Not exact matches
The good work done over the last couple
of years in the field
of algorithmic tactical
asset allocation strategies may start to pay off during the next economic regime
shift.
These investment decisions and active
asset allocation shift based upon our views
of the economy and market environment.
The BlackRock ® Diversified Income Portfolio is flexible in nature, meaning the investment managers have the ability to adjust or
shift its
asset allocation as market conditions change in order to find attractive income opportunities with an appropriate amount
of risk.
While there has been a noticeable
shift among family offices toward real estate following the bubble — as many took advantage
of the troubled real estate market post-crash and scooped up valuable
assets at a discount to pre-recession valuations — this
allocation is still remarkable and outside the typical family portfolio composition reported in our survey.
Baby boomers nearing the end
of their careers are more concerned about protecting their savings and should
shift their
asset allocation to have a higher ratio
of low - growth - but - safer investments such as bonds, annuities and money market funds.
Now, if market participants were to
shift to a passive approach in the practice
of asset allocation more broadly — that is, if they were to resolve to hold cash, fixed income, and equity from around the globe in relative proportion to the total supplies outstanding — then we would expect to see a similarly positive impact on the market's absolute pricing mechanism, particularly as unskilled participants choose to take passive approaches with respect to those
asset classes in lieu
of attempts to «time» them.
However, with the ongoing
shift from the defined - benefit to defined - contribution plans, careful (and individualized) planning
of retirement
asset allocation in employer - sponsored plans and IRAs as well as other personal investments is evermore important.
An
asset allocation fund aims to
shift its portfolio
allocations between stocks, bonds and cash in order to capitalize on perceived investment opportunities in any one
of those classes.
This
shift in
asset allocation would have averted a lot
of expensive damage away from your portfolio.
It will be broadly diversified across global
asset classes, and will generally seek to maintain an
asset allocation of approximately 40 % in underlying funds that invest in equity and 60 % in underlying funds that invest in fixed income, although the
allocation may
shift over time depending on market conditions.
The tactical
asset allocation shift worked particularly well in 2015 as well as for the first 10 months
of 2016; we largely sidestepped the bulk
of two harrowing market pullbacks.
The main feature
of these plans is that they gradually
shift you to a more conservative
asset allocation over time, and are designed to prevent people who are close to retirement from being too aggressive and risking a major loss just before retirement.
Tactical
asset allocation is an active management portfolio strategy that
shifts the percentage
of assets held in various categories to take advantage
of market pricing anomalies or strong market sectors.
It follows that the do - it - yourself investor should now concentrate on tactical
asset allocation shifts that would enhance his / her probability
of minimizing loss in either a sharp correction or an uglier bear.
Recent financial crises have exposed the shortcomings
of the traditional approach to
asset allocation and have led an emerging
shift, especially among institutional investors, towards dynamic
asset allocation, hinged on the diversification across risk factors.
Sell a part
of your equity investments and
shift to other
assets, thus maintaining your
asset allocation.
Money is
shifting out
of U.S. Treasuries and into equities as end -
of - the - year
asset allocation continues.
In addition to identifying the individual stocks and bonds to invest in, managers collaborate to determine the fund's
asset allocation, employing a bottom - up assessment
of current opportunities combined with top - down macroeconomic analysis to
shift the overall
asset allocation to take advantage
of market inefficiencies.