As Oyedele pointed out, they have «memories of
traditional asset classes like stocks cratering and retirement savings being wiped out.»
Senior housing is not
a traditional asset class like equities or fixed - income.
Not exact matches
Additionally, alternative investments historically have lower correlations to
traditional assets like equities and fixed - income securities than some other
asset classes do.
It's an
asset class that has historically less correlation with
traditional investments
like stocks and bonds.
However, the high correlation between risky
assets experienced recently
like during the recession of 2001 - 2003 and the global financial crisis in 2007 - 2009 has caused many investors to reconsider allocating by
traditional asset classes defined by security type
like stocks, bonds and real estate or commodities.
Looking both within and outside of the benchmark, the Fund seeks relative value opportunities across
traditional investment - grade and high - yield bond sectors, also including nontraditional
asset classes like non-U.S. sovereign and corporate debt, convertibles, and floating - rate loans.
However, the returns earned from investing in commodities differ from those earned from
traditional asset classes, in that commodities have no expected book value or expected cash flow, while a commodities» value comes from the fact that they are consumable (
like grains) or transformable (
like petroleum)
assets.
I have just told you that bitcoin can draw comparisons to
traditional currencies
like gold, but it could also end up being a whole new
asset class if decentralized applications take off.
ETFs are offered on virtually every conceivable
asset class from
traditional investments to so - called alternative
assets like commodities or currencies.
Since 401 (k) investing calls for a truly long - term mentality, I
like to use more
traditional asset classes:
It's an
asset class that has historically less correlation with
traditional investments
like stocks and bonds.
Like a 401k or
traditional IRA, almost any
asset class can be placed in your Roth.
While some
asset classes like traditional commodities and fiat currencies are more stable, it's the high risk / high return nature of cryptocurrency investing that has fuelled the explosion in its popularity in recent months.
Just
like the previously mentioned ETC Investment Trust, there is no doubt that we will soon see Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, and other
assets getting included in these sorts of
traditional investment
classes.