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Diversification and its long-term benefits have been accepted as a core investment insight. Many have begun to question its benefits, however, due to the underperformance of most diversifying asset classes over the last five years.
By Jim Masturzo Jonathan Treussard
November 2017 | Read Time: 15 min
The wisdom of diversifying investor portfolios across a wide range of asset classes is indisputable. But diversifying client portfolios beyond mainstream stocks and bonds comes with challenges, starting with clients’ unfamiliarity with diversifying asset classes and a propensity for clients to regret diversifying when results disappoint. Our Asset Allocation Interactive tool can help advisors strike a sensible balance between adopting diversification and client comfort, adding the needed spice to portfolios without tipping into untenable heartburn.
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