By moving
a portion of your bond allocation to a fund such as these investors can eliminate some interest rate risk within their portfolio.
Not exact matches
While the proper
allocation to inflation - resistant assets is highly dependent on each investor's unique circumstances and investment strategy, the table above illustrates a 10 % strategic
allocation, sourced equally (5 %) from both the stock and
bond portions of the existing portfolios.
The inflation portfolio
allocation was sourced equally (5 %) from both the equity and
bond portions of existing portfolios and rebalanced monthly.
In addition, sovereign wealth funds — which generally diversify their portfolios to include a small
portion of alternate assets such as gold, private equity and real estate — are likely to raise their
allocations following the low yield in government
bonds over the last couple
of years.
The idea behind a glidepath is that if we start with a relatively low equity weight and then move up the equity
allocation over time we effectively take our withdrawals mostly out
of the
bond portion of the portfolio during the first few years.
That means that as your stock funds increase in value relative to your
bond funds, a greater
portion of your investment portfolio will be held in these riskier, more aggressive assets — something that could throw off your
allocation and risk tolerance.
For example, in the
bond portion of a portfolio with a large fixed income
allocation, it's possible to pursue better income opportunities while also managing the portfolio's sensitivity to interest - rate movements or other
bond risks using an actively managed, unconstrained
bond fund.
Similarly, adding a 10 % listed property
allocation to the equity
portion of a 60 % S&P / NZX 50 and 40 % S&P / NZX Composite Investment Grade
Bond Index portfolio resulted in a further reduction in volatility and higher risk - adjusted return over the trailing five - year period.
If you held your
bond to maturity, then yes you will make money — but then this would represent the fixed income
portion of your asset
allocation, and not CASH.
Composition: The Intelligent Asset Allocator Portfolio uses only Short Term US
bonds to compose the
bond portion of an
allocation while splits up the equity
portion across 7 asset classes.
Themeos asks an important question: In calculating my
bond / equity split, I throw the
bond portion of my Balanced and Growth & Income funds into my
bond allocation column.
I think it can offer decent rates and provide some balance that would normally be in the
bond portion of a portfolio
allocation.
After a small
portion of the premium is deducted for policy administration, fund management and
allocation charges, the rest
of it goes towards life insurance and investment in mutual funds,
bonds or stocks.