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April 26 - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a strong open for the tech - heavy Nasdaq on Thursday as a slew of upbeat earnings from Facebook and Qualcomm helped set aside worries over rising U.S. bond yields and corporate costs.

Instead of financing Social Security and Medicare out of progressive taxes levied on the highest income brackets — mainly the FIRE sector — the dream of privatizing these entitlement programs is to turn this tax surplus over to financial managers to bid up stock and bond prices, much as pension - fund capitalism did from the 1960s onward.

This has been the case historically, as stocks have earned a 5 - 6 % premium over high quality bonds going back a hundred years or so.

There were 23 times when stocks and bonds fell not necessarily in consecutive months, but in multiple months over a period of time, as seen in the table below (the yellow overlaps with consecutive periods above; For instance, stocks and bonds fell 3 consecutive months in 1966, but also fell in 4 out of 8 months).

And even if the indicator was valid (counterfactually), the article asks readers to accept as given that earnings are properly reported here, that they will grow by nearly 50 % over the coming year, and that investors are willing to key the long - term return they require from stocks to the yield on 10 - year bonds, which has been abnormally depressed in a flight to safety.

These investors may have to accept lower long - term returns, as many bonds — especially high - quality issues — generally don't offer returns as high as stocks over the long term.

As COO, he had full responsibility for all Portfolio Management, Investment Research and Office Operations of the firm, designing and developing new products for the firm in the asset classes of preferred shares and common stock, in addition to his responsibility for the firm's Government bond portfolios under management (over $ 1.7 billion).

We have benefited from this year's rally in stocks and bonds (our Multi Asset Risk Strategy ETF Model Portfolio has a Sharpe ratio of over 3 this year — and that's with no leverage), but we are managing our risk by incorporating asset classes such as gold through the iShares Gold Trust (IAU); liquid alternatives through the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (QAI), long - dated Treasuries through the iShares 20 + Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)-- each of which diversify our portfolio risk and carry well within an ETF portfolio construct.

And as longer - term graphs show (such as the one all the way at the start of this article), at most times, stocks have handily out - performed bonds over wide ranges of inflation conditions and rates of fluctuation.

An ETF holds assets such as stocks, supplies, or bonds and trades at approximately the same price as the net asset value of its underlying assets over the course of the trading day.

Over time the funds typically decrease holding of stocks in favor of less volatile investments such as bonds, inflation - protected securities and the least volatile of them all — cash.

Soon the Fed will be forced to continue to raise interest rates in an attempt to save the dollar and stop inflation from exploding; The first causality will be to exacerbate the crash of the Real Estate market; then comes the imploding of the stock and bond markets, followed closely by the credit markets as the take - over and privatizing craze comes to an abrupt end.

This week's chart shows how U.S. dividend stocks have outperformed the S&P 500 over the past year, a trend we have also seen in other regions, as ultralow bond yields have intensified the hunt for income.

Stocks drove up, then pulled back, as investors puzzled over the minutes and bond yields climbed on the prospect of a faster pace of rate hikes.

What initial retirement portfolio withdrawal rate is sustainable over long horizons when, as currently, bond yields are well below and stock market valuations well above historical averages?

As for what the above means for portfolios, investors may want to consider sticking with a few key themes: a preference for stocks over bonds, a healthy allocation to international equities given that U.S. stocks do look relatively expensive, and an opportunistic stance in fixed income.

Using daily returns for the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (VBMFX) and the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSMX) as proxies for their respective markets over the period 6/20/96 through 6/30/08, along with contemporaneous U.S. economic data, they conclude that:

Looking back over the past 25 years, a period of low and stable inflation, stock / bond correlation has generally moved in tandem with monetary policy, as measured by the effective federal funds rate.

Using daily returns for the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (VBMFX) and the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSMX) as proxies for their respective markets over the period 6/20/96 through 6/30/08, along with contemporaneous U.S. economic data, they conclude that: Keep Reading

Managed futures as an asset class are historically non-correlated to the stock and bond markets over long term periods and encompass a wide range of trading strategies (generally taking long / short positions in futures contracts on equity indices, commodities, financials and currencies).

Although recently rising prices for stocks, high - yield bonds, commodities and other riskier assets would suggest otherwise, investors remain skittish over the still unresolved and quite concerning risks facing financial markets, such as the U.S. presidential election, the potentially prolonged post-Brexit renegotiations, Italian bank solvency and a slowing China.

