Not exact matches
Rather, our investment
discipline is to gradually increase our investment exposure in proportion to the expected
return / risk profile associated with prevailing conditions of
valuation and market action.
If you follow a carefully considered buy - and - hold strategy, and you don't believe that market
returns can be anticipated regardless of
valuations, market action, or other considerations, then by all means stick to your
discipline.
Every market cycle in history has drawn
valuations to levels that have offered
disciplined investors far higher
return prospects than are available at present.
The central message of our
discipline is that
valuations are enormously informative about prospects for long - term and full - cycle
returns, but that outcomes over shorter segments of the market cycle are driven by changes in the psychological preferences of investors toward speculation or risk - aversion.
Executing a prudent
valuation discipline will reduce risk while simultaneously enhancing future
returns.
From the highest rated issuers to those near default, our
valuation discipline creates substantial risk - adjusted
returns.