When it comes to investments, policyholders can either opt for high - risk funds that provide
more exposure to equity, or debt - oriented funds that are relatively risk - free.
I'd add this to the list of factors supporting
more exposure to equities, including our expectations of a synchronized global earnings recovery and sustained economic expansion.
Not exact matches
«In the early years, for one fund family, you'll find
more «risky»
equity exposure to growth - oriented stocks, but toward the later years, it's
more value - oriented
equity exposure,» said Aaron Pottichen, president of retirement services at CLS Partners in Austin, Texas.
This is interesting as
more and
more private
equity firms have increased their scrutiny of public & private companies they invest in or might invest in
to decrease their
exposure to areas that could bring controversy.
More specifically, investors are putting their money
to work in markets outside the U.S. Of the $ 97.2 billion of net new assets raised in the first quarter, over $ 70 billion went into
equity funds with international
exposure.
If I had no other investment alternatives, I'd probably have
more exposure to public
equities.
This may sounds incredibly risky given my 5 year time horizon
to retire at the age of 35 then you would be right — but she recommended that I diversify my
equity exposure to include
more international stocks (which I am doing
more research on) and pull back on my bonds.
«For the most sophisticated investors and traders, inverse ETFs, put options or shorting individual stocks could be an appropriate strategy, while for the
more conservative investor, positions in the defensive sectors could be a good choice, allowing overall
exposure to equities while striving
to limit potential downside risk,» he says.
If and when a slump arrives, investors who have
more exposure to VC and private
equity firms will have a hard time extracting their money quickly, just as they did during the financial crisis.
Mordy, on the other hand, chose a
more diversified mix of ETFs, with no
exposure to U.S.
equities.
In addition, SMART Saver women have less of their assets in cash (56 %) than other Canadian women (66 %), and are far
more likely
to have portfolio
exposures to equities, bonds and investment properties.
This could be an opportunity for investors
to consider reevaluating their market
exposure and potentially shift
to more value - oriented
equities, or simply wait it out in their current positions.
The percent of your portfolio devoted
to options gives you a floor on your possible
exposure to massive losses in the
equity market — you can not lose
more than 10 - 20 % in any given year.
Saudi Arabia's own 10 - year U.S. dollar sovereign bond currently yields
more than 4 percent, suggesting that investors wanting
exposure to the kingdom could achieve a relatively high payout without owning Aramco
equity.
Arts education today is
more than instruction: it is also a barometer of our willingness as a nation
to provide
equity through our public institutions.I applaud Rocco Landesman for bringing his important message directly
to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at their joint appearance at the Arts Education Partnership: «Arts
exposure is fine, but unless students are prepared for the art, unless teachers are integrating the art into the student's overall learning for the year, it remains
exposure, not education....
The goal, in part, is
to increase educational
equity — providing guidance so students in rural districts and districts lacking resources can get
more exposure to blended learning.
The
more professional your video productions look, the
more likely they are
to be picked up by other video services, giving you even
more exposure, free book publicity and brand
equity.
This reflects the likelihood that the unconstrained portfolio will contain
more credit and
equity exposure, both of which add
to the overall riskiness of a portfolio.
Until the developed stock markets retreat from record levels of valuation, we expect
to have less portfolio
exposure to equities going forward and
more exposure to event driven situations such as liquidations and reorganizations that are not so dependent on the vicissitudes of the stock market for their investment return.
The
equity ETFs in the Complete Couch Potato give investors
exposure to about 10,000 stocks in
more than 40 countries.
In a large RRSP, therefore, it may be significantly
more cost - effective
to hold US - listed ETFs for your foreign
equity exposure.
A portfolio with 90 %
exposure to equities is going
to feel like being in a Formula 1 race car, while a portfolio of 90 % high - quality fixed income might feel
more like riding in a horse - drawn carriage.
Most retirees should have limited
exposure to the stock market, so if you're a retiree with a high percentage of your portfolio in
equities, you may want
to sell some of your stocks and add
more Canadian bonds.
