The competition allows investors to virtually trade ETFs in
a number of different asset classes and investment strategies
Not exact matches
Broadly speaking, portfolios are split into a
number of different «
asset classes» like stocks and bonds, which vary in terms
of how «risky» they are.
There have been a
number of articles on volatility as an
asset class, but I am going to take a
different approach to the topic.
Instead
of listing the 118 chemical elements by their atomic
numbers from # 1, hydrogen to # 118, oganesson, it shows 20 calendar years» worth
of investment returns (1998 through 2017 for the recently published 2018 edition) for 10
different asset classes, including both U.S. and international stocks as well as domestic bonds.
The BetaPro ETFs track a
number of key benchmarks across
different asset classes.
Also, many investment consultants insist on classifying hedge funds as an
asset class, even though hedge funds are just a legal structure that can contain any
number of very
different investment approaches.
Not using it as it is, means you're going to change something (names
of asset classes used, mutual funds used, allocation weights, the
number of asset classes, input
different returns based on
different time frames, etc.).