The market environment has changed. Yet most advisers’ portfolios have not. They may want to adapt fast if they want their clients better suited to the new market environment - assuming they’re not going to unduly suffer more weak returns going forward as they did in 2018.
In this episode, we speak to Matthew Walker from Dynamic Asset about Dynamic Asset Allocation, Goals Based Investing and the Association of Goals Based Advice.
The recent equity market rally in response to dovish FED language again highlights how dependent equity markets are on government stimulus and sugar hits.
There is (arguably of course) a bubble in nearly every mainstream asset class. A bubble in debt markets, a bubble in property, a bubble in equity, a bubble in private assets, and a bubble in the way portfolios are managed. This is an artificially created result of easy monetary and fiscal policies that have been employed by global governments for many years now in an effort to boost asset prices (successfully). These policies appear unsustainable in the long term. If something can’t be sustained, then eventually it won’t be…
