Other than the recent housing bubble, real estate is
a relatively safe asset class that appreciates along with inflation and the economy.
The rest would be comprised of high - grade bonds, government debt and other
relatively safe assets.
There will always be some sort of
relatively safe assets outside of a government guarantee.
Not exact matches
In my case the portfolio is weighted toward REITs, MICs, and utilities because the focus was on
relatively safe hard
asset based cash pass - through businesses.
In addition, JPMorgan Chase forecasts obligations to efficiently deploy that collateral and minimize the need for collateral transformation, a process that involves turning
relatively risky
assets into
safer ones.
Bonds are also a
relatively safe investment, so a low - risk allocation should have more
assets in the bond market and less in the higher risk, higher return stock market.
In my case the portfolio is weighted toward REITs, MICs, and utilities because the focus was on
relatively safe hard
asset based cash pass - through businesses.
I went from a
relatively stable and
safe job to join the
asset management group of a large Wall Street firm.
And, admittedly, leveraging into real estate (which is a
relatively stable
asset) is
safer than leveraging into stocks or small businesses.
The Vanguard Emerging Markets Fund offers a
relatively safe way to get some exposure to this
asset class, with low fees and a diverse portfolio of more than 4,000 stocks, but it should be limited to a small portion of your well - diversified portfolio.
During the month, we added duration (interest rate risk) in the BlackRock Multi-
Asset Income Fund given our view that valuations are becoming more reasonable and that Treasuries will remain a
relatively safe, diversifying
asset in the event of an economic growth scare.