Asset allocation lessons for investors from 2018

Also Interesting

• US Property Investing Challenged by Rising Interest Rates and War Turbulence
• Growth gradually slowing
• Sustainable investment

2018 was painful for most investors, a year that forced them to learn (or re-learn) a number of important lessons. 

No hiding place in 2018 iversification was not a winning strategy in 2018. The vast majority of regional stock markets and industry sectors that make up the MSCI World Index ended in the red last year, as did US Treasuries and corporate bond indices. Global government bonds would have done the same had it not been for a sharp December rally. Indeed, for US dollar-based investors, all major asset classes finished underwater, leaving US cash as the best performing asset class for the first time since before 1986 (see chart).