Imagine 2 hypothetical investors — an investor who panicked, slashed his equity allocation from 90 % to 20 % during the bear markets in 2002 and 2008, and subsequently waited until the market recovered before
moving his stock allocation back to a target level of 90 %; and an investor who stayed the course during the bear markets with a 60/40 allocation of stocks and bonds.4
Now, to return to their normal positions, one needs to
move their stock allocation from 40 % to 70 %.
Not exact matches
Moreover, programs designed to prevent
moving may reduce beneficial mobility — leading residents to favor staying in place even when a
move might increase their wellbeing or might be a better outcome for affordability in the city overall (if those
moves then pave the way for higher - density development or better use /
allocation of the existing
stock).
Peter Chiappinelli, a member of the asset
allocation team at GMO, points out that bonds
moving in the same downward direction as
stocks «has happened before and will happen again.
Hedge fund assets have climbed from $ 38 billion in 1990 to $ 2.8 trillion in 2015,1 representing a significant change in asset
allocation, perhaps the most meaningful shift since many investors began
moving their money from bonds to
stocks in the early 1980s.
After
moving through learning periods and subsequent investment in
stock, bonds, real estate and P2P and I am experimenting with a small
allocation of portfolio and would be curious to hear your thoughts.
if say, over the next few years, non U.S
stocks out - perform the U.S will my existing block of VWRL
move it's
allocation from 50 % U.S to the other countries that are doing better?
I could
move my huge non-dividend technology
allocation of my portfolio to dividend paying
stocks, but I think long - term capital growth is more important at this stage, and I expect that the total return will be better in these non-dividend
stocks.
Of significance,
moving small amounts from bonds into
stocks over an extended time period ended up being slightly better than having a fixed
allocation with rebalancing.
My data do not allow me to draw the strong positive conclusion that you should
move small amounts from bonds to
stocks instead of using a fixed
allocation with rebalancing.
These «glidepaths» can work in many ways; for the most part, the fund will invest heavily in
stocks at the outset (the further you are from your «target - date») and gradually
move towards a more conservative
allocation the closer you get retirement (the «target - date»).
As we've
moved closer to retirement, we've reduced our
stock exposure from ~ 70 % to ~ 50 %, and increased our bond
allocation accordingly.
And if your
allocation to
stocks moves above its target, rebalancing back to 50/50 will cement some of your gains.
My asset
allocation is a bit overweight in international
stocks right now, so I'm probably going to
move some into domestic smaller caps.
If I'm already doing a DRIP plan for this
stock, I possibly might increase the monthly
allocation if the
stock moves below the target price.
The concept of using a
stock allocation that
moves from 25 percent to 75 percent, depending on valuation levels, is old news.
Once our contribution slows down, we'll
move to a more stable asset
allocation with less
stocks, but for now most of our portfolio is in
stock.
5) I
move toward a
stock allocation around 50 % to 80 % when P / E10 is below 15.
But, what happens, as the
stock prices start
moving, the
allocation percentage also changes for individual
stocks.
6) I
move toward a
stock allocation close to 100 % when P / E10 is below 10.
4) I
move toward a
stock allocation around 20 % to 50 % when P / E10 is around 15 to 20.
So, I think now you don't have any doubts regarding the number of
stocks that should be part of your portfolio.Let's
move towards the another two most important consideration to construct
stock portfolio; «Timing» and «Percentage
Allocation».
As you
move your cash, bond, and
stock financial assets into lower cost, more broadly diversified investment mutual funds and / or ETFs, you should also consider how to «locate» your investment asset
allocation with respect to more optimal taxation.
I could make an argument that AAPL will see multiple expansion in 2012 if the market goes up (on simple
allocation math), and will see multiple compression in 2012 if the market goes down (again, as
allocation dollars
move away from equities, dollars will leave AAPL too, helping to support the super bearish argument on the
stock).
This investigation
moves toward Benjamin Graham's constraint on both
stock and bond
allocations to 25 % to 75 %.
But with bond yields so low these days, The Wall Street Journal says that some investors are
moving to an all -
stock allocation and offers some considerations for investors contemplating such a
move.
If you have had a good year in the
stock market chances are your asset
allocation is tilted a bit too much toward
stocks, so taking some of that money off the table and
moving it to bonds or fixed income investments can protect your gains and cushion you in the event of a downturn.
If SPX P / E ratios ever hit 30x, it will be a heck of a lot easier to reduce
allocation to
stocks, but I feel like the probability of a big
move up is quite a bit higher than zero given how public opinion on these topics is evolving.
In a traditional SAA approach, a
stock / bond
allocation is chosen at the inception of the investment process, and the portfolio is altered at each rebalance date to
move it back toward its long - term target
allocation.
Eventually, I will
move some money over to bonds, but for right now, I'm keeping our
allocation 100 % in
stocks.
Most investors who either stick with high
stock allocations or
move to high
stock allocations today are going to sell if we see another crash.
Juicy Excerpt # 4: Rob Bennett in his podcast «RobCast # 137, Nine VII Portfolio
Allocation Strategies,» indicates some preference for his high - medium - low strategy, which would be 60 %
stocks in the baseline, but would switch to 30 %
stocks when the PE10 ratio
moves above 21, and would switch to 90 %
stocks when the PE10 ratio
moves below 12.
For example, if your strategy calls for a 70 %
allocation to
stocks, but bonds currently comprise 40 % of your portfolio (and
stocks 60 %), you would
move 10 % of your portfolio dollars out of bonds and into
stocks.
Allocations can shift, with Reynolds boosting the fund's cash
allocation in late 2007 and
moving back into
stocks in 2009.
Moving on from the last portfolio
allocation I shared with readers, I'm now occupied carving out two new sector / investment theme
allocations (including
stocks both old & new), which at this point already comprise nearly a third of my portfolio!
Some investors who have not maintained their asset
allocation as
stocks have
moved higher may be invested more aggressively than they should be right now.
If you're adjusting the
allocation for the government's portion of your RRSP, then putting
stocks in the tax shelter first was the more optimal
move, but all that added worry and complexity only saved you 8 basis points.
In this securities class action, 250 class members claimed their broker had engaged in unauthorized trading when he
moved their money out of the
stock market to a more conservative investment
allocation just days before a market crash.