Not exact matches
A portfolio that is not diversified within
asset classes may experience
different levels of risk.
All three
of these components are at an
asset class level and are designed to provide value in
different types
of markets (i.e. rising, falling, or flat, respectively).
The prevailing thinking is that given the
different risk profiles between the
asset classes, the recent
level of reward (yield) does not compensate in the current economy.
The three main
asset classes - equities, fixed - income, and cash and equivalents - have
different levels of risk and return, so each will behave differently over time.
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.