As far as cash, bond and stock returns go, they averaged very very roughly about 3 %, 6 % and 8 % over the last 20 yearAs far as cash, bond and stock returns go, they averaged very very roughly about 3 %, 6 % and 8 % over the last 20 yearas cash, bond and stock returns go, they averaged very very roughly about 3 %, 6 % and 8 % over the last 20 years.

It can be estimated as a backward - looking quantity by observing stock market and government bond performance over a defined period of time, for example from 1970 to the present.

However, a secured personal loan will have lower interest rates, the reason being that if you default on the loan the lender will be able to take the property (real estate, stocks and bonds, late model car) you have signed over as collateral and sell it to cover the cost of the loan.

Individuals add money to the account over time and use it to to purchase investments (such as individual stocks, mutual funds and bonds) that are held in the account.

I've noted that following the stock market crash of 1929, over the next twenty years, as short and long - term bond yields stayed at very low levels, the yield curve was unhelpful in forecasting recessions.

What I am arguing is that choosing the narrow area of the bond market that did best over the last 30 years — highest quality noncallable long debt, is not a fair comparison against the stock market as a whole.

My own portfolio (the Complete Couch Potato) includes over 10,000 stocks, in more than 40 countries, in several currencies, as well as a significant allocation to real estate, nominal bonds and real - return bonds.

Bonds did remarkably well over the last decade and they're seen as safer havens than stocks, particularly government bBonds did remarkably well over the last decade and they're seen as safer havens than stocks, particularly government bondsbonds.

The stock and bond funds can provide long - term growth to help maintain your purchasing power over the course of a long retirement and also act as a source of liquidity for any additional spending money you need.

This week's chart shows how U.S. dividend stocks have outperformed the S&P 500 over the past year, a trend we have also seen in other regions, as ultralow bond yields have intensified the hunt for income.

How did the portfolio perform over the last decade (2000 â $ «2009) as compared to the S&P 500 Index or even a 60/40 (stocks / bonds) portfolio?

As we've seen, over the long term stocks are better investments than bonds or gold or real estate.

Thus when the stock markets fell, as they did in various episodes over the past 38 years, the bond market almost always rose as investors sought the apparent «safety» of bonds.

An ETF holds assets such as stocks, commodities or bonds, and generally trades close to its net asset value over the course of the trading day.

When you invest in stocks, bonds, or real estate, you are turning capital over to working human beings who apply their ingenuity and labor to wringing as much positive economic benefit out of that capital as they can.

As mentioned in J.R.'s post: «While it is easy to relate the performance of preferred stock and long - term bonds to interest rate changes, the two asset classes have shown a low correlation to each other over the last three years.

For example, despite the fame of bonds as one of the best hedges against stock movements, as this graph from Ferri shows, the correlation between stocks and bonds is imperfect and has changed substantially over time.

@Roger, I argue that bonds are more risky than stocks today as they are almost guaranteed to lose you money over the next few years.

Over time the funds typically decrease holding of stocks in favor of less volatile investments such as bonds, inflation - protected securities and the least volatile of them all — cash.

If we think of common stock as a bond then common stock has essentially paid a 12 % average annual coupon over the last 30 years while high yield bonds have only paid about a 8 % coupon.

And as longer - term graphs show (such as the one all the way at the start of this article), at most times, stocks have handily out - performed bonds over wide ranges of inflation conditions and rates of fluctuation.

Instead the account owner can add in up to a max of $ 200,000 over time and choose where it gets invested — such as stocks, bonds, and money mutual funds.

Well, unless you've been rebalancing periodically (or pulling money from your stock holdings), the fact that stocks have returned roughly four times as much as bonds over the past five years would have significantly titled your portfolio mix much more toward equities, making it more vulnerable to a setback than it was five years ago.

Because stocks typically have higher returns over time, as your portfolio grows, you will end up with a greater proportion of stocks to bonds.

With a yield over 7 %, the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index reflects a yield of over 120bps higher than U.S. high yield bonds as tracked by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index.

Over that year, Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index, a broad measure of the market, soared 32 %, and bond values (as represented by the Barclays Aggregate Bond index) fell bond values (as represented by the Barclays Aggregate Bond index) fell Bond index) fell 2 %.

As shown, over this time period, an investor would have made $ 112 out of his dollar in stocks compared to only $ 24 if he had invested in bonds.

Just as you undertake each of these expecting good results, you invest your money in a stock, bond, or mutual fund because you think its value will appreciate over time.

Small stocks and emerging market shares should do a little better over the long - run, as should corporate bonds.