin or other amounts deposited from a counterparty, and the potential failure of the other party to the instrument to meet its obligations.
As the
correlations among constituent
assets decrease, the long term returns of the overall portfolio generally will
increase with regular re-balancing.
The
correlation in global economic fundamentals is at a new high, reflected in the steadily
increasing correlation in
asset price movements.
The reason is
correlations between different
asset classes have
increased.
The «
asset planning» vogue of the 1990s, using historical returns and
correlations to establish policy
asset mix,
increased pension plan equity exposure towards 70 % at the expense of fixed income which dropped towards 30 %.
Increasing correlation between
asset classes makes truly diversified
asset allocation tough.
Their comparatively low
correlation with other
assets also makes them an excellent portfolio diversifier that can help reduce overall portfolio risk and
increase returns.
Not only does Muraki observe that the «
correlation between Bitcoin and VIX has
increased dramatically» in 2018, but he goes on to note «a growing number of institutional investors are watching cryptocurrencies as the frontier of risk - taking to evaluate the sustainability of
asset prices».
Their comparatively low
correlation with other
assets also makes them an excellent portfolio diversifier that can help reduce overall portfolio risk and
increase returns.