The Value of Balance

Over the last month, stock markets have endured some volatility. A theoretical balanced portfolio of American stocks and bonds had lower volatility than an all stock portfolio. Below you see a chart of the daily returns of portfolios invested in all stocks (red), all bonds (blue), and a 50/50 mix of both (green).

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