Below I evaluate each of the asset class buckets. 1. Inflation Beneficiary Equities [IBEs] This asset allocation bucket is performing well and that performance, together with increases in some ...

Custom asset allocation model portfolios are emerging as a priority for asset manager model providers, according to recent data from Cerulli Associates. Nearly 60 percent of respondents in a recent ...

If you believe the next 10 years of investing will be just like the last, and that the same relationships among assets and strategies will work for your portfolio, no need to read any further. However ...

The Prudent Investor Rule compels trustees to consider diversifying assets. To help them, trustees use asset allocation models. Yet many of these models fall short when it comes to evaluating ...

Model portfolios continue to gain traction. Over the nine months through March 2022, assets following model portfolios grew by an estimated 22% despite a volatile market. Model providers have taken ...

Custom asset allocation models are taking center stage in the model portfolio market, as providers respond to growing demand for tailored solutions across advisor channels. That's according to the ...

The classic portfolio breakdown is 60% stocks and 40% bonds, with the idea that the two asset classes move in opposite directions and will counterbalance each other in bad times. That concept went ...

Reprinted from the Journal of Portfolio Management, Winter 1992, pp. 7-19. This copyrighted material has been reprinted with permission from The Journal of Portfolio Management. It is widely agreed ...

Asset allocation models continue to dominate the space, according to Morningstar. As of March, asset allocation model portfolios that fall in Morningstar's five equity allocation categories accounted ...

Discover how to balance stocks, bonds, and cash in your portfolio to align with your financial goals and risk tolerance for optimal returns over time.

Portfolio diversification remains the cornerstone of sound investing. Today’s tech-driven and hyperconnected world provides approaches beyond traditional asset allocation. In the digital age, new ...

Years ago, when financial advisors had a monopoly on asset allocation decisions, fees ran rather rich. Lately, though, with a surge in the number of index-based products promising to deliver asset ...