Sally Brandon — Well we had her retirement account that we were managing and she was in a pretty aggressive portfolio but there was a little bit
more room
to take on a little bit
more equity exposure.
And while active and passive series generally have similar average
equity glide paths, active series tended
to have
more diversified bond
exposures at the sub-asset-class level than passive ones.
We continue
to emphasize
equity - related opportunities that help diversify U.S.
exposure and believe we hold
more EM and other non-U.S.
exposure than most other providers.
In order
to balance them, the strategy must own
more dollars of the long sleeve, creating the impression that it has net long
equity exposure.
It gains
exposure to asset classes by investing in
more than 100 futures contracts, futures - related instruments, forwards and swaps, including, but not limited
to,
equity index futures and
equity swaps; bond futures and swaps; interest rate futures and swaps; commodity futures, forwards and swaps; currencies and currency futures and forwards, either by investing directly in those Instruments, or indirectly by investing in the Subsidiary that invests in those Instruments.
With increased
exposures to equities and high yield bonds, this portfolio was able
to capture
more of the positive performance in these asset classes.
I'd also add that while
more exposure to stocks does generally equate
to higher long - term returns, no one should take that as an invitation
to just load up on
equities.
Both Bengen and Blanchett's research suggests the optimal
equity exposure for a 30 - year time horizon is approximately 50 % -60 %, a time horizon stretched
to 40 + years merits a slightly
more aggressive 60 % -65 %
equity exposure — Michael Kitces
Employing such investment types can go hand in hand with a
more simplified in - retirement portfolio strategy: Because broad - market index funds provide undiluted
exposure to a given asset class (a U.S.
equity index fund won't be holding cash or bonds, for example), a retiree can readily keep track of the portfolio's asset allocation mix and employ rebalancing
to help keep it on track and shake off cash for living expenses.
As a result, I believe it makes sense
to increase your
equity exposure a little compared
to what you might have done when bonds were
more attractive, and
to balance that by choosing conservative stocks that carry less risk than the overall market.
If you want
to take a
more hands - off approach, you are better off with a broad - based international
equity fund that provides
exposure across several countries.
They also allow you
to more easily execute a sector rotation strategy and tactically adjust your
equity portfolios in order
to increase
exposures to sectors you feel have the best return potential.
This demonstrates that as high yield and emerging market bonds have
more exposure to credit spreads than duration risk, they tend
to exhibit
more equity - like properties and a strong correlation with
equity volatility.
Cautious would be a
more appropriate description for downshifting from 70 %
equity exposure to 50 %
equity exposure.
Wanted
to reduce
equity exposure and couldn't stomach any
more intermediate term bonds.
In this webinar, sponsored by Scotia iTRADE, and presented by Bianca Baumann, attendees will learn about how Canada makes up less than 5 % of global
equity markets yet most Canadian investors have much
more domestic
equity exposure than that and thus are heavily exposed
to volatile sectors like materials and energy.
For example, a single - factor smart beta product may be used as part of a completion strategy in order
to lend
more exposure to lower beta stocks
to an
equity portfolio with a higher risk profile,» explains Mellon Capital.
His guidelines appear
to be an
equity exposure of not less than 25 % and not
more than 75 %, with the balance in bonds or cash.
Even if the sample investor retires at 65, she could have a retirement period of 25 years or
more, meaning she'd need a large
equity exposure to battle inflation.
NPS portfolios are restricted
to have
more than 50 per cent
exposure to equity.
In comparison
to traditional retirement schemes such as EPF and Public Provident Fund, which refrain from investing in stocks at all, NPS is the best as it is a lot
more flexible in terms of
equity exposure.
Exposure to equity can not be
more than 50 %.
NPS also has proven
to be
more flexible when it comes
to exposure in the
equity market.
Through CMBS, off - shore investors are able
to achieve broad
exposure to a wide assortment of sponsors, asset classes and geographic regions that are
more senior
to, and
more conservative than, the corresponding
equity.