This worked very well from 2000 to 2002: while the S&P 500 dropped more than 50 %,
my recommended equity portfolio fell only about 14 %.
The final piece of
my recommended equity portfolio is emerging market stocks.
Not exact matches
I've long
recommended that international stocks should comprise about a third of one's
equity portfolio.
For our largest accounts, an independent investment advisor or wealth manager may also
recommend alternative investments (including hedge funds, private
equity / venture funds, and private debt) for your
portfolio.
Wilson
recommends investors emphasize international over domestic
equities and upgrade their bond
portfolios, avoiding high yield.
On the heels of that decision by the FOMC, the Federal Reserve's policymaking body, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's Global Investment Committee (GIC)
recommended that investors position their
portfolios to overweight
equities and underweight fixed income, or bonds.
We haven't seen such journalistic conviction about the demise of a market mainstay since Businessweek pronounced the «Death of
Equities» in 1979 (the S&P 500 has since risen almost 19-fold).1 Even Warren Buffett, who amassed a fortune through active investing and entrusts Berkshire Hathaway's vaunted
equity portfolio to two hedge fund managers, has recently
recommended buying an index tracker.
The first is The Ultimate Buy - and - Hold Strategy, a discussion of the
equity asset classes that Paul
recommends investors use in their
portfolio.
In sum, an explicit allocation of close to 30 % of the
equity portfolio to foreign securities, which on average experts
recommended, may be on the high side.
My model
portfolios recommend US and international
equity index funds that do not hedge their currency exposure.
But for many years I've been
recommending a world - wide
equity portfolio that adds nine other asset classes, all but one of which has outperformed the S&P 500.
I
recommended them over 10 years ago and the Vanguard all
equity portfolio has compounded (according to The Hulbertt Financial Digest) at 10.3 % a year for the 10 years ending Dec. 31, 2012.
My reason for converting to an all -
equity portfolio was the hope that our readers would understand that we were not
recommending an all -
equity portfolio as the ultimate personal asset allocation for all investors.
For example, in the Vanguard all -
equity portfolio, I
recommend 5 % in U.S. REITs and 5 % in an international real estate fund.
A: The reason I
recommend the Tips and Treasuries is to minimize (or reduce) volatility in the
portfolio — bonds for stability and
equities for growth.
If you're an index investor using ETFs, I
recommend going for true global diversification in the
equity portion of your
portfolio with 1/3 Canadian, 1/3 U.S. and 1/3 international stocks, the allocation for our Global Couch Potato
portfolio.
In the comments section of last week's post about the Cheapskate's
Portfolio, reader W.B. asked why I
recommend US - listed ETFs from Vanguard for the US and international
equity components.
Indeed, when finance writer Scott Burns created the original Couch Potato
portfolio way back in 1991, that's what he
recommended: half your money in a bond index fund, and a half in an
equity fund.
We haven't seen such journalistic conviction about the demise of a market mainstay since Businessweek pronounced the «Death of
Equities» in 1979 (the S&P 500 has since risen almost 19-fold).1 Even Warren Buffett, who amassed a fortune through active investing and entrusts Berkshire Hathaway's vaunted
equity portfolio to two hedge fund managers, has recently
recommended buying an index tracker.
Emerging markets is the 10th and final
equity asset class I
recommend for well diversified long - term
portfolios.
The first is based on what I call the Worldwide
Equity Portfolio, and I
recommend you read about it here.
The mix of debt and
equity in your
portfolio is largely a matter of your age and how much risk you can tolerate in investments but I would
recommend around 65 %
equity and 35 % debt for most investors with a decade or more to retirement.
With such a long time horizon, Bender says he would normally
recommend at least 80 % of the
portfolio be invested in
equities.
Laura Wallace, vice-president and
portfolio manager with Scotia Asset Management in Toronto,
recommends a mix of 50 %
equities and 50 % fixed income.
Cass
recommends they reduce Canadian
equities to 30 % of their
portfolio and invest in ETFs for U.S. and global
equity exposure.
Unfortunately, an all -
equity portfolio has more risk than what experts would
recommend for a short timeline.
In your view, do you
recommend that
equity Stocks should also be included as part of ones overall investment
portfolio or will investing in Mutual Funds only suffice for Wealth creation / achievement of goals.
He
recommended that an investor create a
portfolio of a minimum of 30 stocks meeting specific price - to - earnings criteria (below 10) and specific debt - to -
equity criteria (below 50 percent) to give the «best odds statistically,» and then hold those stocks until they had returned 50 percent, or, if a stock hadn't met that return objective by the «end of the second calendar year from the time of purchase, sell it regardless of price.»
I am planning to invest 10 Lakhs in
equity by end of this year, will it be ok if I invest all 10 Lakh in your
recommended stocks or will it be more logical to mix my
portfolio with these mid-cap and blue - chip or large cap stocks.
Ben Graham
recommended 25 %
equity / 75 % bond
portfolio for those who has lower risk profiles.
A letter from a reader: Hi David, What would you
recommend for a long only
equities portfolio?
However, once they've added annuities to ensure basic expenses are covered, he may
recommend 60 %
equities and 40 % bonds for the rest of their
portfolio.
For many years I have
recommended diversifying
equity portfolios 10 ways.
In terms of what part of the
portfolio should be reduced to add alternatives exposure, Skulpone generally
recommends «funding this out of
equities.»
She
recommends a
portfolio divided equally between Canadian, U.S. and international
equities.