Part of the reason to have bonds is to have stability
on days like this; government bonds provide that stability, and they're acting
like they should act, by providing that cushion to the equity
volatility in your portfolio.
Remarks: Due to their conceptual scope — and if not explicitly stated otherwise — , all models / setups / strategies do not account for slippage, fees and transaction costs, do not account for return
on cash and / or interest
on margin, do not use position sizing (e.g. Kelly, optimal f)-- they're always «all in «-- , do not use leverage (e.g. leveraged ETFs), do not utilize any kind of abnormal market filter (e.g. during market phases with extremely elevated
volatility), do not use intraday buy / sell stops (end - of -
day prices only), and models / setups / strategies are not «adaptive «(do not adjust to the ongoing changes in market conditions
like bull and bear markets).
Much
like many major and smaller forex brokers, who took precautions against high market
volatility around the first round of the presidential elections in France
on April,
days...