Reducing the Risk from Adding Stock Exposure
Adding other sources of diversification could significantly reduce the risk from increasing stock exposure, our research suggests.
read moreIn Defense of Commodity Futures
Seth J. Masters and Jon Ruff Several prominent pension funds have slashed their commodity futures investments for delivering poor returns with higher volatility than usual, while failing to diversify equity exposures as expected, The Wall Street Journal recently reported. If inflation rises, they may regret it.
read moreAfraid of QE3? Buy Real Assets
In the past few weeks, central banks have reaffirmed their intent to do “whatever it takes,” in European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi’s words, to address the various ailments afflicting the global economy. While central bank actions may or may not have their desired effects on the real economy, they do create short-term opportunities [...]
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