The Bond Bear Market and Asset Allocation
Diversification in all things helps you prepare for a wide range of outcomes without predicting what those outcomes will be in advance.
With inflation surging, interest rates rising from generational lows, and increasing stock market volatility, it’s time to rethink traditional stock and bond allocations.
Alternative investment strategies aim to provide lower volatility, lower market risk, and low or negative correlation to traditional markets. With differentiated sources and patterns of returns, income, and diversification, alternatives may provide the potential to protect traditional portfolios against adverse market conditions.
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Correlations, Inflation, and Interest Rates
One of the reasons so many investors have a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds is the potential diversification benefit. When stocks have fallen over the past 30 to 40 years, bonds have been there to pick up the slack and have provided a downside hedge. But, that relationship broke down in a big way in 2022.
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AlphaSimplex’s Chief Research Strategist, Kathryn M. Kaminski, Ph.D., CAIA, sits down with Virtus’ Chief Market Strategist, Joe Terranova, to discuss systematic trend following strategies, the difference between a crisis and correction, and when managed futures are designed to provide alpha.
Q2 Event-Driven Market Review and Outlook
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The Investment Case for REITs
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Real Assets in the Current Environment
The Macro View on Markets and Real Assets: DPIM’s CIO, David Grumhaus, Jr. discuss the global macro environment and the investment case for real asset strategies.
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