We often hear the phrase "flight to quality" to signify the tendency of investors to emphasize stocks and other assets perceived to be safer, especially during bear markets, when greed recedes and fear takes center stage.
But even then, the strategy of emphasizing stocks in retirement accounts fared about as well as the conventional, reverse approach.
Faced with the same low interest rate environment, professional asset allocators with the same time horizon as the Duke contestants have emphasized stocks over bonds.
But in recent years, many investors who were seeking yield emphasized stocks, because federal taxes were lower for dividends than for interest.
Investors continue to strongly favor these growth funds over funds whose managers practice a value strategy, which emphasizes stocks that are priced at a discount relative to their intrinsic worth.
He urged investors to de-emphasize Toys R UsUstockck, forecasting that its share price, then nearly $13, would fall to $10.
Thus, in this paper, our analysis emphasizes the stock markets and the government bond markets in 39 countries.
If Fed maintains a relatively tighter monetary policy regarding real interest rates, emphasize large stocks in your portfolio.
Mutual funds that focus on foreign securities tend to have higher expenses than those that emphasize domestic stocks.
