Today,
like most asset classes, EM stocks can not really be described as cheap.
Today,
like most asset classes, EM stocks can not really be described as cheap.
Not exact matches
Yet, despite the reality of PM Mining Stocks being the best performing
asset class by far in the stock world this year, nearly every commercial bank and commercial brokerage fund manager completely avoids the
asset class of Precious Metal mining stocks
like it is kryptonite, and in fact,
most of the time, refuses to even acknowledges the existence of this unique
asset class, despite a supposed commitment to diversification.
@Weatherboy — I don't really
like corporate bonds as an
asset class, and think in
most circumstances you're better with a mix of equities and sovereigns.
But if you insist on making a defensive play, then some other things to keep in mind: instead of selling non-retirement funds from one
asset class and putting them into another, you can just funnel additional income and new money into the
asset classes you'd
like most representation in.
Going forward, the situation is uncertain, and it's at times
like this, when no one really knows which
asset classes will outperform or lag, that diversification makes the
most sense.
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In some bear markets a broadly diversified, globally diversified portfolio protects investors against huge losses,
like 2000 - 2002, but
most big bear markets are more
like 2007 - 2009 when almost all equity
asset classes fell.
If you're
like most investors who simply follow their emotions, you'll likely add the money to whatever
asset class is hot.
To me,
most of the alternative ETFs are simply vendors taking advantage of the craze for exotic
asset classes that make a nice story such as BRICs are growing
like crazy and there is going to big demand for grains and foodstuff.
What you're supposed to do is determine a mix of viable
asset classes that fits an individual investor's life, and then either fund it with something very diversified
like mutual funds, ETFs, or index funds (the CFA program
likes index funds, as
most advisers can't even pick open - ended mutual funds, or ETFs, well enough to beat an index fund).
The somewhat surprising part is that adding a
most volatile
asset class like commodities to a lower volatility equities portfolio can actually reduce the equity portfolio's volatility.
Generic mutual fund objectives translated into English: «We're going to trade
most anything that looks
like we can profit from, and we don't care if our allocation to
asset classes other than large - cap growth goes from 25 % to 50 % overnight.
The purpose of switching funds is to use a fund that will behave
most like the
asset class going forward.
For financial advisers, they're the oldest and
most - commonly - used standardized method of showing what actual investment portfolios would look
like in terms of funding vehicles, risk,
asset class mix, income yields, and what the historical performance has been.
The new mutual fund is intended to act
like the
asset class the
most, and at the same time, go up more than that
asset class when that
asset class is going up, and go down less than the
asset class when that
asset class is going down - over the next year or so.
In contrast,
most «good» mutual fund families,
like T. Rowe Price, Oppenhiemer, Fidelity, Vanguard, the list goes on... have over three dozen actual
asset classes to invest in (with similar to less AUMs).
This will help select the one mutual fund that behaves
most like the
asset class.
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