All Weather Strategy
A. Stotz All Weather Strategy – August 2020
All Weather Strategy: The All Weather Strategy has underperformed World equity, due to the forceful rebound in stocks. We remain cautious with a conservative equity allocation, focus on downside protection, and keep 30% in gold.
Read MoreA. Stotz All Weather Strategy – July 2020
All Weather Strategy: The strategy had a lower return than World equity in July, as equity rebound continued. We continue to focus on downside protection with 30% short-term gov’t bonds and 30% gold. Gold has also helped the return of the strategy and was the best performer in July.
Read MoreA. Stotz All Weather Strategy – June 2020
All Weather Strategy: The strategy had a lower return than World equity in June, as equity remained strong. Fed can’t rescue the market forever, even if the virus is under control, other issues remain. Continued focus on downside protection with 30% short-term gov’t bonds and 30% gold.
Read MoreA. Stotz All Weather Strategy – May 2020
All Weather Strategy: The All Weather Strategy has underperformed World equity, due to the forceful rebound in stocks. We move away from our ultra-conservative equity target allocation but remain cautious and focus on downside protection.
Read MoreActive and Passive Funds in Thailand
We look at 277 Thai equity mutual funds of which 90% are active and only 10% are passive. 78% of active funds have an R-squared >85%, hence, it appears those funds are closet-indexers.
Read MoreA. Stotz All Weather Strategy – April 2020
All Weather Strategy: The All Weather Strategy has had a slightly lower return than World equity but at much lower volatility. We’re comfortable with our defensive position with 45% short-term government bonds, 30% gold, and 25% equity
Read MoreWhen Will the Thai Economy Reopen?
SURVEY: When Will the Thai Economy Reopen? If we know the answer to this it can help us form our action plans for our own recovery.
Read MoreLIVE: COVID Death versus Economic Suicide
All Weather Strategy: What we’re facing: COVID death versus Economic suicide. More fear, more localization, and more debt. How low can the US market go? Will QE help us out of this situation?
Read MoreWhen Bonds Are No Longer the Safe Haven They Use to Be
All Weather Strategy: For many investors, the safest bond alternative in times of high volatility and adverse economic conditions is short-term government bonds in their home country.
Read MoreA. Stotz All Weather Strategy – February 2020
All Weather Strategy: The All Weather Strategy has outperformed World equity, much due to heavy weights in gold and bonds. COVID-19 remains the biggest, but not the only concern. Our primary aim is to limit the downside; therefore, we prefer defensive assets.
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