Sentences with phrase «less during market declines»

While we seek to produce strong, long - term absolute returns, we know that losing less during market declines is an important element of reaching our long - term goal.

Not exact matches

We would rather lose far less money during a big decline than to make 20 % when the market was ahead by 20 %.»

One can make more profit during a bull market, when the value of stock markets is high, and less profit during the season of the bear market, when the value of stock markets decline.

So of course even with a balanced or conservative portfolio they will decline during bear markets, but as you can see the declines are far less severe than an all equity investor.

For the 50/50 and 40/60 portfolios they were back at even quicker at 9 and 6 months, respectively, since they declined far less during the bear market.

These other assets usually (but not always) decline less during stock market routs, which cushions the impact to your overall portfolio.

Such a portfolio declines less during bear markets as these are «defensive» sectors that hold up well even in recessions.

Historically, strategies that focus on less volatile stocks have posted smaller declines during down markets than those that track the entire stock market.

Bonds have also been less volatile than stocks, and they've held up better in down markets, and that can help investors stay invested, even during market declines.

Investors who have focused on defensive industries and individual stocks that are less vulnerable to swings in the economy have tended to outperform the broader market with smaller declines during bad periods.

Thus, it is possible for the cash value to decline or even disappear during less favorable market cycles due to cost depletion.