Not exact matches
What about
substantial wealth excluding houses, cars, furniture, jewelry... actual investment
portfolios stuffed with cash, stocks,
bonds, mutual funds, real estate investment trusts, master limited partnerships, tax - lien certificates, or any of the other numerous securities one can own to compound capital?
The alternative to a
substantial bet on stocks at age 60 and up is a
portfolio heavily in
bonds or
bond mutual funds, with only a modest amount of money in stocks.
A balanced
portfolio (two asset classes) consisting of 60 % Canadian stocks and 40 % Canadian
bonds provided a
substantial reduction in risk.
Because high - yield
bonds generally have a
substantial correlation to equities, it could be expected that the
portfolio's beta would be approximately between 1 --(0.15 + 0.10 + 0.05) = 0.7 and 1 --(0.15 + 0.10) = 0.75, which it was at 0.73.
While the
portfolio of high - quality
bonds may offer additional return potential, long - term investment grade
bonds are subject to
substantial interest rate risk.
While the
portfolio of high yield
bonds may offer additional return potential, high yield
bonds are subject to
substantial interest rate risk.
A balanced
portfolio (two asset classes) consisting of 60 % Canadian stocks and 40 % Canadian
bonds provided a
substantial reduction in risk.
Australian, British, Dutch and other foreign banks will offer
substantial diversification benefits to Canadian
bond portfolios.
Consequently, a mindful perspective tells us we should be skeptical about the standard claims that a diversified
portfolio needs to contain a balance of stocks and
bonds, or at least we should be skeptical that
bonds need to represent a
substantial proportion of that balance at all times.