The Failure of Asset Allocation – Bonds Are An Imperfect Hedge
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US investors were spoiled by US Treasuries which acted as a near perfect hedge to stocks during the 2008-2009 crisis. However, in real crisis, bonds rarely offer any comfort, and asset allocation fails (see post Death Spiral of a Country and IMF paper Systemic Banking Crises Database: An Update; by Luc Laeven … – IMF). As a very timely example, we can examine Spain, which is not even to crisis level yet.
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In Spain, there is nowhere to hide, and allocation offers no comfort.
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