I would much rather be running my «long only» equity
portfolio during a bull market.
Not exact matches
The difficult feature of the interim, at least for hedged equity strategies, is that as the «troops» diverge from the «generals,»
portfolios that aren't comprised of the largest and most speculative stocks of the preceding
bull market often underperform the indices
during top formations.
It will cause your
portfolio to underperform
during bull markets for stocks.
The traditional buy and hold / modern
portfolio theory works great
during the roughly 17 year secular
bull market, as anyone can make money when the overall trend is up.
But it's true that this isn't the best
portfolio for accumulation
during a
bull market.
Aside from GE, it has been one of the few laggards in my
portfolio during this continuing
bull market run.
During a
bull market, people look at the 30 percent gains they are seeing on their stock
portfolios and...
So if your
portfolio included foreign equities
during last year's
bull market, your stocks went up and these currencies appreciated relative to the Canadian dollar.
Don't make the mistake of thinking it's easy to stick with a strategy when it underperforms
during strong
bull markets, as the All Seasons
portfolio is almost certain to do.
So we look back today & not surprisingly we see VEIL & VNH (more marginally) both out - performed VOF's multi-asset
portfolio during that 5 year
bull market.
DAA is a core
portfolio strategy that is designed to help SMI readers share in some of a
bull market's gains, while minimizing (or even preventing) losses
during bear
markets.