U.S. preferred stocks are perceived to be an attractive investment, as they have historically offered higher
yields than other asset classes, especially when the global rates remain low.
Not exact matches
-LSB-...] The Most Interesting
Asset Class Over the Next Decade «Vanguard highlighted high -
yield bonds to show how they typically perform worse
than other types of bonds during a stock market drop.»
Although decades of history have conclusively proved it is more profitable to be an owner of corporate America (viz., stocks), rather
than a lender to it (viz., bonds), there are times when equities are unattractive compared to
other asset classes (think late - 1999 when stock prices had risen so high the earnings
yields were almost non-existent) or they do not fit with the particular goals or needs of the portfolio owner.
Also because of regulations, smaller retail investors have effectively been blocked from participating in higher -
yielding investments — namely, private equity and venture capital, whose 10 - year compound annual growth rates have averaged 11.8 and 11 percent, quite a bit more
than Treasuries, equities and
other common
asset classes.
Among various types of income ETPs listed in the U.S., high - dividend equity ETPs recorded the highest five - year absolute and risk - adjusted return as of Aug. 31, 2017, although they had lower
yield than a few
other income
asset classes.
The Adviser may also make active
asset allocations within
other asset classes (including Commodities, High
Yield Debt, Floating Rate Debt, Real Estate Debt, Inflation - Protected Debt, and Emerging Markets Debt) from 0 % to 10 % individually but no more
than 25 % in aggregate within those
other asset classes.